Chapter 45: Friendly Meeting
Night had come, so Diddy and Dixie headed back near where they were building the ship. They had agreed with their friends where they would meet in a place near that, this time to spend moments of fun and relaxation after a long week.
When they got there, all the other kids were there; the only ones missing were the two of them. The site was spacious, with some trees in between and some bonfires lit, but very cozy to meet. The four children had set up some tables made of wood and adorned with elements of nature. Diddy and Dixie had a nice feeling of being there; it had been a long time since they had such a meeting, and for a moment, they felt like they were on DK Island when the whole Kong family gathered for a weekend.
"Hi, Diddy! Hi, Dixie!" Ricky told them, arriving with the group, and then they both returned the greeting to each one. "Good thing you came."
"Hasn't everything started yet?" Dixie asked them.
"No, we're going to make candies first," Mandy replied with excitement. "We were waiting for you."
"Okay, it sounds great," Diddy said the same way.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Come with us!" Jenny said, inviting them in. "We're going to have a lot of fun."
Diddy and Dixie joined with their friends to prepare those sweets, and then they joined the rest of the children as well. The herd of kong children already looked bigger, enough to be able to have a big event.
"Do you like candies?" some of the new children asked Diddy and Dixie. "These are the best."
"Obviously," Dixie replied as they were all gathered together preparing the sweets.
"Hey, so you also know how to make these sweets," Diddy said to their four friends. "How did you learn?"
"The same as with boats," Mandy replied, smiling. "By the way, after this we'll play, what do you think?"
In the same way, the quartet of friends of Diddy and Dixie seemed to be also skilled in preparing sweets, which they made with fruits and ingredients that they could obtain from nature. With so many hands helping, they didn't have as many complications, as it wasn't a super complex procedure either. At the end, the candies were placed on the tables they had set up.
They were having a good time. Diddy and Dixie had a chance to get to know the new kong children better, even though they were somewhat multifaceted, or both also spent time with their four friends. After all, the arrival of those old friends from the quartet hadn't been so bad, as they thought that maybe they could make many more friends. Among other activities they did during the meeting, was to play certain interactive or competitive group games, and they had a great time. At other times, they were divided into groups.
On another occasion, Dixie was with Jenny and Mandy along with the other kong girls of the herd. While on the other hand, Diddy was along with Melvyn and Ricky in the company of some of the other boys; they were gathered "only boys" and this time they had decided to make a game of random challenges.
"What will we play?" asked one of the kong boys in the herd.
"Very easy: to the challenges!" Ricky announced with excitement, taking out a pair of round bubble gums, both of different red and green color. "You see, everyone gets in a circle, then you must close your eyes while two of you hold each of these bubble gums. Then, those who have them should throw them in the direction they want, and those who grab them will be the participants: the one with the green color will be the one who proposes the challenge, and the red one will be the one who fulfills it, okay?"
"Great, I want to play!" Diddy exclaimed excitedly, and then the rest of the kids exclaimed the same.
"Well, so, let's get started," Ricky said, sitting on the ground with the rest. "Oh, yes, whoever doesn't meet the challenge will have to eat five tree leaves."
The proposed game had started. Everyone followed the rules of the game and, of course, met the challenges, among which were to climb a tree and stay upside down for a while, eat a large amount of candies until they got cloyed, imitate an animal, throw an object as far as they can, or even bolder challenges such as having some interaction with any of those present.
"Well, Melvyn, I dare you to tell one of the girls that you want to be her boyfriend," one of the other boys said to Melvyn.
"But why me?" Melvyn protested.
"Well, because you were challenged, genius," Ricky said ironically, turning the propeller of his cap. "You have to comply with it. If you want, then tell her that it was a lie."
Melvyn got up and resigned himself to the challenge: he went to one of the kong girls and told her what was proposed, but not before winning a slap from her. The rest of the participants only made a gesture of pain at the reaction. Then, Melvyn returned to the group again.
"Are you happy?" Melvyn said sarcastically and rubbing his face, before sitting down.
"Well, let's go with the next ones," Ricky said.
Melvyn and the other boy who challenged him, threw the bubblegums at other players while everyone kept their eyes closed. After a couple of challenges, it was Diddy's turn to dare one to Ricky.
"It's my turn!" Diddy exclaimed excitedly. "Okay, Ricky, I dare you to an arm-wrestle challenge," he said defiantly, extending his arm to Ricky.
"Ah, yeah? Well, let's see who wins then," Ricky replied in the same tone.
Diddy and Ricky joined hands, resting their elbows on the ground, and faced each other to see who could defeat the other. Diddy was taking him quite an advantage to the point of having Ricky's arm almost touching the ground, it was not until Ricky took more strength and managed to take Diddy's arm to the other side abruptly, thus winning the challenge.
"Wow, Ricky, you do have strength," Diddy said, rubbing his arm and laughing.
"So you can see," Ricky replied in a winning tone. "Now let's continue."
Ricky and Diddy gave their turns to other children, who had to dare more challenges. After other challenges later, it was Ricky and Diddy's turn again, but this time it was Ricky who had to dare him.
"How about a rematch?" Diddy suggested to Ricky in a mocking tone.
"Hmm... I think I have something better," Ricky said in a defiant tone and rubbing his hands together. "Well, I dare you to... go to one of the girls and... give her a kiss."
"Uhh... to Dixie, right?" Diddy asked in a tone of confusion.
"No, no, to any of the other girls," Ricky clarified, before whispering to him. "Any that isn't Dixie."
"W-what?!... How?" Diddy exclaimed, looking at him strangely at such a challenge, but then he just started laughing. "Hey, Ricky, you must be kidding, right?"
"No, no, I'm not kidding," Ricky reaffirmed, laughing too. "I'm really proposing that challenge to you. Come on, do it if you dare."
"Uhh... are you serious?" asked Diddy, smiling somewhat strangely. "I remind you that... I have a girlfriend."
"And? Come on, it's just a challenge," Ricky said with a shrug. "Don't worry, buddy, we won't say anything to Dixie."
"Yeah, trust on us; in these games we're all grave," Melvyn added, encouraging him as well. "Or are you afraid?"
"Dixie won't find out, don't worry," Ricky added. "We promise you she won't find out."
"Hey... did you go crazy or what?" Diddy said, looking at them now with some seriousness. "You know I can't do that."
"Oh, come on! Nothing bad will happen, Diddy," Ricky insisted, giving him a little push. "You just go to one of the girls and see which one agrees to kiss you... Don't end up like Melvyn with his challenge either."
Melvyn nudged Ricky while he laughed. Diddy just laughed again while confused; it was obvious that he wasn't going to accept such a challenge, and seemed a bit strange to him that his friends had dared it to him, although he downplayed it at first.
"So, there's no way, I'll eat the leaves," Diddy concluded, getting up toward a tree. Not before Ricky and Melvyn stopped him immediately.
"Hey, don't be a coward, buddy!" Ricky exclaimed, holding him. "Are you really going to swallow those leaves?"
"Well, yes," Diddy reaffirmed with a shrug. "I'm not going to dare that."
"Is it serious?" Ricky replied, looking at him strangely and taking his arm. "Come on, nothing will happen. Just dare."
"Hey, no, no, I couldn't," Diddy repeated.
"Or you know what? I'll call one of the girls," Melvyn said before leaving and heading to a group of girls.
"S-say what?!" Diddy exclaimed, becoming more confused. "Hey, no, I said no!"
Seconds later, Melvyn returned with about three kong girls and explained such a challenge to them, while Diddy was just starting to want to withdraw from the game because of the way his friends were going about it.
"Well, girls, who would want a kiss from Diddy?" Melvyn suggested the girls. "The one who dares to do it will win a lot of chocolates for five whole days."
"I want to!" exclaimed the girls showing a determined attitude as they made their way towards Diddy.
"W-what?! No, no, no!" Diddy exclaimed, alarmed to see how things were going.
Diddy didn't think about it for another second and tried to flee the group, but not before Ricky stopped him and held him by one arm and then Melvyn joined in holding him on the other.
"Hey, no, no, really, no!" Diddy pleaded as he tried to escape. "I told you I don't want to!"
"Hey, it's just going to be a kiss," Ricky said, holding him and laughing at the same time. "Don't be boring."
"Yeah, there will be nothing wrong with it," Melvyn added in the same way. "Look, we're all playing."
"But I don't want to play like that!" Diddy replied.
Ricky and Melvyn held Diddy tightly, while he struggled to get out. At the same time, the kong girls were approaching Diddy competing for which one managed to kiss him, but Diddy only dodged them, while Ricky and Melvyn pushed him to do so.
"Hey, seriously, leave me!" exclaimed Diddy, dodging and trying to let go, but they wouldn't let him. "Please, no!"
"Ugh, Diddy!" Ricky replied holding him along with Melvyn. "We won't say anything to Dixie, don't be a coward with girls."
The rest of the kong children, as if that were not enough, also joined to push and encourage Diddy to dare such a challenge. Suddenly, Diddy was already starting to lose patience and seeing that the matter was getting heavy.
"Hey, no, leave me!" exclaimed Diddy, struggling to free himself and starting to get upset. "Hey! I'm serious!"
"Oh, don't be a killjoy, Diddy!" replied Ricky, taking him tightly. "It's just a simple game!"
"Just let one of the girls kiss you!" added Melvyn.
Diddy continued to struggle to untie himself, but the boys gave up on wanting to let him go, which was already starting to annoy him enough.
"NO, NO! Stop! Leave me alone! What's wrong with you?!"Diddy exclaimed, raising his voice and pushing Ricky and Melvyn away once for all. "Understand, I can't and don't want to do that."
Suddenly, all the struggle had been planted, and the kong children, especially Ricky and Melvyn, looked with quite weirdness at Diddy after he raised his voice to them.
"Hey... don't you like girls?!" Melvyn exclaimed, his hands on his sides.
"But I don't want to!" Diddy replied. "I mean, it's not to be a killjoy with the game, but I don't go to that limit either."
"Oh, please, Diddy! There's nothing wrong!" Ricky exclaimed, starting to raise his voice as well. "You just have to kiss one of the girls... Aren't you a real monkey?!"
"And what does that have to do with it?!" Diddy contradicted, shocked at the attitude of his friends at the moment. "You know well that I can't! I don't want to do that to Dixie!"
Ricky and Melvyn stared at him strangely for a few seconds, until suddenly... they began to laugh a little, which earned another expression of some disgust on Diddy's part.
"Oh, Diddy, aren't you really going to comply with a simple challenge just to be loyal to your girl?!" Ricky said, emphasizing and laughing along with Melvyn.
"And that's not obvious?!" Diddy replied.
"Hey, are you serious, Diddy?!" Melvyn said as they continued to laugh.
Diddy looked at them strangely, while also starting to get annoyed with the two of them for the way they were talking to him.
"See, brother, we won't say anything to Dixie; we're your friends," Ricky said with a laugh. "And let me tell you one thing: maybe you're hopelessly in love now, but don't lock yourself in a single world; Dixie may one day do the same and worse to you. Girls are liars and may even have you only as a choice."
"Hey, what's wrong with you?! Dixie is not like that!" Diddy exclaimed, now furious at what he had just said. "And I'm not going to comply with that silly challenge! Just give me the leaves and-"
"Oh, come on, Diddy! No more cowardice!" Melvyn interrupted. "Don't be a coward! Just kiss one of the girls, and that's it!"
"And what if I don't want TO?!" Diddy countered with exhausted patience.
"But just do it, Diddy!"Melvyn replied. "You shouldn't worry about Dixie; we're not going to tell her! This is just a game!"
"But I don't want to, that's all!" replied Diddy.
"Oh, but don't be boring, Diddy!" exclaimed Ricky looking at him with disgust and also without patience. "Not all your life you'll be falling for one girl; someday you'll like many more! Can't you just kiss another girl just because you think you'll look bad on your girlfriend?!... Hmm, it looks like you're a... cowardly butterfly!"
All the participants in the game, including the three girls who arrived, murmured in a tone of uproar at Ricky's words towards Diddy. Ricky and Melvyn looked at Diddy with disappointment, while he was too shocked with that attitude never before seen in his two friends; he was also angry, about to yell at them... until later, he changed his face little by little until he emitted a few small laughs.
"Do you know something?... You make me laugh," Diddy told the two in a calm tone and with a mocking smile. "Are either of you carrying a coin right now?"
"Huh? And what does that have to do with here?" Ricky asked in confusion. "Why would we need a coin?"
"So you can buy the opinion that I did NOT ask you for about Dixie and me!" Diddy exclaimed, raising his voice again.
The others murmured again, this time louder, while Ricky and Melvyn were showing faces of having been silenced. Suddenly, Ricky took the bubblegum he had from the game and threw it at Diddy's face. Diddy made a gesture of pain when he received the hit, so he immediately took the bubblegum he had and the one thrown at him, and then threw them at Ricky and Melvyn in the face, respectively. The rest murmured louder and louder with each hit.
Diddy continued to look at them angrily and strangely, because he never intended to have such an argument with his friends, so he just wondered what had happened to them.
"Okay," said Ricky, defeated, rolling his eyes along with Melvyn. "You can eat the leaves if you want."
"I don't want to anymore; you better eat all the leaves of the tree yourselves!" replied Diddy very angrily before leaving.
Diddy just withdrew from the game and also from the group, while Ricky and Melvyn looked at him with mocking and weird gestures. The rest of those present there, only murmured and were tense at the sudden scene of scandal that had happened in a few minutes.
On the other hand, at the same time there was Dixie along with the girls, Jenny and Mandy, in addition to the other kong girls. They were all sharing their girl things in a quiet and friendly atmosphere. Until later, they decided to do a group game as well.
"And how do you play this?" Dixie asked curiously after they had proposed it.
"It's very easy, you'll see," Jenny replied as she placed a banana in the center of the group. "We all get in a round. Oh, and you'll have to play too, Dixie."
"Ah, I see, will we play the challenges?" Dixie asked them, smiling. "Sounds fun!"
"Yes, something like that... but this one is much more fun," Mandy replied excitedly before getting up. "I'll be right back, wait here."
Mandy left for a moment from the group and, when she returned, a group of kong boys came with her, who were also integrated into the group and joined the game. They all got on the round among all the girls as if they were also to participate."
"Wait a minute, weren't we going to play just girls?" Dixie asked Jenny and Mandy in a confused and low voice.
"We need boys for this game too," Jenny replied in a defiant tone. "You just watch."
Dixie was somewhat confused by the game and made a gesture of strangeness, although she downplayed it afterwards and only shrugged. The girls then spun the banana in the center of the round and, when it stopped, pointed side and side to one of the boys and one of the girls.
"Well, you're the ones who will play," Jenny said to the two designated participants. "So, you two will have to kiss."
"What?!" Dixie exclaimed quietly, making another gesture of surprise.
Both kids who had been pointed out, got together and, as if they had no problem, kissed without further ado, earning a few murmurs of astonishment from the rest of the group.
"And that's how it's played," Mandy whispered to Dixie with excitement. "This game is fun!"
Then, they spun the banana again, stopping after a few seconds to end up pointing to two more participants, who without having any problem, met the rule of the game that was to kiss each other on the lips. Dixie was a little amused by the game, but obviously knew that she couldn't dare such a challenge if she had to participate, so, trying not to let the girls notice, she began to get up and withdraw from the group.
"Hey, Dixie! Where are you going?" Jenny said, holding her arm along with Mandy and pulling her back into the round. "Stay playing with us."
"Hey... I don't want to play this," Dixie whispered.
"Don't worry, just have fun," Jenny added with small laughs and giving her a little push.
"No, no, not to this," Dixie replied, getting loose. "I'm sorry."
"Come on, it's not a bad game," Mandy said, taking her arm again. "We are also participating."
The group spun the banana a few more times. All those who were singled out complied with the rules of the game as if nothing happened. Dixie remained watching the entire game while showing a forced smile; as the game progressed, she was again trying to get out of there... It wasn't until the banana turned once more and, this time, pointed to her and one of the boys.
"Wow, but look who it's her turn to kiss now!" Mandy commented in a malicious tone looking at Dixie.
"No, no, no! Wait a minute!" Dixie replied immediately opposed. "I can't do this."
"Oh, why?" Mandy asked, looking at her strangely. "We're just playing."
"Because no, I'm not going to play this," Dixie replied.
"Oh, come on, Dixie! It's just a kiss," Jenny insisted, giving her a little push. "There will be nothing wrong with it."
"B-but... I have a boyfriend!" Dixie exclaimed. "I wouldn't do that to Diddy."
"And is there any problem with that?" Mandy replied with a small laugh. "Don't worry, we're not going to say anything to Diddy."
"Yeah, he'll never find out," Jenny added before speaking to the designated boy. "Hey, boy, come here and kiss Dixie!"
"What?! Hey, no, I don't want to!" Dixie replied, looking confused.
Dixie immediately got up and was going to start running, but was stopped before by Jenny and Mandy, who grabbed her arms.
"Hey, no, I'm serious!" Dixie exclaimed, trying to let go, but they didn't let her. "I'm not going to play that!"
"Oh, Dixie! We won't gossip anything," Jenny replied as she held her. "Don't be boring and play!"
"No, seriously, I don't want to play this!" Dixie replied.
At the same time, the rest of the group encouraged the kong boy to kiss Dixie, and he went to her immediately, trying to approach her to kiss her, in turn Jenny and Mandy held her and pushed her to do so.
"Hey, no, no, let go of me!" pleaded Dixie in the struggle. "I don't want to do that!"
"Hey, we're just playing!" Jenny replied as they pushed her.
Dixie was just confused and starting to get more uncomfortable at the heavy pace the game was taking.
"Hey, no, I already said no!" exclaimed Dixie as she struggled to get out. "Please leave me!"
"Nothing bad will happen!" Mandy replied, holding her. "You just have to kiss the boy, and that's all!"
"But I don't want to! Don't you understand?!" replied Dixie, raising her voice more. Until at a sudden moment, she pushed them both in once move with exhausted patience. "NO! LET GO OF ME! I already told you I don't want to play this!"
Both Jenny and Mandy, as well as the rest of the participating kids, stood still as they looked at Dixie strangely.
"Hey, but why don't you want to?" Mandy asked, hands on her sides. "Are you boring?"
"Ugh, because obviously I can't participate in something like that!" Dixie replied in a tone of irony. "Isn't it obvious?"
"Oh, Dixie, please, it's just a game!" Jenny replied, looking at her strangely. "Almost all of us have already played, you haven't yet! Can't you give a simple kiss? Just imagine that this boy is Diddy... Or don't tell me you don't do it because 'you don't want to be disloyal to your boy'?"
"Yes, that's why!" Dixie replied, looking at them with some disgust. "Is there any problem?"
Suddenly, Jenny and Mandy looked at each other and began to laugh at that answer, something that Dixie began to annoy a lot, much more if it came from her own friends.
"Oh, Dixie, don't be silly!" said Jenny, patting her on the arm. "Being loyal to a boy is the stupidest thing you can do for him, I mean... he's a boy! They are so easy, and at any moment he'll leave you and go with girls he finds prettier than you. So, why don't you do it first?"
"Yeah, Dixie, boys are worse," Mandy added. "Stop saying pathetic nonsense and just kiss that kid!"
"Well, I don't want to, and that's all!"Dixie exclaimed in a protestant tone. "And Diddy isn't as you say!"
"Oh, that's what you think at first!" Mandy replied, shrugging and laughing a little. "You'll see that he does the same to you later! So, just kiss the boy, there will be nothing wrong in the end! Don't be silly!"
"Yeah, just do it, we won't tell Diddy, don't worry about him!" Jenny replied. "Besides, not all your life you will like only him, you'll continue to meet a lot of better boys. Don't be a naïve dumb, Dixie!"
The rest of the group began to murmur with shock at the whole matter that had happened. Dixie was feeling indignant at what her two friends were telling her; that attitude was never expected of them. She was so furious that she was even consumed by the urge to confront Jenny at that very moment about her supposed interest in Diddy, but she had to make the effort to keep it to her. Instead, she just remained calm and began to smile at them little by little.
"Let's see, girls, I need to ask you a question," Dixie said, calming down again and showing a smile. "Have you already seen what time it is?"
"Huh? And what does time have to do with it?" Jenny replied in confusion. "I don't even know what time it is!"
"Well, I don't know the time I asked you for your stupid opinion either!" Dixie exclaimed, earning louder murmurs from those present.
Jenny and Mandy were only furious and didn't know how to respond to her, so they quickly headed towards Dixie and, from one moment to another, pulled her two curly strands of hair. Dixie was shocked by that attitude of the two, that only increased the fury in her, so she then returned a pull of hair to both of them. With each pull, the murmurs of the rest of the kong children grew louder.
Dixie, not wanting to argue further, turned around and left. The rest of the kong children were just murmuring and getting shocked with the scandal that had just occurred. Jenny and Mandy decided to follow Dixie until they reached her in a place with more privacy.
"Ugh, it's okay, Dixie!" exclaimed Jenny, reaching for her. "If you want, just give him the kiss on the cheek, and that's it. What do you say?"
"Don't be angry, Dixie," Mandy added. "We're your friends."
"No, I don't want to play anymore!" replied Dixie, turning to them, still angry. "Much less with friends who think that way about Diddy and me."
"Okay, sorry, don't get like that!" Jenny replied. "Although... what we told you is true and-"
"You tell me because you want to stay with Diddy, right?!" Dixie interrupted without being able to hold back anymore, although she later realized that she shouldn't have said that to Jenny.
"What?!" exclaimed Jenny with a look of strangeness. "Hey, what are you talking about?!"
Dixie didn't want to argue anymore, so she swallowed her anger and just started running and leaving them behind, to which the two of them just rolled their eyes and turned around.
On the other hand, there was Diddy sitting on a rock in a hidden corner of the area, watching among the trees the whole event that was supposed to be enjoyable, but had now been spoiled a bit by the little scandal of his friends. Even so, Diddy didn't feel like hanging around with any of them for the time being, not after the nosy attitudes they had about him. Suddenly, Diddy heard someone coming nearby.
"Diddy!" Dixie appeared walking towards him. "I didn't know you were here; did something happen?"
"You don't even know what happened," Diddy replied, rolling his eyes upon remembering it. "By the way, why are you here too?"
"Ugh... you wouldn't believe me what happened either," Dixie said in the same way, sitting next to him. "I just had a mishap with... Jenny and Mandy."
"What are you talking about?" Diddy exclaimed, turning face to face with her immediately. "Hey, something similar happened here... I also just got into a fight with the boys."
Both told the scandals they had just had with their friends... They never thought they would behave like this in such an unexpected way; they had never seen them that way and with those attitudes. Diddy and Dixie were feeling somewhat disappointed in the four of them; they always had them as excellent friends, but wanting to force them to do things they didn't want even if they were just games and meddling in their life... had made them doubt their friendship a little. Both thought that maybe they still needed to know them and who knows what other things could surprise them about that quartet, although this time... they had been given a negative impression from them.
"... and then, they told me I was a naïve dumb," Dixie said with disgust. "And then, I laughed and asked them the time, Jenny replied that she had no idea, and then I told them that I didn't know the time I asked them to comment either."
"Wow, you applied almost the same as me," Diddy said, smiling and shrugging. "I told them the same: that at no time did I ask their opinion about us."
"What happened to them?" Dixie commented with disgust. "I never expected that from them."
"I think the same; I don't know what happened to them," Diddy added in the same way, before entering a moment of silence. "They have gone crazy from one moment to the next."
"I swear they do. I never thought they would behave like that; they had never been like that."
Both continued to comment on the situation and tell more details. Then, they continued to stay in that same place, since now they had lowered their spirits to reunite with one of the kong children. Until later, they were also getting a little bored.
"Hey, I craved one of those candies," Diddy said after a while. "Don't want to go for some?"
"No, if you want, go and you can bring me some," Dixie replied. "I don't want to see the faces of them for now."
"Okay. So, I'll be right back."
Dixie stayed in the same place, while Diddy went for a few sweets that were on the tables. Obviously, he was trying not to meet any of his four friends along the way, nor to generate much attention from the other kong children, not after those sudden scandals that had been made a few minutes ago.
Upon arriving at the tables, Diddy took several different types of candies for himself and for Dixie as well. When suddenly, someone appeared next to him by surprise.
"Hey, Diddy!" Jenny said as she also took a few candies. "I haven't seen you for a while. I thought you had already left."
Diddy just smiled at her a little, but didn't speak to her this time, not after what she said to Dixie and her apparent interest in him. He tried to ignore her afterwards, though she still seemed to notice.
"Hey, why are you so quiet?" Jenny asked, elbowing him lightly and smiling at him in a flirtatious way. "Cute monkey," she whispered, winking and tapping his face, before leaving.
Jenny left, and Diddy just looked at her strangely at the gesture, but decided not to take much importance to it as in the whole week. He finished taking the candies he needed and started heading back to where he was with Dixie.
Diddy was walking calmly among the trees where he couldn't be spotted by the rest of the kids, when suddenly and to his bad surprise, Jenny appeared to him by surprise again.
"Ah, Diddy, but what a coincidence," Jenny said with a few small laughs as he just tried to walk faster, but she stopped him again. "Hey, wait! Where-"
"Uh, no... Thank you, Jenny, I'm sorry," Diddy replied with a forced smile.
Diddy continued walking trying to avoid her; those bold gestures that she was having with him began to annoy him, especially since she was one of his friends. When suddenly, Jenny grabbed his arm and then cornered him against one of the trees.
"Hey!" exclaimed Diddy. "What's up with you?!"
Diddy tried to let go immediately, but Jenny held him by the arms against the tree, causing him to drop all the candies.
"Oh, Diddy, did you know you're a cute little monkey?" she said with a smile and getting very close. "You know? I've always thought that you-"
"N-no, no, Jenny! Wait!" Diddy interrupted, freeing himself from her and talking to her calmly. "See, I understand your intentions... but you're just my friend, just like Mandy, Ricky and Melvyn. And also, you have to remember that I have a girlfriend, and it's Dixie... And she's your friend too, and it's not right for you to act like that."
"Oh, so what?!" Jenny replied with a shrug. "I'm not jealous."
"And Dixie neither!" replied Diddy in a mocking tone.
Jenny was angry at that response and suddenly took him back by the arms against the tree, getting very close to him again.
"You know, Diddy?... I've never thought about stealing," she said, pulling up to his face and smiling. "But... what if I steal a kiss from you?"
"Hey, no, what's wrong with you?!" Diddy exclaimed, trying to get free from her.
"Don't worry, Dixie isn't going to find out-"
"No, Jenny!" Diddy replied, turning away. "What's wrong with you?!"
"Oh, come on," she added, grabbing his face, to which Diddy backed off and tried to dodge her. "Don't worry, if anyone finds out, I'll tell them it's my fault."
"No, Jenny! No!"
Diddy was going to start running, but Jenny pushed him back against the tree and held him to try to kiss him. Diddy dodged her face while struggling to get out.
"Dixie, it's good that you arrived!" Diddy exclaimed quickly, looking behind Jenny.
Jenny immediately turned and stopped exerting force against Diddy. He began to flee, but almost instantly, she lunged at him and cornered him again against another tree, this time with more force.
"Jenny! Jenny, no, please!" Diddy replied, trying to let go. "I don't see you that way!"
"Come on, it'll only be for a while, there's nothing wrong with it," she said, still smiling at him. "No one is going to find out."
"No, Jenny, I'm serious!" exclaimed Diddy, pushing her harder, but that seemed to infuriate her, since she pushed him against the tree with more brusqueness.
"You're not leaving here until you kiss me!... Or I'll tell everyone that you're chasing me," Jenny whispered, threatening him with a stare and her face very close.
"HUH?! But what... does... this mean?!"a known voice exclaimed suddenly.
Diddy and Jenny turned to look at who it was and could observe the faces of Ricky, Mandy and Melvyn gaping as if they had seen a ghost, seeing them both in that situation and so close. The three of them began to make gestures and emit small yells of impression.
"No, no, no!" Diddy hurriedly exclaimed. "It's not what you think! Jenny came and then-"
"I can't believe this!" interrupted Melvyn, not recovering from the shock. "I never expected it!"
"Ahh, I see!" Ricky added with a mischievous tone. "So you finally decided to comply with the challenge and chose Jenny, right, Diddy?!"
"Wow, Jenny!" Mandy said, all shocked. "I didn't know you liked other girl's boyfriends!"
"NO! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"Diddy protested, walking towards them. "It wasn't so; Jenny came and-"
"Poor Dixie when she'll know this!" Ricky interrupted Diddy.
"Well, we warned her and she didn't want to listen to us!" Mandy added with a shrug.
Diddy tried to explain the situation, but at the same time, the three of them just kept making comments and being shocked at what they had just witnessed. They made so much noise that suddenly, the other kong children present at the event began to arrive, until later a crowd was assembled. Diddy was getting desperate, and all he did was try to flee again, but there was already a big crowd around and, wherever he went, they followed him and surrounded him to ask him what had happened. Everyone began to murmur, ask and even rumor about what had happened. Diddy just wanted to teleport away from there at that very moment.
"What happened what?!" some of them asked in the crowd, which reached Diddy's ears. "What are you saying?! Diddy was cheating on Dixie with Jenny?!"
"What?! Hey, no, that's not true!" Diddy exclaimed, insistently, but they ignored his statement.
"Why did you do that to Dixie?!" protested one of the kong children in the crowd.
"I didn't do anything!" replied Diddy, imposing his stance.
"Hey! Here's Dixie!"said another of the children in the crowd.
Diddy turned to look and there was Dixie arriving among all the crowd. She was all confused without knowing why there was so much fuss.
"But what's going on here?!" Dixie asked among the crowd.
"Dixie!" Diddy exclaimed, heading quickly toward her. "Dixie, you have to believe me, I know you will! When I was returning with the candies, Jenny appeared in front of me and-"
"He was cheating on you with Jenny, Dixie!"interrupted one of the children in the crowd.
"They were kissing under that tree!"added another, pointing to the corner.
"Nooo! That's not how it was!" protested Diddy.
The herd of kongs began to speak louder and continued to make noise attacking Diddy and defending Dixie. Diddy had already lost patience. Even so, Dixie was trying to calm down and analyze everything that had happened, until little by little she was also losing her patience due to the fuss they were making.
"HEY! CALM DOWN! SILENCE, PLEASE!"Dixie shouted hard.
Everyone toned down instantly as they kept looking at them sideways in amazement and emitting small murmurs.
"Now yes," Diddy said to Dixie when he could finally explain it more calmly. "The matter is, when I was coming back, Jenny appeared, pushed me hard against a tree and tried to kiss me, then the other three arrived and misunderstood it, that's all."
Instantly, Dixie cast a look of annoyance at Jenny in the distance, even feeling like going to confront. Even so, she no longer wanted to argue at that time, much less after a riotous agglomeration had formed because of it, and neither of the two of them wanted to get involved in a public scandal.
"Let's get out of here," Dixie whispered to Diddy before trying to get out from the crowd as they looked sideways.
"Wait, wait a minute!" interrupted Jenny, coming to the front with the group. "I have to clarify one thing: it was Diddy who came to me!"
The crowd again uttered loud murmurs and became aware of the situation, while Diddy and Dixie were shocked at it.
"WHAT?! Hey, don't lie, that wasn't like that!" Diddy replied, returning in front of them along with Dixie.
"Don't pretend to be crazy, Diddy! You were who insisted on me!" Jenny countered by cynically blaming him. "You are always who chases me!"
"Hey, what's wrong with you, Jenny?!" Diddy added, indignant at the false accusation. "I didn't even want to find you!"
"Well, we really did see you, Diddy!" said Ricky, blaming him too. "We found you with Jenny!"
"And yes, Dixie, we saw your boyfriend with Jenny!" Mandy added. "Do you see that we were not wrong to tell you that Diddy would be like that?!"
"Hey, what are you saying?! I didn't do anything!" replied Diddy to them, annoyed. "What's happening to you?!"
"But you were there with Jenny!" added Melvyn. "We saw you so close with her!"
"No, she was the one who was pushing me!" replied Diddy. "Jenny was chasing me!"
"What are you talking about?!" Jenny replied furiously. "It was you! You were trying to kiss me!"
"That WASN'T so!" shouted Diddy trying to defend his position.
Diddy and Dixie along with the quartet began to argue, while the rest of the kongs murmured and made gestures of wanting more from the scandal. Everyone emitted louder shouts as both groups made each comment.
"Wait a minute, please!"Dixie interrupted firmly. "Take this however you will, but you, Jenny, are the one who is lying!"
"Me?! You're crazy!"Jenny replied with her arms crossed. "And don't tell me you believe your boyfriend!"
"Well, yes! And besides, I've noticed that sometimes you act strangely with him or try to get close to him!" Dixie confessed. "So that's why I can believe him!"
The four of them, especially Jenny and Mandy, and trying to avoid it at first, began to laugh cheekily at Dixie. Meanwhile, the rest of the children were tense and wanting more of the situation.
"Oh, Dixie!" said Mandy, finishing laughing. "Do you really believe that to a boy!?"
"What you say is your speculation, Dixie!" Jenny added in a mocking tone. "You must be crazy! I bet even Diddy hasn't thought that and you just make up fallacies about me!"
"It's not a fallacy!" Dixie replied. "I have seen it with my own eyes! Don't be a liar, Jenny!"
"Yeah, yeah, say whatever you want!" replied Jenny in a mocking tone. "Liar you!"
"Hey, wait a minute!" interrupted Diddy, joining in the defensive, before pointing at the four of them. "For your information: I have noticed Jenny's intentions and I have always told Dixie about it! So, Dixie is not crazy!"
The crowd emitted louder shouts of tension, while the quartet only showed themselves not knowing what else to say and with faces of defeat after what Diddy and Dixie said. Suddenly, Jenny was furious and went to pounce on Dixie as if trying to start a confrontation.
"HEY! What's wrong with you?!" Dixie exclaimed, stopping and pushing her away.
"Well, you want to fight, right?! So, let's do it!" replied Jenny trying to grab her hair.
"At no moment did I say I wanted to fight you, Jenny!" said Dixie, defending herself.
Jenny pulled Dixie's hair, while she only tried to defend herself by pushing her arms away, until seconds later, she returned a single pull of Jenny's hair in defense. Suddenly, Mandy also joined in and pulled Dixie's hair.
"What's wrong with you?!" exclaimed Mandy, coming out on the defensive. "Don't pull Jenny's hair!"
"But she started!" replied Dixie.
Jenny and Mandy began to confront Dixie with hair pulls, while she only defended herself or returned the pulls to the point of removing their hair ribbons. At the same time, the crowd murmured loudly. Suddenly, Diddy intervened in the confrontation and tried to separate the girls, for which he only took Dixie and tried to push Jenny and Mandy away.
"Hey, leave her!" said Diddy to the two, trying to push them away. "What's happening to you today?!"
"Hey, don't mess with Jenny and Mandy, huh!" Ricky headed with Melvyn to start a fight with Diddy too.
"But I just pushed them away, I never hurt them!" replied Diddy.
Ricky and Melvyn lunged at Diddy and began confronting him. With that, Jenny and Mandy confronted Dixie again. Meanwhile, the rest of the kong kids were just making a fuss to see who would fight better, although truth be told, Diddy and Dixie were only making defensive moves in a fight that neither of them had intended to start and only wondered what was wrong with their four friends that day.
At one point in the fight, Diddy was stopping an attack by Ricky by holding his arm and then struggling in defense, as in the arm-wrestling game. Seconds later, Diddy made a bad move and, by accident, cracked Ricky's arm, earning loud screams of pain from the crowd. Ricky screamed so loudly, and instantly, the six stopped the fight in its tracks.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Ricky!" Diddy exclaimed, alarmed. "S-sorry, I didn't want to-"
"Let me! This is your fault!" interrupted Ricky giving Diddy a push with his other arm and complaining of the pain.
Ricky's arm looked as if he had gotten hurt considerably, as he didn't seem to want to let go and was in pain. Everyone looked at the scene in horror, and Diddy couldn't help but feel guilty even though the fight was started by the four of them.
"Truly, I'm sorry, Ricky!" Diddy said with pity. "If you want, we help you and we go to the medicine ape and-"
"MEDICINE APE EITHER ANYTHING!" Jenny interrupted, yelling at them.
"You seriously went overboard, Diddy!"Melvyn shouted, pushing Diddy.
"Ah, but I remind you that YOU wanted to fight!" Dixie replied defensively. "We only told you things like they are!"
"That's true!" Diddy added earnestly."You did not agree to end this discussion and only responded by attacking!"
"SO, GET OUT OF HERE!" the four of them yelled, pushing them out of the crowd.
"WELL, WELL, SO, GOODBYE!" yelled Diddy.
Diddy and Dixie without further ado, left the place completely, obviously very angry with the four for all the scandal they had made at them, while they continued to make mocking faces, and the two of them returned them from a distance. The rest of the kongs continued to murmur and be shocked after all the drama with which the event had ended, which had now been completely ruined, but at the same time left something to talk about.