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Chapter 10:
Sleepover

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After defeating Bowser once again, Princess Peach was finally free from her imprisonment. She awarded her heroes with a kiss and a promise of cake once they return home. Mario got the kiss and Luigi couldn't wait to get a slice of Peach's delicious cake.

As they head for home, Mario and Peach stood close together. Perhaps a little too close – they were almost to the point of holding hands. Luigi trailed behind them, trying to distract himself from the happy couple in front of him.

He cast his gaze up to the sky. The weather today was perfect. The sun was shining bright with several, puffy white clouds slowly passing by. The temperature was comfortably warm which doesn't always happen during the summer. And the sky…it was such a light blue color; it reminded him of Wendy's eyes.

'Wait… what?'

"Oomph!"

He tripped, causing himself to stumble over his own two feet before hitting the dirt face first. Mario and Peach paused from their walk to check on him.

"You okay, bro?" Mario asked.

Luigi picked himself up and dust himself off. "I-I'm fine," He said, "I must off trip over a rock or something."

The couple nodded and continued down the path that would lead them home. Luigi followed behind, his gaze cast down as he tries to make sense of his last thought. He didn't know where it had came from or why he had ever thought of it, but he shrugged it off and down the path home.

'It's probably nothing,'

When they got back to the castle, Toadsworth ran up to them with relief written all over his face.

"Oh princess, thank goodness you are alright,"

Peach smiled. "I'm fine, Toadsworth, like always. Although I'm worry about the damage,"

"Do not fret, my dear; luckily the Koopa King hasn't done much damage at all. Anything needing fixing can be done by tomorrow."

"In that case, let's cancel work for today. No need to add more stress to an already stressful day. And besides I promise Mario and Luigi that I'll make them a cake for their heroism."

Mario brightens at the thought of food, while his brother just rolled his eyes. Everyone headed back inside the castle, looking forward to some cake. Luigi was right behind Mario when he heard Peach called his name.

"Luigi, may I speak with you for a moment?"

The green plumber stopped and turned to the princess. Mario and Toadsworth kept walking, not noticing the two had stopped. "Uh, sure, princess, what do you want to speak to me about?"

"Well, it's about Daisy."

He frowned, however, he wasn't too surprise. It was Peach that had introduced him to Daisy and thought they would make cute couple. Since she had taken a liking to his brother, it was only right that she try to find someone for him as well. And who better to set him up with than her best friend, Daisy.

"What about her?"

"Well, I admit Daisy has been acting rather unreasonable between you and your relationship, but I do know she really does care about you. I'm sure if you two just sit down and talk to each other, you'll find the reason for her behavior and work things out."

Luigi tilt his head downward. Talking to Daisy will be best; however, his feelings for her were prevented him from calling. He had been at turmoil for a while now and it won't be easy for him.

"You're right, Princess, I should talk to Daisy. But I don't think now is the right time."

Peach nodded. "I understand. I just hope everything between you two will turn out alright."

Luigi smiled softly. "I hope so too."

Peach smiled. They shared a quick hug before catching up with the others in the kitchen. After an hour, Peach borrowed out a large cake out of the oven and placed it on the table for everyone to dig in. After finishing his big slice of cake, Luigi thought it was time for him to leave. The others try to convince him to stay, but he just politely decline.

He returned home with a large slice of cake in hand and the rest of the day to himself. He spent that time cleaning the house until he got a call from his brother, stating he was spending the night at the castle again.

With the house to himself once again, Luigi decided to call it a night and retire early.

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It was late at night and for once it was peaceful at Bowser's castle. The night guards were patrolling the area as Bowser and the rest of his army slept the night away in their respectful beds, unaware that one of their own was having trouble sleeping.

Wendy twists and jerked around in her bed, trying to find a comfortable position to get some sleep. Eventually, she gave up and just lay on her bed with a defeated sigh. Her mind was at turmoil, the reason why she couldn't sleep. She just kept thinking about the strange sensation she got yesterday. She tried to think of a solution for it but all she got was a head ache. There was one thing she was sure on; the one who cause it was the green plumber.

Feeling frustrated, angry, and bitter from the lack of sleep, she got out of bed and started getting dressed. Once done, she stepped out of her room and walked down the hall. The patrol guards noticed her but before they can ask what was wrong, she walked pass them with a heated look on her face. No one stopped her as she made her way outside of the castle and into the night.

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Luigi had a few hour worth of sleep before he heard someone loudly banging at the front door. He opened his eyes slowly, and lay there for a minute before tiredly sitting up. He yawned and tried to rub some sleep dust from his eyes. He took a glance at his clock.

12:55 am… Who would be at his door at this time of the night?

The banging on his front door told him to get up and so he did. He walked outside his room and hurry downstairs. Whoever was at the door was getting restless for they were banging nonstop.

"I'm coming, I'm coming,"

As soon as he got to the door, he opened it immediately, not wanting whoever it was to be more piss off than they already are. Once it was opened, he was met with a surprise…for standing in front of him was Wendy.

"Wendy? What are you doing here?"

The pink Koopa puffed, anger and frustration fueling her veins.

"Oh, I'll tell you what I'm going here. My mind is killing me with this head ache I got from spending all night trying to figure this weird feeling I got yesterday caused by you…" She points a finger at him. "…and your cookies. Now, I don't know if you did something to them, but whatever it is I can't fall asleep because of it." She crossed her arms angrily. "So Mr. Mustache, what do you have to say for yourself before I burn you to a crisp?"

Luigi blinked. He wasn't quite sure what was going on with the Koopa, but it appears that his little gift yesterday had left her troubled. He frowned; he didn't mean to bother her. He was just trying to show his appreciation towards her for helping him. Unfortunately, it seemed to have backfired.

"Well?!" She yelled impatiently "Are you going to say something or not?"

"I'm sorry,"

"You better be… What?!"

Luigi held his hands up in a defensive manner. "I said I'm sorry; I didn't mean to make you feel this way. I was only trying to show my gratitude to you for helping me out. If I known it was going to affect you like this, I would have never done it in the first place."

Wendy just stared at him quite baffled; her rage and fury melting away like ice to an open flame. She expected more of an argument, some yelling from his side, but definitely not this. He didn't argue or yell back, he just stood there, took the blame, and apologize for it.

Luigi step forward and place a hand on her shoulder, hoping it will help calm her down before she wakes any of the neighbors up. Wendy flinched under his warm touch against her cold skin before relaxing slightly. He smiled politely,

"If you want, you can stay here for the rest of tonight." He offered. "It's the least I can do, since I caused you the trouble of coming all the way here."

She sighed heavily. She was tired, too tired to head back home. She had came here fueled by anger and frustration, ready for a fight…Only there was no fighting, Instead, her energy was drained out of her to be replace by fatigued and restlessness.

She nodded numbly, accepting the plumber's offer to stay with him for the night. Luigi smiled and allowed her inside his home. Wendy walked in silently as the green brother close the door behind her.

The house was small…way smaller than a castle which is expected. Wendy looked around the house with mild interest. Luigi walks in front and request that she follow him upstairs where the bedrooms were.

"My brother isn't here," he said. "He's staying at the castle with Princess Peach for the night. Since he's there, I can take his room while you can take mine…if that's okay with you."

Wendy shrugged. "Nye, its fine,"

Luigi nodded and showed her the door to his bedroom. Like the rest of the house, it too was small but it had a sense of coziness in the air which was just the way Luigi liked it. Looking over to the bed, it again was small, a simple twin size so it wouldn't take up much room. Wendy walked over and sat on it, yawning as she did so.

"The bathroom is just down the hall to your right," Luigi explains as she gets settled in. "I'll be sleeping next door so if you need anything just give me a call."

She nodded and yarned once more. Once he was done, Luigi switch off the light and left the room, closing the door behind him. "Sweet dreams,"

After he left, Wendy removed her bracelets and her pink bow, and place them on the night stand beside the bed. She took off her shoes and settled into the bed. Usually, she's start complaining for a better room or a better bed, but tonight she was too tired to care.

Wendy pulls the sheets close to her body as she rests her head on the soft pillow. The bed was still warm, a sign that green man had laid here not too long ago. She felt a familiar ping again and groaned softly in annoyance. Whatever this was, it wasn't leaving her anytime soon.

She buried herself more into the bed; its warmth was pleasantly alluring to her. She took a deep breath, taking in the scent that could only belong to Luigi before falling into a peaceful sleep.

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