Disclaimer- I do not own Super Smash Brothers, the characters or anything related.
Clarified Misunderstandings and a Change of Heart
Though many Smashers protested, Meta Knight insisted on getting out of the hospital the next day. To have to lie down on a hospital bed for a long time made him feel weak…something that he wasn't. He endured harder ordeals than this, so he left regardless of what anyone said and continued to do things as regular even with a bandaged arm. They did indeed care for him, but he didn't understand that yet.
However, Meta Knight did leave the bandage on and agree to get it changed a couple times a day until the injury healed. That wasn't his main concern; it was how he was going to pull though the last eight days until the fourteenth of February was over with. Not only that, Jigglypuff seemed to be around Yoshi a lot again.
As he was entering the cafeteria that morning, the sight of them eating breakfast together made his eyes flash red. This never happened before and that caused him to worry slightly. Was he really feeling jealous? He quickly turned around and left the room actually running upstairs to the roof as fast as he could.
Little did he know, Zelda and Marth had saw what happened and worry spread across their faces. Something had to be done about that situation. They nodded at each other before approaching Jigglypuff.
"Excuse me Jigglypuff; I hope you don't mind me interrupting…" Zelda began.
"Nope, I don't. What is it? Is something wrong?"
"I think so," Zelda said carefully, being cautious about her word choice. "You see, we saw Meta Knight come into the cafeteria today………"
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Meta Knight sighed in his bedroom. Up on the roof was too cold and windy so he had to resort to coming back to the bedroom. His party attire package was in his gloved hands. It was tradition to attend after all. He really wanted to ask Jigglypuff to go to the party with him, but whenever he tried, shyness struck, his cheeks would turn red and he never found the courage to continue speaking. Perhaps he would forget asking her. It would be less stressful that way. He would probably be happier anyway being by himself in the security of the bedroom.
Another sigh escaped him, only it was from sadness. Meta Knight felt so lonely and empty. He didn't know much longer he could stand it without going insane. He lay down on his bed and his eyes turned grey; something they hadn't done in a long time.
As the door opened, Meta Knight gasped, now startled. Once he saw that it was Jigglypuff entering the room, he felt nervous; especially when she glanced at him with a concerned look on her face.
Jigglypuff slowly walked over to the bed and sat herself down beside him. She put a hand on his shoulder. "Meta Knight?"
Meta Knight turned around to face her. "Yes Jigglypuff? Is something the matter?"
Jigglypuff nodded, now looking into his eyes. "Marth and Zelda told me what happened this morning when you suddenly left the cafeteria." She noticed Meta Knight tense up at those words.
"They told you what Jigglypuff?" His tone sounded nervous and a bit afraid.
"They have noticed how you seemed to act strangely whenever you see me with Yoshi. When I asked them what was going on, they told me what they suspected. I was told you were probably feeling jealous, left out and that I cared more about Yoshi than you. When I realized how I was affecting you, I felt really bad. I am sorry about doing that to you Meta Knight. You've been so kind to me and all I did was cause you to feel lonely." Jigglypuff's gaze averted to the ground, now trying not to cry. "I-I'm so sorry!"
Meta Knight desperately wanted to make her feel better. There had to be something he could do. Taking one last deep breath, he wrapped his arms around Jigglypuff and held her close to him. "It's all right," he said to her in a reassuring whisper. "I forgive you…"
Jigglypuff held onto him now crying softly onto his shoulder out of both relief and happiness. "Thank you so much…"
After she settled down, an idea crossed Meta Knight's mind. He decided this was the opportunity to ask her. "Jigglypuff?"
Jigglypuff wiped the remaining tears from her face. "Yes?"
"…Did you…want to go to the party together?"
Jigglypuff smiled one of her biggest smiles yet and hugged him again so tight, Meta Knight almost couldn't breathe, but at that moment, he enjoyed it. "Of course I will! I'd love to go with you! I'm glad you changed your mind. Thanks Meta Knight. You're so sweet!"
The warm feeling hit Meta Knight again, causing him to blush. "You're welcome Jigglypuff."
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Everyone was normal so far in the cafeteria. It was another new morning in the Smash Mansion as everyone was getting breakfast. Jigglypuff asked Meta Knight to have breakfast with her, and of course, he agreed without any second thoughts.
On the contrary, just as things were starting to go well, Peach and Zelda were arguing by the counter.
"No Peach, you cannot eat cupcakes first thing in the morning." Zelda told her.
Peach thought she could eat whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. "You can't boss me around. I'll eat whatever I wish."
"I'm telling you this for your own good!" Zelda retaliated.
Peach went over to the counter before anyone could stop her. "I'll have one cupcake please!" She shouted at the waiter. The waiter looked uncertain for a moment, but reluctantly went to the cupcakes and picked one up. When the cupcake was placed in her hand, she shouted, "Victory!"
"Peach, if you don't stop, I'll tell the Master Hand!" Zelda shouted, now losing her patience.
"That's it!" Peach screamed as she threw the cupcake which hit Zelda on the face.
Marth saw what happened so he went over the waiter and said, "I'd like to order a plate of spaghetti please." Once the plate was in his hand, he threw at Peach, getting her dress dirty. Normally, Marth would never do that, but if someone was disrespecting his girlfriend, they would pay.
Peach looked at her dress in horror. "No! My dress is ruined!" She glared at Marth. "You're gonna pay!!!" She threw another cupcake she ordered at him, but he sidestepped out of the way. It missed and hit Wolf on the face. Everyone gasped.
Wolf stood up from his seat, grabbed his bowl of oatmeal and threw it at Peach, which was dodged and hit Ganondorf. Soon enough, almost everyone was getting involved.
"FOOD FIGHT!!!!" Peach screamed as loud as she could.
As food sailed around the room, Meta Knight and Jigglypuff were still seated, not wanting to get involved in the situation. They managed not to be hit by any food so far. However, that was not meant to be, seeing as Peach threw an apple as hard as she could…and missed its target and hit Meta Knight on the middle of his mask.
Everything seemed to go in slow motion. The mask was very weak and the apple happened to strike that spot. As the apple landed on the ground, Meta Knight's mask split in two and fell off his face. Every Smasher in the room gasped at the adorable sight before them. Of course, the villains were amused and had a good chuckle. A frightened look spread across Meta Knight's face as he turned away from everyone's view and he ran out of the cafeteria as fast as he could, feeling so humiliated.
And at that oh-so-perfect-moment, the Master Hand was passing through the cafeteria and saw the mess in horror. His reaction was expected. "What on earth happened here!?" he shouted very loudly, intimidating a few of the Smashers.
"A food fight free-for-all of doom, that's what happened here!" Ike replied, groaning. "These morons were all participating in that foolishness."
"Uh Ike, you were involved in this too," Lucas pointed out.
"Shut up!" Ike hissed under his breath. "The Master Hand doesn't need to know that."
"For your information, I am well aware of that Ike," the Master Hand said, catching Ike off guard, who couldn't come up with any kind of comeback. "You, along with the other Smashers who participated will spend all morning cleaning up this mess…Just who started this whole incident in the first place?"
Jigglypuff pointed over at Peach. "Master Hand, it was Peach. Because of her, this whole mess had to happen." She picked up both halves of Meta Knight's mask and handed them to the Master Hand. "Also, in the end, she caused Meta Knight's mask to break. See?"
The Master Hand was silent for a long moment. "Jigglypuff, since you did not get involved in any of this, you are excused from cleaning and any consequences. Necessary punishments will be taken into action, I suppose. Peach, come to my office after this whole room is clean." With that, he left the room.
Right after the Master Hand left, all the Smashers began scolding and yelling at Peach for starting the whole incident. Needless to say, Peach's day isn't going to be all rainbows and lollipops.
Jigglypuff left the room, needing to be away from the dreaded cafeteria until things settled down again. She was walking down the hallway heading to the bedroom. Once entering, she closed the door behind herself. Jigglypuff noticed that Meta Knight was sitting on the windowsill with his cape firmly wrapped around himself. She puffed up to reach the windowsill, and then sat beside him. "…Meta Knight?"
Meta Knight turned around to face her, expression both sad and nervous. "Y-Yes Jigglypuff?"
"I'm really sorry what happened to your mask downstairs."
"Don't be," Meta Knight assured her. "None of this was your fault."
"True…" Jigglypuff sighed. "At least I told the Master Hand of what happened and who started the whole thing. The Smashers are cleaning downstairs and won't be finishing anytime soon. Peach will have to see the Master Hand in his office later. I'm definitely not feeling sorry for her seeing what she did to your mask." She looked into his eyes. "You wouldn't happen to have another mask, would you?"
"…No…" came Meta Knight's reply. "Jigglypuff, I do not know what to do. I said I would attend the party with you, but now that I don't have a mask, I do not know how I'll be able to go. Everyone…will stare at me the whole time."
Jigglypuff hugged him tenderly, causing him to gasp, but he quickly recovered and hugged her back. "Meta Knight, why are you so ashamed of your face anyway? There's nothing wrong with it."
"You cannot see my scars?" He asked, confused.
"No. Even if you did, they would be really hard to see. Nobody would even notice anything different. " Jigglypuff replied.
"…Is that true?"
Jigglypuff hugged him closer to her. "Yes Meta Knight. I would never lie to you."
"Jigglypuff, I've made up my mind about the party. I have…decided to still attend, regardless that I do not have a mask as long as we can avoid the others."
Jigglypuff smiled. "Will do Meta Knight!"
