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Luigi is…confused?
One moment he was having a very nice conversation with the princess and his brother, the next moment he’s being carried off on the shoulder of a large Koopa king. He supposes it makes sense Bowser would switch up his kidnapping tactic, something to throw Mario off his game. Only…why is Peach on his other shoulder looking just as confused. Taking both of them doesn’t make much sense, especially since Luigi is of no interest to the king.
“BWAHA try taking my Princess without your worthless brother, Mario!!”
Luigi can hear the faint shouts of Italian curses as they fly off in the Koopa’s airship. Peach is set down carefully in her own pink chair and one of the smaller Koopa’s rushes over to offer her a drink. She looks unaffected, not surprising considering just how often she goes through this routine. Bowser seems to hesitate as he looks for where to put Luigi before giving up and sitting in his own chair with the plumber on his leg. Peach eyes the Koopa carefully as she sips her tea,
“This is a first for you Bowser,” she speaks slow and deliberate “am I right in my assumption that you only took Luigi to confuse Mario?”
Bowser gives a toothy grin as he tightens his grip around Luigi’s waist, his sharp claws press into the plumbers stomach just enough to make Luigi yelp. “Brilliant as always my princess. It’ll take that puny human twice as long to reach my throne without his other half,” The king barks out a laugh as he looks down at Luigi “although you aren’t much help to your brother, are you? All cowering and no fighting in your little body.”
Luigi narrows his eyes as he crosses his arms “I am very helpful to him, I’ll have you know,” he scoffs. Bowser raises a curious brow at the back talk “oh? It has been a while since we fought, has greenie finally gained a little confidence?” The Koopa pulls the human closer as he licks his tongue over his sharp fangs. Luigi hesitates as his eyes dip down to the teeth that are much too close to his face “maybe I’m just not afraid of you anymore,” he mumbles. Bowser hums and starts to lean even closer until Peach clears her throat, startling the two out of…whatever that was.
“If you two are done, I believe we’ve arrived at the castle,” she gives Luigi a look that makes him flush and look away. Bowser grunts and stands up with the plumber still in his grip “right. Guards,” he orders two Koopa soldiers to walk with Peach as they leave the airship and walk into the lava surrounded castle.
Koopa’s open doors and bow down to the king as the three are guided through dark shadowy hallways lined with torn portraits and bricks crumbled by claw marks. After much too long for Luigi’s liking they end up in a large room, a throne sits in the back middle of the room, the many windows let in the orange glow of lava and a heat that makes both the human’s start to shift uncomfortably. Bowser stomps over to his throne and takes a seat with a grunt, the plumber still held onto his lap. Peach sighs and lifts her dress enough to walk over the uneven stone flooring, careful not to slip in her heels.
Bowser frowns before snapping his fingers. A Koopa runs out then returns quickly with a pink chair that resembles the one on the airship, only larger. The ‘throne’ is placed next to Bowser’s much larger one and Peach only nods in appreciation at the Koopa before she sits down gracefully. Bowser clears his throat and all the koopa’s scramble to leave the throne room, lest they upset their king.
Luigi watches how they all scurry away in fear, he doesn’t know what Bowser did to ignite such terror into the ones he rules over but he doesn’t want to find out.
“How are you enjoying your new throne my darling? I had it handmade just for you, the pink is a shade only obtainable in a faraway kingdom,” Bowser gives Peach a flirty smile as he leans closer to her. She scrunches her face up and crosses her arms at his attempts to woo her “I hate it, I hate anything you make for me,” her words are harsh, Luigi has never her the Princess be mean. Peach eyes Luigi and her face softens just barely “why don’t you let him go? He doesn’t need to be sitting with you.” Bowser raises a brow and looks to Luigi “hm? He’s a liability, even if he is a spineless little hero,” the king barks out a laugh as the plumber looks to Peach for help.
“We can talk. Just the two of us,” she tries, stopping Bowser’s laugh completely. He looks at her suspiciously “why? You’ve never wanted to talk to me before…” he thinks for a moment before his face lights up in realization. Peach lets her nerves show on her face as Bowser lifts Luigi up to look closer at the human. “I get it now….the Princess is jealous,” he concludes.
The Princess’ jaw drops as she takes in the Koopa’s words “jealous?! I’m not jealous!” She speaks a little too loud and Bowser only grins at her like he’s figured it all out. “Then you won’t mind if I…” his words trail off and before either human can do anything the Koopa king has his lips on Luigi’s. The plumber is startled and pulls back quickly, Bowser doesn’t stop him.
For a few long seconds Luigi stares into the Koopa’s eyes, trained only on him. He’s looking at Luigi like he always looks at Peach, like everything in the world is right there in-front of him. The rest of the room fades away as Luigi leans back in and presses his lips to the king’s, a gentle acceptance to move forward. Bowser is a bit shocked for a moment but quickly takes the opportunity and licks his tongue over Luigi’s lips. The plumber hums as he opens his mouth enough to take the Koopa’s tongue into his mouth. Bowser’s free hand reaches up to gently cradle the back of the human’s head as he leans in further to deepen the kiss, pulling a whine out of Luigi.
After too long Luigi pulls back to take in deep breaths of air as Bowser’s spit drips down his chin, his disheveled look only spurs the Koopa on more. Bowser’s claws starts to dig into the human’s flesh until the large double doors slam open, revealing Mario. The red plumber steps forward, narrowed eyes on his brother in the king’s grip. “Bowser!” He shouts, startling Luigi enough to finally return to reality “return Princess Peach and my brother!”
Bowser lets a low growl slip out as he starts to stand. A quit whine stops him in his tracks as he looks down at the human in his claws, the human who is looking up at him with a desperation so deep he can’t help but sit back down and let him go. Luigi stumbles a bit before walking to Peach and taking her hand as he glances back at the Koopa king. The human’s leave the castle unharmed and safe, but…
Luigi is still confused.