Mario POV:

—10:30 PM

I rode to Bowser's castle, exited to tell him the good news. My ride was admittedly uneventful, though I got there earlier than usual because I was so rushed. I rang the doorbell.

"Hello again," Bowser said, blushing a little.

"Hey," I said, "sorry for not visiting yesterday."

"It's okay," Bowser replied. Bowser picked me up and carried me to the couch in the living room.

"I've got some news," I said as we got settled down, "I'm not sure if you'll think it's good, bad, mediocre, or what."

"What is it?" he asked.

"I told Luigi," I admitted, "about us. He took it okay and all, but-" Bowser cut me off.

"That's okay," Bowser hugged me. "I'm also glad to hear he took it well."

"He said I should only come every other day," I told him.

"That's okay I guess," Bowser replied. "I kinda need the sleep anyway."

We sat there for a moment.

"You know, I was thinking we could go public soon," Bowser said. I looked up. "We don't have to do it really soon," he added.

"I was thinking the same thing," I said, "That's the main reason I told Luigi. I felt like I needed to tell someone or it would come out at the wrong moment."

"How should we reveal it though?" He asked. "It's not like I can just walk into the Mushroom Kingdom, ya know."

"We could reveal it online or something or," I paused. "I don't know how I'd be able to hint it to everyone without just blasting it on a megaphone."

"I don't know either," Bowser said. We both stared at each other, thinking presumably, or maybe he was just staring at me, who knows. That thought made me blush a little.

"Ya I can't think of anything," I said after a short bit of thinking.

"I can't either," he replied, "I think we can just stick to the online idea."

"What should we do for that?" I asked. "I'm thinking we post a pic of us kissing or something else romantic," I added.

"The kissing thing sounds good," he blushed. "Maybe we could both post it and caption it explaining something about us dating or something like that."

I checked the time on my watch. It read 12:20 A.M. "We're doing good on time, so if we want to do something while I'm here," I told him. He came up to me slowly. We embraced and kissed for a good minute before letting go. "I love you," I told him.

"I love you, too," Bowser replied.

"Maybe we could post it today," I said, "unless you need a couple of days to think about it."

"I'm down if you're down," Bowser replied.

"I mean, if you don't-" Bowser cut me off with a quick peck on the lips.

"It's okay," Bowser assured me. "Whatever happens, we'll go through it together."

"So, for the photo," I paused.

"Did you bring your phone?" Bowser asked.

"Yes," I replied, pulling it out of my pocket. He shot the photo on his phone and sent it to me. We both began writing our captions.

"When should we actually post this?" I asked. "Me posting in the middle of the night would be weird."

"Maybe post it at night tomorrow. I'll text you saying when to post," he replied. We continued working on the captions.

—A few minutes later...

We had both finished our captions by this time. I decided to read mine after he did.

"Mine says 'I've decided to stop fighting it (and the Mushroom Kingdom). I love him, and he loves me.' Just short and simple," Bowser replied.

"I like it," I remarked. "Mine's 'I can't hide it anymore. We're dating, and if you don't like that, I don't really care. He won't attack us anymore btw, in case you were worried.'"

"I like yours too," Bowser said. "I suggest saving the caption somewhere so you don't lose it.

"I typed it in the notes app so I could save it," I replied, having already thought ahead. I put a lock on the app before closing the app and putting my phone back into my pocket.

"We still got time, too," Bowser pointed out as he put his phone away. We made out for a bit before walking around the castle's many hallways. We walked into the garden we went to during my first 'visit'. We ventured further into the garden than we had done last time. Too soon, though, I needed to start heading back, and I told him this.

"If you want, you can take a flower home with you," Bowser offered.

"Alright," I looked around before finding a green scabiosa (pincushion flower) that looked like bowser's shell. He picked it out of the bunch for me and handed it to me.

"Remember to keep it in sunlight and water it about once or twice a week," he informed me as we walked back.

"You know a lot about flowers," I remarked.

"It's a little hobby of mine," he replied. We walked until we got to the exit.

"I guess this is goodbye for now," Bowser said sadly.

"Yeah," I said. I kissed him before I got on my bike and headed home.

A/N: So much for trying to keep uploading... More chapters are coming, I just don't know when I'll get around to it. Thank you for the continued support on this story, I'm sorry my uploading isn't very consistent. Anyway, the Ether is signing off now. Goodbye!