Mario and the others had headed back to the Mushroom Kingdom inside Peach's Castle. Luigi, who suffered from a serious crash on the course earlier, was recovering and rejuvenating in Peach's bed. Daisy, hoping that Luigi would eventually recover from the accident, sat in a chair and stayed by his bedside, never leaving his side for even a second. She held Luigi's hand and gently squeezed it with both of her hands with her head held down, hoping with all of her heart that Luigi was going to be OK. She was doing all she could to hold back the tears that were leaking from her eyes, but to no avail.
"This is all my fault," the Sarasalian princess sobered to herself, "if I never would have suggested that course in the first place, none of this would have happened." Peach, overhearing what Daisy just said a few seconds ago, goes over to comfort her.
"Come on Daisy, don't be ridiculous," Peach said attempting to cheer her friend up, "none of this is your fault. These kinds of things happen sometimes. Besides, I'm sure Luigi will be OK. He'll be up before you know it." Daisy was a bit unsure if Peach was right or not, but she always knew that Peach was a very loyal and great friend that she could always depend on to cheer her up.
"I sure hope you're right Peach," Daisy said in a low-toned voice. Mario then joined Peach in comforting Daisy.
"Peach is right, you had nothing to do with what happened to Luigi. It was just an unfortunate accident. You had no control over it and I'm more than sure that Luigi would never blame any of this on you," Mario said hoping that it would comfort Daisy. And everything Mario said was true. Luigi is just as nice and kind-hearted as his brother Mario. The last thing he would ever want do is hurt somebody intentionally, especially if it was somebody he really cared about like Daisy. As a matter of fact, Luigi is actually one of the few guys who actually accepted Daisy for who she was, as most of the guys she meet usually write her off for her tomboyish attitude. Luigi, however, wasn't like any of those guys at all. He had always been such a great and loyal friend to Daisy ever since the first day they met. Whenever Daisy needed something, Luigi never hesitated to come to her aid. Daisy always appreciated Luigi for everything he has done for her and although she would keep it hidden, she always carried a small crush on Luigi wherever she walked. Overtime that crush, which would soon turn into love, continued to grow bigger and bigger each and every time she thought about Luigi and deep down inside, Luigi was feeling the same way. However, like Daisy, he would also keep his feelings hidden, fearing that Daisy may not feel the same way about him. Luigi had always had a bad history with girls and did not want a repeat of that history. But what could he possibly do? One half if his instinct told him to ask her out while the other half was telling him not to. He loved Daisy very much and would be more than happy to take her out, but how could he possibly be able to know if she feels the same way about him? How would Daisy finally be able to deliver the message "I love you Luigi" to him? Daisy thought real hard about what Peach and Mario said to her and sparked a small, yet happy smile on her face as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Mario. Peach. Thank you both. I don't know what I would do without great friends like you guys," Daisy said gratefully.
"Well, Mario and I are going out for a while. Would you like to join us Daisy?" Peach asked Daisy.
"No thanks. I'm gonna stay here with Luigi," Daisy answered. Mario and Peach simply nodded and left out of the room. Daisy stayed with Luigi the whole entire time, never leaving his side for even a second. She waited and waited and waited. Seven hours have passed and Daisy still remained by Luigi's side. Truly, she cared about Luigi more than anything else in the world. She refused to believe that Luigi wasn't going to wake up. Two more hours have passed and Daisy STILL remained by Luigi's side. However, she had eventually fallen asleep on Luigi's bedside. At that moment, Luigi finally awoke. He made a small groaning sound upon his recovery that had also woken up Daisy. Immediately after noticing that Luigi was finally awake, Daisy, filled with tears of joy in her eyes, lunged at Luigi and hugged him tightly, this felt almost as if it was a bearhug.
"Oh Luigi, don't ever scare me like that again!" Daisy demanded.
"What happened?" Luigi asked in a confused state.
"It doesn't matter anymore, I'm just glad that you're OK," Daisy said with a sigh of relief and joy. Daisy was overjoyed to see that Luigi had recovered from the accident that occurred toady. But there was still one situation left to resolve. Daisy still needed to give Luigi the courage he needed to ask her out.