Kirby was at the food court eating some ramen. She was by herself, but someone decided to join her. It was Simon. She remembered him from Kawasaki's restaurant.

"Hey, Simon," She greeted.

"Kirby I uh, I wanted to ask you somethin'."

"Sure."

"I uh, well I was wondering if you were still dating Little Mac."

"I am."

"Aww."
"Why?"

"I uh, well I was wondering if we could date."
"Sure, but only as friends."

"Yeah see, I was hoping it would be more than that."

"Oh… I'm so sorry."

"It's ok, I just uh, thought I'd still try."

There is an awkward tension now. Simon seemed bummed out, but what can she do? She already has someone special. Maybe there's something she can say that could possibly cheer him up.

"Well uh, we can still hang out."
"I'd like that."

"When do you want to?"

"Anytime you want."
"How about after I'm done eating? We can hang out somewhere. We could uh…"
"I'd like to go to an arcade."

"Perfect! Let me just let Little Mac know."

"Ah, I see ok."

Kirby didn't have a phone, so after she ate her food the two went to Little Mac's room. She knocked and the boxer greeted her with open arms. He then glared at Simon. However, his glare was replaced with a smile when she explained that the two were going to hang out at the arcade as friends only. The boxer waved them off and told them to have a good time.

Simon and Kirby made their way to the smash arcade. It was huge and the neon lights were so pretty. The two bought credits and played lots of fun games. Simon tried winning a plushie for Kirby, but he sucked. She gave him a cocky look, cracked her knuckles, and pushed him aside. It was her turn! She failed a couple tries, but eventually she managed to win a Banjo and Kazooie plushie. His jaws dropped.

"H-how?! It was your fourth try!"

"I'm too good."

"No kiddin'."

"Here, I won it for you."
"What! Usually it's the man's job to win the girl the goodies."

"Haha! Just take it."

"I… Ok. Thank you."

Simon didn't want to admit it, but he liked being treated like this. Kirby is so kind. She's not like most girls that expect the guy to win everything. Well, she used to not be a woman so it kind of makes sense, but he liked it. A woman who doesn't care about gender roles. It was a nice change. Little Mac sure is lucky.

"You ok?" She asked.

"Y-yeah, I love it. Thanks!"

"Want another?"

"Haha sure!"

The two were at the arcade for hours. Kirby ended up winning Simon three plushies. The other two were a Pikachu and an Isabelle one. He really liked the plushies. He promised her that he'll treasure them forever.

"Well, it's getting late. I can walk you back," Kirby offered.

"The girl walking the guy home? What's going on?"

"Is that not how it works?"

"Well not usually."

"Let me walk you. I'm pretty sure I'm stronger than you anyway haha!"

"Oh you've done it now! The two of us need to spare one day."

"You're on! But don't be surprised when I win."

"Who's to say you're gonna win."
"It's pretty obvious."

"Haha! Your cocky attitude knows no bounds."

"Oh come on, I'm not Sonic. I'm a sweetheart."

"Ha! A sweetheart with some sass!"

"Pssh lil ol' me?"

"Oh my god I love you."

"Hahaha! Thanks. Anyway let me walk you back. You're a fragile lady that needs to be protected."

"Alright my knight, lead the way."

Kirby walked Simon back to his room. He gave her a hug and kissed her hand. She became uncomfortable. Sure, he's being nice, but that was a bit uncalled for. She quickly snatched her hand back, but she continued to smile at him so he wouldn't feel upset. The two waved each other off and she headed back to her room.

Simon jumped on his bed. Tonight was an amazing date. He's never had so much fun in his life. He… He needs to ask her out again. This needs to happen more. In fact, maybe the more they get closer then she'll be able to hang out in his room and then she'll realize that he's a better man than Little Mac. Yes, he needs to play the patient game. She'll soon realize that he's more fun to be around than the abusive boxer.

…

Samus stalked the pinkette. So, Kirby is cheating on Little Mac with Simon, huh? She took a bunch of pictures on her phone. See this is why Little Mac shouldn't be with this slut. She's bad news. After she took enough pictures of the duo, she decided to head to Little Mac's place.

Samus knew that Little Mac wouldn't open the door for her, so she lockpicked the door open. He was in the middle of doing squats when she rushed in. He screamed and fell on his ass when she rushed in out of nowhere.

"S-Samus what the hell!" He stuttered.

"Little Mac I caught her red-handed!"

"What? Get out!"

"No! I told you she's a slut and I got proof."

"Get out."

Samus shoved her phone at his face. He pushed it away and saw a collage of pictures of Kirby at the arcade with Simon.

"See! I told you!" Samus cheered.

"Oh Samus."

"What? I told you. She's cheating."

"Get out."

"The pictures are all here!"

"I already knew she was with Simon."

"And you're ok with that?"

"Yeah, she asked for my permission. They wanted to hang out as friends."

"It seems to me that it was more than friends."

"Really because I don't see it. The pictures only show that they hung out as friends. The way she looks at him is not infatuation at all."

"H-how do you know? Look! She's smiling!"

"Oh my god, Samus get out."

"Little Mac! You can't see that she's cheating on you?! How can you be this dumb?! Like seriously."

"Ya know, this is one of the reasons why I don't want to get back with you."

"Little Mac!"

"Come on, I'll walk you out."

Little Mac grabbed her arm and shoved her out the door. He was about to shut the door, but she put her arm there. He ended up smashing her arm and she let out a curling cry. Shit! He let her back in the room. He went straight for his bathroom and took out gauze and athletic tape. He sat her on his bed. He wrapped the athletic tape around her wrist with the gauze.

"I'm sorry," he said.

"Little Mac, what the hell!"

"I didn't mean it."

"Whatever, but also thank you."

"Look, I'm sorry, but you still have to leave."

"I wish… Nevermind."

"You wish what?"

"I wish things were back to the way it was."

"Samus, you know we can never be a thing again."

"You don't know the future."

"I don't, but I've made up my mind."

"We'll see about that."
"Samus…"

"Ok, I'll go."

Samus left the room. As she left and closed the door, her and Kirby locked eyes. Kirby had a disbelief look on her face. This made Samus smile.

"Oh hey, Kirby," She licked her lips.

"What were you doing in Little Mac's room?"

"Oh you know, just some private stuff."

"Huh?"

"You seem to not get it. Let's just say that Little Mac felt lonely while you were gone with your new boyfriend."

"Boyfriend?"

"Oops! I said too much. I'll be on my way now."

With that Samus left. Kirby felt an awful pain on her chest. What did those two do? They were alone in his room! What did those two do? Was Little Mac over her? Was it because she's been distant lately? No, he wouldn't do that. Then again, she's been distant towards him.

She wanted to open the door and ask Little Mac what's going on with Samus, but she didn't. She sadly walked back to her room. Her mind spiraled down into insecurities. Is Link right? Did Little Mac only want her for his gains? When he didn't get it, he went back to Samus. Perhaps maybe being in a relationship is not a good idea. At least not right now. She still doesn't know much about how it all works. She must've made a mistake for him to cheat on her. Man, she's not good at this at all.

Kirby started crying. She wished Metaknight was here to give her advice. She didn't know what to do. Should she break up with Little Mac, or pretend that she never saw Samus? Seeing Samus leave his room only confirmed what Link has been warning Kirby about. Sure, she's not smart about this sort of thing, but she does know about betrayal and going behind someone's back. She needs to talk to Little Mac about it. The only problem is that, what if he lies? She wouldn't know. She should probably end things anyway, but a part of her wanted to believe that Samus lied. She wanted to believe that Little Mac and Samus were just friends hanging out like she did with Simon. Little Mac would tell her about the event though. What should she do? Should she talk to Link about this? He's been acting unstable lately, so that's probably not a good idea. Talking to Little Mac about it is scary. Everything about this is scary.

…

For some fucking reason, Luigi stayed with the four miserable cave mates. He had just shown the four his Luigi Jr. and this made him feel confident. The boys said his thing looked great. Daisy is wrong! His dick is big and proud!

Luigi: "Thank you, guys."

Sonic: "Just being honest."
Ness: "Can we not?"

Sonic: "What? Just bro talk."

Ness: "This whole thing isn't normal."

Luigi: "Well I appreciate you guys."

Ness: "Ok, well I'm going to bed. Goodnight."

Luigi: "Goodnight."

The five of them were about to sleep until they heard Mario running back toward the cave. Oh no, what is he doing here so late? He's probably here to grab Luigi. The green plumber shouldn't even be here. He has a bed! He has a girlfriend to be with! HE HAS FREEDOM! It pissed Ness off!

Mario: "Guys, I was on my way to grab-a Luigi, but I heard Ness's phone ring, and it wasn't your dad this time."

Ness: "My phone? Is it still alive? Wait, my dad has been calling?"

Mario: "Well I've been going through it, haha!"

Ness: "What the fuck!"

Sonic: "Oh shit! Who called?"

Mario: "This time it was-a Lucas."

Ness: "Lucas?"

Mario: "Yeah it's the first time he's called."
Sonic: "Wait, what has his dad been saying?"

Mario: "Oh, well uh, I've already listened to some of the voice mails. It's just his dad giving him money. Pretty boring."
Ness: "I want to hear!"

Mario: "Why?"

Ness: "Please! Pretty please!"

Gordon: "There he goes sucking up to him again."

Mario: "Hmm, only if you call me Master."

Ness: "W-what?"

Mario: "Do it, and I'll play the voicemails."

Ness: "No! That's creepy."

Mario: "Well I guess-

Ness: "Ok, fine! Master, can you let me hear the voicemails."

Mario: "Well if you insist, slave."

Mario played the first voicemail.

Ness's dad: "Hey kiddo, how's it goin? Just checking up on you to see how's smash life. Anyway, I put $8,000 in your bank account. Ok, talk to you later."

End of voicemail

Mario played another.

Ness's dad: "We got lucky today! I put $40,000 in your bank account. Business is booming, son! Whoohoo!"

Mario skipped some and played the 5th one.

Ness's dad: "Hey uh, you haven't been answering my calls. I know you must be busy, I just uh, I wanted to say that I love you and I put $3000 in your account. Sorry it's short this time. Uh, Daddy's been getting into some hard times lately. Anyway I gotta go."

Mario played the next one.

Ness's dad: "Ness uh, Dad might have been getting into some legal issues. Sorry no money this time. Anyway I gotta go, bye."

Mario: "Is your dad ok?"

Sonic: "Dude, what did he mean by legal troubles?"

Ness: "I don't know! I'm hearing this for the first time like you guys."

Mario played the next one.

Ness's dad: "Hey Ness, uh, so this might be the last voicemail I'll send. I just want you to know-

Thug 1: "I THINK I HEARD HIM!"

*gunshot noises*

Ness's dad: "Yeah so, I uh, I transferred all my money into your account."

Thug 2: "HE MIGHT BE IN THIS ROOM!"

Thug 1: "BREAK IT DOWN!"

*THUD THUD*

*GUNSHOTS*

Ness's dad: "I transferred the money. You know what to do. And uh, I love you, son. I love you so much."

*CRASH*

Thug 1: "HE'S RIGHT THERE! GET HIM!"

Ness's dad: "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, PIGS!"

BEEP

Mario: "Holy shit! I-Is your dad dead?"

Ness: "Oh my god, dad!"

Sonic: "Dude, what the fuck!"

Gordon: "I think your dad was a drug dealer."
Ness: "No! He wouldn't do that."
Gordon: "How is he getting all that money?"

Ness: "I don't know. He runs a company I think."

Gordon: "You think?"

Ness: "I don't know! I never see him. I've only seen him once in my life."

Sonic: "That's rough, buddy."

Mario: "Wait, I'm gonna go check his bank account."

Ness: "No, that's my money!"

Mario opens the chase app on Ness's phone. His jaws drop. He has no words.

Mario: "H-h-holy moly."

Sonic: "How much does he have?"

Kawasaki: "Probably over $20!"

Mario: "Ness, what did your dad do?"

Ness: "How much is it?"

Mario: "I… Hmm, well it doesn't matter. It's mine now."

Ness: "Figures."

Mario: "Anyway, back to why I originally came here."

Luigi: "Ness, I think your dad died."
Ness: "Thank you, Luigi."

Luigi: "You're welcome."

Sonic: "Dude, I'm so sorry that's gotta be-

Ness: "Ok! I get it! Can we stop talking about my now dead father?!"

Mario: Anyway, so Lucas called you."

Kawasaki: "Right! What did your boyfriend want?"

Ness: "He's not my boyfriend."

Sonic: "Lies."

Ness: "Shut up."

Mario: "He sent you a text too."

Ness: "What did he say?"

Mario: "He wants to talk about his feelings."

Everyone except Ness: "OOOOOOOO."
Ness: "Guys! Stop! He's obviously worried about me."

Mario: "You did hurt him."

Ness: "I know that! I… know. It was a real dick move. I know."

Mario: "Should I message him?"

Ness: "NO!"

Sonic and Gordon: "Yes!"
Mario: "What should I say?"

Ness: "Nothing!"

Kawasaki: "Say that Ness loves him!"

Ness: "Don't you dare."

Mario: "Oh I should, should I? Ok, I'm doing it."

Ness: "NO!"

Mario: "Alright I sent it. I said 'Lucas I have feelings for you.'"

Ness: "FUCK! NO WHY?!"
Sonic: "OH SHIT DUDE!"

Gordon: "Ok now I'm invested."

Kawasaki: "I thought you were going to sleep."

Gordon: "Not anymore."

Mario: "Oh shit! Guys he's typing!"

Sonic: "What's he saying?!"

Ness: "This can't be happening."

Mario: "Oh, he stopped typing. Oh wait, he's typing again!"

Ness: "Oh my god. He probably doesn't want to be my friend anymore."

Mario: "Oh shit! He said that he feels the same way, but he wants to talk to you about it in person."

Ness: "WHAT!"

Everyone: "OOOOOOO."

Mario: "Ness he's totally gay for you, man."

Sonic: "I fucking knew it!"

Gordon: "Wow, I definitely saw this coming."

Kawasaki: "Congratz on the new couple."

Ness: "We're not a couple! Also Mario what the fuck!"

Mario: "Well actually, this runs in my favor."
Ness: "Mario, don't you dare!"

Mario: "Hahahaha! Oh this is perfect."

Ness: "Don't you dare touch him!"

Mario: "What're you gonna do about it, huh? You're chained up. You can't do shit."

Ness: "I swear to god, if you hurt him-

Mario: "Oh shut up, Ness. You can't do shit. Now if you'll all excuse me, I have a romantic loser to see."

Ness: "I'LL KILL YOU!"

Mario laughs and leaves the cave. Luigi follows after him.

Sonic: "Damn."

Gordon: "So, you still planning on sucking up to him."

Ness: "No. I'll get out of here another way."

Sonic: "Told ya so."
Ness: "Not now, Sonic. I need to think."