Mario's POV

I woke up to see Rosie leaning over me, examining my wound. Wound...what a big word.

"Oh, I didn't know you were awake," she muttered. Was she...angry at me?

I sat up. "Yes, I am awake. Did Takeda and the Princess come back yet?"

"No, I'm glad they didn't." She walked out of my room silently and shut the door.

She's angry about something...

I decided to follow her. Well, more like, I stood outside her door.

"Mario, I know you're there," she mumbled, "quit stalking and come in."

Was I just offered to come in?

Mama Mia!

This woman is making my life a whole lot better!

Just seeing her can make me happy.

Well, most of the time...

I think.

My head was spinning as I was ordered to lay down.

"You're going to get dizzy," she said. She was right.

She ran her fingers through my hair.

"Did... did it hurt?" she asked. She was no longer as bold as she was when I first met her.

"I don't know," I replied. I really didn't. It happened so quickly, I didn't notice.

"That's funny. Weird, actually. I don't get you."

"I don't get me either." She paused and looked me in the eye.

"What do ya mean?"

"I don't know who I am or what I am. I guess I'm just... me."

She sighed and pulled off her crown, putting my hat on. She stood up and held her hair above her lips, making a 'mustache', and smiled. "Now I'm you."

I gave a little shrug. "I guess..."

There was suddenly a knock on the door.

"Darling?" It was the queen, which meant Takeda was here, which meant I had to get out.

Right now.

"Darling, where is our guest?"

Rosalina didn't reply. She gave me my hat and stuffed me in her closet. I was surrounded by clothes that just about any regular person would wear.

I turned to see a huge picture she must have drawn when she was young: my dream guy. He had a mustache, was tall, and... sorta reminded me of... me.

She opened the closet door. "Hurry up and get in your room before my mom comes back from looking for you."

I kept on thinking about it. Could I be that 'dream guy'?

Oh, quit imagining, Mario.

That's impossible.

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