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''what is valentines'' ask the red-eyed angel

Galacta was in the knight office. Meta knigth was working, well more like reviewing some papers from the Halbert and things like that , on the other hand the Angel had nothing to do besides just want to talk with the knigth.

''eh ? Why the question''

''Well today I was in the city and there were several stores that were decorated with hearts and said the word Valentine's Day''

''Are they  already with the Valentine's decoration? How fast January go'' spoke the knigth without paying so much attention to the angel, he was still very involved in his papers.

"but what it is?" Meta do not respond "Meta!!"

"why the interest?"

"mm I don't know""Maybe because i was locked in a crystal for a millennium of years and that the customs of this time are very different from those of my time !!! "

"you don't have to yell at me"

"and you ignore me"

Meta sigh "it is a celebration to celebrate love, it is celebrated by couples or friends too''

''and what do they do?''

''some go to visit their partners, others give things as gifts, be they chocolates, flowers or whatever their partner likes the most or some go to eat at a restaurant and others just go for a walk''

''sounds interesting, could you and I go out?''

''What?'' Meta almost fell out of his chair.

''You said that friends also celebrated it, right? I would like to celebrate Valentine's with you as friends''

''of course'' Meta knight's voice came out trembling ''so see you on february 14''

''february 14?''

''That is the day that Valentine's Day is celebrated.''

''I understand, then that day I see you''  Galacta walked away

 to leave, but stopped and looked at Meta again. '' Meta knight that day you could not wear your armor and your mask'' ordered the angel

''huh?, I can't Galacta''

''-oh please, nothing will happen, I don't think anyone will attack that day''  the angel begged for the knight to listen to him.

Meta had no choice but to accept '' alright'' he sighed

Thank you Meta ''he smiled at the knight and left the room.''

Meta put his hand on his face, he felt how his cheeks turned red ''a date with Galacta'' he thought, he knew it wasn't real, just a friends outing, but he had never gone out for Valentine's Day, he always spent it in his office working, even King Dedede went out on that date to visit the fairies queen!

And he couldn't blame Galacta for his curiosity, they spent years locked in a crystal and now they had to live in a different world from the one they lived. Meta just felt nervous, very nervous

…

The day of the 'date' arrived, Galacta was waiting for Meta Knight outside the Halbert, the clothes they was wearing were normal, the was wearing a white shirt with a pink corsert-type vest, white pants and black boots. they also brought a small gift for Meta Knight.They wouldn't lie they were actually excited, really excited.

"sorry for making you wait" Galacta heard Meta knight leave, they wondered how the knight had dressed, since they always saw him dressed in the armor that he always wore. Of course, they emotion did not last long when he saw that the knight was wearing the usual armor and was even wearing the mask.

"you came with your armor..." said something disappointed

"I apologize Galacta, but I can't go out without my armor" he curled up in his capa "one never knows when we can be attacked"

"huh excuses! It wouldn't bother me so much if I had my armor, but I don't even have it!"He pouted.

"you have the bottom part Galacta"

"Just having the part of the legs and the shoes doesn't count as everything, Meta Knight and look I'm not even wearing it" sigth "I just want to spend this day well, okay? Let's go to town"

When the two arrived they walked through the city looking at some stores outside, most of these stores had different things for Valentine's Day, some had different types of desserts, many people sold bouquets of flowers, stuffed animals and even jewelry. Galacta stopped when they saw something that caught them attention.

"ap- aph - aphro- aphrodisiac, Aphrodisiac chocolates, did I say that right?" they see the knight.

"Yes, you have improved a lot in reading and speaking this language, Galacta"

"Thank you, learning this language is really not that difficult, but I still have a hard time writing" Galacta saw the chocolates  "what does aphrodisiac taste like?"

Meta felt the blush rise on his face "eh i-it's not a flavor" he cursed his nervous voice "it's a drug for-" He didn't know how to explain himself, he tried to make signs, but Galacta stopped him.

The blushing angel talk "you don't have to finish, I already understood" They covered they face with they hands, the wings were swollen and they also surrounded them. They now  wished  had they mask on "In my time there was also, of course, it had a different name"

"understand" the atmosphere became very tense, the two decided to continue walking in silence, neither knew what to say or do.

Some laughter could be heard in the distance, one of those laughs in particular they knew.The laugh belonged to a boy with pastel pink hair and blue eyes. It was Kirby, but he was not alone, there was another boy who wore clothes belonging to someone from royalty, he had light blue hair, thick eyebrows, brown eyes and brown skin. Galacta didn't know the boy who was with Kirby, Galacta was going to ask the knight, if it wasn't that the knight grabbed they wrist and dragged them to where Kirby and the boy with light blue hair were.

Kirby didn't take long to realize the preciseness of the Angel and the knight. The child was happy running to hug the knight

"Meta! " Kirby said happily, laughing as he felt Meta's hand go through his hair, ruffling it.

"Hi kirby" It was a shame that Meta was wearing his mask, no one would see his warm smile of happiness for having his child close, of course his entire face changed when he saw the boy with light blue hair and crown, even his eyes changed to orange red, which It was something that only Galacta noticed. "Prince Fluff"

"si.. Sir.. Sir Meta Knight, it's a pleasure to see you" the voice of the poor boy with the crown trembled with fear "and and and and I see that you are accompanied, sir" he said nervously

Nobody said anything, everyone was silent, Fluff felt just as nervous or even more, the poor child even felt that his heart was going to break out, then he directed his gaze to Galacta, he could see how Meta knight grabbed them by the wrist "I hope you have a good Valentine's Day with your partner, bye" Fluff left slowly as he was pulling Kirby

Galacta let out a small laugh "we-" was cut by Meta

"We're not a couple," he said dryly.

"I... I... I apologize eeee" while the poor boy couldn't finish his words, the Angel felt sorry for the boy.

"Kirby" call the boy with pastel pink hair "why don't you introduce me to your friend? With the clothes he's wearing he seems to be royalty"

"oh yes yes yes" The child approached Fluff and pulled him in front of Galacta "Gala this my friend prince Fluff, he is the prince of PachLand, Fluff this is Galacta knight they is a great knight just like Meta!" he said happily

"It's a pleasure to meet you Sir Galacta Knight, I apologize for saying that you were Sir Meta Knight's partner"

"The pleasure is mine, Your Majesty and don't worry, I don't feel any rancor for what you said-" they looked at Meta "this wouldn't have happened if a certain person didn't keep holding my wrist" they laughed when Meta let go, they wasn't upset with Meta , rather they was very amused by Meta's behavior towards the children, the angel knew that the only thing he wanted was to protect Kirby, but they had never seen him so upset that Kirby went out with a friend, he was really amused I really wanted to be closer more to Meta

"Kirby what are you and Fluff going to do?" the knight asked in a serious tone

"We are going to eat together!"

Meta stared at the children for a moment and then at Galacta, he thought for a moment -Galacta, would you like to go eat?-

"of course I would love to"

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Galacta sighed tiredly, they scolded themself for being so naive, now that they thought about it, they had never been a naive person, only until now... if they was on? They wasn't sure, the only thing they knew was that they old friends would laugh at them, thinking about it made a little happy .

But again they sighed again, they had their heads resting on the table, they thought that  would go eat alone with Meta, they would not imagine that when he invited them to eat it would be with Kirby and his friend. Is this these date? They weren't sure, not even how to talk to Meta, first it was the way they were sitting at the table. Galacta was sitting in front of Kirby and next to Kirby was Meta knight and the one in front of him was Fluff and Fluff was next to Galacta.

Galacta looked at the window, she saw the other people who were enjoying their day, some were chatting happily, others were hugging, they also saw that some were giving gifts, some were giving stuffed animals, chocolates, others jewelry and flowers, they were simple, but pretty, Galacta think if Meta would give them something, they did have a gift for the knight.

The angel kept seeing all that happy couple, they were jealous, they wanted to feel happy, all those couples seemed to be enjoying their day, and they supposed themselves to be the same, but they couldn't accept that they felt bored and sad. They don't mind children and they understood that Meta just wanted to protect Kirby, but-

"Galacta, what are you going to eat?" asked Meta.

'' Eh eh i-'' they saw the menu, he didn't even realize that he had the menu close by '' can you ask me something with strawberries? ''

"Of course," Meta said.

And there continued, the angel kept looking at the window afflicted.

After eating, Fluff was the first to get up from the table to say goodbye "Mr. Meta Knight, I thank you very much for inviting me to eat, Kirby, I thank you very much for inviting me and it was nice to meet you, Sir Galacta, but now I must go and say goodbye'' he was already going to leave but was stopped by Kirby

"Fluffo before you go, I have something for you!" The pink child took out a small gift, it was a letter that had some chocolates attached to it "it's for you" Fluff felt his face turn red and his heart beat too fast.

"I... I have a gift for you too" the kid in royal clothes gave Kirby a Maxim Tomato

The kid would put on a big smile when he saw his favorite food "thank you thank you! Fluffo '' he said happily as he hugged his friend.

"At least the children's had fun," said the angel as they got up and saw the knight, Meta he continued using his mask "I  also have to go Meta..."  speak, finally Meta looked at them, his eyes was still orange-red, but this was gradually turning yellow.

"I'll accompany you" he also got up from the table.

"No thanks, I can go alone" before they left they grabbed their gift for the knight "I almost forgot" they took out a small bag and handed it to Meta "I know you like sweets a lot and chocolate, so I made you some chocolate cookies''

-thank you… -

Galacta stayed waiting, but Meta didn't say anything, they felt stupid for thinking of a gift from Meta, Meta was only thinking about his work and Kirby, not about them... thinking about that hurt, but it didn't matter anymore. They headed to the exit without saying another word to Meta and said goodbye to Kirby.

Meta sighed, this day was tiring, at least Fluff left and his date with Galacta was over. It was time to go to his house and also take Kirby, he did not want to leave his child alone. -Kirby let's go to Helbert- he grabbed the kid's hand and began to walk.

''Meta '' the knight realized that the child's voice was muffled.

"What's up Kirby?"

"Are you and Gala fighting?" asked the worried boy.

''no,of course not''

''It's that we arrived at the restaurant, I saw then very sad'' The child lowered his head sadly.

''mm, and how do you know?'' Meta saw the child intrigued.

''well, I followed the game''

"Game?" He looked at Kirby in confusion.

"Yep, while you were just looking at Fluff, I kept looking at Gala" he laughs a little "but I never really understood your game, so I don't know who won" he laughs.

"I understand" he picks up Kirby while he continues walking "tell me, why do you think Galacta was sad?"

''Well, while you were eating, they never spoke, also'' he was cut off.

"they  never speak?" he ask nervously.

"only when you asked what they wanted to eat"

''and what else?''

"Well... mm yes! They spent all their time looking at the window-"

''Ah, really?''

"yep, I think they were watching the couples"

"The couples?" The knight spoke confused.

''Yeah! The couple,  but they  saw  with a sad expression''

''sad?'' Meta at first didn't quite understand what Kirby said, but when he thought about it a bit, he felt useless. He spent so much time focusing on Kirby's little friend, that he didn't realize that he neglected Galacta and literally ruined their date  ''I ruined my date with Galacta…''

''mm, if you invite him to a picnic to fix things?'' the kid gave a idea

He had to fix it, but he wasn't very good at thinking about those things, he felt that his dignity would go away if he asked Kirby for ideas, but he had no other ideas.

"Kirby, tell me more about this picnic." The blue-eyed kid  just accepted happily.

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Galacta sighed, "aah I feel so stupid..." they complained. Meanwhile they were sitting on the couch eating strawberries

''No one sent you to go out with the most stubborn person in all of dreamland'' said a certain jester boy laughing about galacta knight's rejection all while marx played a video game, "shit they killed me"

The angel sighed at least marx was passing the day fine. He was annoyed with meta, but they didn't want to be. He didn't have any problem with meta caring for Kirby, but he would've preferred if meta focused on them. He questioned if Kirby hadn't shown up would his date have gone how he saw all couples dates gone?

…

Meta knight was nervous, he was standing at the door to Galacta’s house. Now he didn't have his armor, his mask, he came with a shirt dressed in white, his sleeves folded a blue jacket and blue pants. He came with a basket of food, with a blanket to lay down on the floor. The knight let out a sigh and knocked on the door.

He could hear different yells coming from inside for who should open the door. "Why meeee!? Hmoh" Meta heard the complaint of a certain kid with violet hair "look friend it's really late-" just when the door was opened it was closed on his face "GALACTA RUN, HIDE, THE WORST OF DREAMLAND CAME !! "

The door opened again, but now it was another at the front "look Marx I don't know what type of bad joke you're playing, but it's not fun-" the knight connected his sight with the angel.

"Gala-'' he couldn't finish his sentence because the door was closed on him again. Meta sighed he didn't want to give up so easily this moment, he opened the door to the house to see an angry Galacta turning his back and a Mark giving a smirk.

Meta thought what to say but Galacta won saying them first, "If you think I'm mad at you, I'm not, But I don't desire to see you right now'' Meta saw how Galacta’s expression changed to one of surprise when they turned around "you don't have you're armor…"

"Yes...I would like to... invite you to a date. A real one this time." He cursed himself he was grateful he was good at hiding his nervousness but with Marx looking at him it wasn't easy.

"A real one?" They asked confused and asked, "w-what do you propose for a date?"

Meta lifted his head "would you like to go on a picnic and look at the stars?"

"Sure" they smiled

"You're going to accept so easily!?" The knight saw the jester kid clinging to Galacta knight's clothes and continued to yell "don't tell me you're so naive, NAIVE!!"

"Okay Marx time out" Galacta took the kid to his room.who was trying to detach themself from Marx. Meta accepted the kid has a good trip and strength, then Galacata came back tired "I apologize for Marx"

Wanting to make Galacta happy, Meta brought a rose to Galacta “this gift is for you”

“Just a rose? That's so cliche! At Least you could have brought more roses! More roses!” Marx yelled peeking out from the door to his room

“Marx!!” Galacta knight scolded, the jester just giggled and returned to his room

Meta felt shame come over him “when I went to but the roses, they were very few left and many were already in a bad state so I tried to find the prettiest for you-”

Galacta took the rose joyfully “I have no idea what cliche is, but I will appreciate your gift thanks-”

“I'm happy that it makes you happy” there was a moment of silence “we should go now-”

“Yes, just let me get my jacket and a blanket-”

“A blanket?” Meta laughed, he knew that Galacta could get chilly quickly

When Galacta returned, he responded “well if we are going outside and it's night it will be very chilly.

“I suppose you're right” he said leaving the house

“You know, I like how you are dressed”

“ehr..Thank you” Meta knight said blushing

The two started to fly, through the flight Meta kept watching Galacta. It was just now that he noticed how Galacta was dressed, dammit how did he not notice before? He liked it, He liked how Galacta dressed. He didn't understand but he hated that he wanted to think that Galacta dressed for him, he wanted to know but knew it was better not to ask.

And when they arrived, they looked for a good place to see the stars and after that they put the sheet Meta brought to sit down

'' i am soory if ididn't tell you before but I like the way you're dressed, it suits you''  The Knight spoke, while looking in the basket for the cookies that Galacta had given him.

"Thank you!" they smiled "Are those cookies I gave you?" they said as they watched how Meta took out the cookies and opened them to eat.

''yes''...''they're delicious''

''thanks again'' they laughed a little seeing the stars again ''you know I've been learning the constellations''

''oh really?''

''Yes, I always liked the constellations, I knew many constellations, I even traveled guiding myself by the stars and constellations''

''That... It's incredible!" says Meta Knight.

"These constellations... They are very different from the ones I knew millions of years ago," they sighs, "now they are all different."

Meta knight stared at Galacta while listening to them talk a bit about the stars "Have I ever told you that your eyes are like the stars?"

''what they have told me the most about my eyes have been stone to my face'' they laugh nervously ''sorry I shouldn't have said that''

''do not say sorry! Rather, why are they throwing stones at you!'' asked Meta Knight worried.

''because of the color of my eyes'' Meta knight sees the angel confused ''in my time… all beings that had red eyes like mine were hated, even treated as a slave'' they spoke with pain.

''what? Why? ''

"Because of our eye color, we were all related to demons or sometimes even dark matter''

''that's horrible''

''yes..., I could never show my face, I was forced to wear my helmet'' they sighed ''and if I didn't use it, they spit on me, threw stones or whatever they found...'' the angel spoke sadly

Meta knight didn't know what to do, he wanted to make Galacta feel better, he wanted to hug them, but whenever he reached out to hug them, he couldn't, his body wouldn't let him, it was useless.

''even people I thought were my friends treated me badly for having red eyes''

''why do that to someone who has a beautiful eye color''

''Do you really think my eyes are beautiful?''  Galacta didn't realize it, but her eyes began to tear.

Meta knight tried to bring his hand closer to Galacta's face, he couldn't "of course! The color of your eyes is very beautiful, that color makes you stand out from a lot of people '' he spoke blushing.

Meta knight saw how Galacta covered their faces with their hands trying to silence their sobs "no one... No one has ever said such sweet words to me... Thank you Meta knight"

Finally, Meta knight managed to get closer to Galacta, but what he achieved was that the angel lay on his chest, Galacta did not reproach, they just settled better. Meta knight did not understand, but his heart was beating very fast, he did not understand his feelings very well.

"You know" Galacta spoke again, having calmed down they crying "it feels good to walk without people judging you or wanting to hurt you however they see you, the people on this planet are very calm..."

"No one in Dreamland is ever going to judge how you looks  Galacta and I won't let that happen." He didn't understand why he said that last thing

Galacta blushed -thank you Meta...- they smiled a little.

Meta kept thinking, he felt bad for Galacta, having to hide their face sounded like a martyrdom for the angel, but then there was him, he never went out without his mask and runs away when his mask breaks, now he understood why Galacta wanted Him to go out without his mask, tired sigh, Galacta wanted to celebrate this day and he ruined it.

''Galacta.. Sorry for ruining our date in the morning''

"It's ok, you were just taking care of your son"

''kirby is not'' ''ahg I was just taking care of him because I don't like Fluff'' says Meta, Galacta laughed.

''however you say "super dad"

Meta sighed, laughing a little, but he returned to his serious look "Galacta really sorry to ruin the date, didn't even comply with your request''

''I'm not angry, well maybe a little, but this date  makes up for everything'' - ''being alone with you and seeing the stars makes me very happy! Besides, you are complying with what I asked of you, no armor, no your mask and only you and me'' Galacta caresses Meta's cheek ''Truly thank you Meta knight''

…

The knight felt how the sunbeams touched his face, it didn't bother him much, then he realized that he was hugging something warm, with the sleepiness he was having he didn't care, but when he heard a small laugh, he did worry.

Meta knight woke up from the sound of laughter, he searched with his eyes, but found no one, only Galacta who was still asleep curled up on his chest, while he himself hugged him, wait, Galacta is curled up on his sleeping chest and he, Meta knight  was hugging them, he was huggien Galacta, asleep all night huggin Galacta.

In a panic, Meta knight accidentally pushed Galacta very hard, he regretted realizing what he had done ''mierda''

Galacta rolled in the grass, they got up from the ground scared, their wings were swollen from the scare ''what happened?'' they asked flustered.

Meta approached somewhat worried "sorry, i accidentally pushes you" he was a bit amused by how the angel's wings had swollen "are you okay?"

''eh yes, I'm fine'' Galacta saw the knight a little annoyed ''hey don't make fun of my wings'' Galacta heard a small laugh from Meta, they just sighed and began to brush their wings.

Later the two decided to go back to Galacta's house to have breakfast, on the way they had a little talk. When they arrived at Galacta's house, they saw Meta knight again.

"I know I've already told you this several times, but I really enjoyed this date with you Meta" sighs sadly "it will be a shame to have to wait a year to repeat it''

Meta teased Galacta a little "we can always go out when you want, but if you want to go out only on Valentine's Day, I don't have any pro-" Galacta's wings crashed against his face not letting him finish.

"I got it, it would be nice to go out with you again" Galacta smiled at Meta and opened the door of the house "Marx, we're back!"

''It was time!! I'm starving!!'' Shouted the jester, going to greet Galacta.

"That's what I'm going to do, Meta knight and I are going to prepare breakfast" Galacta ruffled Marx's hair.

''that sounds like a house burned down'' the jester kid laughed ''and did your date go well? Did you two use protection?''

''if it was nice'' Galacta sees Marx somewhat confused ''for what protection? We were never attacked at any time''

Marx just began to laugh out loud, instead Meta knight had his face red as a tomato and looked disapprovingly at the jester ''Marx…callate la puta boca''