Luigi heard ring from the doorbell of his mansion. He opened the door reluctantly, to see Daisy, who had looked troubled. She gave him a half-hearted smile. "Hey." she said with a sorrowful tone. "I heard the news…You're really leaving the Kingdom?" she asked. As if she wasn't mourning about it all day! He just nodded without moment's hesitation.
"Why?" she asked with a quivering voice. "I'm not needed here." he simply replied, and grabbed his bags. "Why don't you stay?" she asked again, her heart sinking slowly. "I'm not needed here, Daisy. Mario is the hero of this town, he has Princess Peach, no one here needs the useless brother Luigi." She bit her lip hard, almost making it bleed to keep tears from forming in her eyes. "You should stay." she tried to sound firm, but her voice sounded weak and loud. "Why? Why would they need me? I'm just the shadow of Mario for crying out loud! No one would care…" he raised his voice, but Daisy cut him off. "Some people do need you here, Luigi!" she tried to yell out from her broken voice. "Like who? My already famous brother? Peach? Who!?" his voice was raised in frustration. "I need you here, Luigi! I really do!" she yelled with her fist clenched in fury. "Why would you need ME? What do I do that is so special that people need you here?" he yelled out, ready to head out the door, until he heard what she said. "Because I'm in love with you, Luigi! But maybe I was too scared to tell you because I knew something like this would happen!" she hollered and tears began pouring out of her eyes. Luigi's face froze, stunned. His jaw dropped as if to say something. How could have he been so oblivious? Daisy was the one who had spent time with him whenever he was alone, the one who always struck conversations with him, the one who had liked him for a long time. But she didn't just like him, she was in love with him. Her words rang into his ears for a moment. He knew he couldn't do this to Daisy. The feeling of isolation, the feeling of betrayal. "I-I…I didn't know.." he dumbly replied. "Luigi, you can't leave. You can't do this. Please, you need to stay! I don't know what I'm going to do.."
Luigi shut her up by kissing her on the lips softly. She kissed back, startling him. He pulled back and looked at her with his wide, innocent eyes. Daisy wearily smiled at him. "I'm sorry Daisy, I… I didn't know."
All he had to do was stay…
And so he did.
