Super Mario oneshots (Request open)

Mario's number 1(Mario & Luigi)

(Remember that one infamous scene in mario power tennis where Mario stepped on Luigi's foot out of jealousy? Do you ever wonder what happened after?)

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"Mario! I'm home". Luigi entered him and his brothers house. Stepping into the house Luigi realized that it was suspiciously quite, in fact, if Luigi didn't know any better, he would have thought no one was inside the house. Luigi sighed and placed his trophy down on the kitchen table and got some water before looking for Mario.

Today hadn't been the best for the brothers, today was Peach's seasonal sports day. Basically at the end of the month Peach would hold a random sports event. Whether it be kart racing, soccor, basketball, baseball, or even a new sport was only found out once everyone went to the MK all purpose stadium. There would be teams and everyone Peach knew would join, even Bowser of all people. Whoever won the championship would the monthly golden trophy up on stage.

Luigi was used to not winning these things and was fine with it all things considered. He was content with just participating. Today was different he had only dismissed it as a lucky streak when he beat people like wiggler, shy guy, and Diddy Kong but as he slowly reached into the finals he started to really get confident in his abilities. Maybe practicing tennis with Daisy on his free time was paying off after all. However, his confidence was short lived as he saw who he was competing against for the finals. Mario, probably his toughest component he had faced that day. It was a best of 3 game and they were tied. Luigi sweated. They played a good a good minute hitting the ball back and fourth, both brothers determined to win. It was going on like this for a while until finally Luigi focused all his energy into the ball and giving it a good hard swing and-

-Mario didn't get the ball.

Both of the Mario brothers stood there in shock. Some people were silent. Some gasped. Others talked amongst each other.

He won.

HE ACTUALLY WON!

Luigi's shocked face turned into a wide, goofy grin. The crowd cheered, all his friends picked him up and cheered his name. "LUIGI, LUIGI, LUIGI"!

To say he felt joyful when he got up on stage and was given the golden trophy from Toadette was an understatement. He felt like a million bucks. Nothing could sour his mood.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard his big bro, Mario, walking towards him and clapping. What he THOUGHT Mario was doing was congradulating him so he made one of his smug "impressed" faces. But when Mario came up to him all he did was, laugh, pat his back, and step on his foot. Not hard enough to actually hurt, but enough to send a message. When he was done he scoffed and said "Good job bro" in an obviously sarcastic way before giving his a passive aggressive smile and walking away. Now Mario being a sore loser wasn't new to Luigi. He remembered how he flailed on the floor when he got a double boogey in golf, how he would glare at people who were on the first place podium in Mario kart, and how he would be fuming when the other team scored a goal in strikers (though, Luigi had to admit, they were all a little worked up during those games). But seeing him be so mean to him, especially when so many people were watching, Luigi couldn't lie, it was disheartening.

Despite all that he was still invited to go to the after party. When asked, however, he said he couldn't be bothered and went home without another word.

"And now I'm here" the green italian man muttered underneath his breath. He was going to see Mario and see what the heck was wrong with him.

It didn't take long to find Mario. In fact, he wasn't hidden at all. He was on the couch, flipping through the channels on the TV. Luigi took a deep breath, he didn't want to let his current emotion mess up his talk with Mario.

"Hey, how are you doing" Luigi said, trying to put on his friendliest voice.

"Don't talk to me" Mario said bluntly, still staring at the screen. He had given up looking for something interesting to watch and was now watching commercials on a random channel.

Luigi sighed, giving up the front "look Mario, what the heck happened out there today?"

Mario stayed silent and didn't even look in Luigi's direction.

Luigi groaned, clearly frustrated "You know, if you want to act like a big baby and cry for mommy then I'm fine with that, but maybe stop coming to events where actual ADULTS go to have fun".

That must have struck a nerve because he immediately glared a Luigi. "You know what Luigi, why don't you shut the heck up eh"?

"Me!? SHUT UP!?" Luigi retorted, throwing the whole "not letting his emotions get in the way of their conversation" plan out the window. "Is THAT the best counter you have to my ACTUAL CRITICISM!"

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU LEAVE, SO GET OUT OF MY FACE BEFORE YOU REGRET IT!"

"JEEZ MARIO WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE A JERK ALL THE TIME! WHY MUST YOU BE THE WINNER ALL THE TIME!"

"CAUSE I'LL BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE IF I'M NOT IDIOT!"

They both fell silent for a moment. After all that yelling the silence was quite loud. The only thing keeping it from not being totally silent was the TV which was now playing a random romcom on screen. Luigi then noticed that they were both crying a little.

"Y-You think that my life is a walk in the park. That being the mushroom kingdoms hero i-is easy for m-me!" Mario was really full blown crying now. He tried to hide it by covering his face with his cap and trying to keep his voice leveled like he always did when he got emotional but it was still pretty obvious.

Luigi's face softened "I'm sorry bro. I didn't know you felt that way"

"Of course you don't. Nobody does". Mario sat back down on the couch. "Nobody cares..."

Luigi walked over to the couch and sat down next to Mario. The two sat in silence, staring at the TV but not really paying attention either. It was a while before one of them spoke up again.

"Hey...Luigi". Luigi looked towards Mario, who was now twiddling his thumbs " I-I'm... I'm sorry...for everything" Mario looked up at Luigi "For steeping on your foot,for being a sore loser, for not celebrating with you, for yelling at you, for antagonizing you".

When Luigi didn't say anything, he continued "It's just that everyone in the mushroom kingdom looks up to me. They think I'm the best and that I can't make a single mistake. So I have to pretend to be perfect and happy even when I'm not" Mario started to tear up "When you won the finals everyone was so surprised And you know how much stories and rumors spread around here. Some of the stuff I over heard just proved my theory that everyone expected me to be perfect and be their rock." Mario voice started to crack up "A-And even though I'm s-supposed to strive for perfect I s-still found a way to be such a TERRIBLE brother".

"Hey Hey" Luigi said , pulling in his smaller yet older brother while he was starting to cry again "I forgive you, I really do, and I'm sorry for yelling at you too. I didn't know you were going through all of this but Y'know you don't have to fake anything. You can tell me anything that's on your mind, no matter how stupid, and ill be there to help you" He smiled. He reached to a nearby table which had some tissues and gave one to Mario

Mario looked back up at Luigi and smiled "Thanks little bro" Mario said as he took the tissue and blew into it "and I'll try to be better at not being so over dramatic when I lose".

Luigi nodded "Does this mean that we're cool now?"

"Mhm" Mario hummed as he leaned against Luigi.

Luigi sighed in relief, happy that their little quarrel was over

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Hurt/comfort. This is all this shot is.