SMG4: Role swap

Chapter 3: Laments in the night

Why is sleep so hard to achieve? Just close your eyes, lay in your comfortable bed, with your head resting on a comfortable pillow, and a comfortable blanket to keep you warm, and after a few minutes, you're dozing off into the land of slumber.

Well, 4's body was completely ignoring the last step of the process. With eyes wide open, he stared at the ceiling of the room he was given to sleep in, along with 3, who seemed to be snoring peacefully.
Lucky him, SMG4 thought, at least he gets some rest.
He got up from the bed and slowly made his way out of the room and into the kitchen; this was his castle after all, he knew how to traverse it (Well, technically it belonged to SMG3 in this world, but the layout was the same nonetheless).

He went to the fridge and poured himself a glass of milk, then placed it in the microwave and set it so it could warm up.
Maybe something cozy and warm could help him fall asl-
He was startled by a loud noise coming from the living room, which almost made him fall and break the glass; thankfully he caught it and tip-toed his way to the door, slightly opening it so he could peer through the gap: SMG3 and SMG4 were standing there, and seemed to be having a discussion: "We can't just let them stay here! What if they're- uuh... shapeshifters or something?!" "In the case that they were shapeshifters, your double would resemble you perfectly, since it needs to present the illusion that he is you; same thing with me!"
The two clearly didn't seem to be happy about the two guardians being in the castle: "Well then, what are you planning to do tomorrow? It's not like we can just pull a Luigi and open portals out of nowhere!"
SMG3 actually seemed to consider the option for a short second, before receiving a disapproving glance from 4: "And no, we're not gonna trust Luigi with this. Who knows what that fat Italian could do..."

SMG3 seemed to think about the options they had for a while: "...What if Mr.Puzzles is back?" SMG4 said, in a concerned tone: "What?! No no, it's impossible, I smashed his head into the sky with the meat mallet!" "You mean Mario, right?".

SMG3 groaned in frustration, before sitting down on the pavement; his ex-rival stared him down for a few seconds, before sighing and also sitting down next to him.
He placed an arm around his shoulder and slightly pushed him closer: "Look, I know you're worried, 3. I'm worried too. But we're gonna get through this together, wether you like it or not; so starting from tomorrow, we're gonna work hard to find a way to bring those two idiots back to their reality."
SMG3 looked up at his ex-rival, still with a defeated look on his face: "Aaand...I suppose we can be a little bit kinder to them." 3's face lit up with a new found happiness, and he hugged his ex-rival tightly.

4 rolled his eyes, yet smiled, before detaching from the hug: "Alright then, I'm going back to sleep. Later loser!"
SMG3 waved as he disappeared into the shadows.
SMG4 smiled as he overheard the whole conversation, and waited until he was also gone to sneak back into the guest room.
Once there, he found 3 slightly shaking, since the window was open and there was a cold breeze outside.
4 grabbed a nearby blanket and placed it on 3's body, in hopes to warm him up.
Low and behold, in just a few seconds the guardian had stopped shaking, as was already feeling warmer.
SMG4 smiled before going back to bed.

Whatever was gonna happen in this new, strange adventure, they would have faced it together.