"Not gonna lie, I was starting to have my doubts," Pit said, leading Toon Link down the hall and to the supply room. "I mean, yeah, we were gonna start you in pull-ups at first, but everyone was wondering what would happen if that wasn't enough? Like, who would have changed you between matches if me or Isabelle were busy?"
Toon Link scowled from behind Pit. It was bad enough that Pit was blabbering on in the common halls where any other fighter might hear him, but it was amplified by the fact that he couldn't tell him to shush cuss he was so focused on not wetting himself during this last stretch. And worse still, the thick diaper and towel between his legs meant he couldn't press together or cross his legs to help him hold it.
Instead, he grit his teeth and kept following the clueless Pit.
"I mean, I remember I was in diapers for the regression thing, but that's special circumstances, you know? A full grown, active fighter who's not potty trained? I mean, I imagine word might spread fast with that kind of thing. Like, I think I've done a pretty good job at keeping your secret until now, but if you were-"
"Pit!" Toon Link shouted, stopping suddenly.
"Huh?" Pit looked back.
"We're here," he growled, trying very hard to look like he wasn't about to pee himself.
"Oh, right! Sorry, I don't come here often so I don't know which room it is," Pit said.
"Just read the signs…" Toon growled through grit teeth.
Pit gave an embarrassed laugh and held the door open. "After you."
Toon Link started waddling forward to go in when Pit suddenly stopped him, putting one hand on his shoulder. He leaned in close, making Toon nervous, before whispering, "Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah," Toon Link whispered back, confused. "Just...anxious..."
"You're walking funny," Pit pointed out, causing Toon Link to lose his concentration for just a moment as he nearly piddled into his diaper. "Did you uh...make lightning?"
"No…" Toon Link moaned, gritting his teeth and concentrating very hard on stopping the rain. Thankfully it seemed to work. "I'm fine!"
"Are you sure? If so we can-"
"Just check the chart if you don't believe me!" he shouted.
"I believe you!" Pit insisted, standing up and ushering the boy in. "Just making sure…"
'Besides,' Pit thought, 'We're gonna have to show the chart to Isabelle in a moment anyway…'
As Toon Link stiffly waddled into the storage room, he saw Isabelle in the back searching among the gigantic shelfs which held everything the Smash Fighters might need: canned food, medicine, bedding, clothes, toys, books, diapers- if the fighters wanted or needed it, they'd almost certainly be able to get it here.
"We're here!" Pit announced.
"Ooh, just in time!" Isabelle said, pulling a couple of things off the shelf and running to meet them at the counter. When she placed the bags on the surface, the reality of what was happening finally hit Toon Link. It was a pack of nighttime diapers and a pack of childish boy's daytime pull-ups with Pokemon prints on the front. "Luckily we have a pack of pull-ups in your size just in case, so you get to stop having embarrassing accidents ASAP," she told Toon Link with a caring smile.
Toon Link started fidgeting while looking at the pull-ups. He did not want to wear those, and the fact that they were so close was filling him with dread.
"Not so fast, Isabelle!" Pit said with a proud smile. He pulled a rolled piece of paper from his sleeve and spread it on the table, revealing Toon Link's potty training calendar. "As you can see, our big strong Toon Link managed to stay dry all day!"
"He did?!" Isabelle exclaimed, almost shocked. She ran around to the other side of the counter to get a closer look. "OMG, he did! Congratulations, Toon Link! I knew you could do it!"
Toon Link forced a smile, but inside he was shouting. He just wanted to get his diapers and get out! He tried squeezing his legs even harder, but thanks to the thick diapers between his thighs they just wouldn't budge.
"Yup! And I said if he stayed dry all day then we could maybe reconsider the pull-ups," Pit told Isabelle.
She nodded and studied the calendar. "Well sure, but this calendar isn't...well there might be some issues, you know?" she offered, diplomatically. She was the cautious type and worried that one dry day on the calendar wouldn't add up to much.
"She wasn't in on the deal?!" Toon Link shouted at Pit, angry he hadn't told her.
"I didn't think you'd make it!" Pit admitted, rubbing the back of his head with an apologetic smile. He knew a deal was a deal, however, and turned back to Isabelle to argue the case. "But look, he was dry during the day up until last week, right? So maybe this week was just a little fluke."
"Hmmmm…" Isabelle put a hand on her chin, looking into the sky and thinking.
As they argued, Toon Link held himself and started doing a little potty dance out of their sight. 'Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry…' he muttered quietly.
"And you're totally sure he didn't have an accident today?" Isabelle confirmed. "You know, with the asterisk on that day it means that just because he has an accident doesn't mean it's recorded, right?"
Pit nodded. "If he doesn't consider it an accident then yeah, the calendar doesn't track him. But that day he was totally soaked when-"
'That's right!' Toon Link realized. He was desperate for a toilet or any way out of this situation, and the logic that followed was hardly rational or well considered. 'It's only an accident if I think it's an accident! And since I'm wearing a diaper, I'm not wetting my pants! That means it's not an accident! Lucas, you're a genius!'
Toon Link finally smiled and relaxed. The stream started slow at first, but the spreading warmth of his diaper seemed to mix with the sweet relief of letting go after holding it for so long to make him feel more at ease going potty than he'd felt all week. After so many public accidents, and so many wet pairs of stockings and tunics, Toon Link basked in the comfort of being able to just let go without a care in the world as he let the expanding diaper push his legs apart.
"But yeah, Lucas totally assured us he was dry all day," Pit concluded.
"Well if so then I guess it's settled, then," Isabelle said with a nod, before getting a confused look on her face. "Wait...why is there suddenly a rain cloud on today?"
The smile was instantly wiped off of Toon Link's face as he tried to stand back up straight.
"Huh? Wait what?!" Pit put his nose to the calendar to confirm, then they both turned their gaze to Toon Link.
Toon Link was like a deer caught in the headlight as he gave a little jump and then smiled awkwardly, completely unable to stop the raincloud from growing and the warmth from spreading in his diaper. "I uh, I guess the thing is broken after all?" he chuckled unconvincingly. He then looked down and added, "See? Not wet at all? My pants are totally dry!"
'Crap! It totally counts wetting my diaper!'
As confused and worried as Isabelle was, Pit was even more confused. "That's weird...Lady Palutena made this calendar, and she'd never make a mistake like that!" He stalked up to Pit, looking down on him suspiciously.
Toon Link took a second to finish pottying before he decided what to say. "I guess she's not all knowing and powerful afterall, huh?"
Wrong choice.
Pit, incensed by having his Goddess doubted like that, suddenly reached down and grabbed the hem of Toon Link's tunic, lifting it up and revealing the very thick diaper bulge covered by his leggings.
"A diaper!" he proclaimed, a cocky grin on his face. "You peed your diaper! I knew you were lying, Lady Palutena is the best and you can't even hold your little bladder!" he kept gloating.
"Pit…" Isabelle started.
"Seriously, a diaper? You think that would fool a celestial? How on earth did you think that would work?! I bet it was Lucas who put you up to it! Really, wearing diapers to avoid diapers? How stupid can you be? I should make him-"
"Pit!" Isabelle spoke up, causing the angel to stop in his tracks. Isabelle's gaze fell on Toon Link, who had begun bawling his eyes out.
"Gyeh?!" Pit snapped out of his gloating trance and went right back into big brother mode. "I'm sorry!" he said, getting down on his knees and hugging the crying child. "You're not stupid, I just… if you think you needed diapers, why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't need diapers!" Toon Link cried belligerently.
"Then why did you put one on?" Pit asked patiently, his soft voice breaking through Toon Link's sobs.
"L-lucas said that I-i was getting too anxious and, and that if I wore one I might stay dry!" he managed to spit out the details.
Pit was starting to get the picture. He petted Toon Link's head for a moment until the boy calmed a little. "And how did that work out?" he asked.
"It was fine...I didn't go in my pants all day, but the stupid towel meant I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself!" Toon Link cried, a little quieter but still not all there.
"A towel?" Pit asked, not sure how a towel fit into all this.
Toon Link nodded, and lowered his legging, revealing the white towel wrapped around his waist. "Lucas put it on my cuss the crinkling was too loud…"
Pit thought for a second, taking the boy in. With the white towel wrapped around his waist and haphazardly tied, it looked like Toon Link was in a big cloth diaper. He reached forward and tugged at the knot, pulling the towel off his little friend and revealing the yellowish, sagging diaper underneath.
"So wearing a diaper all day wasn't so bad, was it?" Pit asked, trying to follow the crying boy's train of thought.
Toon Link shook his head no, drying his eyes with his forearm.
"But you want the ability to go potty by yourself, and you want something quieter?" Pit asked the followup.
Toon Link nodded.
Pit looked back at Isabelle, then toward the pull-ups. Obediently, Isabelle fetched the pack and brought it to Toon Link, getting down on his level to show him the package.
"See these?" she asked. Toon Link looked dumbly at the pack, not totally processing everything. "They're just like diapers, but they're quiet! And they're pull-ups, meaning you can pull them down when you need to potty, then pull them up when you're done! Just like your regular underwear! But if you have any embarrassing little accidents then you don't need to go find someone to help you get changed. How does that sound?"
Toon Link sniffled before nodding. "It sounds nice…" he admitted sheepishly.
"And see," she opened the pack and handed him one. Toon Link immediately recognized a friendly face. "It has Pikachu on them. Does your underwear now have Pikachu on it?"
"No…" Toon Link shook his head, almost completely done crying.
"And let me tell you a secret that you probably wouldn't find out yourself," Isabelle started, leaning in to whisper. "If these get wet, then Squirtle shows up too! Cool, right!"
Toon Link gave a smile and nodded, almost wanting to test it himself!
"So what do you say, champ?" Pit asked, standing back up. "You want to wear pull-ups during the day, or what?"
"Yeah!" Toon Link said, a big grin on his face. "It...it actually doesn't sound that bad!"
Toon Link was still emotionally drained, but he was starting to wonder what all the fuss was about. The undergarment in his hand wasn't much thicker than his regular undies, it wasn't like anyone would have to know! And besides, now he didn't have to worry so much about the bathroom! These were basically burners, a get out of jail free card for any accidents he might have!
"Attaboy!" Pit said, leaning and giving Toon Link a tremendou, happy hug. "See, I was just looking out for you!"
Toon Link returned the hug ten-fold. "Thanks Pit!" he said, burying his face in the angel's chest. "I'm sorry I was such a pain this week… I should have just listened to you from the start."
"It's okay," Pit said, rubbing the little Link's back. "You had to try, and I respect that."
The two shared a long embrace, making up for all the stress from the last week. It went on for a while until finally Isabelle gave a little cough. "Um… maybe we should head back to the cabins? Link kinda needs a change…"
Both boys looked down to remember that Toon Link's leggings were still around his ankles and his wet diaper was still on full display.
"R-right!" Pit said, quickly pulling the boy's pants back up."So what do you say, Link, ready to wake up in a dry bed tomorrow?"
Toon Link nodded enthusiastically. A good night's sleep was just what he needed. He took Pit's hand, crinkling and waddling all the way through the manor halls back to Cabin B.
o-o-o
Epilogue
The next morning Toon Link woke up before everyone else, well rested and ready to start the day! For the last few months now his mornings had mostly started bad, with the urgent need for a shower and the embarrassing wet sheets hanging above his head all day. And for the last week? One of the most stressful he'd had in a while.
But today he was able to sleep in! They'd given him a few days of medical leave to adjust to the new equipment so he could finally be carefree again. He tossed the blanket off his body and gave a big smile- his bed was completely dry! A quick squeeze of his nighttime diaper confirmed he was not, but at least only he had to know it!
Quietly climbing out of bed, he grabbed his tunic and a pull-up from his locker and went into the bathroom to discreetly change, reveling in the fact that he didn't need to take a shower. He balled up and threw away his older diaper, put on his new clothes, and exited the bathroom to see Blue standing there with blue ink all over his sleep tanktop.
"Not a word…" Blue threatened, pushing past him to get in the shower himself.
"Happens to the best of us," Toon Link quipped.
With the door slamming shut and locking right in front of him, Toon Link realized he'd forgotten to try and pee after taking off his diaper. Yesterday this would have made him panic, but today was a new day and he had an idea.
Quietly, he climbed back into his bed and under the covers. For a few seconds he giggled at how naughty this felt before finally lifting his tunic to see the results.
"Hello, Squirtle," he said with a boyish grin.