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Jude stared at his amethyst ring sitting on his finger.
He was actually married.
To none other than Sharpness, a top one-hundred PvP'er, and Sharpness was married to Jude, the best trapper in the world. To think that just a few months ago they were enemies who were constantly killing each other and extracting numerous revenges against one another.
Sharp moved into his base two days after they got... married, it was pretty weird putting their beds next to each other, but at the same time, Jude eventually got used to waking up next to Sharp. And honestly, Sharp was really pretty, his features were rather delicate, and no one would expect his violent nature when it came to PVP.
He could be a model. When Jude woke up earlier than Sharp, he'd spend his time staring at Sharp like he was the prettiest person in this entire world.
Right now, he had a fight scheduled with Flow, since Sharp wanted a rematch after being beaten a week ago. Jude ended up killing Sword as well, he caught that fucker in a trap and never gave his loot back. Mugm kept his promise and gave him three strength in return for his troubles.
His stack of strength in his ender chest continued to grow, and Jude couldn't help but be proud. And since they were married... they shared things. Like loot, gear, and strength, even. Sharp died to Rejoice yesterday, and Jude gave him a strength to get him back to five. What was he even doing anymore?
The marriage was supposed to be nothing at first, then Jude realized it was actually binding--he went with it because he liked Sharpness and his pretty face, and after they shared a kiss, Jude wasn't against being stuck to Sharp forever.
The fact that they were married was a little embarrassing, first marriage on Strength SMP and all, but he and Sharp no longer fought each other. Only petty fights, like whose turn it was to fix the room and brew more turtle masters. Jude was in their base, trying to make a new trap, until he saw the message in chat.
Flowtives was slain by conexion.
Jude's lit up and he grinned. He typed in a message, but his dumbass forgot to make it a whisper and instead, he accidentally sent the message to the public chat.
<JudeLow> Congrats sharpy
<JudeLow> Can I have half his loot
<JudeLow> Oh fuck wrong chat
The reactions were immediate.
<Tai> BRO JUST SAID SHARPY
<Tai> SOMEONE CLIP THIS
<Rejoice> New headliner: local trapper falls in love with top 100 pvper sharpenss conexion and is revealed to be calling him sharpy
<ItsN00B> JUDE YOU HAVE LOST ALL UR AURA YOU HAVE NO AURA
<nezoshoki> On god hes having marriage blues
<Dol9hin> WHAT R U EVEN DOING BRO LMAOOOOOO
<conexion> Wait give me a second I'm On my way! Home
<conexion> Why the fuck it autocorrect
<JudeLow> can you nerds STOP
<conexion> Does that include me
<JudeLow> Not unless u give me loot
<conexion> ok
<SeoSibe> Tai can u ban them for PDA
<Tai> Nah
<honeydewmelen> wait no dont im enjoying this
<Nufuli> this could be us
<honeydewmelen> omg >_<
<LettuceK> I guess bro
Jude groaned into his palms. This was so fucking embarrassing. He clicked his tongue and waited for Sharp to come back, he felt like a wife waiting for their husband to return home from work. He ended up grabbing the blueprints for his next trap, trying to distract himself.
He was married to Sharpness.
The pink flush on his face only got more intense. Jude threw the blue prints aside and walked around his base like someone who escaped an asylum. Yeah, he liked Sharpness, they literally kissed after Jude tried to run away from the wedding. And Sharp kissed him back, so that's that.
And they were even married--bound together until Strength SMP ended! So, why did Jude get so flustered around Sharp even after months since their marriage happened? The amethyst jewel on his silver band looked beautiful, and he would never admit it, but Tai did amazing in choosing the rings for them. Sharp's was emerald green, like his eyes.
That Jude loved to look at. Sharp caught him a few times, but Jude knew he was pretending not to notice.
Soon, Sharpness returned to their base, a hint of blood stained his dark armor. He looked up at Jude with his hypnotizing eyes, still in complete euphoria after he finally killed Flow. "Jude." He greeted, smiling.
Jude tilted his head to the side, looking his husband up and down. "You're making a mess." He mumbled, and Sharp finally noticed the blood clinging to his boots, staining the quartz floors. "Clean up before you do anything else."
Sharpness had this unreadable expression in his eyes, and for a split second, his smile faltered, before it returned just as quick as it disappeared.
"As you wish." Sharp's smile grew impossibly wide at that. Jude turned around and left, blood rushing to his ears as he went back down the hatch to finish his next trap.
He was still sometimes too flustered to show any affection towards Sharp, but he never took it offensively. Because Sharp knew that Jude wasn't all that good at expressing himself. Sharp knew a lot about him, things that made Jude shiver.
Sharp knew that Jude liked to walk around the server during night time, Sharp knew that he always left his blueprints and axe under the bed, and Sharp knew that Jude hated the taste of pumpkins in anything. Jude twisted his lips, climbing down the hatch. Stupid Sharpness and his stupidly pretty face that made Jude freeze every time they were face-to-face.
Jude couldn't even tell Sharpness that he did great earlier, in his duel against Flowtives. He was starting to regret acting like that as he dropped the armor stands down the hole he created a new trap in. Ever since their wedding day, they've never kissed or anything. Subtle hand-holding and smiles, sure--kisses, none.
He would never tell Sharp that he liked it when they kissed.
Jude would be lying if he said he didn't want to kiss Sharpness again.
Sharpness was so charming, how could he not want to do it again and again? When they were enemies, when they teamed together, when Sharp betrayed him, and now that they were married, Sharpness has always been very beautiful. Everyone on the server seemed to think so as well.
Parker's nickname for Sharp was 'the ethereal but unfortunately dumb princess' Jude used to think it was cheesy, but it was true. Sharpness was strong, really, really skilled in combat, but he had a tendency to rush into situations without thinking it over, which is how he ended up falling into Jude's traps rather often.
Obviously, Jude didn't trap Sharp anymore, just as Sharpness stopped killing him.
For weeks, the only thing in his mind was Sharpness, and trapping. Why did Jude feel so embarrassed around his own husband? They exchanged vows, and kissed each other on the lips for heaven's sake. Jude groaned, throwing the last of the armor stands in before he eventually left.
When he returned to their bedroom, Sharp wasn't there. The blankets were as neat as he had made it during the morning, and there wasn't a trace of Sharpness anywhere.
Jude stood there by the door, staring at the two beds that were empty. Where was Sharpness? He was usually in bed by this time. Without much of a choice, Jude opened his chat bar and whispered to Sharp.
You whisper to conexion: Sharp wya
You whisper to conexion: Where are you
conexion whispers to you: I'm with Twirps
You whisper to conexion: Why?
conexion whispers to you: That's none of your business
You whisper to conexion: Wtf sharp?
You whisper to conexion: Hello?
Jude just stood there like a complete fool, his finger hovering over the chatlogs. Twirps? Why was Sharpness with Twirps? Jude's heart hammered rapidly again his ribcage, dread filling him in an instant, his mind forming words he didn't want to think about.
Why was Sharp with Twirps? Could he be... no, Sharp wouldn't do that, right? But, did Jude know Sharpness enough to know that he wouldn't do anything like that?
Jude threw his armor off, the heavy netherite dropping to the ground as he stumbled into bed alone. He wouldn't cry, he wouldn't. But as time passed, Sharp still hadn't returned home, and eventually, Jude succumbed to sleep.
"Why would you leave Jude alone?" Twirps instantly said, the moment Sharpness appeared at his doorstep. "That's not very good husband behavior, you know?" He reprimanded him, but Twirps still let him into his base regardless.
Sharp had cleaned the blood off himself, but he still looked pissed. "Jude hates me." He concluded, leaning against the pillar near Twirps' potion stands. "The moment I got back to our base, he barely turned around and said I was getting the place dirty." He complained, pursing his lips.
Jude had just asked where he had gone, and in a spur of fury, Sharp replied rather aggressively. After acting so coldly towards him, who wouldn't be the least bit upset.
Twirps took one look at Sharpness, one of the strongest players in this SMP, and sighed loudly. "Won't he still be worried sick? The last time you stayed out late, he ran around the map looking for you." He reminded. "Jude doesn't hate you, he's just not... good at showing his feelings."
"I know." Sharpness replied. "But I thought that after two months of being married, he would at least warm up to me."
"All marriages have their problems, man." Twirps said in response. "If you're unhappy, you can get a divorce." Sharpness froze, like his surroundings suddenly stopped moving all of a sudden.
Sharp lifted his head, now eye-to-eyes with Twirps. "Divorce?" He whispered, like the concept of it was baffling. "I don't think I want to do that."
Jude wouldn't like that. And what Sharpness wanted was for Jude to stop being so worried, so frustrated over things. Sharp was a bit angry because of Jude's attitude, but it didn't meant he wanted to separate from him. No matter how it seemed like, Sharp loved Jude in a way that Jude would probably never understand.
Since they teamed together, Sharp's eyes has always followed whichever direction Jude goes, because he couldn't bear to miss a single moment where Jude was in his element. Whether Jude was making blueprints, designing a trap, or killing people. JudeLow was always fascination for him. And Sharpness loved him for who he was.
Twirps shook his head, his shades falling down slightly, Sharp saw how emotional he looked. "If you don't want to get a divorce, you better repair your marriage, or else Jude might want one as well." How could Sharp not even consider that?!
He didn't want Jude to divorce him.
Sharpness wanted to stay with JudeLow.
"...I'll try my best." Sharpness replied. Twirps nodded encouragingly.
He wasn't about to let Jude go.
Jude wanted to trap people.
In a bitter way to make himself feel better about last night. He already managed to get Dol9hin, N00b, and Leo. He was on a spree today, but nothing, no matter how much he killed and trapped, Jude still felt empty, bitter, and upset in ways that not even he, himself knew he could feel.
"What's up your ass this morning?" Tai grumbled, picking up the rest of N00b's gear and stashing it in a shulker. "You've been on a rampage since the day started. Are you and Sharp arguing over something?" Jude froze in place, which seemed to catch Tai's attention.
"Shut it." Jude spat back, but he could feel Tai's curious gaze on him. "I just wanted to trap people."
Tai laughed, already spotting his bluff the moment he spoke. "So, you guys really are fighting." He snorted, like this whole entire situation was laughable. "Is the honeymoon phase over?" He teased.
"You know, I have half the mind to drop you into a 1x1 right now." To prove his point, he held out a pressure plate and stared at the sand grass below Tai's feet.
"...Okay, we don't have to go that far..." Tai nervously chuckled. "Good luck on the marriage! Hopefully you guys don't get divorced!" Tai yelled, before sliding his elytra on and taking off like a coward.
Jude watched as Tai got farther and farther. Divorce? He shook his head, what if Sharpness wanted one? Jude didn't... want to get divorced, he didn't like the idea of losing Sharp again.
And if they do get divorced in the future, then they would just end up like before they got married--enemies, constantly at each other's throats. Jude stared at his own feet, his armor suddenly feeling too heavy. Going back to before? Jude didn't want that, but Sharpness stayed with Twirps last night and started acting suspicious.
What if he really did want one?
"Jude." He flinched, turning around. "Why are you angry now?" Sharpness clicked his tongue, his sword drawn. When the heck did Sharpness get here?
If it weren't for the fact that Jude was thinking about their possible divorce, he would've started drooling over how beautiful Sharp looked today, but since he was on the verge of crashing out, Jude was too distracted to start staring.
Jude's mouth opened and closed like a fish, trying to get the right words out. "Nothing." He replied, his tone sounding almost cold. Sharpness stood there, black hair ribbon flowing gently in the wind, and so did his hair, which was tied back in braids.
"Is it because I didn't come home last night?" The question caught Jude off-guard, not because it was ridiculous, no, Sharp was finally using his brain for once. Jude clenched his fists and avoided eye-contact with him, he couldn't bear with it right now.
"So, you do know." Jude shot back, his arms crossed. Sharp seemed a bit taken-aback by his sudden shift. "How am I supposed to stay calm when you were gone all night, and refused to even tell me why or what you were doing at Twirps' base!" He screamed, a few people gathered by the sidelines.
Sharp laughed, baffled. "Is it so bad that I wanted to visit my friend?"
"No, but obviously not in the middle of night and not coming back home afterwards!" Jude replied, his fingers tangled in his hair, anxiously explaining. "Sharp, are you cheating on me?!"
Silence ensued.
"Holy shit." Loppezz whispered from behind a tree.
Sharpness blinked--once, twice, then three times. "What the fuck?" He retorted, confused. "When did I cheat on you?" Then it suddenly clicked for him. "I am not in a relationship with Twirps!" He defended himself, looking ridiculed at the fact that Jude even thought they were a thing.
"Then why were you at his base last night!"
"Because I wanted marriage advice!" Sharpness blurted out. "You've been so distant since we got married, and I got worried you might want to get a divorce!"
Jude's jaw fell open. "Hang on, I thought you wanted to get a divorce."
"No??" Sharpness replied, even more confused than the last. "I love you, Jude--why would I ever want to separate?"
A collective ripple of gasps came from their little audience, but the two were too focused on each other to notice that they had a crowd forming to witness their argument. They stood on opposite ends of each other, Jude's face turned beet red.
Did Sharpness just...
"I love you, Jude." Sharpness repeated, like he was trying to get his point across. "I really love you, and you've trapped my heart--I would never file for divorce!" He yelled, his eyes softening, a light blush spreading on his face.
Jude was still in shock, but he finally found the courage to approach Sharp. Jude was shorter than him, which is why he had to force Sharp down by his shoulders. Their faces were mere inches apart, and Jude didn't know where this sudden burst of confidence cane from. "I love you too.. Sharp." He whispered.
Then Jude pulled him down and kissed him. Sharp's eyes widened, but he smiled into the kiss, allowing Jude to step on his boots to catch up to his height. This was what Jude was waiting for, their second kiss. And it was even better than the last.
When they pulled away, they froze when they heard clapping, then cheering, then fireworks. They turned to the side, where the rest of the Strength SMP were hooting and hollering, Tai was lighting up fireworks, Godis built a half-purple half-green heart with wool, whilst Swizu was laughing.
"Congratulations on fixing your marriage!" Nufuli screamed, clapping loudly. "Mugm was about to ban divorce just so you two would stay together, but now it's not happening, but whatever!"
What the fuck.
Jude gawked. "Where did you all come from?!"
"We've been here the entire time." Rejoice replied, holding a rose.
"...Should we just go back home?" Sharpness suggested, Jude nodded. Anything to get away from these weirdos.
Guess the divorce wasn't happening after all.
<Flowtives> Bro sharp
<Flowtives> GIVE ME MY LOOT BACK
<conexion> No
<Shandrea> Flow ur loot is like sharplow's marital property now
<Shandrea> Don't be stealing from happily married couples cause ur jealous
<Flowtives> ???WHAT THE HECK BRO
<Jepexx> I can confirm that ur loot has already been used up
<Flowtives> I hate everybody on this goddamn server
<Flowtives> FUCK EVERYONE
<JudeLow> Sharp can u get me a few things
<JudeLow> Around ten stacks of wood, three stacks of iron, and Parker
<ParkerGameBrain> ???
<Bitzel> Parker ur like the sharplow child dont question it
<conexion> Give me a few minutes
<JudeLow> k love you
<conexion> ilyt <3
<nezoshoki> BARF BARF PUKE PUKE BARF PUKE
<Mugm_> Let's get you back to bed grandpa