dreams of the missed

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Bowser had been cooking when Bee walked in, so young so different to how they.. he didn't want to think about that. Seeing them... Was all he could ask for..

"Bee.."

He smiled, but Bee didn't, not fully. Their smile was more.. sorrowful..

"Bowser, don't play with me, you promised you'd stop making kenmek do this."
"You know you're as amazing as the day I met you."
"You know flattery doesn't work on me."

Bowser held them just knowing they were here, even only for a few moments. They pushed him slightly back so they could see his face.

"The kids are mi-"
"I know, you know I know, I know everything."
"I didn't know they would run, and I didn't know he would -"
"I know, dear."
"... Bee.... I think..."
"You love him. I know."

Bowser looked away, Bee was dead, and this was just a memory of them.

"How long are you gonna keep coming back here?"
"As long as I can, until the memory of -"
"Memory of me fades, we both know that, I will never fade in your memory, but Luigi seems nice."
"You're just saying that because you're my memory of them."
"Kenmek is stronger than you think."
"He sure is.."

Bowser took a step back and sighed softly.

"I shouldn't love him."
"Why shouldn't you?"

Bee sat down on the floor and smiled the way they always did when having a serious talk, Bowser sat in front of them.

"I married you, a koopas love is only meant to be once."
"And what about peach?"
"She was different. It was nothing emotional. It was political, to end a 50 something year-long war!"
"..and luigi?"
"He's sweet, loving, kind. He's everything I loved about you."

Bowser looked into those eyes. The koopa was tall, almost as tall as Bowser, which was even for koopas rare to see. They had blue hair, like Ludwig, just lighter, they were young, well younger than Bowser now, before they were older, only by 3 months or so but still, their purple and pink shell, and blue eyes.. it was a shocker that they weren't the Koopalings mother, but no, that was their runaway sister.. Bowser never really knew her, but by what Bee said she was, troubled..

"Everything you loved about me.. hm?"
"Everything I loved about you, just not as confident.."
"So he's a nervous reck?"
" But so, brave! He's - "
"ME."
".."

Bowser froze, their blue eyes gazing into his. He looked away.

"Bowser, do you love him for him, or because he reminds you of me, because you want to have me again, so you're settling for the closest thing.."

Bowser looked back at them. He didn't want to answer because he knew it was partly true.

"I don't know."
"... come back to me when you figure it out, hun, because loving him because he reminds you of me isn't good for either of you and isn't fair on him."
".. I know, thank you, Bee."
"And find my kids, don't let him hurt any of them."
"I won't. He'll be dead before he even has a chance."
"That's my husband!"

He spent hours talking to bee..Bowser didn't want to wake up, but.. his kids needed him.

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