Ugh those two are at it again.

You sighed as you watched Kirby bolt past you, a furious king hot on his trail.

"ALRIGHT C'MERE YOU LITTLE PINK PEST! ITS CLOBBERIN TIME!" The furious king shouted as he slammed his hammer down, barely missing the pink puffball

"DEDEDE STOP! RUN KIRBY!" A certain female cappy called out in panic, following the king and the puffball, her brother close behind.

When will they learn. You sighed, already imagining the mess you'll have to clean up.

Despite everything they went through, the king still didn't want Kirby to be there. He had changed though, not many could notice it as they were small changes.

A slightly more respectful tone when talking to others, he got less frustrated from simple things, and of course, he stopped ordering monsters.

True his excuse was, "Those monsters never do me any favors, I ain't gonna spend my money on clobberin dat dere Kirby when I can do it myself."

After that, the King stopped actively hunting Kirby down, spending more time working on his kingdom and whatever else he does now. That didn't mean that when ever he did see Kirby, and was in a particularly foul mood, he wouldn't start to "clobber dat Kirby"

Yet you still couldn't help but feel a tugging at your heart whenever the king came close to you, even though the rare times he did was to tell you to clean.

Its not like I like him though. Right?
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Finally done.

You let out a sigh of relief as you finished up dusting King Dedede's room.

"Perfect!" You said aloud, feeling a rush of pride.

The door suddenly slammed open, startling you and making you drop your broom in surprise.

"WHAT'RE YOU DOING STILL HERE? AREN'T YA DONE CLEANING?"

"Y-yes sir! I was just leaving." You stuttered before gathering your stuff frantically and bolting out.

As you walked by, you couldn't help but over hear The King mutter under his breath something that broke your heart.

"Worthless servant." He grumbled.

Worthless.

Servant.

You took a deep breath and continued pushing the cart. You sped up as you felt yourself start to crack, unaware of the King watching your quick departure.

You turned the corner quite sharply, almost crashing into a familiar Cappy girl and her brother.

"Oh my! I do apologize, I didn't see you there!" You quickly stopped making sure they didn't hurt themselves.

"Its ok, you're Y/N right?" Tiff polietly questioned, taking a step back from the cart.

"Yes I am, do you need any help with something?" You asked curiously, surprised they knew your name.

"Actually, we were wondering when your next day off was." Tiff asked.

"My next day off? Let me think, um, never." You joked with a small smile.

"If I may ask why?" You questioned

"Well we always see you working really hard every day, and we thought it might be nice to take you on a fun day out with us." Tuff jumped in excitedly.

"Poyo!" Kirby agreed as he jumped up and down excitedly.

"While that does sound fun I'm not sure if I can...his majesty doesn't usually give us vacation days." You tried gently, trying not to completly disappoint them.

"Well why don't you ask! Maybe he will." Tiff insisted.

You sighed, knowing there was no way out.

"Alright alright, I'll try but no promises."

"Yay!" They cheered before taking your hand.

"Come on lets go ask!"

"Wait now?" You questioned fearfully as they began to lead you to the throne room.

"Better sooner then later right?" Tiff asked before opening to door.

"-and thats why I think its the perfect plan!"

"Your majesty that is the stupidest plan I've ever-" Escargoon cut himself off, turning to look when the door opened.

You immediately felt your anxiety shoot up as soon as you made eye contact with the king.

"This was a bad idea." You whispered quietly to Tiff.

"Nonsense go on." She replied letting go of your hand.

When you made no move to go forward Tuff sighed quietly before stepping forward.

"Hey Dedede, Y/N has something to tell you." He spoke, startling you.

"Wait what-?" You froze in fear as all eyes that weren't already on you turned to stare.

"I-I don't- I-" you felt your face heat up with embarrassment as you stumbled over your words.

"Well? We don't have all day you know." Escargoon huffed, trying to hurry you along.

"I don't want to work here." You finally managed to get out.

Wait....

"You came here to tell us you want to quit?"

"No! No no no no thats not it!" You protested.

"Then what is it?" Escargoon grumbled as he began to get irritated.

The words caught in your throat as you realized that Dedede had been staring straight at you without saying a single word.

"I-" you tried weakly, feeling tears of embarrassment prick your eyes.

Thankfully Tiff took notice and stepped forward.

"She wants to know if she can take the day off tomorrow." She spoke up, glaring at King Dedede with her arms crossed.

"Why's that you pip-squeak?" He replied, returning her glare.

"If you must know, Y/N deserves a break so we're going camping tomorrow." Tiff replied in slight annoyance.

Surprise flashed in Dededes eyes briefly, before going back to their normal glare.

"Not a chance, she has work to do."

You couldn't help the disappointment that filled your gaze as you lowered your head in defeat.

You didn't notice Dededes glance at you, nor did you notice the slight guilt that glistened in his eye.

Escargoon let out a sigh, before turning back to whisper to the king.

"Actually your majesty, this could be of use to us." He whispered.

"How so?" The King replied, still glancing at you.

"We could..." Escargoon paused, desperately trying to think of something.

"Uh, we could make a deal with them!" He whispered back.

"Like what?" Dedede questioned, still doubtful.

"Like Kirby won't be permitted in the castle for a week, or make her a personal maid" he quickly added.

"A week without that Kirby.." Dedede mused quietly, completely ignoring the other option.

No you dummy pick the second option! Escargoon decided he'd have to take this in his own hands.

"Very well, I think we've come to an agreement." Escargoon spoke up, startling the King.

"We have?" He questioned suspiciously.

Ignoring the King, Escargoon pointed at you, making your fear instantly drown out your disappointment.

"You may take the day off, but in return you must help the King with a special task." He stated in the most commanding voice he could.

"She's what?!" Both Tiff and the King shouted in confusion.

"What is this special task and why doesn't Dedede seem like he knows whats going on?" Tiff snapped at Escargoon making him flinch slightly.

"That's none of your business little Miss Know-it-all." He huffed turning away from her.

"I- I accept." You looked up to stare straight at the King, seeing the surprise fill his eyes.

For a brief moment, you lost yourself in his eyes, before shaking the feeling off quickly.

You're just a maid, theres no way he would like you, you've barely talked to him! Get it together Y/N!

"I accept." You repeated firmly.

"Very well, then you may go." Dedede replied, snapping out of his trance.

"Thank you, your majesty." You replied, feeling your confidence slip away.

To your surprise, the king immediately turned away, covering his face quickly. You were however, able to notice his face heat up slightly, before gaining his composure and turning back.

"Now shoo." Escargoon grumbled in annoyance as he made a shooing motion towards the small group.

Kirby immediately began to jump excitedly, letring out a happy 'Poyo!' before jumping into your arms.

Startled you immediately caught him as he gave you a hug.

You giggled quietly, unaware that the King was still watching your departure.

He scoffed at the small pink ball of energy before gurmbling quietly to himself.

"Your majesty?" Escargoon questioned.

"What?" He snapped back glaring at his faithful friend.

Escargoon glanced at the king, then at the door and then once again back at the king.

His eyes lit up with realization before a smile began to spread on his face.

"What're you smiling about." Dedede huffed in annoyance.

"You're jealous aren't you?"

Startled, his face immediately began to heat up in embarrassment.

"No of course not! Why would I be jealous of that pink pest!" He protested angrily.

"Maybe because...you like a certain maid hmmm?" Escargoon teased the King.

He chuckled at his increasingly flustered expression.

"Dedede likes Y/N, Dedede likes Y/N" Escargoon began to sing, only further fueling the kings anger and embarrassment.

"I DO NOT!" The king shouted angrily pulling out his hammer.

"Wait wait your majesty I'm sorry" Escargoon immediately bolted from the furious king and his hammer.

"QUIT MOVING AND GET OVER HERE!"

"NO YOUR MAJESTY I APOLOGIZED STOP IT!"

Escargoon stopped at a dead end, turning desperately back to the King.

"For the record your majesty I think she likes you too?" Escargoon tried one last time.

(Can we get an F in the chat for Escargoon)

(Time skip to the next day because this story is getting a little too long.)

Today's the day.

You took a deep breath before heading towards the Kings throne room.

He said he wanted to see me in here, I really hope he doesn't make me repaint the entire castle.

You paused outside the door hesitantly lifting your hand to knock.

Knocking twice, you heard shuffling from behind the door, followed by a deep breath.

The door opened, revealing Dedede. He wore his formal wear, a bouquet of flowers in his hand. His looked rather flustered, as he looked at you nervously.

"Your majesty.." You started, bowing slightly.

"Y/N I uh-" he stopped, noticing a purple snail watching from behind a pillar.

Escargoon gave him a thumbs up, nodding and gesturing with his hands.

Dedede reddened even further, glaring at the snail.

"Here let's uh lets take a walk." Dedede muttered, quickly grabbing your hand and pulling you towards the gardens.

You felt yourself blush slightly, following him.

Once the two of you made it to the garden, Dedede stopped, taking a deep breath.

"Y/N, you've worked here for a while right..." He started off hesitantly.

AM I GETTING A PROMOTION??? HECK YEAH!

"I have.." You replied nervously.

"Well....I think....I think I like you.." He mumbled looking away quickly as he lifted the flowers towards you.

Hold up....he can't be serious can he?

"I think....you're a great king too..." You started hesitantly.

"No I mean, I really like you." He insisted looking back at you with an embarrassed expression.

Wait...

Your face darkened immensely as it finally clicked for you.

"It's alright if you don't its fine haha I can just-" Dedede stammered quickly, before being cut off by you gently planting a kiss on his cheek.

"I like you too, your majesty." You smiled, blushing slightly.

Dedede's face exploded into a happy grin as he let out a sigh of relief.

"I-" Dedede froze, noticing a green shell poke out from the bushes.

"ESCARGOOOOOOON!" he shouted, startling the purple snail.

"Your majesty! Hah funny seeing you here. Wait wait I can explain-" Escargoon immediately turned tail and bolted, King Dedede following close behind, his hammer at the ready.

You giggled to yourself, watching the two run around.

Theres going to be alot of cleaning up to do after this.

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Wow a wild update haha. I'm still working on these stories I swear-

Wow a pretty long story too uwu. Thank you for reading comrades, I hope you enjoyed! Until next update!