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Scar jumped down into ConCorp Town right in front of Cub. He looked kind of anxious. Cub looked up from a trading stand with a tired look on his face. "Scar, if this is another question on if you can go out tonight, you know what I'm gonna say," he said.

Scar chuckled. "I know, Cub. What I'm here to say is that I heard it was cancelled. Apparently, quite a few people couldn't come." Cub nodded, then got back to trading. What he didn't know was that a meeting wasn't even scheduled that night, anyway.

Scar then flew back to his room up in one of the towers by ConCorp. He waited there, looking out the window and stroking Jellie's back. "Jellie, I hope this plan works. If Cub finds out, then I'm dead meat." Jellie meowed quietly, not caring about anything Scar was saying. "Jellie, you would absolutely LOVE to meet him, I just can't bring you along. Cub would get angrier if he found out you came."

When the surrounding beacons turned a bright yellow, Scar jumped into his pajamas and hopped into bed. He flipped the light off and squeezed his eyes shut. At that moment, his door opened.

Cub trudged in. He glanced around the room, nodding as it seemed that Scar was asleep. He called a quiet "Goodnight, Scar," as he walked off.

As the door closed, the beacons turned red. Scar leaped out of bed, pulling on a suit and his elytra. He yanked some roses out of a vase on his bedside table and some rockets. "I gotta go now, Jellie. I'm gonna be late if I don't," he whispered as he opened his window. He closed the blinds from the outside, then looked back in. "Don't tell Cub, remember? If you hear him coming, you know who to call." He pointed at a sticky note on the wall. Jellie meowed, pouncing onto Scar's bed, then falling asleep. 

Scar flew around the shopping district, stopping outside of Cherry. He looked around, no sign of his date. He pulled out his phone.

           /Hey, where are you? We agreed on 10, you know/

He waited a bit, then a reply came up.

             [I know, I'm coming. MJ caught me, had a 'talk' again]

Scar smiled. Just like Grian to be caught flying around his and Mumbo's islands.

At that moment, Grian plonked himself right in front of Scar. He was wearing one of Mumbo's suits, with the pants and sleeves rolled up. The two laughed. "Well, let's get going, then." Scar said, pocketing his phone, along with the roses.

"To where, though?" Grian asked, tilting his head.

"Statue Of Hermity," Scar said matter-of-factly. "It's beautiful up there, just like you." He placed his hand on Grian's shoulder. The shorter man blushed like a tomato. With that, the two set off. It was a glorious sight to be had, with Grian flying every which-way and Scar just trying not to hit anything. There were marks left on buildings from all the rockets fired. In the morning.

Once the two got to the top of the monument, Scar pulled out the roses he had picked. Grian gasped. He took the flowers happily and pulled Scar in for a giant hug.

The two sat there, sitting on the edge of the crown, hand-in-hand for quite a while. Grian nuzzled into Scar's arms as the winds got colder, moving his head up to Scar's tanned face. They sat like that for a while, and kissed. But neither heard the rockets in the distance. 

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That's it for now, little snakes! See you in a bit!