This one is a short one, readers. And so will the next one. If only because a bit more focus will shift towards the characters this pairing will effect-either humorouly, seriously, or both-and how they react to it.
Hope that's okay with you all.
Kamek and Kammy were having very different thoughts on this new development that Bowser has gotten himself into. Bowser himself didn't seem to mind. Technically he was thinking about the matter at hand quite deeply. Thoroughly, even. Though the direction the three of them were taking with it veers in three different directions exactly. Though they didn't really hear any of these thoughts aloud, because they mostly kept to themselves. Though only Kamek and Kammy really voiced their thoughts to one another, while Bowser went out on his own. Once he was safely out of earshot, they both actually took the time to converse with one another on the matter.
"W-W-What's going on here? When did things turn out like this?!" Kamek noted in a fit of panic, flying around the room in a bit of a frenzy, while Kammy watched him with a simple dull expression. "How did things escalate into all of this?! Our Lordiness is making even more plans to chat casually with the Protector of the Cosmos! Is this really going to become a common occurrence?! I just do not see this ending very well for him! I worry so much I-"
SLAP!
"Ow..."
"Quit yer' whinin' Kamek." Kammy huffed after her magic broom lifted itself and slapped him across the face, before immediately returning to her side. "There ain't nothin wrong with our King going out to be friendly with another woman. Ya know why Because Peach isn't his to own." She huffed at the flabbergasted look on his face, and didn't pay it any heed at all. "I don't see why you're so surprised about how I really feel about this. Because it's the truth. Naive as she is, Peach is a strong independent woman. Bowser can't simply claim her as his own just because he happens to be stronger."
Kamek shook his head rapidly, panic still spread cross his face. "K-Kammy! You can't possibly be thinking such a thing! I mean, i know what I said about him needing to take a break, but that doesn't mean he should give up on her entirely! After all, he's loved her for years! He can't just get over her at the drop of the hat, anyway!"
SLAP!
"OWWWwwwwwWWWIE!" Kamek groaned in pain from the next slap across the face, this time with the actual wooden end. That certainly hurts a lot. "Why do you need to keep hitting me, you sen-" Kammy raised her broom again, and he thought highly against completing that statement.
"You stupid ninny. Of COURSE it's not easy to get over your first love! I never said that it WAS!" Kammy snarled as she turned around and swept the floor a little with said broom, shaking her head. "Indeed. Bowser completely getting over Peach may never happen. But accepting that she may be out of his reach may be the very first step into getting there. And by the looks of recent events, it seems that he definitely has considered disregarding Peach in the romantic sense."
Kamek shook his head in disbelief at her words. "Getting over her in the romantic sense? be straight with your words, woman! Simply say that Bowser will not love her anymore!"
"...You poor, naive child." Kammy shook her head. "I've lived Quite a time longer than most Magikoopas. And back in the days of my youth, I used to be quite the beauty-"
"I would REALLY prefer you not go into detail on that era in your life..."
"-and along those years, I thought that if a male had never held me in his arms in a romantic sense like many of my private romance novels-"
"Emphasis on PRIVATE."
"-then I would never really get to feel what true love is. Though even if I'm past my prime, that doesn't stop this old girl from fantasizing~"
"FOR ALL THINGS GOOD AND KOOPA, STOP DOING THAT!"
"But I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll get to the point." Kammy said with a small chuckle, deciding that she tormented Kamek long enough. "There are Four Loves, Kamek. Four in total, at least one of the novels claim. There is love between family. Love between friends and companions. Obviously there is love between lovers. And then there is love that is completely unconditional. It's quite difficult to get the hang of that one, it really is. Mario, for one, is somehow able to handle that one fairly easily, in some circles, and he stays in a good mood. Those four loves are not easy to comprehend, and some are even harder to practice. But Bowser has recently proved that his love for family far surpasses his love for Peach. Through that, he'll learn to accept loving her as a friend. And turn that romantic love somewhere else if he truly cannot surrender it."
Kamek took in all of this information, wondering where all of this was coming from. How is Kammy so knowledgeable about these things? Even if she does have experience in the concepts, to be able to explain them in a way he can understand...it didn't seem very sensible to him at least for a moment.
"Junior is family, and Bowser loves him unconditionally. He loves his Kingdom unconditionally, even though he gets really annoyed with the denizens sometimes. As for me and you, we've been companions with Bowser for years, and he certainly loves us. But his attempts at expressing these loves towards anyone that isn't Junior or Peach tends to be one of his weaker points. But I'm sure he can learn with enough time and patience."
"He doesn't have much of the latter."
"But he can learn, Kamek. He can learn. No matter how high up you are on the latter, you'll always find something worth learning. It's simply a matter of what, when, and how. We know the what for this particular situation. He's been placed in a situation in which he has no choice but to at least give it a try. This is a path Bowser sorely needs, even if he himself is not aware of it. And who knows? He might actually...?
"...Learn...something...?"
"Now you're getting it! Good on ya, Kamek!~" Kamm lightly patted his back and began walking off with a slight chip in her step. "You'll be learnin' soon enough yourself! We'll all benefit from it!~"
"Either that, or we once again gain more prove on how senile you are..." Kamek grumbled. Kammy slowly turned around, a wicked witch's grin on her face as her hands charged with magic lightning. Kamek paled as he stepped back while sweating profusely. "Uh...sorry...that kind of slipped out and-!"
ZAP!
"WHHHHYYYYYY?!"
Bowser swiftly emerges from his private chambers, a vein of anger pulsing from his head as his teeth grinded together. "Keep. It. DOWN! Junior's trying to sleep!" He said as he slowly closed his door, careful not to wake his sleeping son, and was curiously plotting on how he would handle his next visit to the Comet Observatory.
Kammy sighed. "Aw...guess I can't be loud with your beatdown..." Kamek sighed with relief, until Kammy grinned madly. "I'll just have to use a silence spell. Heheheh...hehehehehahahahaha...!~"
Kamek whimpered pathetically. THIS was the reason why the koopas learn NOT to call her senile...
Does Kammy have a point here? Just because Bowser has a chance to get over Princess Peach, doesn't mean that it will be easy. Far from it. It will be one of the hardest things he's ever had to do. Love her as a friend, and not as a love that may never be.
But once he does...
...The payoff shall be worth the trouble. At least Kammy hopes so.
Poor, poor Kamek, though. He's definitely not smart for calling her senile, but he does have a right to be concerned about Bowser. This entire thing might not even be worth the trouble...but only Bowser can decide that, can he?
Until Then...
