Alright, so you clicked on this! Now what?

Well, I'll tell you. Player-5 (me), *who never played KD3 yet*, decided to make some one-shots based on the Animal Friends.

Why? Because I felt like it. I like these guys.

*EDIIIIIIIIIT: And I'm not going in specific order anymore. 'Cause I got the game, literally, right after I posted this. So it's kinda, sorta more accurate. In fact, Kine is actually my favorite to play as.

Poor ol' Kine…

How hard was it to find somebody? Not very hard, actually.

Then why was it so hard for Kine? He was chronically depressed. Was that the reason why? He disagreed, for the "true" reason was so obvious, to him at least.

"No one has come back to see me. I think everyone forgot about me."

"What? That's not true," Kirby exclaimed. "We all like you Kine! What made you think otherwise?"

"I don't know," the sunfish admitted. "I just don't see anyone anymore. I know most of them can't swim, but they don't bother visiting."

"I think the reason you haven't seen anyone is because, well, those bosses don't beat themselves. And if they did, they obviously have something wrong with them."

Kirby was able to get a small, nervous chuckle out of Kine. "And if that's not the reason, then we just got other business we have to take care of. I mean, we're all living beings, right? We all have our own stuff we gotta do."

"Yeah, but…" Kine looked out at the setting sun, the beaming red-orange orb throwing itself across the surface of deep blue. Kine always got a melancholy feeling in his gut whenever he watched it disappear, especially when he was next to his favorite island. Even though his good buddy was with him, nothing seemed to brighten his constant mood.

"The sun over there," he began. "I always compare myself to him."

"How so?"

"Can't you guess it?" Kine snapped, surprising his friend. "The sun and I are practically opposite of each other. He always sets, and some days, never comes out. Mr. Bright's one of the gay happiest guys in the universe, but even he gets moody. But not the way I do. I think about this every single freakin' day, and the only reason I can think of is: why am I still here?" The sunfish began sobbing quietly to himself.

Kirby remained silent for a moment or two. Not knowing how to respond to that in words, the puffball reached a stubby paw out, and wiped away the tears that were streaming down from the fish's eyes and out into the ocean. Kirby continued to rub Kine's "cheek" until the fish had calmed down.

"You know," Kirby eventually said. "You say the craziest things sometimes. But just hear me out: no one, and I mean no one, can say you have a terribly miserable life; because you honestly don't. You do have friends. Friends that care. Also, didn't you say you liked Tiff?"

"Ah, I gave up on her," Kine replied. "Besides, she likes you."

"But did I ever say I liked her back?" Kirby smirked.

"Hm, good point. I guess I really only liked her because she was the only one who would come to the ocean often."

"See? You're better off without her. She's got nothing on you when it comes to swimming."

"I guess so," Kine chuckled.

"That's the spirit!" Kine and Kirby looked at each other, smiling, and Kirby even gave his fish friend a hug.

"Thanks, Kirby. I'm glad I can count on you to talk to."

Hey, no problem, buddy."

For the rest of the evening, with Kirby still on Kine's back, they watched the sun lower under the horizon. The black sky followed after, filling up every inch of orange.

"Hey, wait a minute," Kirby realized. "You already got a girlfriend!"

"I do?"

"Yeah, wasn't her name Mine or something? You met her before that incident with Zero."

"Oh yeah! I guess I had gotten so depressed that I actually forgot about her."

Kirby slapped a paw over his forehead. "How long?" he moaned.

"I think that was five years ago…"

"Dude, you don't do that."

"Oh…do you think I should go apologize?"