I'm not bad, just broken ✔️

1- a day in the life

BOWSERS P.O.V

I got up. I drank coffee and I dragged Junior and all the Koopalings out of bed so they could go to school.

"Please dad, do we have to go to school?"said Ludwig.

"Yeah, everyone hates us because of the latest Peach thing,"said Morton.

"It's almost been a year. They shouldn't care,"I said, even though I knew that they obviously did.

"Besides, school is a waste of time. I don't want a job. I just want to destroy the mushroom kingdom by your side, dad,"said Junior.

Oh yeah. Even after Junior found out that Peach wasn't his mother, I still didn't tell him about Clawdia.

Whenever he asks who his mother is I always get really mad so he just drops the subject immediately.

The Koopalings know they're all adopted. So they never question that sort of thing.

But I know i'll eventually have to tell them all about the whole Clawdia situation.

"Junior, I don't want to 'destroy the mushroom kingdom'. That was never my goal in the first place. I just want a nice mother for you guys. Mario just happens to get in the way, that's all,"I said.

"I don't need a mother, dad. I know whoever she was abandoned me soon after I was born and i'll hate her forever for that!"he shouted.

I could feel my face heating up. Even after her leaving me, I can't bear anyone insulting her. Even though most people didn't even know she existed.

I rose to my full height.

"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, JUNIOR! SHE WAS REALLY GOOD TO YOU, SHE JUST SNAPPED UNDER ALL THE PRESSURE. IF I EVER HEAR YOU MENTION YOUR MOTHER EVER AGAIN, I'LL PUT YOUR HEAD THROUGH A WALL, UNDERSTAND??!!"

Junior and the Koopalings froze. I've had outbursts before, but never about this particular subject.

"Oh,"said Roy quietly,"so she does exist after all."

"SHUT UP ROY!"I shouted.

"Please tell us about her dad,"said Lemmy,"I wanna know."

"Especially me, please. I deserve to know who my real mother is,"said Junior.

"It's not a good time. You're all going to miss the bus,"I said sadly, trying not to cry.

I left the room.

"Guys, he's not gonna open up. We might as well just leave for school,"said Iggy.

"Ok. But he did open up a little bit. We're closer to knowing who she is than we were yesterday,"said Larry.

"I suppose......"

"Cheer up Junior,"said Ludwig,"We'll get it out of him eventually."

They all left for school after that.

"You're never getting the whole story out of me. I'll tell you all when I want to,"I said to myself. "Which will be never."

I went into my study and took out my plans for my next big Peach kidnapping.

"Why do I even bother,"I muttered to myself. "Maybe I should just move on. Like Clawdia did all those years ago."

I cursed myself for even muttering that name aloud.