A/N: Sorry for a late update. I got a little busy today. I'll be sure to post more as I get around to it. In the worst case cenario this story will continue into tomorrow. Hope you look forward to it! One more thing. I have at least 7 pairings that I enjoy the most. After those seven I shall do ones that you request. Thanks for the reviews! They are much appreciated!

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Chapter Two: Baileys Chocolate

Pairing: Snake/Samus

Samus Aran, one of the worlds best bounty hunters had one weakness. That weakness was Valentines Day. This weakness had nothing to do with her liking the holiday, oh no! In fact she hated it with a passion!

This hatred started when she first came to the Smash Mansion. One Captain Falcon caught sight of her with her helmet off the first week in and immediately fell in love. If thats what you would call it...To be honest he had thought she was a guy in that bulky power suit and actually treated her like a human being. Until that fateful day he has been trying to woo her with no such luck.

With each new tournament new people would appear allowing more to have a secret crush on her. At least the others were secret. Falcon was so open about his feelings it was seriously getting on her nerves. Each Valentines Day he would try to win her over with flowers or sweets. He even went so far as to wear a sombrero and play a guitar, poorly might I add, outside her room.

Samus was not happy. She decided it would be best to stay away from everyone, especially this year. Why this year? Simply because there was another male who was rather open about his feelings in the mansion. Solid Snake. Since his arrival she thought maybe they could get a long. She was very surprised to find that he was a spy who didn't race cars. She was even more surprised to find that he knew she was a girl even with her power suit on.

Thats were the line ends, however. He had a smooth way of talking, his suggestions for the two to get together were much less obvious, almost sly even. She thought he might be different from the Captain but in the end the two were pretty close to the same.

After the meeting Samus had taken a quick exit. She saw Falcon shooting daggers at Snake. She couldn't stand to watch it anymore so she decided it would be best if she didn't see anyone until after the day for lovers. She was not looking forward to what Falcon had in store for her this year. She knew exactly what her reply would be if he managed to somehow get to her; a swift kick in the gut!

She went to sleep after the meeting not wanting to think about it anymore. She hoped tomorrow would go smoothly without her around to keep things in order. She'd just have to wait and see.

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She woke up the following morning at about noon. She had slept in longer than she would have hoped but for some reason she felt like crap. She got out of bed slowly, lugging herself to the bathroom for a shower. Perhaps that would help freshen up her mood. Unfortunately for her she had to leave her room a few times during the day. This, of course, was to get something to eat then go to the private training area.

After her shower she dressed herself in her usual Zero suit. She knew a lot of the guys in the mansion enjoyed the sight but it was just clothes in her opinion. It was something to wear so she wasn't walking around naked. It was quite comfortable to honest.

She went down stairs, carefully choosing her steps as to not get seen. She was just about to reach the lunch room when something touched her shoulder. She jumped and whirled around with her paralyzer in hand. She found nothing, she looked to her shoulder to find a yellow mouse was occupying it.

"Oh thank god.." she sighed putting her weapon away. "Pikachu you scared me. I thought you were...uh, nevermind. Hungry?"

The electric pokemon didn't seem to understand but he did understand the food part. He nodded his head quickly, his ears flopping forward. She smiled, glad it wasn't Falcon or Snake.

The two entered the lunch room only to find it close to empty. She smiled at this only to frown to seconds later. Something wasn't right. The people that were in there were not eating. They actually looked quite angry. She noticed the pokemon trainer, Red, sitting at one of the tables alone with his other pokemon.

Since he was relatively normal and didn't stare at her with every waking moment she decided to ask him what was up.

"Hey Red, whats going on?" she asked taking a seat next to his Squirtle. Red seemed to jump a bit but soon smiled in her direction.

"Huh? Oh hey Samus." He stopped smiled a bit then frowned a moment later. "Peach has locked herself in the kitchen. She won't let anyone in. Because of this Kirby can't make any food. Hes been angry all morning."

Samus raised a brow then looked in the kitchen's direction. She was having a hard time picturing an angry Kirby but sure enough there he was sitting against the door with a large frown on his round face. Her jaw dropped momentarily. This was a surprise indeed. Peach must have had something really important to do if she would go to such lengths.

"Squirtle..." complained the pokemon next to her. Her attention was drawn to it. She looked confused then looked to red for an answer.

"The poke chow is in the kitchen. I can't even feed my pokemon..." Red removed his hat at this and seemed to smack his head off the table with a groan. Pikachu jumped off Samus' should and began to pat the trainer's head attempting to cheer him up. It wasn't working very well. She could tell Pikachu was just sucking up to get the trainer motivated enough to attempt a break-in mission for the sake of the pokemon.

She smiled half heartedly. It was kinda funny seeing the young trainer feeling so down about being unable to feed his pokemon. He didn't even seem to notice his own hunger when his stomach would growl. It was all about his pokemon.

She was ready to say something went she felt the presence of another sitting next to her. She had a good idea of who it was but didn't want to check to see. It was only a moment later when a bouquet of red roses were placed in front of her face. She rolled her eyes and turned to the poor fool. What she wasn't expecting was that the fool was Snake. She couldn't help but smile and laugh.

"Ahaha, Snake you realize this has already been done. Jay did this last year, and the year before. You're a little behind." even when she stated the obvious Snake didn't take his eyes off her nor did he removed the flowers from in front of her face.

"Oh but these are special. They're coming from me not some creepy racer guy in his forties." Snake smiled as if he had made the most obvious statement in the world. Samus raised a brow with a smirk. Was he for real?

"Please, it doesn't make a difference. I'm not into flowers or chocolate. Just give up before you humiliate yourself." She took the flowers and threw them across the room suddenly finding the game to be no fun. She didn't want to play along even if she did find what he said amusing. She stood up ready to leave the room since she wouldn't be able to eat any time soon.

"Hm, feisty..." she barely heard Snake mumble. He watched her get up and start to leave when he spoke up. "Well, I believe the part about you not liking flowers but the chocolate part is hard to believe. Lactose intolerant?"

Samus' eyes grew wide. Seriously? She turned around ready to laugh it off when she noticed the serious look on his face. She opened her mouth to respond with a let down then closed it just as fast. He was trying to figure out what she liked. It was true, she liked chocolate but not normal milk or white chocolate. Thats what always got Captain Falcon. He would try to give her the same stuff each year, the same stuff she didn't enjoy.

"No I am not." she said finally. She was interested to see how this turned out. She wondered if he would get the hint or fail as Falcon did so many times. Not that it mattered. He seemed like the type that would give up after a failed mission. If she turned him down enough perhaps she would only be left with the F-Zero pilot to deal with.

"Thought so." Snake got from his seat and left the mess hall. He didn't even spare the bounty hunter a second glance. She smiled at her accomplishment. She turned back to Red who was still face first on the table.

"I'll see you later, Red. Hope you get in." she got a moan in return. She smiled slightly then left the room heading for the training area. She was sure what Snake said was a sign of surrender. He would be out of her hair for the rest of the day.

A peaceful day of training.

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Or so she thought. The rest of the day proved to be quite painful. It started when she decided to take a break from training. She left the girl's dressing room only to find a box of chocolates sitting outside addressed to her. Milk chocolate. She threw it in the trash. She had gone to visit Zelda for a while since she seemed down. When she left Zelda's room she found another box with her name on it. White chocolate. Into the trash can with you!

She was feeling rather dirty despite taking a show that morning so she went for a swim in the mansion's pool. At the bottom of the pool was a box in a plastic bubble. Her name on it. Dark chocolate. She popped that bubble and let it soak in the water. The day continued with her finding several boxes of chocolates. Hazel nut, cherry, orange. Every kind of chocolate available seemed to appear throughout the mansion with her name on it. To be honest she was getting rather annoyed yet at the same time it amused her.

She had a good idea of who was doing this despite her never seeing them at the scenes. It had to be the work of Solid Snake. She had to give him a bit of credit for his hard work. Before long he would be out of coins and the chocolates would stop. At least thats what she thought.

She found it strange that she hadn't run into Captain Falcon yet. He would have been breathing down her back by now. He was no where to be seen. She didn't want to ask anyone since they might get the wrong idea and think she was actually interested in him.

She decided to retire to her room since it was getting late. Peach had finally exited the kitchen giving everyone the chance to actually eat something. Kirby was not happy with the princess. Samus sighed when she entered her room. Thankfully she found no sign of any boxed chocolates. At the same time she felt a little disappointed that he had already given up. She leaned up against her door staring down at her shoes. This was all so new to her. Captain Falcon would always be in her face while Snake chose to do everything from a far. It was strange.

She signed and began to dress for bed. She opened her dresser drawer to find a note reading: "Tomorrow is for real." She was confused at first. She dressed for bed then lay on her bed with the note in hand. It was clearly Snake's hand writing. "Tomorrow is for real..." she read the card aloud. What did he mean by that? She let out a huff before tossing it to the side. She didn't want to think about it anymore. All she had to do was get through tomorrow avoiding Captain Falcon then she would be home free.

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Unfortunately it wouldn't be that easy. Samus woke up early the next morning. She got out of bed and showered once again putting her zero suit on after. When she exited the bathroom she found a box on her neatly made up bed. Her eyes widened. He had given her every type of chocolate yesterday. What on earth could this be?

She slowly walked over to her bed and sat down staring at the box. Sure enough her name was written on it. This time there was a little side note. 'This is it.' it read. Samus let a 'hm...' escape her as she slowly picked up the box and opened it to see what it was this time.

She let a small laugh escape her at the type of chocolate he had given her this morning. On the box read Baileys Alcoholic chocolates. Alcoholic chocolate. Her small laughs began to carry out longer. This was her favorite type of chocolate. Did he know all along or was it the only type of chocolate left in the store that he hadn't tried yet. She removed one of the round chocolates from the container and just stared at it. She looked up and around her room noticing something was off.

In the far corner next to her dresser was a cardboard box. She raised a brow at it then stood up, walking over to it. She stared at it suspiciously before picking it up to reveal one Solid Snake. He looked up at her with a smile.

"Kept you waiting, huh?" he said as he stood up.

"What the hell are you doing in my room..?" she asked coldly tossing the box to the side. He didn't say a word. He just smiled at her like she should be lavishing him with love. "How did you even get in here?" she paused, thought for a moment then glared at Snake once more. "How long have you been in here!?"

Now Snake looked a little nervous. He took a step back only to find himself against the wall. "Uh, well. You know..."

Samus took one step forward making the space tight between them. "You dirty little pervert..." she grumbles in his face.

"But its your favorite right?" Snake mustered out. Samus stopped, frowning at the spy before her. Her face soon softened for a brief moment realizing he actually did know that Baileys was her favorite. He was always the type to mess around and playing with her emotions the other day with all the chocolate was all part of his plan.

She frowned once more planning to put on a mock show. "Solid Snake, do have any idea how much I'm going to hurt you if you don't leave my room in the next five seconds?"

Snake smirked noticing the facial changes she underwent in the last ten seconds. He stared at her as if she didn't mean what she said. He kept his ground.

"One."

Snake didn't move, smile still in place.

"Two."

Snake yawned as if this was the most normal thing in the world.

"Three."

Samus was looking pretty angry. Snake began to feel a touch nervous.

"Four."

Snake could feel the death lingering in the air. If he didn't leave now he knew he was going to die.

"Five! Too late!"

Snake had tried to make a run for it but failed miserably. He was pounced on by the bounty hunger. She sat on his legs holding his shoulders down firmly. Snake's face was currently unreadable it was almost as if he expected this to happen.

"How did you know Baileys was my favorite?" she asked sternly.

Snake remained silent for a moment then smiled at the woman above him. "Anyone with an intellegent brain can see that."

Samus' face softened as she laughed. He was clearly referring to Captain Falcon who would stero-type her as a normal female. "You're one piece of work, Snake. Thanks. I'm grateful."

They both laughed for no apparent reason. Once it died down the two stared at each other. Snake smirked and decided to make a cocky comment.

"You know, this position is very suggestive." he wiggled his eye brows earning him a slap to the face. Samus quickly got up and turned her back to the spy.

"Just get out of my room!"

"As you wish." He said laughing slightly. As he got up and left Samus couldn't help but turn her head slightly to watch the door close. He really was something...

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Meanwhile, in a hallway janitor closet....

"Snake! I'll get for this! You'll regret the day you were ever born! You better not lay a hand on my precious Samus!! SNAKE!!"

Captain Falcon screamed at the top of his lungs as he pounded on the door. Meta Knigh and Lucario walked by the door. Stopped, looked at each other then continued walking. People got locked in that closet all the time. It was no surprise.

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