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Luigi stood in front of the mirror as he got himself ready for the ceremony of the Dino-Forest Kingdom.
They just finished cleaning up the destruction after Makaal destroyed half of the Dino-Forest kingdom when he turned into a Mutated and tried to kill both Luigi and Bowser. From what King Duramos said, Luigi saved thousands of lives when he had to kill Makaal.
Luigi wanted to avoid the situation when it happened, but like Bowser said, there was going to be a time when the inevitable is the only option if lives were to be saved instead of getting hurt even more, or worse killed.
Captain Capian wrote to Luigi personally that the King wishes to show his gratitude to him and to also thank him in person of what he did.
Luigi, still a bit on edge of what happened, requested that Prince Bowser to be present and the King completely understood and allowed Bowser to be present as well and allowed a few troops should he wished.
Bowser, who seemed to be aware of Luigi’s anxiety, also agreed with him and told Kamek to send a few of his best troops to go with them at the Dino-Forest Kingdom. And here he was, preparing himself as his knight attire was now brand new, no longer covered in scratches or in blood from Makaal when he killed him.
Polterpup looks at Luigi and nudged his arm, letting out a huff.
Luigi smiled at him and nods, petting the top of his head. “I’m okay, buddy.” Luigi smiled, Polterpup leaning into the pets, his tail wagging happily as he lets out a happy whine.
Despite what happened, Bowser, who he had a crush on for some time, showed that he felt the same way as he did when that kiss happened. It still gave him a warm feeling, finally being able to show his feelings towards the Koopa instead of keeping it all in.
But both of them had to keep it on the down-low for now, not telling anyone about their new relationship that blossomed between the two. At least until they were in a better situation, and to keep it from Kamek since he more involved in the Prince’s life so that he was running the Kingdom and not fooling around.
A knock was on the door.
“It’s Capian…can I enter?” The guard asked.
“It’s open.” Luigi called out.
Capian steps in, nodding at him then looks at Polterpup, who tilts his head at him. This made the guard lets out a chuckle. “I was wondering who this ghost dog belongs to, since I’ve seen him roaming outside of the forest from time to time.” Capian said, holding his hand out to the dog, to which Polterpup sniffed his hand and approved it, leaning his head into his hand.
“I was unsure of what your rules were with animals outside of the kingdom, so he remained outside unless I needed him.” Luigi said, watching the interaction.
“Understandable. He would’ve been welcome with open arms regardless, but I understand your concerns.” Capian chuckled, giving the dog one last pet before looking at Luigi. “I was coming to inform you that the ceremony is just about to start soon. You nervous?” He asked.
“…a little, if I’m being honest.” Luigi admitted.
That made the guard nod at that. “Understandable. Since we are alone, please allow me to sincerely apologize of what happened with the sentencing of Makaal. We should’ve done a thorough search on him before we placed him at the Pit. If we had known he had a reverser on him, we would’ve prevented it.” Capian then stood on one knee and bowed.
“As the high captain of the guards, I take full responsibility.” The guard said.
“There was no way you would’ve known. I asked one of our sorcerers back at our kingdom about it and anyone can make a reverser small enough and make its color naked to the human…or dinosaur…eye.” Luigi corrected himself, to which Capian chuckled.
“I’m not offended. Trust me, I’ve heard worse.” The guard chuckled.
Luigi sighed at that. “So please don’t blame yourself of what happened. And if the King asked as well, please tell him that as well so he doesn’t feel bad either. No one could’ve seen this coming.” Luigi stated.
Capian looks at him for a long while, to which it made Luigi slightly nervous, but the guard smirked gently.
“…the Prince chose right for you to be his knight…along as his mate.”
Luigi blinked at that. What did he say?
”…mate?”
Capian blinked at that. “Well, his scent is on you, so I assumed you two were a thing..unless I misunderstood the situation, then I apologize for making assumptions.” Capian stated. That made Luigi blushed a deep dark red.
Bowser’s scent was on him?
He scented him?
“Well…I mean…we…”
“You know you can be honest with me, Luigi. It’s just us in here and my lips are sealed should you tell me. I won’t judge.” Capian said. Luigi looks at him before taking a deep breath and relaxed himself. “We…just started to…court a few days ago…but we’re keeping it on the down low for now because, well…he’s a Prince and I’m his personal knight. No one at the castle knows…not even Kamek.”
Capian nods at that. “I won’t breathe a word of it.”
Luigi nods in thanks. “So…yeah…and I’m sorry if the guards—“
“Well, he is a Prince of the Koopa Kingdom, so most guards assumed that you two were a thing. Our sense of smell works differently than Koopa’s; a bit sharper than most. How did you think my guards came quickly to your aid when you first encountered with Makaal?” Capian smirked, raising an eyelid at Luigi.
“…okay, fair.” Luigi argued.
Capian chuckled as well. “Well, like I said, the guards assumed and I won’t breathe a word of this. The ceremony should start soon, so I need to take my leave. Again, I apologize for what you went through and also thank you, from the bottom of my heart.” Capian smiled and bowed before leaving the room.
Luigi smiled and nods back and the guard soon leaves, which now leaves Luigi alone once more.
He should get ready.
Bowser remained by the sideline next to Capian as Luigi was bowing before King Duramos, who was carrying a large sword in one hand.
“Sir Knight Luigi. I, King Duramos, King of Dino-Forest, wish to give you my gratitude for not only saving many lives of the Mutated attack, but also managing on your own when the situation became dire. So I wish for you to have this gift from my personal weaponry.” He taps the sword on the ground, to which another large dinosaur that looked like a Dilophosaurus was carrying a case.
“Allow me to present you…the Raptor Bow.” The dinosaur said, opening the case.
It was a sleek black bow, having a design of a raptor logo on the front. The handling itself seems to look like it’s made of black stone, but seems very flexible, the string seemed to be replaced by a black string as well.
“I was told by someone that you are a great archer as well in your kingdom and I think this weapon will help you as you grow as a knight. It is made out of obsidian wood, making it very durable and won’t easily break.” Duramos smiled
Someone told him about his archery skills? The only that he told was…
Luigi slightly turned to look at Bowser.
He just smiled and secretly winked at him.
Luigi lets out a silent huff, but smiled at Bowser. He’ll have to talk with him later.
“As we conclude this ceremony, lets this be known through the kingdom. We all have a will to survive, and working with one Kingdom or many more will fulfill that promise so long as everyone is on the right page.” He then raised his sword, “May the Great One guide us!”
“May the Great One guide us!” The dinosaur people roared out.
As the ceremony concludes, Luigi managed to find Bowser. “Really? You told them about my archery?” Luigi huffed, but he was smiling at the now smirking Bowser, looking smug at what he accomplished.
”What? You should be thanking me. I’ve seen their swords and spears, no way you’ll be able to carry them without falling over. So I improvised by telling the King of your different weapon skill.” Bowser chuckled.
“Still, though…” Luigi huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. Bowser only smirked before nuzzling the side of Luigi’s head. “Come on, admit it…you like the bow.” He chuckled.
“Bowser, not here!” Luigi hissed.
“What? Most of the guards know you’re mine.” Bowser chuckled.
“Yeah, the Dino guards here.” Luigi stated and then gestured to the Koopa guards, “Not our guards.” Luigi then turned and crossed his arms over his chest. “And by the way, Capian told me that you marked me.” He said.
That made Bowser blinked and slowly froze up. “…shit he told you?”
”Bowser—“
“What? It’s a Koopa thing.” Bowser argued.
“Worst excuse I’ve heard.” Luigi huffed.
“Hey!”
Luigi sighed, but then felt Bowser pulled him into a side hug, who was smiling down at him. “Come on, Greenie, it’s fine.” He chuckled. Luigi doesn’t say anything, but he was leaning into the hug while sighing deeply.
“…but yeah, Capian told me…he still said he felt bad of what happened with Makaal and him hiding a reverser.” Luigi said, both of them looking at Capian, who was laughing with the guards he was with. “Yeah, he told me to…also said that he felt guilty when he didn’t know it would happen. Even the girl he’s dating tried to say it wasn’t his fault.” Bowser commented
That made Luigi blinked. “He’s dating someone?”
”Someone from the Dragon Kingdom, but that’s all I know. But he told me they were childhood friends before he asked her out.” Bowser only shrugged.
He then glanced down at Luigi. “Say, Greenie…I meant to ask you…you doing okay after everything?” Bowser asked.
Luigi glanced up at him. “What do you mean?”
”Well, it’s just…you looked more tired than usual. Do you need some time off because I can give you that. I know you wanted to head back to regular duties and I placed you on light duty, but…” Bowser trailed off.
“I’m fine. Really, I am.” Luigi tried to assure him.
“You sure?” Bowser asked again.
Luigi nods. “Really, I’m fine.” He then took Bowser’s hand and squeezed it gently.
Bowser then smirked. “And you said you wanted to keep our relationship on the down-low.” He chuckled.
“Shut up.” Luigi huffed.
00~00
It was late at night back at the Koopa Kingdom, everyone was retiring for the night as other guards went to their night duty.
Luigi was getting ready for bed, having loose clothing on as he was about to go to bed. Polterpup was lying by the foot of it, looking at Luigi with tired eyes. The knight stretched, inhaling deeply before going to bed. The bow hanged proudly on a weapon pedestal alongside his armor set.
He was glad that things worked out with the Dino-Forest Kingdom and they don’t hold a grudge against him of what happened with Makaal.
He still felt bad of what happened.
A funny feeling was now in his heart, making him clutch his chest as a deep frown was on my face. Polterpup sensed it and raised his head up, letting out a small whine.
“I’m alright, boy…let’s get some sleep, okay?” He smiled tiredly, petting the dog’s head before crawling into bed. He pulls the blankets up, patting the space beside him for Polterpup to crawl up to and lay beside him, laying his head on Luigi’s chest and sighed.
Luigi stares at the ceiling, his hand petting Polterpup’s fur as a distraction until he could feel his eyes slowly closing, sleep soon coming to him as his hand slowly paused from petting Polterpup’s head and back.
During the night, Bowser was still in his personal quarters but still wide awake.
He had reading glasses on while a candle was lit on the bedside as he wrote something down. He couldn’t fall asleep if he wanted to, so he decided to take care of some things that were on the back burner for some time. And hopefully, Kamek would stay off of his back about stuff he ignored for some time.
He knows that Kamek meant well, but there are times when he wanted to set the wizard ablaze whenever he either interrupts something or when he was about to do something that he was already planning to do.
His mind went back to Luigi, a smile on his face.
He was glad he was able to tell Luigi about his feelings and was happy that Luigi returned them in full. He could still remember the kiss, him being hesitant that Luigi didn’t feel the same until he started to pull away and Luigi grabbed him and pulled him right back into the kiss.
And since then, they would sneak kisses every now and then for the past few days since then, making sure that no one was looking.
Bowser still remembered one time about teasing Luigi about doing a make-out session in one of the broom closets before he had to do some paperwork. Luigi’s face was a dark red that he had to shove the helmet straight on before anyone could see, Bowser cackling at the reaction.
“It’s not funny Bowser! Someone could hear you!”
“That doesn’t sound like a no, Greenie.” Bowser teased.
Unfortunately, Kamek found Bowser before they could do anything and told him to go to do the paperwork and ordered Luigi to help with the sparring sessions with the troops, thus ending their fun.
When Kamek’s back was turned, Bowser took Luigi’s hand and placed a kiss on the knuckles, giving him a wink before going to do his duties as a prince. He can probably still imagine Luigi’s face underneath the helmet still blushing a dark red.
Bowser chuckled at the memory—
“WOOF!”
Bowser jolts at the sudden noise, dropping both the paper and pen he was holding, his glasses now crooked on his face, his heart rate skyrocketed of the sudden noise.
Polterpup.
He was letting out whines, going in a circle and barked at Bowser for his attention. Bowser looked at the door and saw a sign of ectoplasm on the door. He just cleaned that door not too long ago and the ghost dog ruined it within seconds.
“What did I say about going through my doors like that?” Bowser scolded the dog, annoyance in his mind of why he was bugging him this late at night.
Polterpup ran up to him, whining as he grabbed the sleeves of his shirt with his teeth, tugging him as if saying to get up. Why was he acting like this? Surely he doesn’t need—
That’s when it clicked.
Luigi.
“Is it Luigi?” Bowser asked.
Polterpup kept whining and barking, still tugging at Bowser’s sleeve with his teeth before running out of the room, going through the door as his form turned nearly invisible before running down the hallway back to Luigi’s room. Bowser immediately gets up, going through the door and closing it before running to Luigi’s room.
He never saw Polterpup act like this. Was he hurt? Kidnapped? Or worse, was he…
He immediately threw that last thought out of his mind and went to Luigi’s room. Luckily there were no guards around the upper floors since they were doing their rounds a couple of floors below him so he was safe for the time being.
As he got to Luigi’s door, he didn’t bother to knock as he opens the door.
His heart broke at the sight.
Luigi was tucked in a corner of his room, holding the sword with a tight grip as if his life was in danger, eyes widen and filled with tears as he was breathing shaky and raspy breaths, his entire form shaking from fear.
As Bowser saw Luigi’s eyes, they still seemed to be glazed, as if he wasn’t fully there.
Was he half asleep still?
Polterpup whined at Bowser, nudging his hand as if asking to help. He was unsure what to do and got the one person that could help him.
But Bowser had to be cautious.
“Luigi? It’s me, Bowser…I don’t have anything on me…” The Koopa said calmly, slowly approaching Luigi like he was a frightened animal. Luigi’s grip on the sword tightened even more, raising it up a bit higher as if trying to defend himself from something that was going to charge at him with brute force at any second.
“You’re safe here…we’re back at the Koopa Kingdom…we’re in your room, the safest place…” Bowser was now inches away from the frightened human. He could now hear the raspy and shaky breaths, seeing his arm shaking despite the tight grip he had on his weapon.
“You just gotta trust me, okay? Think you can do that?” Bowser asked, slowly reaching his hand out, gently placing it on Luigi’s wrist.
He felt him flinched at the touch. With some slight pressure, he starts to help Luigi lower the sword, “There you go…easy does it…” He starts to lower it more and more, then that’s when Luigi felt another pressure on his hand, making him flinch even more.
But the pressure felt soft.
His vision started to come back, seeing that he was no longer in the Dino-Forest kingdom that was surrounded by destruction, no longer seeing the Mutated form of Makaal in front of him and jaws covered in blood, no longer seeing the pure hatred and malice in the red eyes of the dinosaur that was trying to kill him.
He was back at his room.
Back at the Koopa Kingdom.
And Bowser now in front of him, his hand on Luigi’s cheek as he brushed a tear away that sheds away with his thumb.
Luigi looked down and stilled when he saw the sword in his grasp, letting it go as if it burned his skin, the metal clanging against the ground.
“Hey, hey, hey, you’re alright…” Bowser grabbed one of Luigi’s free hand, giving it a gentle squeeze as Luigi started to come back what was haunting his dreams. After a while, Luigi was now looking at Bowser, still breathing shaky breaths as his form was still shaking.
Before Bowser could do anything, he lets out a soft ‘oomph’ when Luigi tackled him in a hug, his arms wrapped tightly around his neck and shoulders, his form shaking more as sobs broke out from the knight, his face buried into the crook of his neck.
Bowser didn’t hesitate and hold Luigi tightly in return, his eyes clench shut as his heart broke of the knight that was broken. The Koopa nuzzled the back of Luigi’s head, rubbing his back in gentle circles and rocking him gently in the hug as sobs broke out from Luigi, both of them still on the ground, the sword now lying on the ground forgotten.
Polterpup slowly walked over, his steps hesitant and looks at his owner, then at Bowser and lets out a low and yet sad whine. Bowser glanced at him before freeing one hand to pet the dog. “Good boy…” Bowser whispered.
His attention then turned back to Luigi, who didn’t pull away from him, still shaking in his grip and kept his face hidden in the crook of Bowser’s neck. Without saying a word, Bowser slowly stood up, carrying Luigi in both arms and walked out of Luigi’s room, Polterpup following suite.
Once more, Bowser didn’t run into anyone in the hallways, not wanting to explain the situation of what was going on. He just focused on getting Luigi to a safer environment so that he can get some proper rest.
He opens the door to his room, then closed it with his back foot before walking over to his bed and settled them both in. Luigi didn’t pull away the whole time, still kept his face hidden and was hugging the prince tightly. Polterpup laid on the edge of the bed, still watching them before watching the door, as if waiting for something to pop out at any moment.
Bowser just nuzzled the top and the back of Luigi’s head, a purr rumbling in his throat to comfort him and rubbing his back in large and gentle circles. Bowser kept whispering that he was safe and it was okay, waiting for Luigi to finish.
After a while, he felt him calm down, the once heartbroken sobs turned to quiet sniffles. His grip around the Koopa Prince also started to loosen as well around his neck and shoulders, his hands and arms lowering down until finally Luigi pulled away.
His eyes were red, tears still there and still shaking, but not as badly than earlier. Bowser ducked his head down to look at Luigi properly.
“…wanna talk about it?”
Luigi only shook his head.
Bowser only nodded and kept rubbing his back in gentle circles, feeling Luigi slump against him, not looking at anything in particular. The Koopa kept nosing the top of Luigi’s head, a deep purr still rumbling in his throat.
“…that attacked happened again…” Luigi said.
Bowser blinked, then glanced down at Luigi.
“…I was back at that moment…no escape and…that…that Mutated…cornered me…”
Luigi’s hand was clenching to a fist, then relaxed a bit when Bowser allowed him to grip his hand, his hands barely gripping around one of Bower’s fingers.
“…but I couldn’t escape that time…and you…you were…”
Bowser held him tighter with one arm, Luigi breathing a shaky sigh. “Bowser…I can’t do this…” Luigi stated.
“Can’t do what?” He asked.
“Being a knight…how can I when…” He looks at their joined hands, seeing that it was still shaking despite calming down, “I can’t do it when I keep getting setbacks…and having these flashbacks…” Luigi’s voice cracked at that.
“Greenie, no one said being a knight would be easy. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t doing a good job.” Bowser pulled his hand away and cupped Luigi’s cheeks with both hands, making him tilt his head up to look at Bowser.
“You are doing an amazing job. Things did happened, yeah, but that doesn’t mean you suck at your job as a knight, let alone my personal knight. You not scared to stand up to me or argue with me. You also stood up to King Boo when he had that meeting with us, you held your own so well against that guard that attacked us and saved many lives when he became a Mutated. Hell, you were given a personal weapon from the Dino King himself, and from what I was told, he doesn’t do that unless you really impressed him.”
Bowser used his thumb to brush away a tear that shed from Luigi’s eyes.
“And there was one thing that no one has ever done and you hold that still.”
Luigi blinked at him. And Bowser only smiled.
“…capturing my heart.”
That made Luigi snort a watery laugh at that corny sentence. But Bowser knew that would get him to smile as he leaned down and pressed his forehead against Luigi’s, still purring loudly.
“Love you, Lu…” Bowser said.
“…love you more.” Luigi answered, leaning into the Koopa’s touch.
Bowser smiled again before lowering his head more and kissed him once more. Luigi smiled at the kiss, now cupping Bowser’s cheeks, to which it made the Koopa purr louder. When they pulled away, Luigi leaned his face into the crook of Bowser’s neck once more, his body still relaxing as exhaustion was coming to him.
Bowser smiled before nestling them both on the bed, having one arm around Luigi and lets out a deep sigh, his chin resting on the top of Luigi’s head as he starts to slowly close his eyes.
“…Bowser?”
”Hmm?”
”…you’ll be here when I wake up…right?”
Bowser cracked one eye open and glanced down at Luigi. He smiled tiredly and tighten his grip around him, pulling him closer.
“…promise.”
A knock was heard of the door.
Bowser breathed in deeply. He slowly raised his head up in confusion, seeing it was still early in the morning. He then glanced down and saw Luigi was still asleep, breathing softly and not shaky as it was last night.
Bowser smiled tiredly, leaning down and nuzzled the side of Luigi’s head, starting to purr softly—
Another knock.
Bowser raised his head up, a flat look on his face. He knows who’s behind that door.
Worst. Timing. Ever.
He grabbed a few paper before getting out of bed, doing his best not to jostle it so that Luigi can sleep in and walked over to the door, letting out a loud yawn.
He cracked the door open to see Kamek, who was wide awake. “You took your time.” Kamek huffed, then frowned when he saw the tired expression on his face. “Is everything alright, your highness?”
”Yeah…just didn’t get a lot of sleep last night…was going to sleep in for a bit since we really don’t got nothin’ going on for now.” Bowser said through a yawn.
“…would you like me to see if the chef can brew you some tea to help with some sleep?” Kamek asked. Bowser shook his head. “Nah, my room is quiet enough as is so I’ll conk out again by the time I get back into bed.” He said, then hands him some paper.
“Here. Some of the reports you wanted me to look at.” Bowser explained, to which Kamek blinked in surprised.
“…I was actually going to ask about these, but it seems you beaten me to it.” Kamek looks at the reports, then at the Prince. “And I noticed this unknown liquid on your door. Did something happened?”
”It was Polterpup. He…had the late night zoomies.” Bowser lied. No way he was going to tell Kamek what actually happened.
“Do you want me to talk to Luigi about this?” Kamek asked.
“No, I already did awhile ago. It was a one time thing, so I’m not mad. And let him sleep in too, he looked exhausted after the ceremony with the Dino-Forest.” Bowser asked, leaning against the doorframe so that he can try to stay awake.
“…alright then…I was about to ask if you wanted Luigi back on his normal duty, but I guess being in a gathering ceremony can be exhausting. So I take it you would like him to have this day off as well?”
Bowser nodded.
“Do you want me to tell him myself?”
”Nah, I’ll do it later. Just…make sure everythin’ is running until I wake up again.” Bowser said, then lets out another yawn.
Kamek watched him for a good moment before nodding. “Alright, then. I will see you later then. Please get some sleep.” Kamek soon left, Bowser watching him leave before he closed the door and went back to bed.
Luigi was still asleep, making Bowser smiled tiredly. He crawled back to bed, wrapping one arm around Luigi and the other underneath Luigi’s head. He closed his eyes and sighed deeply, not taking long for him to fall back asleep.
Hours passed.
Luigi was asleep, breathing softly. The bed he was in didn’t feel like his own bed. It felt more soft, but at the same time firm. And he also heard deep breathing beside him, a large heartbeat that was loud and strong, but also gentle.
Luigi inhaled deeply before cracking his eyes open. He saw yellow scales in front of him, making him look up and saw Bowser asleep next to him, having one arm around Luigi while the other was underneath Luigi’s head, acting as another pillow.
Luigi blinked at that.
They didn’t…did they?
He glanced down and saw that his clothings were still on, making him sigh deeply with relief. He wouldn’t forgive himself if they did what he thought they did only after a nearly a week of dating.
That’s when the last night’s event came back to him. That nightmare that made him tuck himself in a corner and tried to defend himself with his sword.
Bowser then calmed him down out of that panic attack and nightmare.
It was slightly a blur after that as he didn’t remember when he held onto the Koopa tightly as if his life depended on it. So Bowser must’ve carried him here.
He then glanced up at Bowser, seeing his peaceful expression on his face and not either the smug look he gives him when he’s teasing him or that flat annoyed look whenever someone interrupts him at the worst timing.
Luigi raised a hand, placing it on Bowser’s cheek.
Bowser sensed it, exhaling deeply before opening one eye to see the source. When he saw Luigi awake, he smiled and leaned his head into Luigi’s hand, a purr rumbling in his throat.
“Mornin’ Lu…” Bowser’s tired voice said.
That made Luigi’s stomach do a flip at that deep tired voice from the Koopa. He could get use to waking up to that.
Luigi smiled tiredly at the prince. “Mornin’…” Luigi smiled. Bowser purred before pulling Luigi closer and held him, resting his chin on the top of Luigi’s head and kept purring in bliss. Luigi didn’t seem to mind either, his face buried into the crook of his neck.
“…we should get up soon…” Luigi said.
“Why? We can stay in, I make up the rules.” Bowser chuckled.
“Bowser.” Luigi huffed a laugh.
Bowser nosed the top of Luigi’s head, to which it made him laugh even more. When they both look at each other, they were lost in their own little world.
“…you feelin’ better?” Bowser asked. That made Luigi blink before remembering what happened and nods. “Yeah…sorry if I was—“
“Never be sorry.” He felt Bowser grab his hand, making him look up at the Koopa, “I’m glad that you vented to me. I would feel bad if you kept it in. Is that why you looked so exhausted the past few days?” Bowser asked.
Luigi hesitated, but then nods.
“…how come you didn’t say anything?” Bowser asked again.
“It…wasn’t bad the first night. But then…it just kept getting worse and worse, so I tried to do things to keep me distracted and fall asleep without trying to have dreams. Guess it wasn’t enough.” Luigi said, looking down a bit in shame.
Bowser sighed before sitting up, using one arm to prop himself up before using his free hand to cupped the bottom of Luigi’s chin, making him tilt his head up to look at him.
“Always come to me if you need to vent something out. Okay?”
Luigi could only nod.
Bowser smiled again before kissing him once more before getting out of bed. “Well, I better check in with Kamek since I think he still has some paperwork he wants me to look over.” He then turns his head to Luigi, a gentle smirk on his face. “And take the day off for once. You need it.”
Luigi sat up properly. “But—“
”Luigi, I’m being serious. So please, have the day off and relax. Besides,” He glanced at Polterpup, who phased through the door and wagged his tail when he saw Luigi awake, “You two haven’t been out for awhile either so take the time to do that.”
Polterpup barked and walked over to Luigi, nuzzling him and giving him dog kisses, to which Luigi laughed a little. Bowser smiled at that before he went to find Kamek and got ready for the day. Luigi smiled at Polterpup, petting his head. “Wanna go for a run, boy?”
Polterpup lets out another whine-like bark, his entire body wagging out of excitement and that made Luigi laugh.
“Okay, let me head back to my room and get ready, then we’ll head out.”
Luigi had his knight attire on, his bow on his back as he wanted to do some practice with Polterpup as they stood outside the castle’s gate.
Polterpup shape-shifted bigger, looking at Luigi as his tail wagged happily. He was very excited to go out on a run with Luigi, haven’t been able to do it for some time due to the weather. Luigi smiled at Polterpup before hopping onto his back.
“You ready, bud?”
Polterpup looks back at him and barked.
“Hey, Greenie.”
Luigi turned and saw Bowser, who was in his prince attire as he smirked.
“You goin’ out?” He asked, then watched as the guards turned away and went to trade their watch duties away. So they have a few minutes of alone time before someone else shows up.
“Yeah, thought I should try out this new bow at the archery range I made not too far from here. I shouldn’t be gone for too long, but I’m gonna get as much practice as I can with Polterpup.” He gestured to the Raptor Bow on his back.
“Oh yeah, you never really got the chance to try it out, huh? Heard it packs a mean punch.” Bowser chuckled.
“That’s what I’ve been told from King, so I’m going to get much practice as I can.” Luigi smiled. He then looked around so that no one was looking. “Hey, umm, Bowser?”
”Yeah?” Bowser blinked at him.
“…what you did…last night, I mean…umm…thanks. I never got the chance to thank you.”
Bowser only smiled gently and grabbed Luigi’s hand. “…remember what I said. Don’t hesitate to vent to me if you need to, okay?” He smiled. Luigi smiled back and squeezed his hand as well, “Promise.”
Before Bowser could leave, he felt Luigi grabbed the scruff of his shirt and quickly pulled him into a kiss, making Bowser freeze up in surprise of the sudden action.
Before he could react, Luigi pulls away, giving him a wink before gesturing Polterpup to run, to which the ghost dog didn’t hesitate as he ran fast, leaving a frazzled Bowser behind.
He was still processing on what just happened, his mind blank of what Luigi just did. And here he thought that he could make Luigi stutter and make his mind freeze up, but Luigi was full of surprises.
This made Bowser smirk and chuckled as he watched Luigi and Polterpup run off.
He’ll get back at him soon enough.