I don't own these characters. They truly belong to Nintendo/Square Enix.
In the lovely Smash Mansion, there are many fighters that are from different universes like Punch out, Metriod, Mario, Zelda, etc. The veterans were warming towards to the newcomers. In turn, the newcomers start warming up to them. But there's this one newcomer that is very difficult to get along and that person would be Cloud Strife, an ex-SOLDIER AVALANCHE member.
Whenever Cloud shows up in the kitchen to eat, everyone made their way out to avoid him. When he goes outside to train, the swordsman watched without him noticing. One time, Cloud turned his back around after Pit's uncontrollable laughter. He couldn't see them but he knows that they're in the bushes hiding.
The spiky haired man didn't let the Smasher's mistreatment get to him. His thoughts were too focused on the past: His mortal enemy taking away someone dear and innocent from him. That's way worse than the mistreatment.
At nightfall, Cloud readied himself to bed. His hand is placed on the end of the ramp as his foot is on the very first step. However, he didn't had the chance to take another step when Captain Falcon shouted from the kitchen,
"Yo Cloud can you clean the dishes for us?!"
Unfairly, the Smasher were in the kitchen playing a board game and didn't bother to invite Cloud to join.
Why clean the dishes for people when they treat me like trash? Cloud said in his head. He did make a good point, at least one of them should do it. Cloud let out a soft sigh and walks to the kitchen. Once he got there, he ducked down so a bowling ball wouldn't hit him. Lucas and the villager frowned.
"Aw man villager you missed." Lucas almost whined.
For three hours, Cloud finally finished his task. He dried the dishes and put them in their proper place. The Smashers were already asleep in their bedroom and never told Cloud goodnight.
Finally I get some shut eye around here. But wait, Lucas, Ness, Luma, and Kirby were in the living room wearing a frown on their faces.
"Cloud?" Lucas starts to speak, "Can you read to us?" His eyebrows were furrowed.
"We're sorry for what we did. I hope you can forgive us." Ness hands Cloud a book with a smile across his face.
"I'm not interested but I'll forgive you." Cloud gives the book back to Ness. Luma had his little fins on his hips with disappointment.
"Cloud, my mama is too tired to read us a story and she wanted you to read it for us because she trust you." Luma snarled but not too loudly.
"Rosalina trusts me?" Cloud never talked to Rosalina nor even met her since she seems to be busy with the other women in the Smash Mansion.
"Yep." Luma nods.
"Okay then, I'll read to you guys." Cloud now has the book handed back to Ness. He sits in his couch while the four gathered around him. Cloud carried Luma and places him gently on his lap. Luma squealed in excitement before Cloud opens the book and starts reading.
Morning.
Rosalina lifts her eye mask off and places it on a dresser near her. She scans her room and finds that Luma isn't in her room so she rushed out of her room to the living room, assuming Luma would be there.
Cloud and the little ones were asleep on the couch. The book is on the cold hard wooden floor. Rosalina didn't bother wearing socks or house shoes. When she sees that they're just asleep on the couch, she swoons.
"How cute." She says to herself. Her voice slowly woke up Cloud and Ness.
Ness had a smile on his face when his direction is towards Cloud and Cloud is refreshing his memory on how he ended up sleeping in the living room.
"What happened?" Cloud moaned.
"You read us a story and we suddenly got tired and fell asleep." Ness laughs.
"Oh that's right."
"Cloud, I want to say, thank you. I couldn't do it since I have been so stressed lately and I thought you needed company so here I have someone I can trust." Rosalina faintly smiles at him. Cloud had no other words to say, he was speechless and mostly surprised that she, Rosalina herself, had to say all of that to him.
"No problem..." Is all what Cloud can say for a response. How does Rosalina know that I've been lonely? Has she been watching me?
The peaceful moment was interrupted by three angry female figures that are veterans: Samus, Peach, and Zelda. Why are they so angry? Because they caught Rosalina talking to Cloud.
"Rosalina how dare you?! I told you not to talk to him" Samus stomps to Rosalina, firmly grasping her arm, and pulls her away. Rosalina yelps in response to the grasp.
"Samus he's not what you think. He's a good person with a good heart and has been through many obstacles in his lifetime. I can see that." Rosalina argued.
"Well we don't." Zelda and Peach said at the same time. The girls went out of sight while Samus, still on Rosalina's arm followed. Rosalina took one more glance at Cloud before she's out of scene. Cloud was again speechless but flustered.
"What was that all about?" He asked Luma, since he's Rosalina's close companion.
"The girls just doesn't want Mama around you that's all." Luma flies after them after waving goodbye to Cloud.
"I'm glad we're not girls," Ness turns to Lucas "Right Lucas?"
"Yeah girls are weird." Lucas agrees.
I guess I'm weird.