Gifts and Something Else

Gondo walked over to the Lumpy Pumpkin for a meal after doing some repairs on shields for the knights, he felt like today might be a good day for something hot. he saw Rupin walking out of the Bazaar with The Happy Mask Salesman stumbling behind him, Gondo could not help but chuckle to the sight when the Mask Salesman tripped over his own feet out the door.

"Um Gondo, can we talk?"

The tanned man turned his head to see it was Peatrice who spoke to him, he give her a kind smile and nodded as the two walked into the restaurant. Peatrice followed right behind him feeling a bit nervous about talking in a public place, she wanted it to be more private but she could not do that without having her father appear and nag her about what happened.

"So Peatrice, what seems to bother you?" Gondo asked cheerfully, walking her over to a table and taking a seat while they waited for the waitress to come.

"It's about..." Peatrice hesitated for a moment "The festival and what happened between me...and..." She lowered her head in shame, her cheeks turning bright pink show her embarrassment.

"Oh...?" Gondo said, sitting straight on his chair and looking around nervously though no one could see his eyes through his safety mask.

"Yea... I wanted to apologize to Rupin and The Happy Mask Salesman but I couldn't think of a way without hurting their feelings" Peatrice mumbled a bit, slowly lifting her head to look around at the people before looking at the tanned man.

"Well Peatrice" Gondo began "I know you have feeling for The Mask Salesman but are you sure that those feelings are real? you only met the man and my guess is that he loves his masks more than anyone else, he does seem to be happy but something else must be going on with him." he sighed and rubbed the back of his head, thinking about how mad the guy got when she kissed Rupin.

"Like what?" Peatrice asked, curious about he just said and wanting to figure out what else is going on between the two.

"I don't know, the guy appears to be happy and yet when he's mad..." Gondo trailed off a bit "He just seems like a whole different person and it somehow scares people"

"I know that but I want to know why? He hates it when people steal or touch his masks without asking, I just..." Peatrice sighed, leaning over to lay her head on the table.

"You like him, I get that part but what if he decides to leave without saying goodbye? Will you still like him then?" Gondo said, getting serious now since he doesn't want to see her heartbroken if the guy truly did decide to leave.

"No... I would be heartbroken and miserable for the rest of my life" Peatrice replied, lifting her head to lay her chin on the table while she glanced at the edge of the table.

"You won't be miserable if you got Rupin?" Gondo said cheerfully, reaching his hand over to lift her head to meet his smile.

"What about Rupin?" Peatrice sat up straight on her chair "All he cares about is how much rupees he's getting and obsessively counts them in his storage room!" she folds her arms across her chest, getting annoyed to the thought of Rupin popping into her head.

"He felt you those flowers, didn't he?" Gondo said, getting a little cheeky now when he caught her blushing about the flowers.

"Yes but that doesn't change the fact he obsesses over rupees" Peatrice argued "Each time I go to visit him, he just fumbles with whatever he was holding and ends up dropping it" she shook her head, getting more irritated as she shifts her weight to one side on the chair.

"I don't know if you can see it or not but Rupin really does like you" Gondo stated, having to know Rupin for a long time now and just imagining him with Peatrice brought a big smile on his face.

"What would you like to order?"

Peatrice looked up at the waitress and ordered herself a pumpkin coffee while Gondo ordered hot meal, the tanned man could see that Peatrice was now thinking about a certain guy and the blushing proved to be right on who she was thinking of.

After walking The Happy Mask Salesman back to Gondo's house, Rupin started his way back to his shop while thinking about how the Mask Salesman got that strange mask. He never cared much for such things and why he felt so bothered by it but that strange mask did bother him, he could not get a good nights sleep without hearing it whisper to him.

Rupin was so deep in thought that he didn't realize he ended up back at his house, he shook his head and looked around to see where he was standing. Rupin was standing right in front of his closet when the song began to play once more, his mind slowly became clouded to the tune and his eyes changed to a blunt stare.

"I see you have returned, Rupin" The Mask said, its eyes slowly began to glow in the dark.

"I wanted to see you, Majora's Mask" Rupin replied bluntly, slowly reaching up to open the closet doors and looked upon the glowing mask.

"Good because I wanted you to do something for me, Rupin" The Mask said, slowly rising up from the clothes it was resting on and moved closer to the man. It had not interest in making Rupin's Wish come true, its intentions lied else where and having a bit of fun would not hurt to say the least.

The Mask slowly floated into Rupin's hands and quietly whispered "Put me on" to Rupin in hopes of creating a new empire, not wanting to take any chances of wasting time on a child like it did last time. At this point, Rupin was fully under the Mask's dark powers when he mindlessly reached up to slip on the mask.

"Rupin!"

The shout snapped Rupin back to reality when he dropped the mask and quickly turned to see an angry figure standing at the doorway, Rupin blinked his eyes a few times before seeing it was The Happy Mask Salesman though unhappy would be more proper.

The Mask Salesman stormed over to the man and smacked him up side the head, the Salesman reached down to pick up his mask and checked for any cracks or dents that might be caused by the drop.

"What was that for!" Rupin yelled, knowing full well on why while rubbing his head and taking one step back to avoid any more unwelcome surprises. The Mask Salesman said nothing and just obsessed over the mask before slipping it under his vest and looking around suspiciously, he looked back at Rupin and gave him the rupees he made earlier.

"This mask is not for you to play with, that is why I keep it for a reason!" The Mask Salesman whispered, turning to leave Rupin's house and hopefully avoid anymore mistakes.

Rupin stood there dumbfounded with a small pouch of pouch of rupees in his hand, he never experienced anyone giving him rupees and sneaking off like that before. A few times he looked from the pouch to the open door before a smile grew on his face, he quickly slipped the pouch into his pocket and walked over to the door to close it so he could count how much was in it.

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