Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 11: Friendly Date

A/N: This chapter will be longer.

The next day, in the middle of the afternoon, Diddy had decided to ask Dixie to hang out after listening to Donkey's advice. Obviously, he was very nervous, as he had never asked a girl out; he had always witnessed the things Donkey did for Candy since they started dating, but he never thought that later he could be in such a situation. Anyway, he was a little reassured to know that it would only be a friendly walk like any other.

"Very well, little buddy, remember all the advice, don't get nervous and act natural," Donkey advised him when Diddy was about to leave the house. "And above all, make sure you make her smile and treat her well."

"Okay... Thank you, Donkey," Diddy replied, smiling nervously and scratching his head. "But one question... And where can I invite her?"

"Wherever you want, there are many options," Donkey replied, patting him lightly on the back. "It's just an outing of friends, it's for you to spend some time together as you have already done."

"W-well... Let's see what I can come up with," Diddy replied with a few small laughs.

"Well, now go, little buddy," Donkey said, patting him on the head again. "Good luck."

Then, Diddy came down from the house and started heading towards his friends' house. Truth be told, he was a little nervous; while he had already gone to see Dixie at her house, he had never hung out alone with her. Still, deep down he did hope to make it.

Diddy arrived at Dixie's house and knocked on the door... By the way, Dixie also planned to ask him out, although not at that precise moment.

The door opened, and Diddy could clearly feel all the nerves running through him suddenly that he almost forgot what he had to say to Dixie.

"Diddy!" she exclaimed, showing surprise at his unexpected visit.

"H-hi, Dixie! How are you?" Diddy said, trying to act natural.

"Very well. And what are you doing around here?" she asked him curiously.

"Well..." Diddy was starting to get nervous again, but he was trying to hold on. "It's just... I wanted to ask you something."

Hearing that, Dixie remembered what her sister and cousins told her, so she thought that might be a good time... Even the same idea crossed her mind.

"Uhh... Hey, Diddy, since you're here... I was going to tell you something too," she said with a somewhat nervous smile as well.

At the same time, Diddy was also astonished at what Dixie had just said.

"Really?" Diddy replied with a curious look. "Well... Tell me first."

"You see, it's that I..." Dixie pronounced, looking away. "Uh, what if you tell me first?"

"Uhh, well, I was going to ask you if..." Diddy began to stutter a little, but he was still struggling to look confident, "If you wanted to go somewhere today."

Instantly, Dixie was surprised to see that it was the same, but still, she tried to hide it.

"Just you and me?" Dixie asked on impulse, but then realized what she said. "Oh, I mean... really?" she added with a forced smile.

"Yes, that... Of course, if you want," Diddy replied with the same expression. "And what were you going to tell me, by the way?"

Dixie looked away quickly as she thought about whether to tell him it was the same or make up another excuse... Still, they didn't want to create the expectation that they meant the same thing about dating.