You know that feeling of anticipation when you're waiting for something exciting to happen? You stay up all night thinking about it, you dream about it, you bombard your friends with stories of it, you write diary entries about it, you spend your every waking moment daydreaming in class about it. You'd do anything for this to come sooner, and this ball of excitement sits in your stomach like a cross legged kid waiting for a story from mom. You work yourself up so much when the excitement actually happens you feel as if you might cry. And then when it's over you're sad but satisfied, you are content but pleased with your result.
"Psst, Bowser!" The fiery haired boy turned to face the tattooed, blonde, bombshell who was trying to discreetly contact him across the row. Though discreet wasn't really in Bowser's vocabulary.
"Sup Rosie?" His gravelly voice bounced off of every wall.
She mentally face palmed but couldn't help but giggle at her friends demeanor. "You're still coming to my party tomorrow right?"
He smiled broadly whilst pushing his hair off his face. "Of course I am, I wouldn't miss it. You throw kick-ass parties, Half-Pint," Though his language got a questioning look from the teacher, Bowser couldn't give up an opportunity to torment his friend.
"Hey!" She glared playfully at him, "I'm six foot two, I'm only like six inches shorter than you."
"Yes, but you're like one hundred pounds, so that means I at least have one hundred and fifty pounds on you. Plus if I really wanted to I could throw you out the window," he jerked his head towards the back of the room.
"Actually I weigh 120 pounds,"
"Are you threatening Rosalina, Mr. Koopa?" Toadsworth, the teacher who both had failed to notice was standing in front of them, asked.
Bowser burned a red so bright that it was almost the same shade as his hair, "no sir, we were just joking around."
Rosalina stifled her giggles, "we really were," she managed to say with a straight face.
He stared at the duo for a few moments, pondering if he should split them, but deciding against it. "Alright then, I expect some work out of you two by the end of class."
Across the school sat the Mario twins and friends. Ignoring their P.E. teacher's pleas, the group sat on the bleachers watching the girls kick around a soccer ball. The group who were making crude jokes and lamely sexualizing anything you said included, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, L, Waluigi, and Ludwig.
"So, L," the longer haired twin, Mario, asked, "are you coming to Rosie's party tonight?"
L smiled brightly, the raven haired boy who had dubbed himself a, "socially awkward ladies man," felt happy he had a group of boys who accepted him for him. "Yeah, are you kidding?! Don't you remember at Halloween how we set fireworks off of the roof?"
"Dude, I was so drunk I woke up face down on the couch next to Samus and Peach who were handcuffed together. And if my memory serves me right I remember they were having a rather steamy make out session."
"Damn, I wish I had saw that," Waluigi muttered under his breath.
"Dude, gross! That's my girlfriend." Mario punched Waluigi's arm.
"I remember you watching me and Rose make out that same night anyways, Waluigi" the green haired and pierced boy, Yoshi, pointed out, smirking.
"I wasn't watching you two, I was just idly standing in the corner of a dark hallway, minding my own business," Waluigi said, "plus, I thought you two were just friends? And I thought you were gay?"
"I'm bisexual," Yoshi stated, "and we are just friends just so you know. And it's complicated."
"Friends with benefits," the wild haired Austrian, Ludwig, smiled mischievously, glancing up from his book for a moment.
The group burst out laughing and continued to joke around but were soon interrupted by their teacher, DK, screaming at them.
"Lucy!" The muscled man barked, staring L straight in the eyes, "get down on that field."
L got a few looks of confusion from a few people, "I'm sorry, Sir, I-"
DK cut him off, "you're a girl, you play with the girls on the field."
L felt tears well in his eyes as he turned Crimson. He sunk down on the bleacher, wishing he could disappear.
"Now, Lucy," he started making his way up the bleachers, "you use the girls bathroom, you use the girls change room, it says female on your birth certificate! You're going to play with the girls, God-dammit!"
The field was slowly getting quieter and was starting to watch the action. With silent tears streaming down his face, L begrudgingly started to stand, facing what he wanted so desperately to hide. A hand grabbed L's and pulled him back down onto his seat. Yoshi stood up and took a stance on the bleacher, only slightly taller than the man who stood below him. Yoshi, being the hot headed and strong willed person that he was, felt he had to help his friend in a time of need even if that meant disrespecting the teacher. (Though it wasn't a rare occurrence for Yoshi)
"Lucy!" DK seethed, slightly pushing Yoshi out of the way, watching as L started to stand again.
"L, keep your ass on the bench!" Yoshi commanded, before turning his attention back to his teacher, "He prefers to be called L."
DK took a step closer to Yoshi so they were a mere inches apart; you could smell the faint scent of cologne wafting off of Yoshi, see the beads of sweat forming on DK's eyebrows, they were now in battle and this was the showdown. Everyone around them had stopped what they were doing and was now listening to them.
"I'm going to call her whatever it says on her birth certificate,"
"Well it says I weighed six pounds three ounces on my birth certificate, and a lot has changed since then," Yoshi threw his arms out and furrowed his brows.
"Stand down, Yoshi!"
"I will not stand down. You're being a total dick to L,"
"What did you just say?"
"I called you a dick," Yoshi paused to stare DK hard in the eyes, but continued before he could get a word in, "I will not stand around and watch you bully L just because he's a little different than everybody else,"
Everybody was listening now, a few were filming the neon green haired boy blow up on the teacher, some live tweeting it, most just watching in awe.
Yoshi continued, "the world is filled with too many people like you. Racist, redneck, bigots, who have their heads shoved so far up their ass that they can't tell that the world isn't still the conservative white trash that they grew up in!"
"Well apparently your mama didn't raise you right. God made you a certain way for a reason,-" DK started ranting.
This caught Ludwig's attention and he immediately jumped up by Yoshi's side, "State and Church are supposed to be separate, so there's no reason-"
"Stay out of this, Ludwig!" DK shifted his gaze towards the Austrian. "Ain't nobody askin' for your unappreciated opinion."
You could almost detect the exact moment the fire formed in Ludwig's eyes. His eyes hardened and his breathing became heavy, then he started shouting, giving a spiel that switched between English and Austrian unwillingly. The rest of the group slowly started filtering in, all either attacking or defending DK. The deafening roar of opinions slowly became apparent inside the school too, as soon many spectators stood at the edge of the field watching. The energy of the group was electrifying
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" The students began chanting.
"Just because L is trans, doesn't mean you have to be a total asswipe about it," Yoshi barked, "what if I started calling you by she/her pronouns just because you don't prefer them?"
"Well then, I'd give you the beatin' your momma never did. I'd make you pray to God that you weren't even born,"
"See? There you go again, about religion! There is not one non-religious reason for you-"
The argument was cut short, as the principal, vise principal actually, Ms. Natasha was standing in on the edge of the field. The rest of the crowd had quieted due to their mild fear of the vain woman, leaving DK and Yoshi yelling profanities at each other. Ms. Natasha idly made her way over to the bleachers, giving the arguing duo more than enough time to stop arguing to make up some half believable backstory.
Natasha stood at the bottom of the bleachers with her arms crossed over her chest. She cleared her throat suggestively finally causing DK and Yoshi to stop fighting. Their eyes grew wide in fear. Natasha positioned her hands on her hips and looked as if she was going to start telling them off. Her eyes hardened, but she stopped. And calm and collectedly she said, "will you two gentlemen please see me in my office?"
By the lunch period Yoshi and DK were the talk of the school. Several very untrue rumours had spread by then too. (Example: someone had started saying that Yoshi pulled out a switchblade). Though only the group who sat at table 2F knew the real story; they were the only group with the actual story.
"I can't believe Yoshi actually did that," Peach said in awe, "Are you okay, L?"
L blushed slightly. "Yeah," he said quietly, "I'm really thankful that you're all so accepting of me." He pulled at a loose thread on the sleeve of his sweater.
"Well," Daisy said through a mouthful of salad, pointing with her fork for emphasis, "I don't really see the need to be a dick to you. You're pretty chill."
"Yeah. Like you're one of the funniest people I know." Luigi added.
Mario opened his mouth to add more praise for L, but the groups attention was turned to the entrance of the cafeteria. Yoshi was standing there tall and proud basking in the whoops and cheers of appraisal he was receiving, even going as far as to take a bow. Even from the opposite end of the cafeteria the gang could see the ear to ear grin on Yoshi's face. They knew he thrived on approval. However, when the lunch monitors started making their way over towards Yoshi he made a b-line for the table. He slid cooly into the empty seat beside Rosalina with a smug grin on his face. The round table of 2F erupted with questions and crude remarks.
"Yoshi!" Mario slapped Yoshi on the back, "How the hell did you not get expelled?"
Yoshi smiled wide again, showing off his red, green, and white braces which had gained him the nickname Christmas Tree. "Holy shit Principal Blumiere was pissed. He yelled at us for at least fifteen minutes straight. DK is suspended from working and has to go take a three week ethics course. Since I was only standing up for L I only have a week's worth of detentions starting on Monday. There wasn't much they could do since it's so close to finals. Plus Ms. Natasha convinced Bleck that I can't get anymore detentions today no matter what. I could run down the hallways yelling dicks and there's nothing they can do."
"You shithead," Rosalina shoved Yoshi slightly, "You were supposed to get the school talking about my party, not one of your shenanigans."
A mischievous look plagued Yoshi's face. The gang could tell, but before they could do anything he was up on the table gaining the attention of the entire cafeteria. "Attention students of Mushroom High School. As many of you already know, tonight my lovely-lady-friend, Rosalina, is throwing a party because finals are coming up soon," Yoshi stopped for a minute as cheers filled the room. He could see the lunch monitors heading towards him but quickly continued "I hereby informally invite everyone here. Tell everyone in Cafeteria B, tell your friends, tell your dog. Who's ready to party?!"
The cafeteria was filled with deafening cheers. "Yoshi! Yoshi! Yoshi!" The teenagers chanted. Luckily for Yoshi, the bell rang just in time for him to disappear into a sea of students without being caught.
Rosalina, Peach, Daisy, and Mona sat on the floor of Rosalina's attic bedroom, clothes lay sprawled and strewn about the room carelessly. The girls were primping and priming themselves, making sure they looked absolutely perfect for the party that was soon to happen.
"Rosalina, do you have an extra bikini top? I just noticed mine has a stain on it." Mona groaned. She pulled her long ginger locks up into a ponytail revealing her round cheeks that took up most of her face. She had decided against doing heavy makeup knowing it would just get washed off in the pool. Instead she settled on just winged eyeliner, mascara, and pink lipgloss. Mona was proud of the outfit she had put together for today. It contrasted her usual outfit of leggings and a baggy shirt. She liked to look nice but she was just not a morning person. Mona had on a pair of white shorts that showed off her toned legs she received from years of doing gymnastics, and a teal tank top that contrasted her tanned complexion. She was holding up a pink bikini top disapprovingly to show the girl gang.
"I have lots of extras," Rosalina scoffed at Mona. "But you're at least a d-cup, and I barely fill an a-cup. So I doubt they'll fit without you looking like a pornstar."
The group cracked up a Rosalina's joke. Much like Mona, Rosalina too was proud of her outfit choice. She had chosen a pair of cutoff jean shorts that rode a little too high, and a white cotton crop-top. Rosalina liked the outfit because it showed off her tattoos. She had french braided her hair into two section that showed off her ear gauges and facial piercings. She had opted to keep the thick rings of black around her eyes, but added a matte red lip to complete the look.
"Here," Daisy said, throwing a lime green bikini top at Mona, "I brought an extra bathing suit."
Daisy, like the other girls, chose to put her bathing suit on under her clothes but instead she chose against putting on a top. She was proud of, and liked to show off her chest. She kept her curly hair down, and did subtle but impactful makeup.
The girl gang heard the doorbell ring from downstairs. "I'll get it." Peach sang, rushing downstairs. Her maroon sequined top bounced as she bounded down the two flights of stairs. She was excited for the party. She hoped it was just as wild as Rosalina's halloween party.
Swinging the front door open with a huff, she saw Yoshi standing there. He was smiling ear to ear, dressed in a band shirt and swimming trunks.
"Are you ready to par-tayy?!"
