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Day 2 - Stars/Duel
"Wanya!"
"HA!"
The sound of two weapons colliding echoed throughout the arena as the Puffball and Waddle Dee stared at each other, neither of them wanting to back down as their weapons were pressed together in an attempt to push the other back. For a single moment, it was a stalemate as one was trying to gain the upper hand over the other to no success.
Letting out a small grunt, Bandee tried to adjust his grip on his spear as he was coming up with a plan to push Kirby back. Though he have to come up with something that the puffball never seen before since the duo knows all of the other's moves due to them training together a bunch. Keeping a firm grip, Bandee soon looked at Kirby, whom looked equally as determined to win the duel, and for that split moment, he stared into Kirby's eyes.......and found himself staring into them.
Despite having seen his eyes, Bandee still couldn't help but get lost in them. Loving how...it looks like he's staring into space, with mullion of stars and if he looks closer, he could faintly see a shooting star or two. And he kept staring, Bandee could have sworn that he could find a slow forming planet star which leaves him speechless.......and distracted.
A few seconds was all Kirby needed as he took advantage of the distraction and swiftly used his hammer to easily disarm Bandee before hitting him hard enough to knock him backwards onto his back. Letting out a breathless 'oof', Bandee could only stare up at the ceiling, trying to process what had just happened as he felt his face heating up a bit in slight embarrassment before seeing Kirby looking down at him with a worried expression.
"Are you okay!?" Kirby nervously asked and before Bandee could answer, he soon saw the Great King looking down at him, not as worried as Kirby.
"You okay, kid?" Dedede asked as he gently helped Bandee get to his feet while lightly waving Kirby off, reassuring him with a small grin. "Go bug Mety for a bit, kiddo"
Still a bit worried, Kirby nodded before running up to Meta Knight, leaving the duo alone.
Rubbing on the spot where he was hit, Bandee tried to push down his embarrassment before glancing up at the king to see him with a knowing expression which didn't help with his embarrassment.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Y-Yes! I just g-got distracted"
"If you're sure, as long as you don't get distracted by hi-"
"DAD!"