Bowser x Luigi

Chapter 7: Luigi's recovery

[Luigi's POV]

During the time me and Junior were hugging, Bowser entered the room. He looked at my leg, and I let Junior go.

"Sorry for eh- burning your foot." He seemed genuinely sorry. Junior even seemed surprised that he apologised. I couldn't forgive him just yet, but I didn't have the guts to say it.

"I-it's alright.. you didn't hurt my brother, r-right?" Why did I just accept his apology? I don't know. "I didn't kill him if that's what you mean."

I smiled a little. Knowing Mario was still alive was good news. Junior said goodbye and left the room. Bowser sat down on the chair near my bed, and I just awkwardly looked at my foot, not knowing what to ask or say.

The nurse came inside of the room again and greeted Bowser kindly. They took the bandages off, and I held onto the bed sheets cause it stinged.

My foot was burnt pretty badly. Even the nurse seemed surprised. I looked at it more and pulled my pants a little more up to see how big it actually was. Well, it was bigger than I expected.

It's probably bigger than Bowser expected, too, cause he seemed pretty shocked. The nurse put some very cold cream over it, which made me yelp.

They very gently applied it over the burn wound, and I was shutting my eyes tightly to ignore the stinging pain. I held my hand next to me on the sheets and calmed down a little once I felt something warm on it.

I opened one eye to see Bowser's hand on mine. I couldn't help it but notice my heartbeat going faster. What the heck!? Why did his warm hand comfort me like that!? Usually, it's just Mario who is able to calm me. But Bowser!?

I was so focused on it that I hadn't noticed that the nurse was already done. Bowser looked down at me and saw my reaction to our hands like that.

He took his hand off, "It was just to distract you, nothing more." He said. He got up, and just as he was about to leave too, I spoke. "Thank you.."

"Huh?"

"Thank you.. for.. distracting me from the pain."

He smiled at me before leaving the room. God Mario would probably be so disappointed if he heard I thanked Bowser. After all he's done to me, I couldn't help but notice how gentle he was sometimes.

'No- no! I shouldn't think like this! I can't fall for someone like him! No! No! No! Don't you remember what he has done to you, Luigi!? You idiot! He's a bad guy, and I'm just his.. his.. his prisoner! Or hostage! I shouldn't think like this!'

I was so done with myself that I hit my head with the palms of my hand, 'stupid stupid stupid!' My thoughts were racing around like it was some match.

Mama Mia, this is going poorly. I kept trying to make my thoughts stop by hitting my head, but it didn't work.. nothing worked.

[Junior's POV]

I peeked inside to see if dad was still there, but all I saw was Luigi. He hit his head with the palms of his hands. I ran over to him and tried to climb onto the bed to stop him, but I was too short.

I ran out of the room and to dad's room, where I assumed he was. "Dad! Dad!" I ran over to him as he picked me up, "What's the matter, Junior? Did you get hurt again?"

I shaked my head, "You have to go and help Luigi!" He immediately went towards the nursery room and saw Luigi, who was still hitting his head with his palms.

He put me down and grabbed Luigi's hands to prevent him from harming himself even more. Luigi looked up at him, shocked about his own actions, too.

Dad put Luigi's hat up a little to see if he had done any damage. He sighed in relief when he didn't see anything. Just as he was about to say something, Luigi hugged dad tightly, avoiding the spikey jewellery he had. He started sobbing as Dad awkwardly hugged him back.

[Luigi's POV]

I couldn't hold it in anymore and just started sobbing in his arms while tightly hugging him. Even if he was mostly the reason for my tears, I couldn't let go of him.

He put one hand on the back of my head to try and calm me again. It did comfort me. I took deep breaths, trying to calm myself down, too. I let go of him, but he held onto me.

I didn't want him to let go.. but at the same time, I did. "I-I'm sorry.. I-I just-" I got cut off by him, "It's alright. Just ask before you hug me like that."

I nodded, and he put me down in bed. I saw Junior watching excitedly. Bowser left the room again, Junior came over to me, and I helped him onto the bed.

°A few days passed°

After a few days of being in this room, the nurse decided I should try to walk again. Junior immediately told me he'd help.

I got up and held onto Junior as I almost fell down. The nurse grabbed onto my arm, and we walked a few steps. My foot hurt like hell, but we kept going.

The nurse told me to stop once they noticed how shaky my leg was. They helped me back onto the bed.

Another few days later, we tried again. This time, I got further before falling down on my knees. The nurse still applauds for how well I did it.

(The end of Chapter 7)

Hi, me again. I'm sorry that this chapter wasn't as long as usual. My allergies were really distracting, and my cat wasn't really helping either. I promise I'll make more chapters soon, but I'm a little busy right now.