Pairing warning: Ribbon/Kirby.
Goodbyes
She watched him float away, back to his own world, and she smiled.
But, inside, she didn't feel happy.
There was another emotion blocking her ecstasy. An undercurrent of something she had never felt before for anybody but the young warrior. She wanted to stay here. It was the most selfish thought she had ever had, but it was uncontrollable. You can't change an emotion you don't fully understand.
Wasn't the hero supposed to save the princess? Maybe her hero didn't understand that. He was anything but your usual hero, after all. That was one what she liked about him.