(A/N: So DK and Candy are bound and determined to see their relationship flourish. Can they make it happen? I bet they can! Let's read and find out!)
When everyone awoke, it was a decent hour, and they were ready to make a fresh start, now that they had a whole new year ahead of them. As for Donkey Kong, he was happy about the new year, and he wanted to get started on figuring out how to balance time with his friends, his duties as ruler, and time to spend with Candy. Diddy couldn't help him, 'cause he went to go spend the day with Dixie as soon as he finished breakfast. Plus, Diddy was young, and he didn't know how to do that sort of thing.
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"I hope whoever is there can help me." DK said to himself as he went to the door and opened it. To his good fortune, Candy was at the door.
"Candy! Am I glad to see you!" DK said.
"What's wrong, DK?" Candy asked.
"I need help. I don't know how to balance time with you and my friends with my duties as ruler." DK explained.
"I can help you." Candy said.
"So, where do we start?" DK asked.
"Well, given that the Crystal Coconut is well-hidden, you probably won't have to worry about the bad guys finding and stealing it. Then again, you've also got to help with fortifying the island's security." Candy said.
"Yeah, and the bad guys are probably trying to come up with some idiotic plan to steal it, but they don't know that Cranky doesn't have it anymore. Well, what they don't know won't hurt them." DK said.
"So we should figure out a way for you to divide all that time." Candy said.
"Let's get to work, then." DK said.
In a short amount of time, they'd worked something out. This week, DK would have lunch with Candy on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The following week, he'd meet her on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And so on.
"We should also have a date night." Candy said.
"How about we have two of them, on the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of every month. One of those date nights can be dinner, or a movie, or both, and as for the other one... how does a moonlight picnic sound?" DK asked.
"Sounds like a good idea. As long as it's not too hot, or cold, or rainy." Candy said.
"Yeah. I was also thinking that we could hang out on Wednesday nights. We could watch a movie, or just talk." DK said.
"I like the way you think. Oh, and we should get together for our birthdays, holidays, and our anniversaries." Candy added.
"Anniversaries? I know about the anniversary of the day we got together, but what's the other one?" DK asked.
"The one of the day we met." Candy said.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that one." DK said. He'd marked the special days in his calendar, including the anniversary of the day he met Candy, but he momentarily forgot. Then he said, "We'll have to do something special for our anniversaries and birthdays. The holidays are usually handled by everyone on Kongo Bongo Island."
"Yup." said Candy, glad that they'd figured out a way to spend time together.
"Wait a sec! What if one of us has to cancel or something?" DK asked, having just remembered this important detail.
"If that happens, we notify the other ASAP. If it's sickness, that's understandable, 'cause we wouldn't want the other to get it. If something comes up, we'll work something out." Candy said.
"And you won't get mad if I have to cancel because of something coming up?" DK asked.
"That's part of my resolution." Candy reminded him.
"Oh yeah." DK said. Then he said, "Well, the days we don't spend together would be best for spending time with my friends. But I'm also going to use mornings to work on fortifying the island with Cranky."
"That's an idea." Candy said.
"So, we've got this figured out." DK said.
"I guess so." Candy said.
"What do you want to do now?" Candy asked.
"How about we watch a movie?" DK suggested.
"A movie sounds good. But which one?" Candy said.
"You can pick." DK said, leading her to where he and Diddy kept their movies (except for ones Diddy was too young for; DK kept those in his bedroom).
"Let's see..." Candy said, looking over the collection of movies. After looking over the movies, she decided to watch "Night At The Museum".
"Oh, good choice! Let's watch it!" DK said, and they watched the movie.
Looks like DK and Candy are off to a good start at fixing their relationship. Stay tuned to see if they can make it work.
