Hidden Secrets
By Monique
AN: YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!! After an extremely long hiatus, I'm back with the third installment of 'Hidden Secrets'. As always, Mario, Luigi and other recognizable characters are not mine, but Nintendo's. This story is rated R for gruesome violence. Please R+R.
Chapter Three
Peach gave Toad the rest of the day off, so Toad decided to walk over to Mario's Pad.
"Hello," Mario said from behind the door.
"It's me, Toad." Toad answered. "I need to speak with Luigi. It's personal."
"Okay," Mario said as he opened the door. "Have a seat."
Toad stepped in and took notice of his surroundings. Half of the living room was strewn with clothes books and dishes containing moldy food. A pungent smell hung in the air. Toad wrinkled his nose in disgust.
"Toad, I believe you want MY side of the living room." Luigi peeked through the divider. Luigi was dressed in a pair of thong sandals, beige shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. His jet black hair was sleeked back. Luigi had trimmed his mustache, so now it was just a thin line above his lips.
Toad followed Luigi across the wooden divider. Luigi shut the divider and locked it.
"I'm really thinking about knocking down some walls and building a door, bathroom, kitchen and bedroom on my side of the house." Luigi told Toad. "I'm tired of Mario's filth!"
"I know," Toad said in agreement. Mario knocked on the divider.
"What Mario?" Luigi sighed.
"I want to see Toad." Mario answered. "Will you let me in?"
Luigi glanced at Toad, who nodded his head.
"I'd better see what he wants." Toad said. "What is it, Mario?"
Toad opened the divider.
"Want some spaghetti?" Mario asked.
Toad looked at the spaghetti in the bowl. It was cold and hard with bits of green stuff in it.
"Uh, no." Toad turned his nose away from the bowl.
"Let's get out of here," Luigi said.
Luigi and Toad went out of the back door and exited the house. Luigi waited a few minutes before he talked.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Luigi asked Toad.
"First of all," Toad warned. "You must promise that you won't tell a soul about what I'm going to say."
"I promise." Luigi agreed.
"I need you to help me do something important." Toad began.
"Help you do what?"
"Well…I want you to help me betray Peach." Toad rushed out.
This request took Luigi by surprise. "Why? What did Peach do, Toad?"
"Peach is secretly married to Bowser," Toad explained.
"I've suspected that." Luigi said slowly.
"How'd you come to that conclusion?" Toad wondered.
"Considering the number of times that Bowser has captured Peach and the number of times that Mario has rescued Peach from Bowser, there has to be something going on between the sheets."
"Anyway, aren't you and Peach close friends?" Luigi asked.
"Yes, but there's something else," Toad continued. "I'm in love with Peach. I've been in love with her since she turned 18, (AN: EWWW!)after she first dated Andross."
"Andross!" Luigi's voice was filled with a mixture of surprise and wonder.
"I shouldn't have let that one slip," Toad said under his breath.
"Tell me about it!" Luigi urged.
"There's nothing TO tell." Toad said. "Peach just has a fetish for bad guys. She wasn't as good as everyone thought."
"Who else did she date?" Luigi asked. "I won't tell anyone else."
"Wizpig and Wort, Bowser's brother."
"Whoa!" Luigi whistled loudly. "So what do you want me to do?"
"I'll die if I can't be with Peach." Toad whispered.
"I see," Luigi said. "But I honestly don't know if I want to help you betray Peach. She's one of my dearest friends. I'm dating her cousin Daisy, after all."
Then the conversation stopped for a while. Toad was deep in thought. Luigi DID have a point. Peach was both of their dearest friends, but Toad wanted something MORE. Toad and Luigi walked a half mile before Toad spoke up again.
"Luigi, think about it. You hate Mario, right?" Toad said.
"Yes, but-" Luigi said before he was interrupted by Toad.
"Hear me out," Toad put a hand in Luigi's face. "If everyone found out about Peach's and Bowser's marriage, Mario's star status will fall drastically. No one will like him because they'll think he's a fake, a sham."
"Hmmmm," Luigi rubbed his chin with his hand. "I would like to get revenge on Mario because he always thought that he was better than me. Okay, I'm in."
"We need one more person," Toad said.
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