"This seems like this'll take a while, so I made an entire pot," Marth said as he brought the pot to the table. He poured two cups: one for him and one for Robin. He prepared his own cup by adding one teaspoon of sugar. "What happened that made you look so bad?" Marth asked.
"I found Shulk, but it was too late. He already was beating Pit up for what he did. I don't understand why he's so mad. No one knows what really happened. I mean, did you even notice that I had left the party?"
"Nope. Everyone was so drunk to notice anything. Actually, you were the least drunk; master hand was wasted. Say what did you do with him?"
"Well, I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone," Robin paused for a moment, "I, uh, we fucked."
"That's not bad. I mean, you didn't drug him, and he's not mad at you." His tone changed. "I feel as if there's more that you aren't telling me."
"Well, there's one thing." Robin struggled to say.
"What is it?"
"This." He got up and moved to Marth. Robin kissed Marth. Robin felt unease. He couldn't stay there any longer. He felt as uneased as Shulk mad. His evacuation plan was called, "Get the hell out of this place."
"I, uh, just remembered my sister needed me for, uh, something." Robin said. It was easy to tell that he was trying to leave.
"Well, come back some other time." Robin already got up to leave. He couldn't take anymore of this.
He left for his own room. He was so anxious, he dropped the key before he could put it in the key hole. He just needed to sleep. After managing to fit the key in and turn it, he plopped down on the bed and was out like a light.
"Wake up, WAKE UP!" Robin was being yelled at by his sister. After a succession of blinks Robin looked up at his sister. He mouth started moving, "You have to get up! The fights start up again!"
"Really? Must I join the tournament?"
"Yes! I checked the schedule, and you have the first fight. It's with you, Zelda, Shulk, and Marth. Team match; with Marth." Anyone but Marth! I can't do it with what I did to him! He was sure that he had hurt Marth the previous night. Robin can't go through that for another time. He dragged himself out of bed, so that he could get started with the day.
He had twenty minutes before he had to be ready in the arena. He rushed his way down to the arena. In the entrance rooms, Robin was practicing his special attacks. Marth tried to stop him, but he didn't want to talk. Marth walked up to him and said, "hey. Can we talk?"
Robin didn't respond, Robin kept on practicing. An announcement came over the loud speakers. It said, "The first battle of the tournament is to start in sixty seconds." Robin finally acknowledged Marth. He spoke with a mean demeanor, "Our fight starts in a minute. I'm practicing, I suggest you do the same."
Marth tried to reason with Robin, but the fight began. Robin started with a command for him to go at Shulk, while he went for Zelda. Zelda noticed the anger in Robin and decided to use this to their advantage. Zelda began a magical fight with Robin. Marth was going at it with Shulk, engaging in fierce melee combat.
After one minute of the fight, the first KO happened. Robin and Zelda were getting their percentages higher and higher until Robin hit her with one last thunder. She went flying off to the left. Robin's challenge from then on was: try and get her percentage higher while not letting her manage to KO him.
Marth made his way over to Robin and whispered in his ear, "Switch opponents." Robin understood. They used the element of surprise, as they caught both Shulk and Zelda off guard.
Robin used thunder on Shulk, who expected for it to be aimed at Zelda. This was successful; Robin KO'ed Shulk. The same was for Marth. Marth lunged in at the embodiment of the triforce of wisdom. She flew off for another time.
After this, the familiar five second countdown started. The fight was over. One of the fastest two minutes of Robin's life. The two minutes after were painfully slower. Marth came up to him and said, "We need to have a talk." Robin knew this meant something completely different than "we need to talk." Robin reluctantly followed Marth to his room, before the next round started.
"Marth, I just want to say: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that; I crossed some sort of line. I am completely sorry," Robin confessed. The two were outside of Marth's room. Marth was silent for the entire time while he put the key in the lock. This was nerve-racking for Robin. To Robin this felt like a million years just putting a key in a slot.
Marth gestured for Robin to come in. Robin walked inside of the room. Marth began to speak, "About last night. What are you sorry for? I mean, I honestly thought that it was wonderful. You guessed that I was mad at you, didn't you?"
"Yeah, I could have just said that I liked you, but instead my brain thought, 'Kiss him! What could go wrong?' and I honestly think that I crossed some sort of line by doing so." Robin felt at ease knowing that Marth wasn't mad, and then he realized what Marth said. He said that he liked it! Robin was cheering on the inside, trying not to show his happiness, and ultimately failing.
"So, uh, you wanna go and get dinner some time?" is he asking me out? Robin thought with enthusiasm.
"Of course I would! Where do you want to go? And when do you want to go?"
"How about this, I'll cook us dinner tonight. After the tournament is over."
"Speaking of that, we should get back before round two starts." The two left Marth's room and returned to the communal area where people were watching the fights. Robin thought about going and strategizing for the next round, but his sister had other plans.
Robin walked up to Robin. She asked her brother, "So, what were you talking about with Marth?"
Robin knew she was just being nosy, as always. He gave in to her annoyance, "Marth and I are getting dinner tonight."
"Really?! I-"
"Quiet down, I still don't want everyone to know about you know what."
"Okay, I have to get back to Ike."
Robin knew her way too well. He stopped her and said, "Don't tell anyone!"
Round two was under way, and Marth and Robin were against Mario and Luigi. Marth knew of Mario's arrogance and used it to their advantage. Marth died once so it would go to Mario's head. After that Marth killed Mario twice in the one minute remaining.
Round three went worse for the duo. Robin and Marth went against Robin and Ike. Marth and Ike were sword fighting while the Robins were playing copy cat. When Robin did something, his sister would do the same. In the last few moments, Ike stabbed Marth and because of their high percentages Marth flew off with only a second left. It would have gone to sudden death if Ike hadn't killed Marth. This wasn't all bad, this meant they could start their date earlier than they expected.
Marth brought Robin back to his room. Marth got the table set up and started cooking.
Robin excused himself saying he would return in just a moment. Robin rushed to his room, and grabbed the one thing he was saving for this type of occasion.
Making sure he didn't drop it, he ran back to his date's room. He opened the door and moved over to Marth. "Turn around, I have a surprise for you," Robin commanded. When Marth turned around he saw the bottle of red wine in Robin's hands. Marth had Robin sit down, because dinner was ready. Marth made pasta, which accompanied the wine perfectly.
The two chatted idly while eating the meal. When they were finished, Marth and Robin cuddled on the couch. They sat there for what felt like hours. They knew what they were feeling was love. Robin left around 22:15 when he decided if he stayed any longer, he wouldn't be able to take this slow.