Author's note: Now that I think about it…what world is this set in? I mean, Kirby can talk but anime characters are there and some ideas from the anime are too (Meta Knight's accent etc.)! Oh my Nova, what the hell?

Oh, in the last chapter I said "Dived" When I should've said "Dove!" I can't be bothered to fix it, though.

Anyway, about the story, I was going to put Marx's birthday in this one as well but it seemed like too much. Maybe in the sequel, if I write one. I'd probably set his in early February…Dee's is in the end of August…hmm…So, please R&R!^^

5

I'll watch you falling for me

I didn't want a party. I really didn't. I liked birthday parties, sure, but not when they're for me. It just wasn't my thing. Marx was fine with this, though I couldn't say the same for Kirby and the others. For some reason they were acting as if they were hiding something so I concluded that they were throwing a 'surprise' party for me. They weren't very good at hiding it if you ask me.

"Good morning, Dee! Dee, good morning! Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

The day full of insanity started with those three sentences. I opened my eyes to see Marx in my face. He startled me so I accidentally slapped him.

"Ah! Holy Scarfies! What was that for?" Marx stumbled backwards. There was a red mark on his cheek where I hit him.

I rubbed my eyes. "Oh, sorry, that was totally unintentional."

"Yeah, you make that sound reeeally convincing," he chuckled, "Anyway, I'm not gonna be mad because I've decided to make your day nothing but enjoyable!"

"Awww, that's so sweeet," I got out of the bed and opened my arms so that I could hug him, "I need to take a shower first, though. So do you, for that matter."

Marx grinned and pulled away. "Done! I got up at three so I could!" His smile turned into a frown, "Well, that and I couldn't sleep 'cuz I was shaking with excitement!"

"I would say 'Awww' and hug you again, but I really want to hurry up and take a shower! What are we doing, anyway?"

He closed his eyes and was quiet for a long time. He finally opened them and smiled at me. "Um, I guess we're going to spend the day together—just you and me! I'm not sure exactly what we're doing since that's up to you."

"Awww…when do I get my present?" I asked.

"Not until we get home," He frowned again, "I really hope you like it."

I patted his head. "I'm sure I will. I need to take that shower now, so, I'll be back out here in a while."

"Okay. Shoo, become clean!"

I laughed and entered the bathroom, closing and locking the door. As I took my shower I wondered what we should do that day. Not that there was much to do, but it was still hard to decide. As I dried myself off, I knew exactly what I wanted.

"Marx!"

"Dee? Are you ready? What do you want to do? Invade Dedede's castle and steal his chocolate?"

I stared blankly at him. "No, though that does sound fun. I want to ride in a hot air balloon!"

Marx's already big eyes widened. "Huh? That's crazy!" He paused, "Not that I can say much…except I'm afraid of heights."

"You have wings, doofus! You can't honestly be afraid of heights!"

"Well…you can call it ironic, but I am in this form and I can't change 'cuz you think that other thingy is ugly." He sighed, looking sad.

I shook my head and felt as sad as he looked. "Well, I only saw you in your 'soul' form, right? I don't know what the other one looks like."

Marx exhaled, "Uh, it isn't that much prettier, just sayin'." He tilted his head sideways and stared at me endearingly, "Do we really have to? And where would we go to get one anyway?"

"Don't worry, I know where."

I pretty much dragged Marx to the lot where they sold the balloons. It was a small distance from our village, but there were a lot of hills and when we finally reached our destination we were both ready to collapse. So that's just what we did.

"Can I help you kids?" a woman's voice said.

I opened my eyes but I had no energy to do much else. Marx, on the other hand, got up and stared at me. It was a bit unnerving.

"She's…out," he gasped, "Now I…run!" He scurried down the lush green hill to the bottom only to faint halfway there. I sat up and laughed loudly at him.

"Marx you doof!" I followed him down and fell to his side, "Are you alright?"

No reply.

"Marx?" I lifted his head and held him close to myself, "I love you! Please wake up!"

Still no reply.

"MARX! WAKE UP!"

"AAGH! Dee, don't yell. You hurt my ears." Marx opened his eyes and with no warning snuggled into me. I let go of him, blushing.

"Hey! That woman is still waiting up there, you know! We should get going!" I said nervously while waving my arms in the air.

He got up and glared at the hill. "Crap. We have to conquer that thing again.

We reached the top again, after many complaints from Marx. I felt like collapsing once more, but this time I controlled myself. The woman from earlier was still there, waiting for us. She looked almost like one of the fairies living on Ripple Star. Not that I knew any besides Ribbon.

"Hello again. Welcome to Peachy's Hot Air Balloon outlet. Would you care to rent or buy today?"

Marx stared at her with an admiration that made me angry. "Well, hey there. What's your name?"

She chuckled and tucked her blue hair behind her ears. "I own this business. I'm Peachy!"

"Oooh…Wow…you're pretty…I mean, your hot air balloons are pretty!" He blushed which should have aggravated me, but it was just too cute to make me angry

"What are your names?" She asked me this, but Marx answered before I could.

"I'm Marx and this is…well, jeez, it doesn't matter! She's just a Waddle Dee who ISN'T my girlfriend, by the way. Yep, she's tagging along with me today for no apparent reason!" He leaned in close to Peachy as if to whisper, "Personally I think she has a crush on me and who wouldn't?"

I felt angry but I knew he would regret this later. "That's right, I'm nobody and I should just leave," I sighed sadly, "It isn't like Marx lives with me and relies on me for everything and we're the best friends ever and there might be something going on between us. No, that's not it at all."

Peachy laughed. "Okay, I'll just leave you two to find a balloon you can rent for a day. I'll send someone to fly it for you," she then added before leaving, "Have a nice date, sweethearts."

Marx looked as if he just lost something. He then turned to scowl at me. "You sabotaged my relationship with a hot woman! You totally suck!"

"You deserved that. Asshole!" I smacked him in the head, "She's too old for you, anyway. What are you? Seventeen? She must be about thirty."

"Do you get some sadistic enjoyment out of hitting me?" He hissed.

I glared at him with extreme anger radiating from my eyes (Okay, that's a bit extreme, but…I wish it was true!). "I thought you were going to make me happy today. Isn't that what you said?"

Marx kept scowling. "I really hate—" he didn't get a chance to finish his sentence because I kissed him on the lips. It didn't last very long and was overall pretty lame, but for some reason he fell to the ground with surprise.

"Marx!"

"Ehhhhhhhh….Deeeeeee…" He got up and shook his head, "Ugh, how can you kiss me if you have no mouth?"

I stared back at him blankly. "Is that really all you're concerned about?"

Marx smiled. "Well, I saw it coming. After all, you must think I'm the most adorable thing in existence, right?" He coughed, probably wanting to take back what he just said, "I've never really liked physical contact though."

"You seem to like hugs enough," I sighed, trying to understand what he meant.

"Yeah but, that's just…falling in love is wrong. After all, the only way to fall is down."

I stared at him blankly again. "Where the hell do you get these lines?"

"Songs…but that isn't the point!" Marx turned away with a distant look in his eyes, "I just don't want to waste time on something that won't work out in the end."

"Says the one who came up with some insane plan to take over the world which failed, twice!" I shook my head, "And you can't even take chances on a girl that loves you. Coward. Selfish coward."

He frowned. "It would be better if no one could feel love for anyone. Even themselves. Love just ruins everything. Then the people who aren't loved will be alright. I should've wished for that. In a way I think Zero was right."

"That's horrible! I can't even bear to think about it!" I stopped for a moment and thought about what was going on, "Hey, I know what you're doing! You want me to hate you so you're trying to make me angry!"

"Self preservation matters more than anything…or, not to me, but to you it should! If I were you I would stay away from me at all costs…but then who would be me? Oh my freaking god! Someone would take over my body while I was being you!" Marx became silent, "No, that wouldn't happen."

I smacked myself in the face to make sure this wasn't some freakish nightmare. "Okay, can we just forget this ever happened and go for a ride in a balloon?"

He nodded, then shook his head. "No, I don't want to stay with someone who thinks I hate them."

"I don't think you hate me!" I yelled, "We argue a lot don't we?"

"Sadly yes," Marx smiled miserably (if that's possible). He turned to the sky suddenly and his face lit up, "Hey, look at that!"

I followed his gaze and my eyes widened. A bunch of colourful hot air balloons were flying into the sky at once. "Oh wow…they look like little bent pieces of a rainbow with baskets under them."

"Nice simile…I think," Peachy flew up to us again, "I did it just for you two lovebirds," She stopped just to snicker, "We don't have many customers, so I thought 'well, what the hey?'"

Marx grinned though not at anyone specifically. "Happy birthday, Dee. Do you want to go up in one now?"

I shook my head. "No, I just want to sit here and watch them with you." I turned to Peachy, "I'm sorry, but I just—"

"Oh no, I understand. Feel free to do whatever it is you like!" With that she left again and probably for the last time. I sat down and grabbed the ends of Marx's hat to pull him down next to me.

"Hey! That hurt!" he glared at me with fake anger, "Meanie!"

I laughed and hugged him tightly. "I really love you! I really, really, really, really do! You make me feel so silly!"

"Mm-hm, I can see why. I'm the most awesome person ever, after all! I'm everything a girl could ever want in a guy—charming, sweet, funny, cute…"

"Not to mention egotistical, for goodness sake!" I punched him playfully, "I want to hate you sometimes, but I can never bring myself to do it."

Marx grinned at me. "Let's just watch." He looked up and I decided to do the same. The number of balloons in the air gradually grew until, at the end of the day, they all returned to wherever it was they came from. By this time Marx had fallen asleep and was resting on my side, snoring quietly. I nudged him awake and he got up, following me home.

Author's note: OMG. First kiss O.O! Oh, the song Marx took that line from was Up In the Stars by Swimming With Dolphins (The title of this chapter was also taken from that song). Next chapter will be Dee's birthday-part 2! Uh, I won't call it that, of course.

By the way, I own Peachy (never mind the name…). I really enjoyed writing about her for some reason. I don't even know what she looks like…but she totally teased Marx about his lame flirting skills, so she rocks (Lolz)! I might add her somewhere else…I think you know what I'm going to say now: PLEASE REVIEW!^^