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CHAPTER 5 Faint-Hearted
On the night of her birthday Krystal couldn't find peace in her sleep at all. It had been like this a couple nights before, but that this was by far the worst. The questions of her origins and her parents racked her brain throughout the night. Along with the question of who that stranger was who robbed the only source of information of her planet from her. It wasn't until five AM of constant tossing and turning was she able to get any real sleep at all.
She awoke without the pounding headache she was having around dawn which had pleased her. She rolled out of bed and grabbed some clean clothes from a neat pile in the corner of Fox's room. She opened the door to find Fox, Falco, Slippy, Peppy, and Katt all turning their heads to the lethargic vixen in the doorway.
"There's our birthday girl!" Fox said first.
"What time is it?" She asked rubbing her eyes.
"Almost twelve thirty, how do sleep that long?" Slippy asked.
"Yea I know, all that goddamn noise going on outside usually has me up around seven," Falco said agreeing for once with Slippy.
"It's known as 'beauty sleep' something the two of you obviously wouldn't know anything about," Katt said in defense to Krystal.
Krystal yawned sat down on the couch next to Fox resting her head against his shoulder. "Well what are we going to do special today?"
"First of all I hope you are not too tired, because this is from all of us," Peppy said handing her an envelope.
She tore it open and exposed its contents which didn't look like much except two ordinary credit cards. "Awww, your not going to let me leech off of your wallet anymore Fox?"
"Maybe for today only, but there's a good five-hundred on that one; the other one is a gift certificate to a designer of elegant dresses that Katt had recommended. The plan of attack is you are going to take Katt and go to that place to pick up something for tonight."
"Can I have to ask what's up for tonight?" Krystal asked him.
"Well it was going to be a surprise but, I'll tell you now. Since Falco is such a thoughtful, kind, and generous person; he's making me say this by the way; was able to get us these tickets," Fox said pulling two tickets out of the pocket on the inside of his vest. "They are tickets to the Oceanic Cruise of Jazz, basically a really classy boat ride around the waters of Corneria."
"Thank you, you are all so very sweet!" Krystal said to everyone.
"What are you doing still hanging around here? C'mon girl we gotta get you ready for the night of your life!" Katt said, and then two ecstatic girls rushed out of the lounge.
"You know she really didn't seem very sleep deprived after that at all," Peppy said getting up.
"Oh she'll just have to wait and see what she has in store for her tonight, are the preparations in order?" Fox asked looking while glancing around.
"We are go," Slippy said giving a thumbs up.
"Excellent," Fox with a devious look on his face. "Peppy I'm going to need your opinion on a new outfit; I too would like to dress nice for the occasion."
***
Krystal and Katt were at the designer dress shop, and had Krystal was having a hard time picking out what she would like to wear.
"I don't know," Krystal began looking at one of the dresses. "I really want to this to be a good night and everything to work out perfectly for both of us."
"Oh I see how it is girl," Katt said giving her a nudge on the arm.
"What, I'm just trying to make a good impression on him that's all."
"Yea that and you like him don't you."
"Of coarse I like him, he saved my life and he's nice guy, what's not to like?"
"No, what I mean is you REALLY like him, you love him don't you?" Krystal blushed and looked down trying to hide her smile. "Hey there's nothing wrong with it, I mean it's obvious, just about as obvious as how much he likes you.
Krystal looked back up still trying to hide her smile, "Do you think so?"
"Of coarse; trust me on this, if he didn't want you hanging around you wouldn't want to be. Nor would you like him the way you do now if he didn't show any affection towards you."
Krystal could no longer hide her smile, "Do you think.he'll ask me to.you know, date him?" Krystal asked.
"Tonight might be the lucky night girl!" Katt said winking at her.
"Oh I've been meaning to ask you, what's up with you and Falco?"
Katt's facial expression changed, "Oh well it's just I've known him for a long time and are families never got along with each other."
"I'm sorry, is this a touchy subject? Forget I asked."
"No it's ok really, it's just that.I don't know if you could tell or not but.I'm in love with him. And.I think he loves me as well but.I just can't tell.
"Have you told him how you feel about him?"
"No I can't, I'm afraid of what might happen if I do, I'm afraid that if he even likes me at all he won't anymore."
Krystal was now able to understand how their relationship worked; it sounded very different than the one she might have with Fox. "Ok I think I see, you just want to wait everything out hoping that he'll be the one to make the first move."
"Right," Katt picked her head up a little, "Thanks Krystal it's nice having another woman around to talk to."
***
Fox was having almost the same amount of trouble, asking Krystal join the team might be hard, but asking her to date him might be even more troublesome. Fox looked into the mirror with Peppy checking out the suit he had on.
He sighed deeply straightening his tie, "I don't know if I'll be able to do it Peppy, I know what I would like to say but can't quite say it to her."
"There's only one thing you can do," Fox curiously back at Peppy, "JUST SPIT IT OUT DAMMIT!" Peppy's sudden burst of encouragement startled Fox; it wasn't everyday you take advice on girls from a forty-nine year old hare.
"That was explosive; c'mon I mean you saw me around her when she first came on the ship. I was just so stunned to see, her and I made a fool out of myself."
Peppy laughed to himself, "Don't worry about it Fox, I'm sure she will join the team if you asked her, and I'm sure she will be more than eager to date you."
"Yea that's great Peppy but my point is how am I going to ask her? I've never been exceptionally well around girls; I'm just someone who is good at his job.
"Well whatever you've been doing or saying to her she seems attracted to you. I mean wake up Fox, you'd have to be ignorant to not see how she acts around you."
Fox looked down at himself and then smiled and slammed his fist into his palm. "Ok Pep I'll do it, I'll ask her join, and then I'll ask her out.
"There you go see, all it takes is a little bit of confidence."
***
Fox found himself looking in another mirror several hours later; this one was in the bathroom of his cabin. He couldn't help but notice the new feeling that possessed him. It didn't hurt and he never got it very often; he had it while flying into Andross's bunker to confront him for the first time but it was still somewhat different. He wore his newly purchased black dress shirt with a gold colored tie, some dark green dress pants with his matching diner jacket hanging on a hook behind him. He looked pretty good it was even though it seemed a little uncommon for him to be out of his jumpsuit.
"Hurry up you before you're the one who everybody is waiting on!" Falco said barging into his bathroom, he saw Fox starring hard at himself in the mirror. "What's wrong, have you got butterflies?"
Fox turned around and gave him a cold glance, "Falco you are probably one of the worst of us to take advice on girls from."
"Worse than Slippy?" Fox paused for a moment, "thought so, crap out whatever it is that's bothering you and just go and get her man."
Fox exhaled heavily and took his jacket off of its hook and flung it over his shoulder and casually walked out of his room and stood sat on the edge of one of the couches in the lounge.
Although it seemed like an eternity to Fox, Krystal finally came out of Falco's room which she had borrowed to change in. She was dressed in a silk black dress and kept her emerald necklace on giving her the qualities of a goddess.
That feeling came back to Fox once again, this time in full force, "Wow, you look absolutely beautiful!"
Krystal smiled at the complement she had just received, "And you look very hansom; black, green, and yellow are definitely your colors."
She walked up and started patting the front of his chest and above his left hip, Fox looked puzzled, "What are you doing?"
"No gun this time?"
"Oh," he chuckled, "nope, no guns and gadgets for today, just you, me, and our lovely evening all under the stars."
She looped her arm around his as they made their way out of the Great Fox.
CHAPTER 5 Faint-Hearted
On the night of her birthday Krystal couldn't find peace in her sleep at all. It had been like this a couple nights before, but that this was by far the worst. The questions of her origins and her parents racked her brain throughout the night. Along with the question of who that stranger was who robbed the only source of information of her planet from her. It wasn't until five AM of constant tossing and turning was she able to get any real sleep at all.
She awoke without the pounding headache she was having around dawn which had pleased her. She rolled out of bed and grabbed some clean clothes from a neat pile in the corner of Fox's room. She opened the door to find Fox, Falco, Slippy, Peppy, and Katt all turning their heads to the lethargic vixen in the doorway.
"There's our birthday girl!" Fox said first.
"What time is it?" She asked rubbing her eyes.
"Almost twelve thirty, how do sleep that long?" Slippy asked.
"Yea I know, all that goddamn noise going on outside usually has me up around seven," Falco said agreeing for once with Slippy.
"It's known as 'beauty sleep' something the two of you obviously wouldn't know anything about," Katt said in defense to Krystal.
Krystal yawned sat down on the couch next to Fox resting her head against his shoulder. "Well what are we going to do special today?"
"First of all I hope you are not too tired, because this is from all of us," Peppy said handing her an envelope.
She tore it open and exposed its contents which didn't look like much except two ordinary credit cards. "Awww, your not going to let me leech off of your wallet anymore Fox?"
"Maybe for today only, but there's a good five-hundred on that one; the other one is a gift certificate to a designer of elegant dresses that Katt had recommended. The plan of attack is you are going to take Katt and go to that place to pick up something for tonight."
"Can I have to ask what's up for tonight?" Krystal asked him.
"Well it was going to be a surprise but, I'll tell you now. Since Falco is such a thoughtful, kind, and generous person; he's making me say this by the way; was able to get us these tickets," Fox said pulling two tickets out of the pocket on the inside of his vest. "They are tickets to the Oceanic Cruise of Jazz, basically a really classy boat ride around the waters of Corneria."
"Thank you, you are all so very sweet!" Krystal said to everyone.
"What are you doing still hanging around here? C'mon girl we gotta get you ready for the night of your life!" Katt said, and then two ecstatic girls rushed out of the lounge.
"You know she really didn't seem very sleep deprived after that at all," Peppy said getting up.
"Oh she'll just have to wait and see what she has in store for her tonight, are the preparations in order?" Fox asked looking while glancing around.
"We are go," Slippy said giving a thumbs up.
"Excellent," Fox with a devious look on his face. "Peppy I'm going to need your opinion on a new outfit; I too would like to dress nice for the occasion."
***
Krystal and Katt were at the designer dress shop, and had Krystal was having a hard time picking out what she would like to wear.
"I don't know," Krystal began looking at one of the dresses. "I really want to this to be a good night and everything to work out perfectly for both of us."
"Oh I see how it is girl," Katt said giving her a nudge on the arm.
"What, I'm just trying to make a good impression on him that's all."
"Yea that and you like him don't you."
"Of coarse I like him, he saved my life and he's nice guy, what's not to like?"
"No, what I mean is you REALLY like him, you love him don't you?" Krystal blushed and looked down trying to hide her smile. "Hey there's nothing wrong with it, I mean it's obvious, just about as obvious as how much he likes you.
Krystal looked back up still trying to hide her smile, "Do you think so?"
"Of coarse; trust me on this, if he didn't want you hanging around you wouldn't want to be. Nor would you like him the way you do now if he didn't show any affection towards you."
Krystal could no longer hide her smile, "Do you think.he'll ask me to.you know, date him?" Krystal asked.
"Tonight might be the lucky night girl!" Katt said winking at her.
"Oh I've been meaning to ask you, what's up with you and Falco?"
Katt's facial expression changed, "Oh well it's just I've known him for a long time and are families never got along with each other."
"I'm sorry, is this a touchy subject? Forget I asked."
"No it's ok really, it's just that.I don't know if you could tell or not but.I'm in love with him. And.I think he loves me as well but.I just can't tell.
"Have you told him how you feel about him?"
"No I can't, I'm afraid of what might happen if I do, I'm afraid that if he even likes me at all he won't anymore."
Krystal was now able to understand how their relationship worked; it sounded very different than the one she might have with Fox. "Ok I think I see, you just want to wait everything out hoping that he'll be the one to make the first move."
"Right," Katt picked her head up a little, "Thanks Krystal it's nice having another woman around to talk to."
***
Fox was having almost the same amount of trouble, asking Krystal join the team might be hard, but asking her to date him might be even more troublesome. Fox looked into the mirror with Peppy checking out the suit he had on.
He sighed deeply straightening his tie, "I don't know if I'll be able to do it Peppy, I know what I would like to say but can't quite say it to her."
"There's only one thing you can do," Fox curiously back at Peppy, "JUST SPIT IT OUT DAMMIT!" Peppy's sudden burst of encouragement startled Fox; it wasn't everyday you take advice on girls from a forty-nine year old hare.
"That was explosive; c'mon I mean you saw me around her when she first came on the ship. I was just so stunned to see, her and I made a fool out of myself."
Peppy laughed to himself, "Don't worry about it Fox, I'm sure she will join the team if you asked her, and I'm sure she will be more than eager to date you."
"Yea that's great Peppy but my point is how am I going to ask her? I've never been exceptionally well around girls; I'm just someone who is good at his job.
"Well whatever you've been doing or saying to her she seems attracted to you. I mean wake up Fox, you'd have to be ignorant to not see how she acts around you."
Fox looked down at himself and then smiled and slammed his fist into his palm. "Ok Pep I'll do it, I'll ask her join, and then I'll ask her out.
"There you go see, all it takes is a little bit of confidence."
***
Fox found himself looking in another mirror several hours later; this one was in the bathroom of his cabin. He couldn't help but notice the new feeling that possessed him. It didn't hurt and he never got it very often; he had it while flying into Andross's bunker to confront him for the first time but it was still somewhat different. He wore his newly purchased black dress shirt with a gold colored tie, some dark green dress pants with his matching diner jacket hanging on a hook behind him. He looked pretty good it was even though it seemed a little uncommon for him to be out of his jumpsuit.
"Hurry up you before you're the one who everybody is waiting on!" Falco said barging into his bathroom, he saw Fox starring hard at himself in the mirror. "What's wrong, have you got butterflies?"
Fox turned around and gave him a cold glance, "Falco you are probably one of the worst of us to take advice on girls from."
"Worse than Slippy?" Fox paused for a moment, "thought so, crap out whatever it is that's bothering you and just go and get her man."
Fox exhaled heavily and took his jacket off of its hook and flung it over his shoulder and casually walked out of his room and stood sat on the edge of one of the couches in the lounge.
Although it seemed like an eternity to Fox, Krystal finally came out of Falco's room which she had borrowed to change in. She was dressed in a silk black dress and kept her emerald necklace on giving her the qualities of a goddess.
That feeling came back to Fox once again, this time in full force, "Wow, you look absolutely beautiful!"
Krystal smiled at the complement she had just received, "And you look very hansom; black, green, and yellow are definitely your colors."
She walked up and started patting the front of his chest and above his left hip, Fox looked puzzled, "What are you doing?"
"No gun this time?"
"Oh," he chuckled, "nope, no guns and gadgets for today, just you, me, and our lovely evening all under the stars."
She looped her arm around his as they made their way out of the Great Fox.