Pretty Palutena

Dark Pit was surprised. He had received a hand-written letter from Lady Palutena:

Dear Dark Pit,

How have you been? Keeping the remaining Underworld forces at bay, I hope.

Well, I was wondering if you'd like to stay over here at Skyworld.

I'm really grateful to you for helping me and Pit during the Chaos Kin's rampage.

And we could use a strong fighter like you!

Anyway, just think about it.

Palutena

He had received the letter a few days ago, and he kept reading it every day. Was Palutena asking for help? Why should he care? It's not like he thinks her eyes are pretty. Or that her voice is gentle and dominant at the same time. Or that her hair was so glossy and voluminous… Wait, what?

Dark Pit shook off his daze. Was it possible… that he liked Palutena? Is that why he was so surprised? And…maybe even excited? He couldn't stand it. He needed answers. And to get those answers, he needed to talk to Palutena's right hand man. And who is that, you might ask? Well, who do you think?

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Pit arrived pretty fast. Dark Pit had only called him a few minutes ago. He had HUGE grin on his face. That grin made Dark Pit uncomfortable. Did he know what he was going to say?

"Hey Pittoo!"

"I told you to stop calling me that."

"Sorry," he said. "So, what's up?"

"Um, can we sit down for a sec.? I have something I want to talk to you about."

"Sure."

They sat on the roof of a nearby house. Not that anyone could see them, of course.

There was an awkward silence. Pit began, "So, what was that you wanted to talk-"

"Pit, what do you think of Palutena?" Dark Pit began.

"Lady Palutena? She's pretty cool." He answered, surprised by the sudden question.

"Pit, before I continue, take off your laurel crown." Dark Pit instructed.

"Ohhh-kayyy." He did what he was asked, having no clue why.

"I have been thinking about her for a while, and I don't know why. Just the thought of seeing her again gets me nervous. I just," The dark angel sighed, "don't know what to do."

"WAIT A SECOND." Pit FINALLY put two and two together. "Does this mean… you like Lady Palutena?"

"I guess." Dark Pit said in a low voice.

"Then why don't you do something for her!" Pit was angry now.

"What do you mean?" Dark Pit was surprised by the sudden outburst.

"I mean, seriously, don't be such a chicken! Lady Palutena's birthday is tonight and you're here sulking like a baby puppy!"

"Tonight?" Now he was shocked. Was that the reason she invited him over?

"Well, duh! And listen here Pittoo. Make Palutena very happy. She deserves a lot."

And with that he put on his laurel crown and returned to the heavens.

What was he going to get her? Well, the day was long, and he certainly had a lot of things to think about.

Back at Palutena's Temple

Palutena caught Pit coming into the main hall. "Hey Pit, did you manage to convince him?"

Pit just raised his shoulders, "In the end, he'll come if he wants to."

Palutena's shoulders slumped. "Oh." She was actually looking forward to seeing him. She liked the way he was always so nonchalant about everything. She found that when he grinned, (which was very rare)

he was extremely cute.

Pit noticed her sadness. "Don't worry, Lady Palutena. We'll still have a good time." He encouraged.

"Thank you, Pit." But it still wasn't enough.

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The party is almost over. Where is he? Palutena thought. Everyone had come over. Viridi had given her a pair of Reset Bomb earrings, which Pit looked at with big eyes. Phosphora gave her a gift card to her favorite spa. Medusa was invited also, and Palutena received a very nice necklace made of bronze snakes. There were hundreds of guests, but Dark Pit was nowhere to be found.

"In the end, he'll come if he wants to."

Palutena sat at the stairs of her temple, waiting for any sign of him. I guess he didn't want to. When she was about to get up, something landed on her lap. It was a bouquet. A very beautiful bouquet. It was made with blue primroses, which had a hint of yellow in the center. And it had freesias too, these were white around the center and yellow around the edges. Palutena had never seen such beautiful arrangement of flowers. In the middle of the bouquet, there was a single black feather. Somehow, it complemented the bouquet just right. She was so happy. She knew this was from him.

"Thank you, Dark Pit. Thank you so much." She mused, hoping he could hear her.

Unknown to her, the angel clad in darkness was above her, on top of the roof. He was finally satisfied. It was a bold move, even for him. It took him hours to choose the right flowers, find the bravery to put one of his feathers in the bouquet and fly all the way up to Skyworld unnoticed. But it was all worth it. After all, she was Pretty Palutena.