A/N: This is a little more lighthearted... probably because I was writing it at ten :p

Anyways, enjoy?

Twoson was not what Ness was expecting.

When they said they had found a town, he was expecting some kind of rundown place, being near a factory and all. But Twoson... Twoson was kind of nice. It felt cozy, if that could describe a town. It was almost like Onett, except less busy. Like a town where everyone knew everyone and new people were welcomed with open arms.

It was quiet, which was nice after all that had happened.

Ninten showed him the way to the hotel, which was exactly where he wanted to go. He just wanted to sleep comfortably for once. Plus, there was nothing else to do, or anything he wanted to do for that matter. They booked a room, somehow without being questioned why three teenagers wanted a hotel room or why they had the absurd amount of money to do so, but Ness didn't care.

Day turned to night quickly; it had taken them a while to get to Twoson as they had walked in the opposite direction of the town. It was dusk when they got in their room and promptly passed out.

It was midnight when Ness awoke to a scream.

It wasn't particularly loud; not loud enough for Ninten or Lucas to wake up. Maybe Ness heard it because he was closer to the window, or maybe it was because he had better hearing. Whatever the reason, it seemed he also had good eyes because he saw the faintest flash of light from outside the window.

He knew he should probably stay out of it, but... it would bother him for at least a year if he didn't do anything.

So he quietly opened the window (going out the front would probably get the room revoked or something) and climbed out, jumping down carefully. He was happy they had first floor.

Another flash came from in front of him; this time, he could see the the light was red and a silhouette of what was almost definitely a Starman and a person.

So the Starmen were chasing them. They would have to leave in the morning.

Shaking those thoughts out of his head, he rushed forwards. He couldn't think about that right now. It's not like he wanted to be any hero or something, but... well, he was known for having curiosity. A lot of it. And if it led him into someone in trouble, his mind told him he had to do something. He had seen it, anyways. And that would make him responsible for anything that happened to that person.

He finally got to the fight. The Starman fired a beam, and a flash of red responded to it. Wait, not light... fire? But whatever he was planning to do was thrown out the window as the metallic creature was destroyed.

So much for doing anything.

"Um, hi." Oh frick. No. Why. Someone was talking to him. Or, um, a girl was. He had no problem talking to anybody else... or he hadn't had problems talking to people for a while. Or ever.

So he kind of just stood there dumbly for a second before once again realizing "oh god he had to talk".

"H-Hi." He finally looked at the girl; blonde hair and a pink dress. "U-Uh, what were y-you doing here?"

At that the girl looked down. Ness wanted to die on the inside. "My parents work at a preschool. They went missing, so I'm in charge of it for now. One of the kids ran away, so..."

Well. Ness didn't know what he was expecting, but it wasn't that.

"I can, um, make sure the thing doesn't come back i-if you want. Walk with you." God, he was so awkward. He was completely sure that this girl would give him a look like "what's wrong with you?", but she didn't. Instead she gave him a smile.

"Thanks." She turned around and started walking, and Ness was sure this girl's kindness was going to give him a heart attack. He thought he'd weird her out or something. Or scare her. And then it'd be awkward.

And maybe he wanted to meet new people.

"May I ask who are you?" The girl asked, bring Ness out of his thoughts. Gosh, he was spacey right now.

"Ness. T-That's my name," he clarified, for some reason or another.

"Paula," the girl responded. She stopped. "This the place. Thanks for walking me back."

"No problem." He sheepishly smiled. "Bye."

"Goodbye." Paula disappeared, leaving Ness feeling a bit lonelier. Not like he expected her not to leave. He didn't have a problem with it either, it would probably be the only time he saw her. He started walking back to the hotel, hoping nobody noticed he was gone.

He climbed through the windows and gracefully fell face first onto the bed. At least he didn't make a bang. He started closing the window when a voice made him freeze.

"Where were you?" Ness turned around, seeing Ninten staring at him. Ness felt panic rising within him.

"Uh, I don't know?" Ninten rolled his eyes.

"Really Ness. What were you doing?"

Ness had never been really good at lying. "Um, so there was this scream so I looked outside and there was a Starman attacking this girl so I went to help but the girl defeated the Starman and I walked her back? And I just realized she has PSI. Oh crap. And her parents went missing. So *that's* why there was a Starman..."

Ninten blinked. At least he had been Ness' friend for so long he was probably used to it. "Ooookay. So...? You met a girl and it's love at first sight?"

"No! What the heck Ninten?!" Ness probably would've shouted louder and hit Ninten with a pillow if they weren't in a hotel with someone else sleeping in the room. "You know I'm awkward around new people. At least when I'm by myself."

"Yeah, but..." Ninten started laughing and tried to suppress it. "It's hilarious."

"Whatever Ninten." Ness sighed. "But seriously, now that I'm back here... we have to save her."

Ninten stopped laughing. "Wait, what?"

"Did you listen to what I said?" Ness tried to be mad but then realized he was rambling when he mentioned that part. "Never mind, you probably couldn't understand what I was saying. Anyways, she has PSI. It was a Starman she was fighting."

"Oh yeah... You mentioned that. What are we supposed to do, though?"

"I don't know. Can't believe I didn't notice it before, though."

"Not your fault. You just met a girl in the middle of the night."

"Ninten-"

"You were probably super awkward."

"Shut up."

Ninten started laughing again and fell back onto the mattress. "We can figure this out in the morning, if you want. When you can think straight."

"Good idea." Ness laid down in the bed, staring at the ceiling. "Midnight planning usually doesn't go well."

"Or, yanno, it could be because of that girl."

"Ninten!"

Ness sighed as Ninten once again laughed at his misery. His friend sometimes. He closed his eyes as sleep began to overtake him, seemingly realizing what he had just been through at midnight.

It didn't take long for him to pass out.