Sorry for some of the grammatical errors, FFnet's system won't let me fix them for some reason. :/
The day seemed to just drag on, cloudy and dull. Meta Knight was just lying in his bed, contemplating what to do next, but really, there is nothing to do next. Reading a book in his spare time was the best source of entertainment regarding relaxing he could think of, but even that got tiring after a while.
He started to think deeper on how long he would be sleep if he hibernated. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but think of some kind of Sleeping Beauty twist; staying in a deep slumber for a long time, but the twist is, he stays asleep and nothing can wake him up. Nova knows what could happen in the span of a whole century. What would become of Dreamland without him? Would Kirby be able to take on any threat that came upon him? Could the world as he knew it simply collapse before him and there was nothing he could do to save it? You know, those are just everyday, normal thoughts for him. He wanted to stop thinking on the negative but he couldn't. Things like this weren't simply going to be dismissed around him. This was a serious fate that would be met if he didn't do someth—
Oh? The knight noticed that Kirby's eyes started to peep open. This was unusual. He shouldn't have been waking up twice today. Meta Knight assumed Kirby would quickly just fall back asleep, so he paid no mind to it. That is until he heard, "Mena?" the child sat up and rubbed his eyes with his tiny paws.
"Kirby, now's not the time for you to be up." Meta Knight said calmly, "Aren't you still tired?"
"Food." Kirby exhaustedly replied, "Hungry."
That made more sense to Meta now, he was just up for some food. He didn't want to get out of the bed and risk something happening, but he wanted to make sure Kirby's hunger was satisfied, as it was highly important during this time, especially for a baby Kiridian. Though they ate less than the adults on hibernation dates due to eating so much during the week, it was still vital for them to have at least a few meals on these days. Meta Knight figured the best thing to do was to wait for Sailor Dee to come home and ask her to prepare Kirby some food.
"We must wait for Sailor Dee's return first because..." Meta Knight knew explaining to the child a serious matter such as the things he's going through wouldn't do any good, so he simplified an explanation to something he could easily understand, which was "Mena no feel so good."
Kirby looked like he wanted to accept that as an answer, but words didn't satisfy his hunger. "Kaabii! Me! Hungry!"
Meta had two reasonable excuses as to why he could not feed Kirby. One of them being he obviously needed to be idle, another being, he really can't cook well. He's probably given himself a bad case of food posioning more times then he could count. He wondered if there was some sort of snack lying in the cabinets he could give to Kirby to keep him quiet for a short moment, at least until Sailor got back. Without a second thought, he got up from the bed. "Wait here, I'll get you something, okay?"
"Puyo..."
"It's just to get him a snack," he thought, "It's not like I'm being overly active or such. I'm just being a good host."
He walked into the kitchen, got on a tall stool, and opened the cabinet. It was dusty and barren, cobwebs forming inside of it. Okay, so, now he had three excuses, Meta Knight never ate anything, therefore he never went grocery shopping. Occasionally, Sailor Dee would, but she wouldn't get many things. Meta Knight adjusted her during their time on the Halberd to eat one thing in the morning, and eat one thing in the night. She mainly enjoyed yogurt, so he figured she wouldn't mind if he took a cup to feed to Kirby. He checked the fridge to see if she had hopefully left one, and she did! There was one more in the back of the fridge. He took the yogurt and left out the kitchen without a spoon because the utensils were made of real bronze and sliver, and were also some kind of heirloom of Sailor's family—which he thought was a rather boring one at that—and Kirby...well, since he didn't get the hang of consistent table manners just yet, Meta feared Kirby would just inhale the spoon, the cup, and the yogurt itself. So it was in both their best interest to just let him have the yogurt by itself.
Meta Knight came back in the room, where Kirby was overdramatically laying on his side like he hadn't eaten in days. "P-poyo..."
Knowing the child was just being silly, Meta laughed and got back in the bed. He was glad that he made it back fine. But he swore to himself that was it, no more.
The knight removed the cover from the yogurt, "Here you like yogurt, don't y—" Before he could complete that sentence, Kirby started inhaling. Out flew the yogurt into his mouth as well as his cup.
"I knew it." Meta Knight snickered.
Without another "poyo", Kirby flipped to the other side and eased back asleep.
Meta Knight settled back into the bed. He looked at the time, it had been almost two hours since she left. He knew the king had a tendency to drag on with specific subjects, but certainly not for that long. He did not start to worry though, he assumed she had something extra to do.
And the room was silent yet once again, until three minutes later, Kirby woke up again, "Mena?"
"Yes, Kirby?"
"Why you no sleepy like me still?" Kirby asked, "Mena sleepy too?"
"As I said earlier, I am not quite to your mastery level of...tranquility yet." he replied, "I have to...I mean, we have to work on it some more, it will take some time."
Kirby jumped up with a sudden burst of energy and waddled over to Meta Knight on the lumpy bed,
"Kirby? What are you—"
"Lesson!" Kirby chirped,
"No, you need to back to sleep, you've worked hard all week and today you must rest." Meta Knight said. Kirby gave a face that implied he was trying to be menacing, but just ended up looking very cute. "I teacher!"
Meta sighed, "Kirby, I simply will not allow you to..."
Kirby looked irritated, and Meta Knight could see it. He didn't forget what he agreed to, though he knew that above this situation he was still Kirby's mentor. But, since Meta Knight knew Kirby was more likely irate during this time, he figured the least he could do for now was play along and follow his little lesson, just to cheer him up, burn off this sudden burst of energy, and tire the child out again.
"...You were saying something, mentor?"
Kirby's sweet smile showed itself once again. He reached for the knight's mask, but knowing what was about to happen, he quickly assured him, "No, no!...I'll do it myself."
Meta Knight took off his mask again and set on his nightstand.
"Good, good, Mena!" Kirby praised, "Poyo, poyo pi!"
"Lay down? Alright." Meta Knight found a comfortable position and laid on the pillow, "What now?"
Kirby inhaled some air and puffed up to fly over to the light and turn it off. When he got back to the bed, he released the air and plopped back down onto the bed. Shortly afterward, he started to sing a lullaby softly out of tune.
Despite it being sung out of tune, Meta recognized the lullaby his pupil was trying to sing. It was a very old one, it was one that caretakers of young Star Warriors would sing to their children before they placed them into their starships. He was quite surprised Kirby even remembered that the lullaby was sang to him at all.
What an observation the knight found that to be, as the townsfolk thought Kirby to be forgetful and bliss. Yet, when he was left alone with someone who doesn't set his expectations low simply because he's a child, he acted a bit more mature than he was, and he could remember things from way back. For a Kiridian child, remembering a whole melody that was sung to him vaguely during his infancy and never sung to him from that point there on, that was considered quite remarkable.
Meta didn't expect to get a nostalgia trip, but it's what he got, and he was starting to become very...very...soothed by it.
He quietly sang along with Kirby, and once the child noticed, Kirby stopped and asked, "Mena know too?"
"Ah, yes, this one was very known during my time." Meta smiled, "I'm surprised you know it."
"Kaabii favorite!" Kirby cheered.
"Hm, you don't say." Meta Knight chuckled.
Kirby continued singing, and soon enough, Meta Knight started to feel his eyes droop, his whole body just seemed to feel completely unwound. Was this it? Was he finally getting tired?
He knew it wasn't hibernation tiredness, sadly, as the urge to fall asleep would be much more intense if it was. But it was a good start for him, this would be the first snooze he had in months. Meta yawned, much to Kirby's surprise. The puff's eyes twinkled. "Mena get sleepy?"
Meta Knight replied, "Yes, Mena getting very sleepy."
"Mena go night night?"
"Indeed," Meta Knight said as he yawned again, "Goodnight, Kirby."
"Gudnait, Mena!"
Kirby didn't fall asleep just yet, but Meta seemed to already be fast asleep. Kirby looked at the knight proudly. He was so happy that his training was actually working! He was finally starting to truly feel like a mentor.
The front door opened and in came Sailor Dee with a huge haul of grocery bags. After her talk with the king, she decided she wanted to come prepared with food for her commander's hibernation, so she went to the store, and got every delicious-seeming thing she could find, including a couple of parfaits.
"Commander, I'm home!" she chirped, "Sorry for the wait, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with this!"
Sailor Dee put down the groceries and went into Meta Knight's room, when she opened the door, she gasped as she saw the knight fast asleep. She also noticed Kirby was awake.
"Kirby, did...did you put Meta Knight to sleep?" she asked quietly,
"Mhm!" Kirby affirmed.
"Wow! So your training really is working!" she beamed, "You're being such a big help! Thank you!"
Sailor Dee pat Kirby on the head, then she glanced back over at Meta Knight. "Aww, he looks so peaceful!"
"Kaabii sing Mena a lullaby!" Kirby smiled,
"Oh!...did you now?" Sailor asked in surprise, well aware of Kirby's tone-deaf tendency. "That's, uhm, one way to do it...!"
"Poyo!" he nodded.
"Well, I did have something to tell him, but I'm sure it can wait until tomorrow!...if he's not...hibernating...oh my NOVA, is he hibernating already?!"
Kirby was confused, he didn't know what Kiridian hibernation was just yet, he just knew he got sleepy on days like this.
"Oh my, oh my goodness!...I hardly had time to prepare!" she panicked, "Uhh, what to do...what do you do next, Sailor, what now?!..."
Kirby tilted his head confusedly. "Puyo?"
"Y-you're right, I need to calm down..." she couldn't actually understand him like Meta could, but it's what she assumed he said. "I-I'll be out in the living room if you need me."
"Okey!" he smiled,
"Alright, I'll see you in a while, I guess...let me know if Meta Knight wakes up, or something..."
"Poyo!"
Sailor Dee walked out of the room, with a lot of things she needed to process.
I finally got this chapter done! :DD I probably would've gotten it done earlier if it wasn't for my new arch-nemesis...COMPLICATED SCHOOLWORK! DUN DUN DUUUUN! XD
But no, seriously, I had trouble figuring out how to continue from the last chapter, I hope this was an okay enough way to progress the story. :)
