SMG4: The Royal

Chapter 2: Bonding

Meggy came out of the warp pipe in the Castle's basement, ready for whatever whacky or insanity inducing adventure she'll go on today. As she walked down the hallways to the kitchen, she noticed all the toads looking on edge and looking behind them. She soon came across Mario's room, seeing that the door was open. He was frantically looking around the room.

Meggy: Need help finding something Red?

Mario: Oh, hello Meggy! I'm just making sure everything is still where it should be.

Meggy: Why would-

She stopped herself as she remembered about yesterday. She rolled her eyes and kept walking. She should expect this really, they always take things over the top in every situation. She enters the kitchen and sees everyone huddled in a corner staring at a lone cup of coffee, freshly made.

Meggy: What are you all doing?

Tari: Y/n made that cup of coffee, set it on the table, then left.

Meggy: Oh you have go to be kidding me. It is a cup. Of. Coffee! What? Do you think it's going to explode?!

Bob: Or MaYbE iT iS pOiSoNeD!

Meggy: Bowser, if you try the coffee, I'll buy you a 40-piece chicken nugget box.

Bowser: ...Deal.

He walks up to the table and picks up the cup, carefully putting the cup to his lips. As the hot liquid hits his taste buds, his eyes snapped open in surprise.

SMG4: Bowser... what's wrong?

His only response was downing the rest of the cup, and the the whole pot.

Meggy: I said to test it, not drink the whole thing!

Bowser: I'm sorry! It was the best cup of coffee I ever tasted!

Y/n: Oh, thank you.

Everyone turned to see you had returned. Bowser rubbed the back of his head.

Bowser: Sorry for drinking all your coffee. But, how did you learn to make it that good?

Y/n: Back in my hometown, I used to work at a place called LeBlanc. There I was taught by a man named Sojiro Sakura.

You walk back to the coffee machine to make another pot, doing everything that Sojiro taught you.

Luigi: Leblanc? Isn't that the last name of... what was his name again?

Y/n: Maurice Marie Èmile LeBlanc, who was best known as the creator of the fictional thief and detective, Arsène Lupin. A kind of counterpart to Sherlock Holmes.

You look over to see them all stare at you causing you blush and turn away.

Y/n: I did a report of him back in school.

Meggy: Well, what are you planning to do today?

Y/n: Nothing much. Just gonna clean out my room and unpack.

Meggy: By yourself? But that'd take all day.

You merely shrug, thinking that everyone else would enjoy you not being around just yet.

Meggy: How bout I help?

Luigi: Yeah, me too!

Y/n: Huh, are you sure? You don't have to.

Meggy: Of course. We are friends after all.

Time seems to stop for you, and a voice rings in your head.

I am thou, thou art I.

Thou hast acquired a new vow.

It shall become the wings of rebellion that breaketh the chains of captivity.

With the birth of the Lovers Arcana, I have obtained the the winds of blessing that will lead to freedom, and new power.

Meggy: Y... n. Y/n? Hey, you okay?

You shake your head as your senses comes back.

Y/n: Huh.

Meggy: You okay? You kinda spaced out for a minute there.

Y/n: Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about that.

Meggy: It's fine. Well, the sooner we start the sooner we get done.

Luigi: Let's-a go!

As you, Luigi and Meggy went to get started on cleaning your room, everyone else started thinking. So far, you've been nice and respectful. Smart but not a know it all.

Bowser: Maybe Meggy was right.

Tari: Yeah, maybe we have judged him to harshly.

SMG4: Yeah. Alright, tomorrow I've gotta head to the store to pick up some new equipment, so I'll take him with me.

Bob: I sTiLl ThInK hE dId SoMeThInG tO tHe CoFfEe.

Bowser: If he did, then something would have happened by now.

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Together, you, Meggy and Luigi started cleaning the room. You swept the floors then  after that started on dusting as Luigi mopped. As you were doing that, Meggy started unpacking and hanging up clothes in your closet. She picked up one more set and a letter fell.

Meggy: What's this?

She picks it up and reads it.

Meggy: 'Dear big bro. If you are reading this, then in one of your pockets I managed to sneak a few hundred dollars in for you from Sojiro's register. You owe me~!'

Y/n: Futaba... if anyone is the criminal here, it's her.

Luigi: Futaba?

Y/n: Oh, she's Sojiro's adopted daughter. After he let me work there, I met her one day as she sat in one of the corner booths. She was extremely depressed because her mom threw herself into oncoming traffic.

Meggy: Oh my...

Luigi: Did she have any suicidal thought beforehand?

Y/n: That's the thing, Futaba said she didn't. She suddenly went stiff and this black ooze came from her eyes. Then... she jumped into traffic.

Meggy: So I'm guessing you helped Futaba out of her depression?

Y/n: You got it. That's one of the reasons why Sojiro believes that I'm innocent.

Luigi: Well, let's see how much money she gave you.

You search for the money and see that she gave you $250.

Y/n: This might be enough to get some new things for this room.

After pocketing the money, you went back to cleaning and unpacking. After a few hours everything was neatly put away and clean.

Meggy: Good job guys! And we've got plenty of time.

Luigi: Wanna go watch TV?

Y/n, Meggy: Yeah!

You go down to the main foyer to watch TV with the rest of the group. You feel a tap on your shoulder and turn to see SMG4 standing there.

Y/n: Hey.

SMG4: Hey, so I'm sorry about yesterday.

Y/n: Don't worry about it. I don't hold anything against you.

SMG4: Thanks. Anyway tomorrow I'm going shopping for some equipment, would you like to help?

Y/n: Sure. I need to get some decorations for my new room anyway.

SMG4 nodded and sat back down as everyone enjoyed the shows and movies that came on.