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Three couldn’t help but scowl as he watched Mario place a camera gently into Fours hands… it was just his luck that even the idiot plumber from an alternate timeline had more of a purpose than he did, it felt like a cruel joke on him at this point.
Four was over the moon of course, having been wanting to film a video with Mario since the start of their weird little adventure, smile widening as he let out the most adorable cheer Three had ever heard.
“Adorable?” Three quickly shook his head to derail that train of thought.“There’s nothing adorable about that idiot.”
With an irritated huff Three started reaching for his phone in order to call someone to pick him up, but before his hand could even enter his pocket he was suddenly being scooped up by Four, Three letting out a surprised yell as he was effortlessly hoisted onto the others shoulder in a fireman’s carry.
“What the hell are you doing?!” The man screeched, cheeks aflame as Four started to rush out of the cave. “Put me down!”
“No way dude!” Four responded with a laugh as he made his way over to a nearby dock, looking for a suitable boat to get them back to the mainland. “You joined us on this adventure, so you gotta be in our video too!”
Three was about to argue against this and demand to be put down, before Mario piped up from on Fours other shoulder, cutting him off.
“Mario agrees!” The plumber supplied, mischievous grin only widening as Three shot him the most venomous glare he could muster. “The more the merrier!”
“That’s the spirit!” Having finally found a sea worthy vessel, Four gently set down Mario, Three and the camera before practically skipping over to the steering wheel and pulling them away from the island, immediately preventing any chance of escape Three had.
Resigning himself to his fate, Three simply crossed his arms and attempted to sit as far away from the other two as possible, but it became apparent rather quickly that in Marios original timeline there must be no such thing as personal space, seeing as the idiot would constantly invade his bubble and pester him… to the point where Three was extremely tempted to look up whether murder was legal or not in international waters.
It was a few hours later when the boat finally returned to shore, Three immediately hopped out with the full intention of abandoning the other two, but his chance of escape was ruined once more this time by Mario, who tripped over the edge of the boat and landed on top of Three.
“Get off me you idiot!” Three yelled angrily as he shoved the plumber off with all his strength which caused Mario to faceplant the ground off to the side with a grunt, when Three looked back up he was surprised to see Four offering him a hand and giving him a dazzling smile.
Ignoring the heat in his cheeks Three took the offered hand and hauled himself up, trying not to seem too upset and jealous when Four let go in order to help Mario back to his feet as well, leaning against the wall as the other two made a plan of action on how to get back to Peach's castle in order to film the video, eventually settling on travelling via warp pipe.
Upon reaching the familiar castle grounds Four immediately started setting up the camera whilst practically vibrating with excitement, a few minutes later he turned his attention back to Mario and Three. “Alright, we’re good to go!”
“Hang on a minute, I don’t even know what to do for this stupid video!” Three exclaimed with an annoyed stamp of his foot whilst he glared at the others, who seemed more amused by his irritation than offended.
“It’s easy dude, you just gotta be silly and go wild!” Four exclaimed as he rushed over to Three, grabbing the others hands and spinning him around. “Let me help you get started!”
Three was caught off guard by the sudden hand holding, letting out a flustered squeak before Four suddenly dipped him… and let go, leaving Threes head to fall into a plate of spaghetti that Mario had placed down, before another plate was smushed onto his face.
It was rather difficult for Three to get back on his feet whilst trying to get pasta sauce, spaghetti and ground beef out of his face, but somehow he managed and immediately set his sights on the duo currently laughing at his plight.
Somehow hearing Four laugh caused Threes anger to fade and he couldn’t help but join in with the laughter… but just because he wasn’t angry didn’t mean he wasn’t planning revenge and he swiftly reached down to grab some of the leftover spaghetti, rolling it into a couple of balls before throwing one at Mario and the other at Four.
The two looked rather surprised to be hit by a spaghetti snowball, clearly not having expected Three to retaliate so quickly, but they recovered soon enough and a full blown spaghetti snowball fight broke out.
That snowball fight was followed by various other whacky and random events and despite some of them being rather gross or violent, Three found himself having more fun than he’d ever had before, he was almost disappointed when Four announced he had more than enough footage for a video.
Three soon found himself in Peach’s castle watching over the footage with Four by his side, who was laughing so hard he had to lean against Three to stay upright, which he certainly wasn’t going to complain about.
“This is it, this is the kind of content we should make!” Four said after he finally managed to catch his breath, turning to Three with the brightest smile which was so distracting, he almost didn’t catch what the other had just said.
“Wait, we? What do you mean we?” Three asked with a slight tilt of his head, looking at Four with confusion. “I’m no video maker.”
“I can teach you what I know!” Four responded, grabbing Threes shoulders and lightly shaking him to convey his sheer enthusiasm. “You kept saying you had no purpose, right?”
“Uh y-yeah, I did say that,” Three managed to stammer out before subtly flipping off Mario, who was watching them with a knowing smirk plastered on his face. “But what’s that got to do with video making?”
“Your purpose could be making videos with me!” Somehow managing to get even closer to Three, Four seemed oblivious to the others flustered demeanour and carried on with his passionate idea. “We’d make such a good team!”
Despite his thoughts mostly being occupied with just how close Four was, Three was eventually able to focus on the offer and let out a contemplative hum in response… he’d certainly had a lot of fun making the video and it seemed like he’d gain some valuable skills if he accepted Fours offer.
Plus he’d get to spend even more time with Four if he worked with him and that reason was more than enough to get a nod of acceptance. “Alright alright, I guess I’ll make more dumb videos with you.”
Immediately Three was pulled into a tight hug by the overjoyed Four who kept thanking him over and over, eventually Three managed to recover from his surprise at the sudden hug and return it.
Mario turned away from the time portal that had opened up and couldn’t help but smile at the two, who were already discussing video ideas and different editing tricks they could use, pride shining in the plumbers eyes.
“You’ve both got a bright future ahead of you.”