Authoress' Notes: This chapter contains slight NessxPaula and shonen-ai, so if you don't like either one, don't read! It's also my favorite one by far. :)


What Goes On

Chapter 4: Sleepless Ness


Later that night...

Ness grabbed a pillow and jumped into his pajamas, as did Lucas. And for some reason, they both had the same blue-and-white striped pajama shirt and pants. I don't know why, but processed cheese probably had something to do with it.

"All right, Lucas," said Ness, "we gotta hit the sack soon so we can get up early tomorrow."

"But I thought we don't get up any earlier than noon..."

"Well, tomorrow's gonna be different. We're getting up at 11:30! It's a bit of a sacrifice, but it's one I'm willing to make."

"Uh, okay?"

"I'm done with the bathroom, so hurry it up in there."

"Okay."

So, he went into the bathroom to do his business. Yes, every Smashers' room comes with a built-in bathroom. Why wouldn't it?

Ness had just placed his cap on top of the nearby lamp when he heard retching in the lavatory.

"UGH! HAGH! AGGGH! GAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Running to the door, he slammed it open. "Lucas, what the crap?"

He turned to him, eyes teary. "Sorry, I choked..."

"On what?"

"...The toothbrush..."

"...Uh, you do know that's my toothbrush, right?"

He blinked. "It is? ...Uh-oh."

Ness sighed, closing the door. "...Let's just worry about that tomorrow..."


After about 10 straight minutes of bottles dropping, water running, the toilet flushing, and Lucas grunting and groaning, he exited. Ness frowned.

"Uh, what was that all about?"

"I think I lost my sense of equilibrium..."

"Is that a drug?"

He made a face. "No..."

"Nice, then go to bed. See ya in the morning."

"Oh, all right..." Lucas crawled into bed and was ready to fall asleep when he noticed Ness was hanging over from the top. "What?"

"Think you could turn off the light?"

He smiled nervously. "...Can't we leave it on tonight?"

"No."

He lowered his head. "O-okay..."

Reluctantly, he reached over and switched off the lamp on the nightstand. As it went off, the entire room fell into darkness, the only source of light coming from the moon shining through a window.

Making himself comfortable, Ness closed his eyes and gently drifted off to sleep...


When he opened his eyes again, Ness quickly noticed his was no longer in a dark room, but in a vast field of flowers. He must be dreaming... or hallucinating... No, he was pretty sure he was dreaming.

"Hey, Ness!"

He looked up to the sound of the voice. "Paula?"

"Ness!" She waved, then ran off. "Bectha can't catch me!"

Laughing, he gave chase. "Oh, I bet I can!"

She ran like mad through the vast field of flowers, laughing as he pursued her. Ness found himself laughing for a bit, but he soon realized he couldn't catch up to Paula and was forced to stop and catch his breath.

"Okay..." he panted, "Okay, so maybe I can't catch you... Whew, you sure can run..."


...His dream was suddenly interrupted by someone poking his nose. Annoyed at being brought back to the reality of the darkened room, he groaned and stuffed his head under the pillow. The poking continued on his back.

"Neeeeess?" came Lucas' whining voice.

"...What?" he growled from under the pillow.

"I can't sleeeeep..."

"Neither can I with you poking me like that..."

"...Can I sleep with you tonight?"

"No."

He whimpered. "Whyyyyyy?"

"Because I said so."

"Whyyyyyy?"

"Because you're not supposed to."

"But I'm your best friend, so whyyyyyy?"

"Because it's a bunk bed for a reason..."

"I won't take up much space. Pleeeeeeeease?"

"No!"

"But I'm lonely..."

"Well, I'm homesick, but you don't see me complaining."

"You were at dinner..."

Upon hearing that, Ness sat up and promptly pushed Lucas off the ladder. "That just earned you a punch in the stomach. I'll do it when you least expect it."

"AAH!" Lucas screamed, hitting the floor.

"Now quit fooling around and go to bed already! Good night!" He stuffed his head under the pillow again.

He was just about to drift off when the mattress from below began squeaking nonstop. He tried to ignore it by stuffing his head under the pillow again, but it just got louder and louder and louder until he felt like his brain was going to explode. Jumping up, he looked down to see Lucas sitting up in bed, bouncing up and down anxiously.

Teeth gritted, he snarled, "Lucas! What the hell are you doing?"

He started rocking back and forth. "...Trying to go to sleep."

"Well, I can't sleep with all that noise, so cut it out before I rip you a new one!" His head disappeared, followed by the sound of sheets ruffling and the mattress squeaking.

"Uh, okay..."

Ness fluffed his pillow a few times before throwing his face into it. With a sigh, he was about to drift off again when he heard the mattress below him squeaking again. He groaned as he soon felt Lucas' presence.

"...What is it now?"

"Ness, I'm scared."

"We all are. Get used to it."

He whimpered. "N-no! I don't wanna be scared!"

He lifted his head. "What're you scared of?"

"...Discount sales."

He scowled at the boy long and hard before throwing him back into his respective bed, sternly growling, "Good night, Lucas!"

He sighed. "Good night..."

Ness sat at the edge of his the top bed to make sure he didn't move. After a few minutes of watching, he finally realized that the blond psychic wasn't planning on bugging him anytime soon, so he receded back under the covers and yawned. Putting the pillow over his head, he inhaled deeply several times until he passed out.


Back in the field of flowers, he looked at Paula and smiled. "Now, where we?"

"I was proving that you need to lose some weight by doing... this!" She ran off.

He frowned. "Oh, yeah... That..."

"Come on! You're not even trying anymore!" She soon noticed Ness had disappeared and stopped running. "Huh. Now where'd he'd go...? He was right there a moment ago..."

"Surprise!" he shouted, grabbing her from behind.

"Hey! How'd you catch up to me so fast?"

"Uh... Fuzzy pickles?"

"Works for me."


...Ness' eyes snapped open at the pressure of someone flopping onto him. He looked down to see Lucas had disregarded his earlier threat and was currently resting his head on his stomach, his hair tickling his nose. More than ready to dismantle somebody, he reached down and grabbed him by the neck, squeezing hard. Lucas awoke immediately upon having the pressure on his windpipe. Neck still in his hand, Ness sat him up straight, grinding his teeth.

"Uh, N-Ness?" Lucas gagged. "Y-you're kinda ch-choking me here..."

"Yeah, I know! You're kinda invading my personal space here!"

He wheezed. "B-but I can't...! I-I c-can't sleep! A-and you s-said w-we hafta get up early...!"

"Well, keeping me up all night's not gonna help!"

"P-please? Just this once! I-I promise I'll never ask again...!" He startled struggling, due to the lack of air.

Seeing as he was about to pass out, Ness let go and pointed at the floor. "Go to bed, Lucas."

"But--"

"NOW!"

He sighed dejectedly. "Okay..."

In an effort to slide down the ladder, the darkness of the room made Lucas miss and plummet to the ground below. He made a loud, painful thump upon landing.

"Ooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww...!" he howled, starting to sniffle.

Ness rolled his eyes. "Oh, don't tell me you're gonna cry now! It's only a five-foot drop!"

"My arrrrrrm! I-I think I broke it...!"

"I'll look at it in the morning. Now, go to bed!" Ness spat, burying himself under the covers.


Back in the dream, Paula started walking away, then turned around. "Ness, when're you coming back?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, this is the third time you've gone to this 'Smash Brothers' thing. And it's so boring around here without you..."

"Oh..." He rubbed his head. "Well, I'll be back when it's done."

"And that would be...?"

"In a little while."

"But when's that?"

He shrugged. "I dunno. Sooner or later."

She sighed. "But that's not good enough..."

"Well," He took her hand, "how about I give you something to hold you over...?"


Finally getting himself together, Lucas pouted, offended that his horrific accident failed to faze the other psychic. He went up to his bed again.

"Hey, Ness. I think I really need some help here. Y'see, my arm..."

But he was too far gone to hear him. On top of that, he was a very heavy sleeper...

"Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess..." he whined, pushing him, "Seriously, I think something's wrong with my arm... It's really sore..."

Again, his words fell on deaf ears as a dopey smile spread across Ness' face. Whatever he was dreaming, it must've been good.

"Ness, this isn't funny..." He leaned over and poked his nose. "I think I'm bleeding internally here... C'mon..."

His pleas were finally answered as Ness grabbed his hand.

He smiled. "Oh, good. You're awake. Now, about my arm--" He abruptly stopped when he noticed he was still sleeping. "Uh, Ness?"

Before he had a chance to question him further, Ness pulled him into a deep kiss. Shocked, Lucas struggled to get out of it, but his resistance paled in comparison to the other boy's strength. To make things worse, he occasionally brushed his hands through his hair, making him feel very uneasy. Tired of fighting, he eventually gave up and just went with it. All he could do was hope no one came in and saw him in this little... predicament. After what seemed like forever, Ness let go, smiling like an idiot.

"Mmm..." He hugged Lucas, resting his head in his hair. "That was nice..."

"Well, that's not exactly the word I'd use, but whatever. Now, can you look at my arm...? It reeeeeeally hurts--"

Ness opened his eyes, realizing that Paula's voice had changed. Upon seeing Lucas buried in his chest, he figured it was a nightmare at first... But with his incessant whining, it was plain to see he was wide awake, and this was real...

"--and I think I broke it... I mean, I can still move it, but it's a little sore... It might just be a bruise, but I can't really tell...What do you think?"

A horrible, spine-tingling, bloodcurdling scream of which the likes that've never been heard before erupted through Smash Mansion that night. It was full of anguish, fear, and dread at what'd just happened to its source. It was also loud enough to wake every single sleeping individual in a five mile radius. Needless to say, every light in the house came on and it wasn't long before a fight broke out in the hallway over who'd done it.

Ness tackled Lucas, sending them both to the floor. The blond scowled. "Ok, you're gonna have to stop doing that. You really are gonna break something if this keeps up!"

"AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE IT'S BOTH YOUR ARMS AND LEGS!" he snarled.

"Why? What'd I do?"

"YOU'RE NOT PAULA!"

"...Is that a bad thing?"

"Paula is a GIRL, and GUYS only kiss GIRLS! Are you a GIRL?"

"No..."

"THEN THAT'S A BAD THING!"

"L-look, I'm sorry, o-okay? I-it's not that b-big of a deal! I-it was a-an accident; I understand...!"

"No, you DON'T understand! I just kissed a GUY!" He wiped his mouth in disgust, gagging at the very thought. "Do you know how WRONG that is?"

Lucas scoffed. "Why're you mad at me? You're the one who did it!"

"I was dreaming! Who knows what could've happened if I hadn't woken up?"

"I don't see why you're getting all bent outta shape over this," he replied, finding his roommate's anger frightening and funny at the same time. "At least it wasn't somebody like Wario!"

Despite that being a very good point, it didn't stop Ness from glaring daggers at him. Lucas couldn't help but snicker at his eye twitching.

"I just want some company!" he continued. "Maybe I'm a little lonely! It's not all about you, y'know!"

Ness stood. "Get up."

He grinned nervously. "Please don't punch me in the stomach..."

"GET UP!"

Trying to stifle his laughter, Lucas stood, clutching the pillow to his stomach. Ness grabbed him and hurled him to the top bunk, climbing up afterwards.

Seeing his sour expression, Lucas went into hysterics. "N-now, Ness! W-we can talk this out! D-don't do something we'll both regret! Y-you don't still think I'm P-Paula, do you? Just so you know, I-I'm saving myself for that special someone...!"

He pinned him to the bed, seething. "No, you sick loser! Just do me a favor and go... to... bed...! You wanna sleep up here? Fine! Have a field day! I don't care! Just please... please go to sleep! And if I ever start doing weird stuff like that in my sleep again, feel free to set the bed on fire!"

"...B-but I can't! That's destroying property without a purpose! That's illegal, you know..."

"Then the next time you fall off the bed, it'll be because I threw you, because you'll be DEAD!"

He cowered, despite snorting with laughter. He had no idea why he found any of this funny. "Okay, okay! I will! A-and I promise I-I won't bug you anymore! R-really, I won't!"

Ness let go and slapped him with his pillow as a warning. "Then, for the last time, good night!"

Lucas tried to stop laughing and moved around a bit until he got comfortable. The whole thing was very awkward indeed, so now he found it even harder to get to sleep. But it wasn't long before the madness passed and the muffled screams of fighting in the hallway subsided. Within minutes, everything was back to the way it should've been.

He could feel himself began to relax and finally go to sleep, but winced as a strange, new feeling came over him... It was warm and comforting at first, but he couldn't help but inwardly curse as it began to spread. Biting his lip, he gently tapped Ness' shoulder.

"Uh... Ness?"

Ness turned over and grabbed his collar, ready to smother him with the pillow. "...What? What? WHAAAAAAT? What could you possibly want this time? Huh? HUH? HUUUUUH? ANSWER ME!"

Blushing, Lucas looked down. "I think I had an accident..."


Authoress' Notes: Hah! Take that, all you Marth/Ike/Roy/Link/Pit fans! XD I dare to be different! Of course, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing...