Nana stepped out of the Ice Climber dorm, she decided to wear something a bit more...normal. It was spring, which meant it was warming up, and she didn't want to wear that parka. Her lower body was covered with capris while her upper body was a purple blouse.

She looked around, no one besides from Luigi, King Dedede, and Ness were outside their dorms. They were all chatting over by the stairs. Nana smiled. She strolled over to them, waved, then started to go down the stairs, step by step. She looked back and saw Ness staring at her with a small smile on his face. It was a bit strange, to see Ness smiling for once. He was often very quiet and would always scribble things down on a small notepad whenever he was outside his dorm. God knew what the boy did while he was INSIDE his dorm. Probably wrote crummy poetry about that girl he occasionally talked about.

Nana waved again, then turned back around, giggling slightly. She had a small crush on Ness, but it wasn't anything major. She just liked his hair...it was. so...loose...and...attractive...especially when he didn't have his hat on! He would take it off sometimes when he played baseball and it would go everywhere. The girl blushed, then ran down the stairs and went straight into the library.

The Library was huge.

It had every book you needed, from biographies to player's guides. She grabbed a book from the Mythology and Folklore section and opened it up. She loved hearing about folklore, mainly Japanese Folklore with it's odd creatures like the kappa and the tengu.

Nana read about Okiku and The Nine Plates, then stared at the book with wide eyes. She hated it when folklore got twisted. Who would do that? Hang a woman over a well and strike her? How horrible! She understood the tournaments and how people would beat the hell out of each other, but this? She closed the book, slightly muttering things under her breath. What was she to do now? Her appetite was gone, Popo wasn't up yet, and she really didn't want to talk to her crush! What if she screwed up while talking to him?

She shook her head, then walked out of the library straight into King Dedede, who was dashing down the hall, luckily, his fatness saved either of them from getting hurt.

"Oh hi, King Deded..." She trailed off. Luigi and Ness were with him, seemed like they were heading to the attic.

She restarted. "Oh hi, you three.."

King Dedede and Luigi eyed her curiously, then Luigi spoke up. "What are you-a doing? You seem-a frazzled."

"Just walking around! There's nothing else to do when it's this early.." Her eyes trailed from Luigi to Ness, who was staring at her with his blank violet eyes and that smile again. He was kind of creeping her out now.

Immediately, Ness realized he was staring at her and shook his head. Then put his right hand to his forehead and stared at the ground, deep in thought. Nana gazed at him for just a few seconds longer, then smiled and walked away.

The young climber grabbed the center of her blouse and sped down the hall at max walking speed. "Why does he keep staring at me like that? What's wrong with him? Is he under one of those pills that Peach invented that makes the taker all lovey-dovey?" Her eyes darted in different directions. She stopped and put her hands on her head and grabbed her hair.

"Nana, what's wrong?" Popo's familiar voice questioned her. Thank God he found her.

"Nothing...Popo...I'm just a bit worried about...something.." Her mouth twitched when she spoke.

"About what?"

"Just my...my grades. I think Zelda may have changed them because I got a bad grade on that test the other day," She lied, looking up and then pushing Popo out of the way to just be alone.

Nana got to the ground and curled into the fetal position. She was in the Music Room behind the organ. She clutched her hair and started pulling on it, her eyes closed in slight pain. Then she heard his voice for the first time that day.

"How are you doing?"

A/N: So..that's my other story I'll be working on besides Smash Gazette. It's just an experiment, I want to try romantic horror because apparently I have a thing for that kind of writing. Leave a review, perhaps? While you're at it, why not some suggestions or ideas for the future? ;)