Roy found Lucina asleep on one of the couches in the lobby, her legs tucked in with her cheek resting on her arm. She looked really peaceful. Roy couldn't leave it that way could he?
"Wake up!" He yelled into her ear.
Lucina didn't stir. What? Either she was a really heavy sleeper, or she was faking it. Roy discovered it was the latter when Lucina punched him in the jaw.
"Ow... That hurts," Roy complained, rubbing his sore face.
It was the second time that had happened today. Luckily, there was no blood this time.
"And you yelling into my eardrum didn't?" Lucina countered.
"Touché."
Lucina let out a laugh and then looked him in the eye.
"What's up?" She said casually, like nothing had happened.
Stunned, Roy struggled to form a sentence.
"I uh, I mean um... Can I start over?"
Lucina laughed again, enjoying watching Roy's reaction.
Damn she was cute, Roy thought.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go for a walk outside or something. You know, to get out of this noise," he said, forcing the words out this time.
Lucina shrugged her shoulders, "I guess so. What happened to Marth?" She asked.
"He got pissed off at me for being lazy."
"For falling asleep earlier?"
"Yeah."
Lucina smiled, flashing her white teeth at Roy. Wow she was an energetic girl.
"So um..." Roy said, feeling awkward, "Let's go then."
He forced a smile out, but he knew it looked ridiculous.
"Yeah. Also, you don't have to do that smile whenever you speak you know."
Roy's sub conscious slapped him across the face as he walked out of the front doors next to Lucina. He felt the warm summer wind against his face and embraced it.
"What brought you here?" Roy asked, curious to know the answer, "I mean to the smash tourney?"
"I don't know honestly," Lucina said with a straight face, "I just felt the need to be here, if that makes any sense."
Roy nodded his head in understanding. He was empty minded and didn't have anything to say.
"You didn't really just come out here to escape the noise did you?" Lucina whispered, her voice barely audible.
"Wha-? Where did you get that idea from?" Roy stammered.
Lucina grinned, "You like me don't you?"
"Well yeah, I mean... I don't have a reason to hate you do I?"
Lucina smiled and stared into Roy's eyes. Again, Roy felt compelled to stay with her.
"You big dope," she said pushing against his arm.
Roy felt like an idiot. He wasn't even sure what he had felt himself, but now that Lucina had said it, he felt ashamed to admit his feelings.
"I know who you are though," Lucina said smiling, "You're still that immature hyperactive weirdo."
"Jeez, I feel a lot better now," Roy grumbled, but it was actually true.
He wanted Lucina as a friend to hang out with, not some Lovey-Dovey girlfriend.
"Well I'm okay with it," Lucina said.
"What?" Roy stammered. He really needed to stop with that.
"I'm okay with you liking me. I've got nothing against it. Besides, I've been kinda bored just being by myself. All of the other girls are either super serious or super girly."
Roy Smirked. He had a feeling that most of those girls were stereotypes.
"You wanna hang out tomorrow?" She asked, giving him that dazzling smile. Damn, how did she pull it off?
"Yeah maybe. I gotta see if I can get on Marth's good side first," he said nervously.
"Well I'll see ya round!" She yelled as she ran back to the door, closing it behind her as she entered the building.
Roy stared out towards the ocean. There was a beachfront just outside the mansion, overlooking a nameless ocean that was just... There. He was thinking about how he was going to apologise to Marth, when a figure walked up behind him and pushed his face into the sand. Roy sprang up, sword in hand, hardly able to see because of the sand in his eyes. But he could still recognise that chuckle.
"Hahaha!" Marth laughed hysterically and pointed at him, "You should see your face right now."
Unamused, Roy wiped the sand off of his face and stared at his friend. Maybe he was a little bit annoying, but at least he wasn't steaming in rage anymore.
"But in all seriousness, you need to eat," Marth continued, "You look like you need it."
Roy's stomach growled in agreement. He got up from the sand and punched his friend on the arm with a slight smile.
"Yeah you're right. Let's get some grub!"
Later that night, Roy lay in bed will a full stomach and multiple bruises on his face. Despite getting knocked around a bit, today had been fun. Tomorrow was a day off so that he could recover properly before the finals. Earlier today, Charizard had triumphed over Samus, meaning that the finals were Charizard vs Roy. But he didn't have to worry about that now. He just needed to worry about sleep. He slowly drifted off into an unconscious state, leaving reality behind.
When Roy awoke, he took note of two things. One: It was really hot. Two: His room had no air conditioning. He quickly got into an orange T-shirt and red shorts and threw open his door. The hallway was slightly more air conditioned, but it was still roasting. He slowly headed off to the lounge area to find his friends.
When he arrived, Roy looked like a zombie. Slumped over with a tired expression, occasionally letting out a groan. Marth didn't looked much better. Even in his blue shirt and shorts, he looked like he had just stepped out of a desert. Roy assumed that everyone would be up at the pool on the top floor, trying to cool off. He figured that going to the beach would be a better choice than the pool, seeing as it would be so crowded.
Normally, in this situation, Roy would poke Marth's face and call him a weakling, but it was just too damn hot today.
"Wanna head down to the beach?" Roy asked Marth in a tired voice.
"God, I just don't have the energy to move. I think I'm good just here."
Roy didn't feel like persisting, so he went to go to find Lucina. Maybe she would go down to the beach with him.
Roy found Lucina in the Kitchen, looking for extra food. The heat didn't seem to bother her much. She didn't look tired and sweaty like Marth and Roy, but he could see the exhaustion in her expression.
"What's up?" She asked in a cheery voice.
"I uh, wanted to know if you wanted to go down to the beach?"
"The beach? There's a beach here? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Uh, it's like just outside the front door and to the left."
"Oh..." Lucina's confused expression cleared up, "Then yeah! See you down there in 10 minutes!"
Lucina waved and ran off, presumably to her room. Roy decided to do the same. He passed the lounge area with Marth still lying on the couch, now with an ice pack on his head. He continued on to his room where he quickly got changed into a pair of bright green board shorts. He was only now considering how brightly coloured his wardrobe was. He quickly ran down to the front door and opened it, turning left towards the beach.
When Roy arrived, there was no one there. Lucina must've been held up. He sat down on the sandy shore and lay back with his eyes closed. He stretched out his limbs and relaxed. It felt good until a huge bucket of water was dumped all over him. Roy sprang up like a cat, shivering from the cold and still in shock. He saw Lucina laughing at him hysterically, tears streaming down her face. Roy felt a surge of anger, but it quickly died down as he realised the situation. He stared at his friend, still shivering from the cold. Lucina was dressed in a midnight blue two piece, decorated with little white dots that looked like stars. She looked pretty. Roy's cheeks turned red and Lucina laughed at him. Was everything funny to her?
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"It just your face when you're angry or blushing. It looks so funny."
Roy thought it was a stupid answer, but he didn't pursue it any further. Instead he decided to drag her into the water and dumped her in the cold ocean, followed by a loud cannonball. Roy's head surfaced and he looked around for Lucina, but couldn't see her anywhere. He felt something grip his ankle and he fell back as his foot was pulled forward, making a loud splash. He sat up int the shallow water and saw Lucina standing, staring at him with a grin on her face.
"You suck," Roy complained as he tackled her again.
Lucina kicked him off and pushed his head underwater. Laughing uncontrollably, Roy escaped from her and took a deep breath.
"Had enough?" Lucina taunted.
"僕 は 負けない," Roy yelled as he grabbed her right arm and pinned her down onto the shore.
Lucina struggled underneath him, but he took hold of her left wrist and pinned down her legs with his left foot.
"Looks like I win!" Roy jeered.
"Not likely."
Lucina headbutted his nose, forcing him to take his hand off her wrist. She took advantage of this and pushed him off her and back into the water.
After about an hour of trying to pin each other down, Roy and Lucina grew tired and decided to just cool in the shallow water.
"So um..." Roy began.
"You suck at small talk, you know that?"
Roy didn't have the energy to get up, but he got a square punch on her shoulder. Lucina laughed and propped herself up on her elbows.
"Why is this place so isolated from the rest of the smash mansion?" She asked.
"Dunno," came the reply, "I just found it last time I was here. I didn't feel like entering the tournament, so I just explored and came across this place. I don't think anyone else knows about it."
"Obviously they do," Lucina said, pointing behind Roy.
He turned himself around and saw Bowser and his Son playing in the sand about 100 metres away.
"It's cute," Lucina breathed.
Roy didn't think of Bowser as a nice guy, but he looked genuinely caring towards his son. He wish he shared that kind of connection with someone.
"ROY!" Lucina yelled.
Startled, Roy turned back to face her, "What?"
"You weren't responding. I said your name like 3 times."
"Oh, sorry," Roy grumbled.
"Ya big dope."
Roy smiled at her with a spark in his eyes and a grin on his face. He suddenly jumped up and pushed Lucina's face into the water before running away.
"You suck!" He heard Lucina yell behind him.
He grinned, running all the way back to the mansion. He had been waiting for that opportunity all morning.
A/N: I can totally relate to Roy in this chapter. I suck at small talk so much. But I thought it would be kinda funny to have a main character with a personality like this. I'm happy with how this chapter worked out. I probably won't pursue the relationship between Roy and Lucina too much, but maybe one day I'll get around to it.
