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Impulse - Oneshot - Falling

Contains: Fluff

Hello everyone, I just wanted to say a big thank you.
This is my 100th mcyt fic (I have 3 dsmp ones on tumblr too, they're just not posted here) and I'm so grateful for every single one of you who have read my chapters.
So this is a thank you from me back to you, just pure fluff in the way I like to write it, enjoy the fic!
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Spending a day with a friend was always worth it.
Even if you were only helping to build the base of their area.

Gem has been a delight to hang out with since she joined, you're so glad to have made fast friends with her last season.
This season your friendship has held strong, and Gem has introduced you to Pearl and allowed you to spend a lot more time with Impulse.

You've known Impulse longer than Gem and Pearl, there was a time you and him didn't speak.
You never interacted first at much, you passed him off as a redstoner with nothing else to his name, and oh you were so so wrong.

Not only have you learned of more of his skills, but you've learned all about how incredible of a person he is.
And slowly but surely you fell for him from afar.

This season having a link through Gem has really solidified your feelings. He's every bit as wonderful as you thought.
So many years of feelings...

"I'm just going to go grab some grass from my house, would you start digging out the area?" Gem asks.
"Can do." You reply with a smile, walking over to your shulkers and digging out your enchanted diamond shovel.

"Great! I won't be long." Gem shoots off into the sky with a rocket, leaving you and your shovel alone.

You get to digging, quickly managing to completely zone out.
Digging doesn't require a lot of thought. It's the same thing really, shovel down, shovel up. With a bit of a scooping motion of course, or else you'll get nowhere.

So you dig the dirt, nice and flat, dig dig dig. Each time your shovel hits the dirt you zone out a little more.
It feels easier and easier to lift the shovel as you go, until it feels as if there is nothing on the shovel at all.

With the next step forward you don't quite feel right. Was the ground always so.. empty?

It's only then you realise you're falling, panic setting in as you can't find your rockets.
The shovel is who knows where, falling with you.

You want to scream but you can't, all the air from your lungs didn't seem to follow your body as you started to fall.
You close your eyes, you'll respawn after you've hit the ground. It isn't the end of the world.
Just a bit of temporary pain.

Sure enough your back makes contact with something, fall suddenly coming to an end.
But you're still in your body.

"Quite the tumble you took there." You open your eyes, the sky seems so far away now.
Your eyes are quickly on his face. Impulse looks concerned, his chocolate brown eyes bringing you comfort after being so scared.

"You alright?" He asks, looking you over.
"Yeah, I- thank you." Your words don't want to come out, getting stuck in your throat.

With moment that passes by that you're still in his arms your heart seems to beat harder.
You try to blame it on the fall, but you know better than that.

"I'm just glad I caught you." Impulse smiles softly, gently placing you on your feet. "Are you sure you're okay?"
You can feel yourself melting under his gaze, the level of care he's showing for you.
The fact his hands still rest on your arms.
You could faint.

"I'm okay, a bit shaken. That's all." You smile at him.
His hands dropping to be by his sides leaves your arms cold.

Impulse looks up, you following suit. You really did fall quite a way down, the small hole in the ceiling not even lighting up the area.
Suddenly a head blocks the rest of the light, then they jump through the hole.

Unlike you, Gem glides gently to the ground.
She lands beside Impulse, greeting him with a small hug.

"I hadn't realised the ground was so thin." She chuckles, now staring up at the missing chunk of earth.

"Neither did I until I fell through, luckily Impulse caught me." Gem looks at you then looks at Impulse. A hint of something you just don't quite catch passes on her face, but her words allow you to know what it was.

"I didn't think you'd literally fall for him." The cheek. The sheer audacity.
Impulse shuffles slightly on the spot.
You turn to just stare at Gem.

"What?" She asks, jokingly. "I shouldn't have to point it out. It's obvious to everyone."

You don't say anything, neither does Impulse. You're pretty certain he's making the same face of disbelief as you are.
Gem looks between the two of you, "I think I'll let the two of you handle this by yourselves."
With that she shoots off towards the entrance of Impulse's base, sure enough leaving you and Impulse alone.

Finally you turn to face him, he shuffles almost awkwardly, clearly not knowing what to do with himself.
"You know, I had a plan to do this in my own time but it seems like it's now or never." He rubs the back of his neck nervously.

Impulse looks up at you, brown eyes so bright despite the dim light of his base.
"I've been meaning to tell you for a while. I really like you. There is no other way to put it, I just do. For many reasons. This isn't exactly how I had envisioned to tell you, but it holds true anyway. I really like you, Y/n."

You see the hope in his face, but otherwise how serious it is.
"Well," you smile, "I like you too. I was just too nervous to tell you really.." You let out a small laugh and Impulse does too.

"Well then, that settles that. Date me?" His grin is infectious and makes you want to melt.
"I'd love to."

"Well, isn't this interesting?" Pearl's familiar accent echoes around you and Impulse.
You turn toward the entrance of the base and there stand Gem and Pearl, pleased looks on their faces.

"I'll be able to sleep easy tonight knowing you two are finally together." Gem beams.
"Just try tone down the heart eyes, we've been watching you make them at each other for months." Pearl jokes.

With a laugh coming from each of you, yours and Impulse's more sheepish, Pearl and Gem disappear.
Which leaves you and Impulse alone to enjoy your first bit of quality time together as a couple.