Melencholy's Sunshine: Accidental flirting/insulting each other by giving flowers. No harm meant or done, but the other members of the plaza wonder what this may mean with their favorite tiny duo.

SXR: I'm gonna change that a bit. Maybe use it in an expansion fic that I make-

TKO: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!

SXR: WAIT- Read it, Dendy doesn't cry at the end.

Dendy had been hiding a boquet of flowers in her backpack while she walked to the plaza. All she needed now was a vase and it would be the perfect present to KO. Her parents had helped her pick out all the flowers, but all the local kappa shops didn't have a vase that fit the relationship that KO and Dendy had. She walked to plaza to the bodega and took the bouquet out, hoping to find the right aestetic vase that also fit the two.

Meanwhile "Rad," the ninja at the counter motioned the alien to come over. "We can't let Dendy give that boquet to KO."

"Why?"

"Because, last time I saw someone give a few of those flowers to someone else. There was a huge fight and break up. And we can not let that happen to our ship."

Enid and Rad quickly nodded to each other, and Rad went to work to distract Dendy. "Heya Dendy. What are you doing here? You know KO is not working yet."

"I am fully aware that KO is not working at the bodega yet today. I also know that you are a terrible liar Radacles and wouldn't speak to me unless KO was here. What are you inquiring about other than my current whereabouts?"

"Uh…urm…" Rad saw Enid quickly taking the flower from Dendy.

Curious, Dendy followed Rad's eyes to see nothing there, when she looked back, Rad was also gone. She looked back to the boquet to find that the Candytuft flower was gone. She made an unsatisfactory hum and walked over to the frame store, hoping for better luck at finding a culprit that would've taken it.

She walked into the frame store, hoping to find the bear working, but instead there was the Skeleton working. He quickly looked alert at a customer coming in and lit up. "What can I help you with?" He asked as she walked up to the counter.

"I've been trying to find some missing flowers from my boquet."

"That looks like a pretty full boquet." ARMS said. "Did you come to the plaza to get it framed?"

"That seems counter-intuitive. But I am missing some flowers from this. Tell me, have you seen any people running around with stolen candytufts?"

"Candytufts!?" Brandon ran over and shoved his skeleton friend to the ground, stealing another flower from Dendy's bouquet. "We cannot let her ruin our ship ARMS."

"Why would she ruin it?" ARMS asked.

Brandon showed her the flower he picked from it. A buttercup. "A buttercup means childishness, and candytufts mean that you could care less about a person!"

"But if they mean that, why would someone even bother with the flower?"

"To sink our ship! Maybe Dendy doesn't care about KO anymore and she's trying to cut it off with him!"

"WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO OUR SHIP!"

"You have a ship?" Dendy questioned. She didn't get an answer as the skeleton and bear ran away. Dendy looked to the bouquet and frowned. "Oh, where did my buttercup go now?"

It went like that through the whole day, Dendy trying to find someone to help her find a vase and her missing flowers, and she ended up losing another until she finally was cradiling the last flower she had, a striking fire-like orange lily. She decided to wait for KO to finally come near the Plaza area to give him the gift.

"KO!" She chirped excitedly and walked over to him.

"Hiya Dendy. How's today been so far?"

"Awful."

"Huh? Wh-what happened? Did someone mess with Mr. Gar's store?"

"No."

"Did someone mess with any of the plaza workers?"

"No."

"Did someone mess with you?"

"Yes."

KO gasped dramatically before asking, "who?"

"Everyone! I was trying to give you a boquet, but…well…here…" Dendy presented the flower, and KO could've sworn he'd hear a chorus shouting before a failing noise was heard.

He looked at the flower, and while it seemed to want to stir anger, it seemed to be also warm. "This is a really pretty flower Dendy."

"Thank you. I was going to give the boquet and explain the flower's meaning."

"IT MEANS YOU HATE THE PERSON YOU'RE GIVING IT TO!" Someone shouted.

"Drupe! Shut up!" Another person quieted.

"Hatred…?" KO looked to his best friend.

She merely chuckled. "For other creatures, maybe, but for kappas, it is representative of a warm protection or a passionate love."

"Wow! That's so-" KO paused for a moment, before looking back to Dendy with a blush.

She returned the blush and handed him the flower.

SXR: So?

TKO: I'm giving you a ten second head start.

SXR: *sighs*