A/N: yeet.

Mario POV:

Mario & Luigi's house:

10:00 AM

It was getting hard to keep my crush on Bowser a secret. It wasn't like anyone asked about it, but it just felt like a weight on my shoulders. I wasn't going to go around town blasting it through a megaphone, but I wanted to tell someone. That night without going to Bowser's probably screwed him up just as much as it did me. I knew my brother could keep a secret, I'm just not sure how he would take it.

'Mario, you just woke up, you'll be more straight-minded soon,' I thought to myself. Although another part of my brain thought, 'Help yourself, tell someone.' I decided to compromise between the two thoughts and do a mental check after lunch.

12:00 AM

'Welp it's lu-,' Before I could finish my thought, I could hear Luigi's voice yell "Lunch is ready!"

"Coming down,!" I hollered back. I quickly speed-walked down the stairs to the table, slowing to a normal pace when I got to the bottom.

Lunch was spaghetti and meatballs, a common meal but a good one nonetheless. Nothing interesting happened during lunch, like most days. We finished quickly and I went back to my room and began to do that mental check I said I'd do. Ya nothing got better. I still missed Bowser, the secret felt like a deadweight inside of me, and I felt like telling Luigi was a good idea. A little later though. Maybe at around 3 or so.

2:32 PM

The time ticked by painfully slow. Even drawing didn't help. I needed to tell him now. Besides, he probably wouldn't be busy with anything. I knocked on Luigi's door.

"What is it?" he asked.

I opened the door and walked in. Luigi looked at me and I could see his concern. I never did this unless I needed to tell him something. "I need to tell you something," I stated.

Luigi POV:

"How big of a secret is this?" I asked him. I expected this to be something petty like... and that dream came back to me. I was still pondering when he replied.

"Just please don't tell anyone." Mario replied.

"Not even Peach," I joked a little.

"To be honest, she'd be the worst person you could tell," Mario replied. He was serious. I was dumbfounded. This had to be a pretty big deal.

"Well then, continue," I replied. Silence. I could tell Mario was afraid to tell me. He probably just wanted to tell me because he could trust me. He needed to tell someone this thing. Whatever it was.

"I love Bowser," Mario blurted out quickly. I did not expect that. I was stunned.

"Is there anymore to it?" I asked, trying not to seem to in-his-business.

"We've kinda been dating for the past week. It's complicated though. It's like we are, but we haven't really done much, considering we can't go anywhere and it's in the middle of the night. Every night, excluding yesterday, I've been going out to see him. That's why I looked miserable yesterday. I haven't gotten more than 20 hours of sleep in the past week." Mario explained.

"How did this start?" I asked. "You don't have to go into detail," I added in, more like an afterthought.

"8 or 9 days ago the koopas came to kidnap me. I was sleeping late and I woke up and they were downstairs to take me. I don't know why, but it was probably to use me to buy the kingdom. Anyway, the room I was locked in was suspiciously spacious and while I wouldn't say luxurious, it was a room and not a jail cell. I don't remember the exact details. Eventually, I arrive at his castle, mildly confused again as I haven't been locked in a cage once this entire time." Mario laughed a little. "I was even more confused when he was nice to me. I already had a little crush before this, but I still didn't understand his kindness. Later, he had asked me to join him for dinner. Most of my worries had faded away at this point, and I said yes. We ate quickly and he carried me upstairs." He paused in his explanation. "To sum things up, because explaining it would be a little weird, we made out and slept together for the night. I went over every night to hang out with him, and the rest is history," Mario finished.

"And by made out-" I started.

"We were still dressed," Mario said. "Well, under the waist at least," he added, blushing a little.

"Are you okay with it?" Mario asked me, becoming more serious again.

Mario POV

"Ya," Luigi stated. "I'd support you no matter what. Unless of course you killed a bunch of people because 'why not' but other than that."

"Really?" I asked him.

"Yes," he said. "I won't tell anyone either." He added. "Also, if you think you can handle it, try only going every other night. I don't want you getting like 2 hours a day of sleep, okay. Some days I'll allow it, but not literally every day."

"Okay. I'll see what Bowser thinks. Also, I'll be headed there tonight then, just as a heads up." I said, excited.

"Okay," Luigi laughed.

A/N: wow 2 chapters within less than a month (or week idk)! Aren't we so H*A*P*P*Y that I'm uploading again. Also I needed to look at chapter on again for this chapter and Bowser was wearing a shirt. Like literally why. Anyways hope you enjoyed, and for old times sake, the Ether is signing off now, Goodbye!