Daisy slowly approached the bench Mario was lying on. She noticed there was a pillow behind his head, and a blanket with a price tag on his side. "Have you been sleeping here?" she asked. Mario was so startled he nearly fell off the bench he was lying on. "Oh, hey Daisy." he turned around and gave a forced laugh. She managed to let out a chuckle through her dry throat. Her stomach felt uneasy and her heart pounded as she sat down on the bench across from him. She seemed troubled, but he thought things would be a bit normal after what happened.
"So, what did you call me for?" he asked, a bit annoyed. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Well?" he grew impatient. "So… remember that night?". Mario pulled at the knees of his overalls tightly. "Is this about what I said…?" he sighed apologetically. "N-No…" she stammered a bit. "How've you been doing?" she went off topic, trying to stall the time. "Luigi… um, he kicked me out. And to answer your question, yes, I have been sleeping here." his voice raised with frustration of his situation toward Daisy. "Oh.. he did?" she asked, her voice quivering guiltily. She looked at the bruise on Mario's face from what looked like was a punch in the face. Luigi was that mad? Mario noticed Daisy eyeing the bruise on his face. "He did kinda make it look like the situation was my fault." he crossed his arms over his chest. Daisy's muscles were tensed from the cold words he had spoke. The moment had flashed back into her mind.
Daisy looked at him and walked closer to him. "Well guess who decided to come…" she said slyly while stepping closer. Mario smiled a bit, while Daisy bumped her lips onto his and stood back. Mario came close and pressed his lips against hers and kissed her. Daisy wrapped her arms around his neck and almost fell back and kissed him passionately, and Mario grabbed her tightly, deepening the kiss. "Upstairs." she moaned pulling him toward the stairs. Mario stepped toward the stairs and fully made out with her pushing Daisy's head toward the railings. She held the railings tightly to stop her from falling over and stepped upstairs while still kissing Mario.
As they reached her room Daisy slammed the door closed and locked it behind her and shut the curtains. Mario fell backward on the princess' bed as Daisy fell on top of him and threw her crown onto her dresser, scratching the gold. Both of them moaned as they kept kissing lovingly. Daisy, breathing fast said in-between breaths, "Just. As. Friends."
"Sorry…" he sighed. Daisy accepted his apology through a slight nod. "Well, what about you?" he figured to keep the conversation from becoming awkward. "Hmm?" she asked a little confused. "How have you been doing?" he asked a little more enthusiastically. "Oh.. I had just talked to Luigi about um… something. I guess I'm doing okay." Mario nodded slowly. "I know this is not why you came." he said in a matter-of-fact voice. Daisy's face flushed and her whole body was shivering on the inside. She slowly regained her composure and sighed. "Daisy…?" he asked nervously. "I-I…" she couldn't even finish her sentence. She opened her mouth, about to say something again, but nothing was able to escape through her mouth. Finally, she used the last ounce of courage left in her and blurted out "I'm pregnant."
Mario's heart dropped within seconds from her words. His world came crashing down around him as the sight of hope grew farther away. "What?" he asked dumbly. Disbelief and hatred had filled his mind, and everything was spinning around in circles. Peach and her love, or Daisy and her baby. Then he remembered his dear brother Luigi, the way he had betrayed him and lost his trust. The way he hurt him. He felt like he was being pinned down by a knife and he couldn't get up. She looked at him again as tears began forming in her fragile looking eyes. "Who's is it?" he asked, his voice trembling. "I don't know." A weak smile appeared on her face following an empty laugh that died after it escaped her pursed lips. "Is this some kind of sick joke? What do you mean you don't know?" he blurted out in disbelief. His tone cut her like a blade. "I only know it is yours or Luigi's." she weakly whispered. Her eyes finally became serious. "I'm having this baby." she stated. His eyes became wide and he became worried and angry. "How do you even know I want to raise this child? How do I even know this is mine? I don't want this child with you! I WANT PEACH'S CHILD! " he yelled angrily as he stomped on the ground.
Silence had filled the air around them again. Daisy's face filled with pure rage throughout the silence and she yelled "You say you want Peach's child so badly then why did you do this? Huh? I'd like to know that!". "You let it happen!" he fired back. "Well I'm going to make sure this child, whoever he or she belongs to, WILL NEVER MEET YOU!". She got up and walked toward her bike still filled with hatred and rage, and hopped onto it and drove away. Mario just stood there, watching Daisy leave him, until his knees buckled and he fell to the grass below. And that's when he cried.