Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 97: Complexity

It was mid-afternoon, when Diddy and Dixie were already close to leaving for DK Island. The two were increasingly excited to finally be able to return home and reunite with their friends and family.

At that time, Diddy and Dixie were outside Mr. Pinky's house. Both were playing and swinging on the vines nearby and on the tree in the house, at different levels. Between their games, the two chased and pushed each other or pulled each other's limbs, but always with laughs of fun. On certain moments, both used to get somewhat affectionate and hugged or kissed each other on the cheek, obviously trying to make sure that Mr. Pinky did not see them that way.

"No, no, I won!" Dixie exclaimed, reaching the edge of the stairs of the house.

"That's because you used your hair!" Diddy replied mockingly. "You're cheating!"

"Me? I saw you taking running shortcuts, so don't act crazy!" Dixie replied in the same tone, before lunging down to tickle him.

"Hey, no, leave me!" Diddy exclaimed, laughing and trying to wrestle with her until he managed to tickle her too.

They both began to play and try to tickle each other. Later, the two continued to laugh when they had stopped their game and, upon finishing it completely, Diddy hugged Dixie excitedly and gave her a couple of kisses on the face, before she returned them with the same emotion.

"Kids, aren't you leaving anything behin- Huh?! But what is..."

Diddy and Dixie, being both embraced and with their faces almost sticked, were paralyzed and with their eyes open to the fullest when they heard a different voice behind them. When they turned around, they saw Mr. Pinky staring at them in astonishment and with a face of absolute confusion. Both of them let go little by little as they looked with a forced smile towards the teacher.

"Ahh, Mr. Pinky, uhh..." stuttered Diddy, keeping his smile forced along with Dixie. "W-what were you going to ask us?"

Mr. Pinky continued to look at them with confusion, but then only gave a few small laughs, which he tried to hide.

"I was going to ask if you haven't left anything in your room or here in the house," Mr. Pinky replied, trying to stay serious.

"No, of course not," Dixie replied, trying to sound normal. "We have almost no things to take with us."

"Okay, then it's all right," Mr. Pinky said, before smiling at them with a suspicious look. "And so right, as I see you two."

Diddy and Dixie looked at each other with some embarrassment in front of Mr. Pinky, but within a few seconds, they both made slight gestures pointing at the teacher with their eyes. Then, they shrugged with a calmer smile.

"Uh, Mr. Pinky," Dixie called him again as she looked and smiled at Diddy. "It's that... the two of us have fixed things and... well, we got back."

Mr. Pinky raised his brows at them again and gave them a little laugh.

"I had already noticed it," he said, shrugging and smiling, "I've seen you closer together than usual for a few hours; I even saw you a little worried in the morning... So, you decided to get back as a couple, didn't you?"

"Yes, yes, that's right," Diddy replied, laughing as he continued to look at Dixie. "In the end, we chose your third choice, mister... Yeah, yeah, Dixie and I talked about it, about what you said."

"Really?" he exclaimed, his hands at his sides. "Oh, well... But is everything okay? Are you no longer having doubts about... conflicts that may happen to you two being together, as you said?"

"Well... we think so," Diddy replied with a short smile and scratching his head. "But we could say yes; it's all okay."

"The truth is that... we do fear a little, but we'll see what happens later," Dixie added with a forced smile as well.