This one-shot takes place in the Mario and Luigi universe. I always saw Mario so serious, and rarely smiling in the art for the series. He always had a glare or neutral face on him. Never a genuine smile on him. So being the weirdo I am, I came up with this little gem.

Special thanks to JP for giving me the idea for this in one of our conversations!

It was morning in the Mario Brothers house. Both Luigi and Yoshi were in the kitchen discussing something, when Mario suddenly entered. He had a deep frown on his face, bags under his eyes, and looked like he would snap if someone were to approach him.

"Good morning Mario!" Luigi greeted his older brother.

"Shut up Luigi."Mario mumbled as he poured himself a glass of milk, and left.

"Love you too big bro." Luigi said, hearing a grumble of a reply from Mario.

"What's with Mario?" Yoshi asked.

Luigi sighed, shaking his head. "He's just a bit grouchy since he's been rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser more than usual."

"More than usual?"

Luigi nodded. "It's taking a toll on him. You saw those bags under his eyes. Mario's missing sleep, since he's stresses out thinking Koopa's going to kidnap Peach in the middle of the night."

"Has he?"

"Eh..about three or four times." Luigi replied, making a so-so gesture with his hand.
Yoshi looked worriedly at the living room where Mario was at.

"Poor Mario...I wish there was something we could do for him." he said.

Luigi snorted. "Good luck with that. I tried helping him relax, and wound up with a hole in the wall."

"He slammed you into the wall?!" Yoshi shrieked.

"Pssh,no. Mario's not that much of a jerk. Even when being a grouch. He literally punched a hole in the wall the minute I put my hand on his shoulder."

"Yikes."

"Uh-huh." Luigi agreed, nodding his head.

Yoshi wasn't discouraged; however. Luigi may have had bad luck in trying to get Mario to relax, but it couldn't help to try.

"Well, I'm gonna help Mario then!" Yoshi announced cheerfully.

Luigi looked at Yoshi before suddenly bursting out with laughter, his cheeks turning bright pink.

"Nice one Yoshi!" Luigi giggled. "You had me going there for a sec."

Luigi then stopped his laughter as he saw the look of seriousness on Yoshi's face.

"Wait, you're serious?!" Luigi shouted. "Did you not hear what I just said?! I know you want to help Mario, but he's too...aggressive right now to reason with."

"I know," Yoshi agreed. "But I feel horrible for him having to deal with this. He just needs someone to be there for him."

"Good luck then." Luigi said, before heading towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Yoshi asked.

"I rather not be here when you confront Mario. If he punched a hole in the wall when I confronted him, then he would literally destroy the house when you do."

"..."

"Well...bye!" Luigi slammed the door, leaving Yoshi and Mario as the only residents inside the house.

Yoshi sighed as he approached the ticking time bomb that was Mario.

"Hi Mario!" Yoshi greeted cheerfully, jumping on the couch Mario was seated on.

Mario made no reaction, glaring at the television in front of him.

"Whatcha watchin?" Yoshi asked, looking at the television as well. Only static was seen in the screen.

"Wow! I never had seen this program before!" Yoshi said in a faux-cheery tone.

Mario scrunched his nose, and grumbled still staring at the static-filled TV. Yoshi bit his lip, thinking on what to do next.

"Aw come on Mario don't be like this!" Yoshi said, as he laid his head in Mario's lap. Mario still didn't make any reaction.

"Can you really resist this face?" Yoshi got up from the couch, and faced Mario making the best cute pouty face he could. It was bit of a secret weapon for Yoshi if wanted something his way. Ninety-nine percent of the time people would crack under this face, making it a sure plus that it would wipe the grouchiness out of Mario.

This wasn't one of those times. Mario just stared at Yoshi, his black eyes only showing no sign of cracking under the face his green dinosaur buddy was making at him.

Yoshi stopped using his secret weapon, sitting down on the couch, hopeless on what to do to help Mario.

Unless..no. That was stupid. Stupid enough that it just might work.

Yoshi began grinning, a new plan brewing inside his mind. He turned to Mario, and gave him a big hug, kissing him on the cheek.

Mario squeaked as let himself out of Yoshi's grasp, and fell onto the floor. Yoshi looked at him, and started giggling seeing the blush creep on the plumber's cheeks.

"Yoshi..w-wha.." Mario was speechless on why the green dinosaur would do that.

Luckily Yoshi did the answering for him. "You seemed really grouchy the past few days, and I thought I would make you feel better!"

"By kissing me?!"

Yoshi shrugged, seeing nothing wrong what he did.

"What? We're close friends, so it's not like it's wrong or anything. Besides, we Yoshis express friendship a bit more different than you guys do."

"I can see that." Mario deadpanned, joining Yoshi on the couch.

"So..do you still feel like a grouch?" Yoshi asked, uncertain if his plan actually worked.

Mario snorted, shaking his head. "You silly dinosaur… I will always act like a grouch when these days happen."

Yoshi lowered his head in disappointment. "Oh.."

"Just not this one time." Yoshi turned to look at Mario who had a small smile on his face. He still looked tired, of course, but his bitter mood was now gone.

Yoshi squealed in happiness as he tackled Mario into a hug, his tail wagging behind him, and giving as many kisses on Mario's cheeks as possible despite the red-hatted plumber's protest.

Alright let me set the record straight for you guys. Those kisses were meant in a best friends/ brotherly sort of way. It wasn't yaoi or anything