It was the next day in the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and the others had already woke up and eaten breakfast. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy were getting ready for their tennis match. Toad was going to be the referee and watch the game from the sidelines. Peach and Daisy were in a separate room from Mario and Luigi, changing into their sports shorts and T-shirt. Daisy was in a complete silence ever since she woke up this morning. Peach, noticing Daisy's silence, then rushes over to talk to her.
"Daisy," Peach said in a concerned tone, "you're thinking about Luigi again, aren't you?"
Knowing that there was no way that she could hide it from Peach, Daisy simply nodded yes. Peach then sat next to Daisy in order to comfort her. "Daisy, don't worry," Peach said confidently, "we're going to get Luigi to ask you out before the ball come up, OK?"
"OK," Daisy answered quietly, "thank you Peach."
"No problem," Peach said with a smile.
Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi were preparing for the tennis match as well. Mario walked up to Luigi, giving him a friendly handshake.
"Best of luck to both of us Luigi," Mario said with a smile.
"Thanks Mario," Luigi replied also with a smile. Then all of a sudden, the both of them heard someone whistle. They both looked over to the doorway and saw Peach's head sticking out. Peach had then gesture for Mario to follow her because she wanted to talk to him in private.
"I'll be back in a minute Luigi," Mario promised as he left the room.
"OK," Luigi answered with a smile. Peach then escorted Mario to a private spot where she could discuss her plan with Mario about Luigi and Daisy. Mario agreed and with that the two of them went to get Luigi and Daisy so they could finally play.
Luigi was fired up and ready to play and so was Daisy.
"OK girls, Mario and I are ready so let's go," Luigi said confidently. But then Peach gestured to Mario about her plan.
"Luigi, why don't Mario and I be partners this time?" Peach requested, "You and Daisy can be partners instead." Immediately after hearing this decision, Luigi began to feel nervous and blush heavily. Daisy, however, was the complete opposite. She approached Luigi, giving him a flirtatious look in the process and giggling. Luigi did not know what to say or do. Daisy, however, was flirting with Luigi each and every chance she got, always trying to get Luigi's attention.
"Best of luck to both of us Luigi," Daisy said giving him a playful wink in the process.
"O-O-OK," Luigi nervously replied back. And with that, the tennis match began.
"Love serving love!" Toad shouted as the match started. Both teams were doing incredibly well. Luigi and Daisy were able to return just about every ball that Mario and Peach hit. But Luigi had a bit of a harder time concentrating on the game because he was so nervous about being partnered with Daisy. Daisy was impressed by Luigi's tennis skills, as he was able to keep up with Mario's and Peach's pace. Luigi, however, was really nervous. He was hoping that he wouldn't do anything embarrassing or something that would upset Daisy.
Meanwhile, Daisy was having thoughts in her head. WOW! He is so good! I never met anybody who could play tennis that well before. But then again, I guess I should have expected it since he's Mario's brother and all. It wasn't too long before Luigi and Daisy finally won the match. Luigi was relieved that he didn't lose, but Daisy was overjoyed the she and Luigi had one. She quickly ran over to Luigi and hugged him tightly. Luigi was as still as a statue. He was blushing so hard that his face was literally redder than Mario's hat.
"Luigi, we did it! We won!" she exclaimed.
Luigi was at a loss of words. He did not know what to say. "Y-Y-Yeah, we did," he said with a nervous smile. Mario and Peach then walked over to the two of them.
"Great game you two," Peach said humbly, "your teamwork was outstanding."
"But watch out bro, I won't go so easy on you next time," Mario said jokingly.
"That's fine," Luigi said slyly, "I don't want you to go easy on me anyway."
"OK, but seriously Luigi, you did great bro," Mario said proudly.
"Thank you Mario and Peach," Luigi said happily.
"That was really fun," Peach said happily, "we should play again sometime."
"Yeah, we should right Luigi?" Daisy asked giving him a playful wink once again.
"Y-Yeah sure," Luigi replied nervously once again.
"So what do you want to do now?" Mario asked.
"Hey, let's go shopping," Peach suggested.
"That's a great idea," Daisy agreed, "we still have to pick out our dresses for the ball."
"Well, if you decided to go shopping, then leave me out of it," Toad said uninterested in the idea, "let me know when you're done."
"I think I'll stay behind with Toad too," Luigi said voluntarily. But then Daisy quickly contested against the idea.
"No, Luigi," Daisy said, "I want you to come with us."
"Why?" Luigi asked curiously.
"You'll see," Daisy said playfully.
