Why am I Awake, Too?

Mr. Watch wasn't quite sure what to think when Oichi Jigglypuff walked in, practically dragging along a somewhat feminine young man with short blonde hair with her. It also happened to be three in the morning, making Mr. Game A. Watch wonder why, exactly, either one of them was awake in the first place. He might be able to understand Oichi being awake, since she would otherwise be putting everyone else to sleep, but the young blonde certainly should not be encouraging it! That didn't really matter, though. It wasn't that unusual for such things to happen.

"Hi Mr. Watch is there room at the Inn? This is Sam and he needs a place to stay so I thought you could help out! Yoom-Pah!" It looked like the poor Sam kid's head was spinning for some reason. The pink lady tended to do that to people. She really needed to think about using commas in her sentences more.

"Certainly, ma'am, sir," he replied. "Did you get lost? I have maps." Sam sighed.

"No. I actually plan on staying." For a moment, things were silent, before Oichi started making incomprehensible sounds.

"OhmyPalutenayou'reactuallystayingIcan'tbelieveitpeoplenever-" Mr. Watch sighed before lightly putting his hand over the girl's lips.

"My apologies for her. Now, you were saying you needed a room?" The boy sighed in relief.

"Yes. I didn't mean to arrive so late at night!" His voice got weirdly high when he said that. Mr. Watch made a mental note of it. If his friend was still trying to start that choir, it looked like they had a nice male soprano. Those were often nice to have, as they added unique colors to the overall sound.

"How long do you plan on staying?" he asked, making a mental count of who was staying in the Inn. There was Ganondorf whenever he wasn't in jail, as well as his friend Bowser, there was the strange boy who never talked, and... yes, that was about it, actually. Most guests didn't stay very long at all, so the Inn was relatively empty.

"I don't know..." replied Sam. He clearly hadn't thought much about the subject. "I suppose until I can buy a place of my own?" Mr. Watch nodded wisely, though inwardly he was wondering why the poor boy would want a place of his own in town. Buildings had an odd tendency to take rather high structural damage. It was really quite lucky that the Kong brothers were so good at carpentry.

"Well, you should probably know that I'll let you stay for two weeks for free-" He was suddenly interrupted by hyperactive pink mass.

"He's super nice like that!"

"-Well, yes, but then I expect you to have a job and pay rent, understood?" Sam nodded. "Now, what size rooms can you afford?" he asked, sliding the paper with prices across the table and easily ignoring Oichi's bouncing.

"Um, I really don't know..." he muttered, looking a bit flustered. The poor dear. He hoped that Sam hadn't done anything rash like run away from home, because Mr. Watch really couldn't help that much in such a situation. It would be up to Officer Link to deal with that sort of thing. Deciding to throw Sam a bone, he came up with a solution.

"What sort of job are you getting?" he asked kindly.

"Well, I can be a mechanic," he said, and Mr. Watch's eyes sparkled. Everyone wanted a mechanic, if only because of the tendency of things around here to break!

"Excellent!" he responded. "You can probably afford this nicer one with two rooms, a kitchen and a bedroom." The two of them began talking. Mr. Watch noticed Oichi bouncing back and forth in the corner, mumbling to herself. He looked up after everything was settled.

"You two need to go to bed." The pink one frowned and the blonde one looked relieved. They parted ways, leaving Mr. Watch downstairs.

Funny. He was too polite to say so, but Sam had a skinny waist for a boy. He hoped he was eating enough.

Notes:

It's a treat from me- an extra chapter today! See, it's short, so I can do stuff like this. Also, Mr. Watch is probably awake because Bowser just got back from jail (again). This was because of an incident involving the bank, Peach Toadstool, and a rather angry plummer. What that incident was, no one can say, only that they're fairly certain it involved those elements. It always does.