Stress POV

I was walking along in a forest, holding another person's hand. Realizing I didn't know who this person was, I looked over at them.

They were about 5'8 so they were taller then me. They wore jeans and green hoodie. The man also had brown hair and a bit of a beard.

They saw me looking and pulled me along towards the end of the forest. There was a beautiful grassy area with flowers everywhere. Continuing to walk forward, there was a cliff overlooking the ocean.

I looked back towards the man but he was gone. I looked and saw he was on the cliff as he-

I woke up. It was all a dream. At least it put me in a good mood. Until I realized my alarm went off late. Quickly, I got changed, brushed my hair, gathered up my things and left my apartment.

I worked as a barista at our local coffee shop in the main world. It was the place where you could travel to servers. People like me who didn't have a server lived here in the main world and got jobs.

Rushing through the streets, I didn't see the man in front of me also rushing, but in the opposite direction, towards the server portals.

We crashed into each other, me falling over and the man spilling his coffee.

"Oh my gosh are you okay," the man asked.

"Yeah I'm fine," I said, standing up. "Sorry about your coffee."

"Oh it's fine. I probably drink too much anyways," they chuckled. "Anyways what's your name?"

"Stress, she/her."

"Iskall, he/him," Iskall replied. He looked like he was about to say something but I realized I was now really really late.

"Oh sorry, gotta go!" I said as I ran off into the busy downtown crowd.

Stress wished she had gotten to talk for longer, maybe get his number but she had to get to work.

Iskall POV

~A year and a half later~

"So this season we have some hermits joining us," Xisuma announced before we stepped through the new season portal. Everyone seemed excited for the new season.

I walked through the portal with the other hermits to the next season of Hermitcraft. There were three people on the other side. .

The was a man, who honestly looked like moss. He had brown hair. Next to him was a blonde with a brown shirt. He looked like he was probably going to cause some mischief. The last person looked familiar but I couldn't place them.

"Welcome everyone to Hermitcraft Season 5. We have two new Hermits and one returning from Season 1.

There's Bdoubleo, or Bdubs," the brunette smiled.

"Zedaphplayz," the blonde waved.

"Just Zedaph works," Zedaph said.

Xisuma nodded and continued to talk. "And out last new hermit is Stressmoster," the woman looked up

"Stress is fine," she smiled.

Xisuma continued to explain how this season was going to work but I didn't really listen. This was the girl he ran into around a year and a half ago before joining Hermitcraft.

"And make sure to have fun!" Xisuma said, finishing his explication. Everyone scattered to get wood and tools. I was chopping down a tree when I heard a voice behind me.

"Iskall, right?" Stress asked.

"Fancy meeting you here," I joked.

Stress giggled.

Her laugh is cute. Iskall wait what? You've spoken to her once before why are you thinking this?

"You good?" asked Stress as I was staring at her.

"Oh- uh- sorry I zoned out," he apologized, embarrassed.

"It's fine," Stress assured me.

We continued to talk, blossoming a friendship bound to last for a very long time.

~Two years later~

X where are you

iskall come to the sahara

I'm at xxx xxx xxx

Okay

be there in five

I flew down towards the Sahara, towards the meeting room. I saw Grian and Mumbo there.

"You called," I said, getting their attention.

"Yep. We want to ask you something," Mumbo said.

"Do you like Stress?" Grian blurted out, getting elbowed by Mumbo.

This had take me by surprise. I was not prepared to answer this question at nine in the morning.

"Uh- I don't like her what do you mean-" I rushed as I turned red.

"Iskall has a crush~" Grian sang jokingly.

"Its fine you can tell us," Mumbo said, elbowing grian yet again.

"Maybe I do like her a bit..." I mumbled, still embarrassed. "But I don't know if she likes me back."

"You should ask her!" Grian suggested.

The Architects talked about how Iskall could ask Stress.

Stress POV

"Hi Iskall!" I greeted as he landed nearby.

"Hello," he responded. "Thanks for coming."

"No problem! Now what was it you wanted to show me?"

Iskall grabbed my hand and lead me through the forest. I was a bit startled by the sudden movement but giggled and followed along.

We walked through the dark oak forest. It was nice going on a walk with Iskall, my crush. The other girls thought we made a cute couple when I told them about my crush.

We reached the edge of the the forest and the was a beautiful sight. It was a plains with a variety of flowers everywhere. We were on a mountain side with a cliff overlooking the ocean below. I had this feeling of deja vu standing there with Iskall.

"Uh- Stress do you like the view?" Iskall asked. He seemed nervous.

"Yep," I replied.

"Can I tell you something?"

I giggled at his nervousnesses. "Of course."

"We- uh- I like you Stress. More then a friend. I mean it's fine if you don't like me back I just wanted to tell you..."

"Iskall, I like you too," I said smiling.

Iskall looked surprised, yet relieved and happy. I got on my toes and kissed him. We stood there, enjoying the moment until my legs got tired.

I heard someone cheer. Grian and Mumbo were standing and looking at us. I buried my face into Iskall's chest as I was embarrassed.

"You don't need to be embarrassed love," Iskall whispered and hugged me.

I was so unbelievably happy with my new boyfriend.

~The next season~

Iskall and I had been dating for a year now. It had been great. The other hermits thought we were a nice couple.

PM From Iskall85

Hi stress can you meet me at xxx xxx xxx?

Sure love <3

I flew over to the coordinates Iskall sent me. They were coordinates to our cliffside. It looked almost identical to the one in season six. Iskall was standing dangerously close to the edge of the cliff.

"Are you okay?" I asked concerned.

"Do you ever feel... like it's not worth it?" Iskall questioned.

I laughed nervously. "What do you mean love-"

"You know what I mean," he cut me off.

I froze. "Love don't think like that you have so much to live for. Maybe we can talk about this somewhere else." I suggested.

"There's no point. I'm not changing my mind," he said sternly.

"Please Iskall if I did something wrong I can fix it-"

"Stress you did nothing wrong. Its just... nothings gone right. Your the only thing thats kept me here and hasn't gone wrong."

"Come on 'skall we can fix this please just don't," I pleaded.

"I'm sorry Stress," he said as he jumped.

I curled up into a ball and cried. Iskall had just taken his life in front of.

3rd Person POV

False and Cleo were waiting for their friend for the girls night. Stress didn't show up so they went to the coords she said she was going to go. When they arrived, their friend was on the grass crying with her head in her knees.

"Stress are you okay?" False asked concerned, hugging Stress.

"I- iskal h- he-" Stress stuttered.

"You don't have to talk," Cleo said as she also sat down and hugged her friend.

"If he broke up with you I'm gonna kill him," False mumbled angrily.

Stress took a few deep breaths and talked again. "Iskall is g-gone," Stress whispered. The others looked shocked, with sympathy and sadness mixed in.

"What happened?" Cleo asked.

"H-he jumped o-off the..." Stress didn't want to finish.

The three sat on the cliff, not wanting to have to get up and tell the other hermits.

has anyone seen iskall

no

no

we have some news

what do you mean

something happened skall

what happened

Iskall is gone

like really gone?

he a hoppedity and a skippedity and a jumpedity to his death

Stress POV

~8 months later~

I placed a flower near Iskall's grave as I tried not to start crying again.

"Stress were gonna be late!" Cleo called. It was time to move to Season 8.

I looked at Iskall's grave one last time and joined the hermits at the update portal.

Here lies Iskall85

An amazing hermit, friend and partner