Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or places mentioned. Nintendo owns all of these.
This story is told from Peach's point of view.
Chapter 10: Nostalgia
"Oh Daisy! Luigi! He left! I'm so afraid he's not coming back this time!" Peach felt very guilty. She never should have told Mario they couldn't be wed. She should have just let him believe they were going to be married someday. He could just continue to believe that he and Peach were married just so Mario wouldn't leave her. She started thinking about Mario. He seemed to leave a lot and yet Peach was willing to accept and welcome him and even wanted to let him believe that she was legally wed to him. How could I have let this happen?!
"Peach, he's not gone forever. We know Mario; he's done this before! We'll try telling him again when he comes back and isn't going to run off like just now." Luigi said. This made Princess Peach break down and cry even more.
"Peach! I promise you he'll come back! Now just calm down! This has happened before!" Daisy shouted trying to get Peach to get a grip of the situation.
"But you guys don't understand! He thinks were over, like we've BROKEN UP! …Which is totally and completely untrue!" Peach said grabbing Daisy's shoulder, soaking Daisy's shoulder, which was the 2nd time this week.
"But Peach, that's not even the case. Just think of this as one of Mario's adventures. You'll manage without him gone! He'll be back in 3 or 4 days." Daisy said this as if it were a joke.
"Daisy, he's not coming back, he's just not…" Princess Peach's voice drifted off and she cried. Her eyes and face burned from the raw tears. She couldn't handle Daisy and Luigi's rash behavior. Peach stood up and went inside crying. Peach ran up the stairs, past the landing where Mario told her to not follow him, (because she naturally would) and into her bedroom. Peach locked the door and dug under her bed for her shoebox. She picked it up and sat on her king-size bed. The shoe box was filled with old pictures and notes from when everything was still normal and nobody was mad at anyone. The first thing she saw was a photo of her and Mario at Isle Delfino. They were watching the sunset; it was quite romantic and beautiful. That was also the night when Mario and Peach made out on this bench into the morning. It was such a fun time. The next picture Peach paged through was of Peach and Mario in Coconut Mall's massive food court. Peach was sitting across from Mario, sipping a soda, looking at Mario, at his face, his eyes, his moustache. Mario was looking at her, at her face, her blue eyes. Those were the days when Mario cared about my feelings. Those were the days… The picture under that one was of Peach and Daisy hugging. My best friend…at least she's still normal. There were a few more of Mario, Daisy, Luigi, and her. One was when they took a ski trip to DK Summit. That was when Daisy almost broke her leg and Luigi helped her up and then he kissed her. When Peach got to the bottom, there was a picture of just Luigi. It made her heart jump. It scared her. I don't remember this one… This photo of Luigi seemed forbidden. Peach loved it. She slipped the shoebox back under her bed but put the photo of Luigi under her pillow. Peach loved how close 'Luigi' was to her.