Two young Kooaplings. One likes to have fun. The other wants to make Junior jealous. Success rate? High. Chapter Length? Short, but intentional. The rest are likely to be longer, if only slightly. Hope that's okay with you.
Let's begin once again, shall we dear readers?
Bowser was beginning to worry that this might not be the best of ideas. Though since they were all already here and very deep into this matter, there wasn't really much he could do or say that would allow any of them to stop now. Besides, Rosalina was already beginning to enjoy herself, so perhaps this wouldn't be something too unbearable. And Bowser would pride himself to be one of the best experts of hospitality when he actually allows people to visit his home and not barge in because he happened to kidnap someone. Indeed, this was a change in pace that he wasn't truly aware of yet didn't really deny. Manly because it meant that his subjects wouldn't get beaten up as much, and he wouldn't have to do as much cleaning.
Though he did wish that he was able to properly adapt to this sort of change. He's a fighter king at heart, so a bit of peace-as relative as it may be-would be difficult for him to adjust to. Though that didn't mean he wouldn't try. If there was anything that Bowser could appreciate, was a proper challenge. But this was the sort of challenge that would take much emotional sensitivity, and he wasn't good at that. It must be why Rosalina was so incredibly patient with him. Given her age, she might just be patient as she acts and looks. A bit of a disadvantage for him, because patience definitely wasn't one of his biggest strengths.
In the meantime, as he thought about this, he bumped his nose into a wall, blinking in confusion and shaking his head clear of the slight dizziness that was caused by it. He groaned in slight annoyance, but remained focused on the perceived goal at hand, which were getting Rosalina acquainted with his children. They were all very willing-and some even excited-at doing so. And the first ones to come up were two of the smallest: Larry and Lemmy.
Obviously Rosalina was moving up first with her hands clasped and her uncovered eye gazed around looking for her supposed first two Koopalings. Soon enough, she was indeed making contact with them. Lemmy was bouncing in front of her on a yellow orange-star ball, smiling widely while occasionally trying to see her eye-to-eye. "Hiya Hi! My name's Lemmy! Gotta bounce rather hi so I can meet you eye-to-eye! You're really tall!~"
"Very very tall! A bit taller than Princess Peach, maybe?" Larry said while also bouncing on a rubber ball, grinning while pointing towards Lemmy. "I'm bouncing MUCH higher than you are!"
"Not for long! You're going down! And I'm not gonna let you cheat this time!" Lemmy argued as they both turned away and began bouncing on said bouncing toy balls, trying to bounce higher than the other. Rosalina chuckled while tilting her head curiously. They certainly were energetic, that's something she can be certain of at first glance.
"Larry and Lemmy, Rosalina. One is determined to win no matter what, and the latter loves to have as much fun as he can. They tend to cause quite a bit of mischief together. Big trouble in small packages." Kammy explained while levitating beside Rosalina on her broom. Larry uses an orange wand, while Lemmy uses a green wand. Former tends to be a bit aggressive, while the latter, like I said, just likes to have fun. Because of the former's aggressiveness, he tends to lead some of the Koopa Troops little attacks on other places. Guess he likes to fight sometimes."
"What can I say? The boy likes to tussle when he has the chance." Bowser grinned.
"As for Lemmy, he is the least bright of the Koopalings. Definitely not the brightest Koopaling of the bunch, but he makes up for that by being the most innocent. Fighting and playing are very similar to him. He's also most likely to do what his father tells him, if in a rather childlike way of his own. In short, he'll do pretty much anything if he perceives it as playtime, very easy to sway."
"I'm beating you, Lemmy!"
"Nuh-uh! I'm gonna win this tim! I'm the bouncing champion of the world!~"
"Pfft. I can jump much higher than either of them." Junior huffed while folding his arms and rolling his eyes. Though the entitled prince that he is, he didn't feel like proving himself over something so seemingly trivial. Course he instigated a couple encounters over even more trivial things, but Rosalina didn't need to know that.
Rosalina smiled once the two of them slowly stopped bouncing, with Lemmy breathing a bit heavily while raising his paws in the air. "Haa...hahaha! I win! Winner winner! Me me!~"
"Tch, that was just dumb luck. I'll easily bounce you off next time." Larry huffed while turning towards Rosalina and smiling toothily. "So ya see there, Lemmy needed a win to make up for his numerous losses, so I'm gonna let it slide for today!~"
"Sure you don't wish to let it bounce?~" Rosalina snickered a bit, which caused both Larry and Lemmy to laugh aloud, including Junior and Kammy. Bowser groaned as he facepalmed, his eyes squinting shut. He didn't take Rosalina with a terrible taste for puns. "So one wants to win regardless of how, and the other is fun-loving and quite innocent. Point themn the right direction and they'll follow almost without question. They definitely must be the easier Koopalings for you to handle, regardless of how energetic they are."
"In some ways, yes. Those two twerps are much easier to handle. Because unlike some of my kids-*cough*Wendy*cough*-they don't have a lot to ask of me when it comes to material things. Not that I can't pay for things they might want, but they're definitely the least demanding of them all." Bowser huffed while closing his eyes. "They're good boys, regardless of how they cause the most trounle and are seemingly the easiest to bargain with."
"I see. Though I believe that you've forgotten one of the more important traits." Rosalina smiled as she leans down and pats both of their heads. "They're positively adorable. Look at these innocent looking faces, hiding a surplus of mischievous tendencies."
"Hm~" Both Larry and Lemmy hummed as Rosalina gingerly pets their heads. Larry in particular could see Junior out the corner of his eye, pouting childishly and folding his arms...he seemed to be looking in envy. Larry smirked as he gently grabbed Rosalina's hand and further nuzzles against her palm, while gleefully watching Junior fume even more. Larry has always been competitve, but this was one of the times it really irritated Junior. But he would keep a straight face, if only to preserve his 'maturity' before Rosalina. After a while, Larry soon released her hand and gently waved to her. "Hehe. You're really nice, Rosalina. I hope we get some more time together. I'm sure that Junior would like that? Wouldn't you Junior?~"
"Grrrrr...!" Junior gritted his teeth, doing his best not to pick a scuffle with Larry. Kammy told him to behave, so he was going to behave. Larry was NOT going to break him over this, no matter how closely it was to actually working. "I...think...the session is done...for now...wouldn't you say...Papa...?"
"Ah, you're right. Time's up." Bowser noticed a bit while looking at the magic hourglass Kamek manifested with his magic. "Guess time flies when you're having fun...or at least your kids are...whatever. Let's go, Rosalina. More Koopalings to go."
"Hm~" Rosalina nodded as she gently kissed both of the Koopaling's cheeks and waved goodbye to them, which they returned. Rosalina moved out of the room and followed Bowser, though she was a bit surprised when Junior suddenly began holding her hand while walking down the hall. "Oh? You want to hold my hand again, Junior?"
"Yes..."
"Is something the matter...?"
"...Nothing's wrong, I'm fine." Junior pouted as a mild tint of red covered his cheeks while looking sheepishly to the side. Kammy smirked inwardly while cackling like a wish on the inside.
What's this? The Prince is a bit jealous of Larry temporarily hogging her attention? My goodness, how influential you are, Rosalina~
Junior is a bit clingy, don't you think? Though what does that mean, if he begins to get clingy with Rosalina...? Doesn't know why he might be clingy, he just is.
Well, it is really cute to watch for some, right?~
As a Prince, he might feel entitled to a majority of Rosalina's attention. But because he knows she's such a kind and loving person, he won't voice this aloud in anxiousness of her not liking him as much afterwards. He knows what kind of person she was. She has so many Lumas to look after, and she loves each and every one of them equally, like a true mother should.
He's still very young, so these feelings won't magically go away, despite how much magic is in Mushroom World. But he does have enough intuition to not let this do anything to hinder their growing bond. He really wants her to like him-even if he doesn't fully know why-and won't intentionally do or say anything to compromise that.
Kammy, being the savvy grand-koopa she is, fully knows what's going on. She wants to see where this all leads, for curiosity's sake.
Wonder how the encounters with the next Koopalings will go...?
