#mario bros hugs heals the soul

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itty bitty sketch before I sleep… @silenzahra your work made me cry like always :))))))))

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Ok but I NEED TO TALK ABOUT MY TWO FAVOURITE FRAMES FROM THE BROS HUG

After the first hug, Mario immediately goes to gently cup and pull Luigi's face towards him. He needs to take in that his brother is right here. He needs to make sure that he's not hurt.

And stars help Bowser if Luigi was!

THE FOREHEAD TOUCH

Oh stars the forehead touch. So much meaning in this one moment ❤💚

Now, forehead touches can have various meanings in many cultures; but in general, touching ones forehead to another person's is a way to get across love, soothe anxiety, and can be seen as a protective gesture.

And that's exactly what's happening here. The Bros are grounding themselves in the moment. And look at the way their eyes meet! In various cultures as well, the eyes are believed to be windows to the soul. The Bros are not just communicating through their physical affection - they are healing each other's hearts.

And given what they have been through, they need it 💗

In this one moment, the Bros can forget about the terror and danger around them.

In this one moment, they are able to focus on the one thing that matters the most to them.

- - -

Also a side note: Luigi doesn't say a word during this exchange (not counting after, when he makes the bear comment 😁). And some will probably think "Oh man that sucks!", but honestly it says a lot about these characters. Luigi chooses to remain silent, because he knows that if he attempted to speak in that moment, he would burst into tears and be unable to stop💧

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“Little Signs” one-shot (Mario Bros)

(Takes place after the movie. Just my guesses and ideas on what could have happened)

Mario felt sick as he ran through the castle. Why hadn't he seen it before? All those little signs. When they were reunited, Luigi hadn't hugged him as tightly as usual and he had cringed at Mario's touch. Mario had been showing him around the Mushroom Kingdom and Luigi had kept quiet, almost withdrawn.

How did I not see it?

It was after breakfast and Luigi had excused himself to go back to the room Princess Peach had given them. Mario felt a little lonely without him as he wandered around the castle. Heading out to the royal gardens, he was greeting by the Penguin King, King Gustave.     "Ah, Mario, it's good to see you." Remembering stories their mother told them, Mario took his cap off and bowed nervously.     "Thank you, your majesty." he said softly. He stood upright, cap still in his hands. "I hope you're doing all right." Gustave smiled. "You don't need to be formal around me, if anything I should be bowing to you after all you've done for the kingdoms."   Mario gave out a small laugh as he put his cap back on. "I'm just glad I could help." Gustave waved towards the gardens. "Come, walk with me."   The two walked the pathways, casually talking about things such as rebuilding Gustave's kingdom.     "With Princess Peach's help, my homeland should be restored soon." Gustave said. "But please, tell me how you are. How are you adjusting to life here?"     "It's... different," Mario confessed, "but so amazing. Never had anything like the Mushroom Kingdom back where I'm from."     "And your brother? I hope his wounds are healing up." Mario stopped dead in his tracks. "W-Wounds?" Gustave turned to look at him, surprised. "He did not tell you?" His voice softened. "Your brother suffered horrific torment at the hands of Bowser. And yet, he remained as brave and kind a soul as I have ever met. Many would have broken at such torture."   Mario's blood ran cold. "He never told me... I-I didn't..." He took a step back. "Please excuse me." he muttered, turning and breaking into a run.

He had to stop himself from bursting into the bedroom, instead forcing himself to pause, take a breath and open the door.     "Weege?" Luigi was curled up on one of the beds, his back to the door. He sat up, giving Mario a tired smile. "Hey big bro." Mario came over and sat on the edge of the bed. "Weege, did Bowser hurt you?" he reached out and taking Luigi's hand, saw him wince. Mario pulled off his glove and gasped. Luigi's hand was covered in burns and burst blisters. He didn't speak as Mario removed his other glove, revealing more burns.     "What did he do to you?"     "H-He wanted to know about you, w-wanted to know how to h-hurt you." Luigi was trembling. "H-He held my hands over l-lava until they burned." Tears were gathering in Luigi's eyes.   Mario saw a bruise peeking out from his sleeve and went to roll it up, but Luigi pulled away.     "Is there more?" Nodding, Luigi tried to undo the buttons to his overalls, his hands shaking too hard from the pain. Mario gently guided his arms down and undid them for him before lifting his shirt. He could only stare in horror.   Luigi's chest and arms were bruised with deep gashes and cuts all over. A few hastily applied bandages, caked in a mix of dried and fresh blood, hung loose from some of the wounds.     "Oh my god..."     "I didn't t-tell him anything," Luigi tried to sound proud, but his voice cracked. "I wasn't going to let him h-hurt you!" he finished with a sob. He leaned forward as he broke down and Mario carefully held him, feeling more gashes along his back.

A little later after Luigi's wounds were cleaned and treated, Mario and Peach were in the bedroom doorway, checking in as he slept.     "He went through all that, and still managed to escape and save the others." Mario said.     "Why didn't he tell you?" Peach asked. Mario pulled his cap off and ran his fingers through his hair. "Said he wanted to be brave, like me." Peach lightly touched his shoulder. "We'll make sure he gets the best of care."     "Thank you, Princess." After watching her leave, Mario went in and sat on the edge of his bed, still watching Luigi.    "Little bro, you're braver than I could ever hope to be." he said softly.

By CC.

[anomander-dragnipurake]

Possessed Part 2 Chapter Four: Discussion

Back in the lab, the boxes were placed haphazardly all over the floor. E. Gadd was already sorting through them while Polterpup chewed on a bone in the corner and Gooigi seemed to just be sort of standing around, watching. They looked up and lifted a hand in a small wave as Luigi, King Boo, and Mario entered. King Boo even let Luigi return with his own wave. It was nice to see Gooigi again, though Luigi felt a bit bad about having not thought of them much the past however long King Boo had been possessing him for.

“Did you tell him?” E. Gadd asked, looking up from his work to swivel around in his chair to face them. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what he had to mean.

“Yes,” Luigi said. He would’ve still preferred not to but there was no way they could’ve kept it a secret for long no matter what.

“Good. I already explained to Gooigi so you don’t have to worry them.” That was one worry off Luigi’s plate at least. Whatever Gooigi felt about the situation was impossible to guess but that was how it was always was with them.

“You can fix it, right?” Mario asked, walking around the boxes to stand by E. Gadd at his desk.

“I don’t know yet but I’m going to try. I have to adjust the KBE blueprints some and might need to send you four out for more parts to build it. So it’s still days if not weeks away from being done. And I don’t even know if that time frame’s going to be an issue or not. How fast does it take for two souls to become one? At what point does separating them become impossible? There’s so much we don’t know.”

Neither King Boo or Luigi had thought to consider that before. What if they’d already reached the point of no return? If not how far away were they from it? It could potentially take weeks for E. Gadd to finish the KBE, that was a scary amount of time when under an unknown time limit.

“You two,” E. Gadd said, pointing at King Boo and Luigi, “You haven’t said anything about it but you must’ve noticed symptoms of what’s happening with your souls by now. About how long ago did they start? If we can pinpoint about when the process began, we might be able to calculate approximately how fast it’s occurring.”

Both of them thought back to when they’d first started becoming more aware of the other’s thoughts and emotions. They both came up blank though; their memories from before their trip to the Boo Kingdom were foggy and indistinct. Neither of them were even sure how long King Boo had been possessing Luigi for.

Which is your fault. If King Boo hadn’t been running around injecting Luigi’s body with every chemical he could find they would know more. Also, he would’ve gotten bored of the game sooner, possibly resulting in them not being in the mess in the first place. Or heck, if he just hadn’t possessed Luigi in the first place, things would be better for both of them.

‘How was I supposed to know this could happen? If anything, it’s your fault for making defeating you any other way so difficult.’

In the interest of keeping what little peace they could have Luigi wasn’t going to reply to that. “Longer than two weeks ago,” he said out loud instead.

“Much longer?” E. Gadd asked. “Or about two weeks?”

“Uh… I…” Luigi began before King Boo cut him off. “We’re not entirely sure because most of our time was spent experimenting with every inebriating substance we could get out hands on. As a result, we were barely aware of much of anything a lot of the time, let alone our thoughts getting closer, and we certainly can’t remember any of it well. So we can’t say when it started, only that it was longer than two weeks, probably by a fair bit. Before we found out about it was fun though, drugs, alcohol, and the ability to sleep are the only good things the living have.”

Why’d you have to tell them that? Luigi had had no control for any of it but he still felt ashamed and would’ve preferred no one ever knew of it. … Which was exactly why King Boo had told them.

Mario glared but as he opened his mouth to speak, King Boo cut him off.

“Before you get all mad at me about that, let me share just one more thing and ask a very important question related to it.” With an evil smile, he pushed back against Luigi’s attempt to make him shut up because mentioning that wasn’t necessary. Luigi didn’t want to think about it ever again. … Too bad, King Boo wanted to know why it had happened and there was a chance it might be useful information to E. Gadd. “On the day we discovered our predicament, I tried multiple ways to fix it myself. I only came here as a last resort after all. But the way that definitely should’ve worked but didn’t for some inexplicable reason was death. I tried to kill the meat suit but it wouldn’t die.”

“You did what?” Now Mario was really mad as he took a menacing few steps closer.

With an evil chuckle, King Boo pulled down the collar of suit, better revealing the mostly healed wound on Luigi’s neck. “I slashed his throat,” he said as he ran the thumb of his other hand over it, sending a shudder down Luigi’s spine. “Deep too. He couldn’t breath and he bled what seemed to be most of if not all his blood out. I even stopped his heart. And yet, he wouldn’t die.”

“You bastard!” Mario grabbed King Boo by the shirt and shoved his back roughly against the wall. He reared a fist back for a punch but seemed to catch himself just in time to punch the wall next to Luigi’s head instead of Luigi himself. “How dare you?”

With in inward chuckle, King Boo surrendered control to Luigi. Mario pushing him against the wall was suddenly the main thing keeping him up right as he shook from just the memory of that incident. It made him nauseous but he could almost recall what it felt like to lie there, bleeding out but not dying, not even passing out.

Mario jerked back with a stricken look. “I’m sorry Luigi, I didn’t mean to…”

“It’s fine,” Luigi interrupted. “I uh… just don’t want to think about… that.” He wanted to say more but…

Having had his fun messing with Mario, King Boo took control back; steeling against the trembling and even pushing down the growing panic and forcing away the memory of it which Luigi wholeheartedly welcomed and assisted in. He then put a hand on Mario’s shoulder to push him to the side a bit to stroll past him. “Why did that happen?” he asked he strode over to stand in front of E. Gadd. “Why can’t the meatsuit die?”

E. Gadd looked shocked but quickly recovered, shaking it off before replying. “Hmmm… well I can’t say for sure without more data but my hypothesis would be that it has something to do with your souls merging. One of your souls is dead while the other is not, together you’d be something that’s sort of in-between, right? Meaning you’re neither fully alive nor fully dead and thus you can’t die. Oh uh… you may have actually discovered the secret to immortality, congrats! Hmm… I wish I could run all sorts of tests and experiments on you but… I can’t. My lab’s in shambles and there are lines I won’t cross even for science, letting a friend’s soul merge with someone so vile is one of them. I need the prioritize finished the KBE above all else.”

Luigi could’ve hugged him for that and with all he’s been through lately, he probably would’ve if King Boo wasn’t there to restrain him. … That hug with Mario had been more than enough for the day, King Boo refused to tolerate any more. So Luigi had to settle for a shaky, “Thank you,” instead.

E. Gadd grunted an acknowledgement as he spun his chair back to face his desk. “Speaking of that, I have work I need to get back to. Revealing your… stunt reminded me just how urgent his is.”

Unhappy but satisfied with that answer, King Boo turned back around to grin at Mario who was back to looking mad. “As soon as you’re out of my bro’s body, I’m gonna make you pay for everything you did to him,” he said, making it sound like a promise.

With an evil chuckle, King Boo raised an eyebrow. “Really? And how do you plan to do that? We’ve fought before, remember? Three times now. I won easily every single time. If it wasn’t for your bro here, you’d still be wall art.”

“I don’t care. You’re going to pay.”

Luigi wished he could take comfort in that but… he just couldn’t. Mario didn’t stand a chance against King Boo; three times were certainly enough to prove that. Maybe if he had a Poltergust he would but even then, he didn’t know how to use it, did he? It didn’t match his style of combat at all.

‘If he tries anything, he’s doomed.’ … So hopefully he wouldn’t. If he did, Luigi would have to try to convince him not to. But that was thankfully something he didn’t have to worry about right now, getting free of King Boo came first.

 -

Over the next however long, they sort of just hung out at the lab. E. Gadd worked, only occasionally calling Gooigi over to help with something. He called King Boo and Luigi over once for one more scan just for the sake of it and to see if anything had changed; it hadn’t. Other than that, none of them had anything more they could do right now but seemingly nowhere else to go.

It was Mario who eventually pointed out how late it was. Neither Luigi nor King Boo had noticed beyond taking note of Gooigi falling asleep in the corner but it was nearing midnight. King Boo’s magic and seemingly the whole half dead, half alive thing reduced their need for sleep – and other life sustaining things like food and water – making it easy to lose track of how late it was.

“Rest is for those without coffee,” E. Gadd protested upon the suggested he should rest and continue tomorrow.

Mario frowned at him. “While I agree, this is very important and needs to be done as soon as possible, it’s probably better if you rest.”

“I agree,” King Boo said. “If you fuck this up because of sleep deprivation or any other reason, I’ll make you death a slow one.” As much as he’d like it if E. Gadd could work on it 24/7, even he knew that the living needed sleep or they didn’t function properly. He’d rather it take a little longer to ensure E. Gadd did it right then rush it and probably result in something in it not working right and thus the whole thing failing.

E. Gadd groaned and complained in a way that was almost funny before finally spinning around and hopping off his chair. “Fine whatever. Let’s all get some rest. Goodnight.”

“Goodnight.” Mario said as E. Gadd walked off. He then turned to look at King Boo and Luigi, still leaning against a wall to the side. “You want to come back to the castle with me? It’s a shorter drive back here than to your old place. And we can car pool.”

“You… really want me coming back with you?” Luigi asked because anywhere he went, King Boo went too and no one in their right mind would invite King Boo over to their house.

‘Wow, rude! I’m perfectly good company.’ … That was so blatantly untrue it wasn’t even worth a response. … ‘When I want to be I am.’

“Of course I do, your my bro. Even if you got an uh… unwelcome passenger right now, you’re still welcome over.”

“Let’s go then,” King Boo said as he stood up. He was bored and sleep sounded nice right about now anyway even if they didn’t feel much need for it yet.

 -

Mario didn’t live in the castle itself – though he did have a room there that he stayed in sometimes – but a house very near it. Luigi had lived with him there until a few years ago when he’d decided to try to be a little more independent. Which actually was part of what had led into the original haunted mansion trap so maybe it hadn’t been such a good idea after all.

Regardless, the place was almost exactly how Luigi remembered, the red couch in front of the outdated TV, the kitchen doorway to the right, and the hall leading to the bedrooms, except messier. Mario had never cared much about tidiness the way Luigi did. … King Boo preferred tidiness too. … Finally, something they had in common so at least when their souls merged, whatever kind of person they’d become would still be neat and tidy.

‘No need to be so pessimistic.’ It dampened King Boo’s confidence that this would turn out fine.

Can you blame me for being pessimistic when you’ve been making my life a living hell for however long we’ve been like this? Honestly, as bad as the idea of their souls merging into one was, it would probably be better than continuing to exist with King Boo in control of his body. So I think I’m allowed to be as pessimistic and negative and whatever else I want however much I want.

‘You should really stand up for yourself more. It’s more exciting than your whimpering and cowering is.’ Though part of why it was exciting was that the whimpering and cowering had gotten old after being exposed to it for so long.

Fuck you too. Even if he wasn’t physically tired, he was mentally and he just wanted this nightmare to be over with already. He’d reached the end of his rope a long time ago. That earned a chuckle from King Boo, before he could properly reply though…

“You okay?” Mario asked, stepping in front of them.

“No,” they said out loud together because it was impossible for them to be okay in these circumstances.

“Anything I can do to help?”

“Unless you’ve been hiding a way to get me out of this meat suit, then no, you can’t help,” King Boo replied.

Mario glared at him. “I wasn’t talking to you.”

“It’s fine Mario,” Luigi cut in before King Boo could reply with a snarky taunt. “I’ll be fine… hopefully. I trust the professor, if anyone can fix it, it’s him.” What if he couldn’t though? What if it was too late already? Or too late by the time he finished the KBE?

“Yeah, you’ll be free of King Boo soon, I’m sure, just got to hang on a bit longer.” Mario gave him an encouraging smile. Luigi had always been a little jealous of his confidence. “Let’s go to be now, huh? It’s been a long day.”

Ignoring him, King Boo strode past him towards the bedroom. For the sake of getting along… ‘Which room is yours?’ He was tempted to head for Mario’s room to mess stuff up but it would accomplish nothing.

The one on the right. Luigi wouldn’t have let him mess with anything anyway.

“Uh… goodnight then Luigi,” Mario called after them as King Boo started down the hall. “Sweet dreams.”

“’Night Mario,” Luigi returned before King Boo could close the door.

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Super Sarcastic Bros 2 (Prinxiety fanfic)

(Another fanfic for @sugarglider9603 Mario AU. Enjoy!)

Pairing: Prinxiety and Logicality

Warning: kidnapping and fighting

Virgil sighed as he watched Logan and Patton flirt with one another on the way to Prince Roman’s kingdom. They were lost in their conversation that Virgil couldn’t seem to understand. Roman watched the clouds as the little voice in his head kept repeating You will never have this.

It wasn’t that Virgil didn’t believe in love, far from it. He only had to look at his brother and Patton to know about it. He just didn’t believe it would ever find him. He wasn’t like his brother. He wasn’t as adventurous as him. He didn’t just throw everything aside to save a prince from a dragon man.

Don’t misconstrue his thoughts. He adored his brother. He thought he was amazing and he was so happy that Logan has Patton in his life. His brother was a kind soul who deserved everything good he got. But that’s what made the brother’s different. Logan took risks, Virgil didn’t.

No quest meant no prince for Virgil.

Patton led Logan and Virgil to Roman’s castle, Logan refusing to let go of his hand.

“It’s for his safety”

“Sure it is bro”

The first thing that caught Virgil’s eye when they arrived at the castle was the statue. It was entirely made of stone and in the center of the room. It was modeled after what Virgil assumed to be the prince. He felt himself blush, the statue defined the prince’s features nicely. He could only imagine what the prince looked like.

A Talyn was waiting from them in the throne room. They had been pacing around, clearly distraught. They ran to Patton and hugged him. Patton smiled and rubbed their head in response.

“It’s alright. Come now, tell us what happened.” The Talyn took a deep breath in an effort to calm themselves down. A Thomas walked over to help relay the story if needed.

Logan had a feeling he was going to experience deja vu.

~

After Logan had rescued Patton, Patton knew he wanted Roman to know about everything that happened. Roman and he had been friends for the longest of time. They both had lost their parents went they were young so they knew they had to be there for the other. The only problem was distance, and the fact they had no ability to contact each other aside from letters. They were working to change that but it was a painfully slow process. Even so, they always made time to hang out. For the most part, it was tea time but that was because of all the pastries Patton would make.

Patton was far too impatient to wait for a letter to get to Roman. It had been his turn to go to Roman’s kingdom for their tea time when Bowciet had kidnapped him, he couldn’t let Roman think he was mad at him. Besides, Roman needed to meet his new boyfriend. He wanted his “big brother’s” approval.

Patton called a Talyn, the very same Talyn who had asked Logan to save Patton in fact, into his kitchen as he made the thank-you cake.

“Talyn, I need you to do me a favor”

“Anything for you, your majesty.”

“I need you to go to Roman’s kingdom and deliver this message.” He handed them a letter with a smile. “Please do it as quickly as possible.” Patton turned back to his cake batter and poured in the sugar.

The Talyn stood up straight and saluted Patton “Of course your majesty! I am on it.” They ran quickly out of the castle.

“Don’t strain yourself to do it!” His call landed on deaf ears as the Talyn ran all the way to Roman’s castle.

Roman had been knitting when the out of breath Talyn arrived. He ran to them and caught them as they fell to the ground. The Talyn weakly handed Roman the letter. Roman placed the letter on his throne and carried to Talyn to a Thomas.

“Please get them a green mushroom please”

“Right away your majesty.” The Thomas gently took the Talyn and left the room. Roman flopped back into his throne and opened the letter:

Dear Roman,

I apologize for missing our tea time. You see, I had been kidnapped. Roman’s eyes widen as he read the line. He hated that he did nothing to help Patton. He shook his head as he continued to read the letter.

Don’t worry though! Two brave heroes rescued me. One of them is my new boyfriend Logan. He is so brave, smart and kind. You have to come to the castle meet him. Roman smiled as the rest of the letter went on and on about Patton’s boyfriend. He was so glad that Patton had found someone. Someone was going to take care of his best friend when Roman was unavailable.

He even has a brother! That was the other hero who saved me. You two should meet. Maybe we could all go on double dates. Roman chuckled at the line, he couldn’t wait to meet these two.

Before I forget, I should tell you about the man who kidnapped me. Just in case he tries to go after you. His name is-->

Someone banged on the door as Roman went to turn the letter over. He gently put the letter down and walked towards the door. A man wearing a spiked letter jacket, a half-snake face, and a dragon-like tail walked in. Roman looked at his confused for he had not been expecting anyone, especially not this guy.

“Good evening your majesty! My! You are lovelier than I’ve heard” Roman crossed his arms, unimpressed.

“Can I help you Mr…?”

“My name is King Bowciet.” He grabbed Roman’s hand and kissed the back of it. Roman rolled his eyes and was going to politely tell this guy to leave him alone when the now healed Talyn and a Thomas walked in.

“I’m telling you, Thomas! He was huge and had this--” The Talyn turned and locked eyes with Bowciet. “THAT’S HIM! THAT THE MAN WHO KIDNAPPED PATTON!”

Roman had no time to react as Bowciet threw him over his shoulders, pinning Roman’s arms and legs with his arms. He ran as has he could to his ship while Roman repeatedly hit him to get away.

The Talyn screamed “NOT AGAIN” before running back to Patton’s castle

~

Logan took Patton’s hands in his, instantly calming Patton down. As he listens to the story, Patton got mad at himself for not writing earlier in the letter who Bowciet was. Roman would have been better prepared for Bowciet’s arrival. Logan kissed his forehead as he used his thumb to rub circles into Patton’s hands.

“We’ll save him, Pat. I promise.”

“Thank you”

“Virg, let's--” Logan stopped when the door behind them reopened. The Talyns and Thomases rejoiced. Their prince had returned!

Virgil locked eyes with the most beautiful man he had ever seen. He was tall, muscular and had gorgeous eyes that were brought out by the orange in his outfit.

Roman fixed his crown as he walked over to Patton and two men he did not recognize.

“I’m sorry about that everyone, but I am back now” Logan and Virgil stared at him in utter shock.

“Roman!” Patton ran to him and hugged him. Roman smiled and hugged back. He was glad someone said something.

“Hey, Pat! I hope I didn’t worry you too much.” “I was only a little bit scared but it doesn’t matter now! You escaped!” “Yea, it wasn’t that hard either. You know I’m good with that stuff”

That was it, Virgil was now in love. This guy was the entire packet. He would never be interested in you. Virgil sighed, he knew that was true.

“I want you to meet the two heroes that rescued me. This my boyfriend Logan” Logan smiled fondly at Patton, his heart fluttered every time Patton called him his boyfriend. He was so lucky.

“Nice to meet you, Logan.” Roman shook Logan’s hand with a proud smile. Anyone who made Patton happy was good in his book.

“Same to you. Patton has told me so much about you.”

“I hope I live up to your expectation” You surpassed it Virgil thought as Roman made conversation with Logan.

Virgil didn’t realize he was staring until Roman made eye contact with him. Roman smiled sweetly as Virgil looked away flustered. Roman walked over to him and bowed.

“Pleased to meet you, my name is Prince Roman.”

“H-Hi...I-I’m...Virgil…” You’re embarrassing yourself.

“Pleasure to make your acquaintance.” Roman and Virgil smiled at each other for a moment before Roman abruptly turned. He clapped his hand and his smile widened. “Since all of you are here, how about we have tea time now?”

“That sounds like a wonderful idea Roman! Oh please join us, Logan, please.”

“Of course sweetie.” Roman cooed at the newly formed couple He turned to Virgil, making the younger twin VERY aware of how close they were standing.

“Will you join us, Virgil?” Virgil didn't know how to reply. He could never refuse a request by a prince but at the same time, he didn’t know if he would be able to survive the whole time without fainting.

Virgil looked into Roman’s eyes. They were serious but yet playful. His smile was intoxicating to Virgil, he wanted to keep drinking him in.

“O-Okay...if-if you insist.”

“Wonderful!” Roman took Virgil’s hand and walked with him to the greenhouse. Virgil, though in shock that a prince would ever touch him, was thankful for he felt his legs were threatening to give out. Logan walked next to him and whispered with a smirk. “I think he likes you~”

“Shut it!” Virgil whispered back angrily. He felt his face get redder if that was even possible. He was just being nice, he has no interest in you.

Roman led the trio to his greenhouse. Aside from the main path that leads to a small table with two chairs, two more were quickly added by two Talyns, the entire greenhouse was stuffed with flowers. All kinds: Lilies, fire flowers, roses, ice flowers, the works.    

“Your Majesty--”

“Please, just Roman. We’re all friends here.”

“Alright, Roman. You have a very impressive collection of flowers.”

“Why thank you.”

“This is nothing! Tell them, Ro!” “Of course Patton. This is nothing compared to the garden I have behind the castle.” Roman’s head turned to Virgil, catching his eyes. He smiled “maybe  could show you around”

There’s no way he means me. There is no way he means me. There is no way--

Virgil’s thoughts were immediately silenced by Roman winking at him. Virgil had to cover his face with his hands because there was no way he could continue to keep eye contact with Roman. He’d pass out before he could ever ask the Prince out.

Roman let out a very light chuckle “Patton, would you please join me in the kitchen?” Patton briefly looked at him confused before forming a smile

“Of course Ro!” Patton gently kissed Logan on the cheek before following Roman to the kitchen.

Virgil waited until the door completely closed to yell at Logan “You set me up!” “What?” “You and Patton set me up! I bet Roman was never in any danger!” “Virgil, if I ever wanted to set you up, I would set you up to fall into a freezing cold pool, not to find a date.”

“...Ugh, why do you always have to make so much sense?!”

“It’s my job.” Virgil pulled his hat over his face, hoping he could disappear into it.

~ Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Patton was baking cookies as Roman made the tea. Roman hummed as he set up the teacups on the tray. His eyes were closed but his smile was bright.

“Someone’s in love~”

“You’re looking into a mirror Pat.”

“I mean I am in love but you are totally head over heels for Virgil.”

“Can you blame me? He’s so cute and shy! But...” “But?” “I think he finds me too intimidating. He won’t even look at me”

“You said yourself, he’s shy.”

“I hope it’s just that.”

“It definitely is! What’s not to like about you?” Roman smiled at his best friend “Thanks, Pat.”

“Now let’s get back to the blushing boys”

~ “Roman?”

“Yes, Logan?”

“Do you mind if I take a flower?” “Take as many as you like, I have plenty.”

“Satisfactory.” Logan picks up a small pink flower and placed it behind Patton’s ear. Patton began to blush and kissed Logan on the cheek. Virgil sighed, he wishes he was confident enough to do that.

“You’re welcome to take some too.” Virgil jumped at the sudden voice. He turned and looked at Roman who was leaning towards him.

“A-Are you sure…?”

“Of course. Like I said, I have plenty. I would be honored if you took them.” Virgil wasn’t sure if it was Roman’s smile or the sincerity in his voice that caused the idea of relaxation to click in Virgil’s mind but he finally let out the breath he had been holding from when he first locked eyes with the Prince.

“Sure, my room could use some flowers to brighten it up.” Virgil smiled sweetly, making Roman smile more. Patton made his way into Logan’s lap and the couple watches the new relationship bloom.

Tea went by with no issue. Each Prince was enchanted by their respective plumper and visa versa. Suddenly, Patton shot up and took Logan’s hand.

“Logan! I want to show you the hall of paintings Roman has! They are all so amazing!”

“Lead the way love.” Logan tipped his hat at Roman and Virgil before being promptly being dragged away by Patton.

Roman let out a heartfelt laugh. “I’ve only seen them together for an hour and I already know they are perfect for each other.” Virgil laughed.

“Is that so?”

“It’s true! They’re adorable!” “Yea, now they are. Just wait. Soon you’ll get very sick of them.”

“I will, will I? I’d like to challenge your theory.”

“You would?”

“If that means I have an excuse to come and visit then gladly.”

“You need an excuse?” “Yea, prince life is hardly all fun and games.” “Let me guess, doing the same thing over and over again with no foreseeable future.”

“I’m guessing that’s how being a plumber is like.”

“Basically, minus the castle, servants and fancy greenhouse.”

“You can come by anytime you want.” Roman blushed at his own comment and looked away. He rubbed his cheek with his finger. “You know if you want to.”

Virgil couldn’t believe he made Roman blush. As he spoke to Roman, the mean voice in his head slowly became quieter. He felt calm around Roman. He wanted to spend more time with the Prince.

He will never like you.

Virgil sighed as the voice returned. Oh, how he wished that wasn’t true.

“Virg?” “Hm? Oh sorry Roman, I was lost in thought.” “It’s alright. Would you like to see my garden now?” He shows it to everyone. You’re not special. “Oh sure.”

~

Patton and Logan walk out of the back door of the castle. Logan wrapped his arms around a squalling Patton.

“Ah! I’m telling you, Lo! They’ll fall in love before sunsets”

“Like how I fell in love with you?” Patton gasps and turned around quickly. He smiled as he took Logan’s hand in his own. “That was the fire time you said it!”

Logan smiled back softly. “I think I can do better than that.” Logan leaned forward so their foreheads touched “I love you, my prince.”

Patton tackled Logan to the ground and kissed him passionately. “I LOVE YOU TOO!” He continues to kiss boyfriend, who happily kissed him back.

~

Roman and Virgil walked through the garden. Virgil was in awe of how detailed the flower arrangements were.

“Wow...this is...wow”  

Roman laughed softly “You know, you’re actually really cute.”

“I...what?”

“You’re cute. I think you’re cute Virgil.” Roman stopped and took Virgil’s hand. “I also think you’re smart, confident, sweet…” With every word, Roman leaned down towards Virgil’s lips. Virgil’s heart pounded loudly.

A new voice enters his mind. Take a chance. It was his brother’s voice, Logan had said that to him time and time again. Virgil took a deep breath leaned up. He could do this.

Their lips with about to touch when the two flying Koopas grabbed Roman. Roman yelped as they yanked him away from Virgil to Bowciet who was in his flying clown car.

“You thought you could get away from me, didn’t you Princey?” Roman glared at Bowciet, extremely annoyed his kiss was interrupted. “Let him go!” Bowceit turned his attention to Virgil and smirked.

“What’s this?! Another pesky plumber trying to steal a prince away from me?! You don’t deserve him! You’re nothing but a worthless plumber!” “How dare you say that about him!” Roman flipped himself up, landing on top of the Koopas. They were squashed under his feet and fell to the ground. Roman landed perfectly between them. Virgil gawked at Roman’s skill before forcing himself to focus on the battle. Roman handed him a shell and they both kicked it into Bowciet, causing him to go flying.

“That was amazing Roman! How did you do that?” “Just because I’m prince doesn’t mean I don’t know how to put up a good fight.”

Logan and Patton ran to them, checking to make sure they were alright.

“We should head back to the Mushroom Kingdom. I want to get Patton safe in case Bowceit isn’t down for the count.”

Roman nodded and turned to Virgil “I’ll see you soon okay?”

Virgil smiled and nodded, before following Logan and Patton. Roman sighed lovely as he watched him leave. He was officially in love with the anxious plumber. He decided to pick flowers to distract himself. The first flower he came across was bright purple. Roman smiled as he picked it up and kissed it.

Knowing no one could hear him, Roman began to sing. “And if I know you, I know what you’ll do. You’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream~”

~

“You know Virg, you can stay if you want.”

“No, no…it’s okay…” The opportunity was missed.

“If you say so. Just a little advice? You don’t get someone like that by walking away.” Logan lifted Patton bridal style and kissed him “You have to just go for it.” Patton giggled at his boyfriend.

Take a chance. Take a chance. Take a chance.

Virgil bolted back into the castle. Roman turned at the sound of the door being open.

“Did you forget something V--” He was cut off by Virgil suddenly kissing him. Virgil wrapped his arms around Roman’s neck and shut his eyes. Roman kissed him back and wrapped his arms around Virgil’s waist. Their tongues danced in each other’s mouth. It was electric They kissed until they ran out of breath.

Virgil was bright red. “W-Well...see ya!” Virgil ran out of the castle.

Roman smiled sweetly. “Thomas.”

“Yes, your majesty?”

“Cancel all my meetings for today.” “Of course your majesty.” With that, Roman ran out of the castle and after Virgil.

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[ghoul-the-crappy-artist-blog]

Miscellaneous stuff from a character discussion chat in a BNHA rp server that I'm apart of, found these gems recently and decided to share them with ya'll out of boredom, (some of these are very old btw):

Someone: "so your willing to risk your life for this? Thats noble but.. you do know there's a high chance for death right?"

Jade: "oh yeah, I know. im mainly just agreeing to this because I think I can outrun anything."

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Jade: is pissed off "I may smile all the time honey, but I've got a mean f*cking back hand and I'm not afraid to use it on your ugly a** :) "

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Jade: "if I run at them, they will most certainly catch me in their arms." runs at friend and both topple over, braking a table in the process on their way to the ground.

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Villian: is very confused and expected something different. "um.. what are you wearing..?"

Jade: wearing mixed matched clothes from different aesthetic genres. "it's my ass kicking outfit b*tch!"

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Jade: trying to sound smart but is also very tired. "steampunk is only a thing because some goths discovered the color brown."

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Jade: yells at bad guys "I'm 8 ounches of whoop-ass!"

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Jade: proceeds to scare everyone as a jump scare happens while watching a horror movie, then proceeds to get pelted with pillows.

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Villian: "why don't you just go down and die with diginity??"

Jade: "HA jokes on you! I don't do anything with dignity!"

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Jade: being forced to watch over kids and gets bored so she decides to mess with them in order to entertain herself "now remember kids, rats are the capri-suns of the vampire world!"

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Jade: walks into her therapists office "hello person with a degree! I'm here to tell you why I'm broken."

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Jade: franticly texting her classmates while unknowingly in a villains lair/villian territory "this is a mass text- DOES ANYONE KNOW WE'RE I AM?"

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Jade: looks at her the angery rival whos busy trying to be edgy "pff, who is this sad lost child?"

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Person: "hehe people love me! I'm like cupid~"

Jade: "your a whore with a bow & arrow."

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Person: "lol I've never seen someone so pathetic!"

Jade: "oh, did you look in a mirror?"

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Friend: "um.. why are you so quiet today?"

Jade: "no one plans murder out loud.."

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Jade: "well that was fun!"

Person: "no it wasn't, we went to jail!!"

Jade: "nah, we went to Holland. Big difference."

(If you get this reference, your amazing)

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Jade: "I saw a piece of shit on the ground the other day and it reminded me of you."

Iro: "yeah? Well that piece of shit probably gets more looks then your gremlin lookin' ass."

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Villain: "I'm gonna kill you! I'm so powerful, not even all of you combined can stop me!"

Class 1-A: "yeah um.. we don't think Jade will let us die.. let us ask her tho." looks at jade. "hey this Villain says-"

Villain: "that's not how this works-"

Jade: looking at her classmates with a super serious expression and cracking her knuckles. "No."

Class 1-A: turns back to the Villain and shrugs. "yeah, she said no."

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Jade: "you ever just think that.. sweet-tarts are just sour smarties..? And that rice is just boiled wheat?"

Person: "jade.. how high are you?"

Jade: "huh? Oh.. about, like 5'6."

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Jade: "positive words of the day: if your ever sad, just remember- Doofenshmirtz's girlfriend left him for a whale."

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Jade: "I'd sell you to Satan for one corn chip."

Rival: "last week when someone called me weak during training; you tackled them and broke their jaw with your bare hands out of anger."

Jade: "..."

Rival: "..."

Jade: "irrelevant."

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Jade: "I don't know why people think driving is so hard, it's just like Mario cart except slower.. and you can't throw blue shells at people."

Parents: "okay.. that settles it, your never driving."

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Jade: talking to a bully "I'm only gonna say this once- DO NOT f*ck with my friends. I have watched way to many crime shows, and I know how to get away with things."

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Jade: "I like a nice nap, my naps can last up to 3 hours. Some call that depression- I call it nap time."

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Jade: "what do you mean? I'm always calm and rational with minor inconveniences!"

Friend: "you had a mental brake down yesterday when we were out of gummy worms."

Jade: "so? Their my favorite.."

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Jade: smirks while looking out the window.

Friend: "hm? What'cha smiling at over there Jade-"

Person: "she set the old golf course on fire to see what would burn."

Jade: filled with glee and holding back laughter. "Hehe-..everything's ablaze."

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Jade: is out with friends one night and parents get brung up in the conversation. "..."

Jade: looks off into the distense and into the depths of the city and raises her middle finger. "f*ck you dad."

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Friend: has all the sads

Jade: le gasp "don't worry! I have emotional jumper cables!"

Jade: hugs friend then locks her hands together while her arms are around them.

Friend: confused "um.. Jade, this is just a hug-.."

Jade: "yeah, but.. is it working?" smiles happily like a lil kid

Friend: "..."

Friend: "maybe.."

Jade: :D

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Child Jade: "i don't understand why you are scared to meet new people, strangers are just friends you haven't met yet!"

Friend: "that's how you get mugged or murdered.."

Child Jade: "..hmmm... would they stab me with friendship..?"

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Apolaki: at the theme park "how much for the horse tornado??"

Jade: "it's called a carousel.."

Amusment Park Worker: "sir, It's not for sale."

Apolaki: quietly to himself 'I must have it..!'

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Person: "so you guys got kicked out of the movies? Uuh.. do i even nedd to ask why?"

Jade: "Iro and I were yelling diving scores as people were jumping of the boat in titanic."

Person: "wtf-"

Iro: "that last guy was a solid eight let me tell you."

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Dad: "why can't you just be normal for once??"

Jade: "oohh I don't know, why can't you be a good father for once?"

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Jade: "studying? Heh more like student dying! Am I right or am I right?"

Person: "um.. Jade, are you ok..?"

Jade: "nope! Ha ha.., I've been awake for 103 hours."

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Jade: "no no no- I'm fine, it was pretty cool! I went in there and he was all like 'Knife to meet you' and then stabbed me-"

Gin: "JADE YOU WERE STABBED- !?"

Jade: "yeah but, you don't understand- he made a PUN Gin."

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Jade: "how to you orangize a galactic party?"

Rival: "I don't really care, but how?"

Jade: "hehe, you.. Planet !"

Rival: "get tf out.."

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Person: "Im like Belle because she loves books and likes people for their souls."

Jade: "I'm like Tinkerbelle because she needs attention and love or else she dies."

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Jade: singing "I want to see my little boy~"

Harper: walks into the room while holding up Apolaki "here he comes~!'

Jade: throwing confetti "I want to see my little boy~!"

Apolaki: *has no idea what vine is, so is very confused*

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Uda over text: "I miss those bro posts, bro."

Kumoji over text: "I miss your eyes, bro."

Uda: "bro.." :0

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Uda: "if I run and jump at Kumoji, he will most certainly catch me in his arms!" runs full speed at Kumoji

Kumoji: steps to the side to avoid it

Uda: runs into the wall "oOf

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Jade: "um.. what'cha got there Uda?"

Uda: standing in front of a lion that he stole from the zoo, and that he put a leash & a hat on while holding a drink "a smoothie."

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Jade: "I want to look like a snack this summer, but I keep f*cking eating them."

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Jade: "limes are the off brand warheads of the lemon world."

Kanna: "uuh yeah hey-, what the f*ck does this mean??"

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Child Jade: "when I become 99 pounds I want to eat 1 pound of sugar, so that I can be 1% candy!"

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Jade: dancing around and singing like like a Disney princess "i wish to venture in the great wide somewhere~"

Kanna: opens door "you can do that, no one's stopping you."

Jade: flops onto her bed "but not today cuz I am tired~"

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Person: gets a bruise or small cut "ouchies I have a boo boo! Looks like I can't do anything at all till it heals." :)

Jade: Is literally deku during the end of the training camp arc with cuts, bruises, a significant loss of blood, and two broken arms "let's do this- come at me bish."

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Jade: "eh whatever, I'll do whatever I want when I'm 80."

Kanna: "if your alive by 80 I DEMAND A MEDICAL EXPLAINATION"

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Jade: "you ever think about how.. the brain named itself?"

Kanna: sigh "its too early for this late night shit.."

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Uda, Gin, and Jade: finds a villain disguised as a injured civilian who looks close to death

Jade: in a monokuma voice internally: "pupupupupu~ a body has been discovered!" externally: "oh no-"

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Jade: "one time I passed by Kanna in the hallway. it looked like she was eating a apple, but when I got closer, I realised.. she was eating a whole bell pepper.."

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Jade: puts on fancy overly bedazzled sunglasses "words can't hurt me, these shades are gucci."

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Jade at the end of a long school day: "goodbye everyone! I'll remember you all in therapy."