[Luigi's POV]

I woke up between Bowser's arm and his hot body. He was still asleep, I could tell by the way he was breathing. His breathing pattern was calm.

Wait, is it weird for me to watch his breathing pattern? Eh, probably not.

While I was trying to think of a way to get out between his arms without waking him up, he suddenly moved his arm in a way he pressed me between his body and his arm. On one side, it was quite comfortable, but on the other side, it felt as if I was getting squashed.

He seemed slightly uncomfortable with laying on his stomach. I could tell by the way he moved before opening his eyes. His flaming red eyes looked straight into mine. His eyes kind of reminded me of rubies.

They were magnificent. I think he said something to me, but because I was looking into his eyes, I hadn't heard him. He patted my head with his big hand. "Good morning, dear."

That was followed by a huge yawn. I couldn't help but laugh at how messy his hair had gotten. "Good morning, Bowser." He smiled down at me.

After some moments of just calm cuddling, he got up. We heard E. Gadd waking all the others up as well. I sat up in bed as well and just looked at the door until E. Gadd opened it.

"Wake up - oh, you're already awake? Good morning, young fellers. It's almost time to go. I still have investigations planned." He seemed in quite a hurry. I got up as well, and it didn't take long before we each went to the kitchen.

E. Gadd gave us all some food and sent us on the way. During our walk through the woods, I noticed Kamek and the Koopa talking about what name would be good for him. I walked slightly softer so I could hear their options.

They were talking about either Zero or Kai. "Kai would kind of match with mine. Then both our names start with a K!" They giggled like crazy after that.

Once they were done fangirling about the new name, it all turned to whispering to each other. It took a long time before we arrived at the huge ship.

It was impressive how big it was. I followed them into there but quickly got pulled to the side and into another room.

I saw a mini version of Bowser, and he hugged me tightly. "Papa! You're back!" I calmfully put my arms around him as well. "Yeah, I'm... back... uhm. Who are you again? I don't want to sound rude, but I kind of lost all my memories because of some King Boo..." He let me go after what I just told him.

He looked up at me before leaving the room. It didn't take long until he got back with, I'm assuming, his siblings. "Tell them what you just told me."

"The part where I said that I lost all my memories?" He nodded while all the others looked shocked. Afterwards, they all came at me and pulled me somewhere. In the room, they told me to sit down, and they all sat in front of me.

"What is your earliest memory?" The blue haired one asked. (Ludwig)

"My earliest memory? That's me waking up in a strange house with King Boo. After that, I met E. Gadd, Mario, Kamek, Bowser, and-"

They cut me off before I could finish. "Okay, well, have they told you about you and Bowser being in a relationship?"

I nodded. "Good, good. Would you want to know more about how that relationship was? Or would you maybe want to know more about yourself, so you can remember who you are?"

This is a hard choice. I'd like to know the first one, but also the second one. "Both? If that's possible." They smiled at each other.

"Of course that's possible! Which one would you like to know first, or does that not matter?" All of the others were quietly excited. They each let the blue haired one talk, which made me assume that he is the oldest.

"Could you tell me more about yourselves first? It feels weird thinking about you without even knowing your names."

After that, they each introduced themselves to me. "And I'm Jr! We were closest in this group..." Awh... I patted his head, which made him smile again.

So that means Ludwig has been talking to me the most. "Alright, want to know more about yourself or about your relationship with our dad?"

"Hmm, the relationship." They all seemed very excited by my answer. There were a lot of them suddenly talking through each other. It was hurting my head how loud they were.

"Quiet! One by one! Remember that Luigi doesn't like it when there's too much noise." Ludwig silenced then all quickly. I quietly thanked him. He smiled at me before telling each koopaling to say it one by one instead of all through each other.

While they were going one by one and telling me about how Bowser and I's relationship was, I suddenly... remembered... I remembered all of it.

I remembered how we went from not knowing each other to enemies to lovers. The strangest cycle ever.

Junior shook with me, "Are you alright, Papa? You dosed off again."

"I'm alright, Jr." I patted his head. "I suddenly remember it all..."

His face turned extremely excited. He hugged me tightly, "YOU DO!?" I hugged him back tightly, "I DO!" We hugged each other extremely tight for a long time.

Then I put him back down. When he was back on the ground, all the koopalings ran at me and hugged me. All from other sides. I hugged most of them back but couldn't hug all.

After our moment of pure excitement, Larry made up a plan. "What if we keep it a secret that you have your memories back? Just to see if Bowser would still be the same. If he isn't, it's bad news."

"That's a great idea! But if he gets suspicious, don't try to lie to him. He hates it when people lie, HATES." I nodded, "How will I make it sound convincing?"

Then, we made up a whole plan on how to make it as convincing as possible. We gave each other high fives before I left to go to Bowser again.

It's time to set the plan in action.

[Bowser's POV]

While I was calmfully sitting in the kitchen and watching Kamek and uh... Kai? Yeah.. Kai, being gay with each other, Luigi entered the kitchen as well.

He sat down on the other side of the table. "So, where'd you go? You suddenly disappeared while we were walking."

"I got pulled into another room by uhh... Junior? And his siblings. They told me some more about what we were and who I was. It was kinda interesting.." He probably tried not to make it too awkward, but that already failed.

"What part of it was interesting? Did they even tell you all the stories? I bet I can teach you more about both than they can." What I said made him blush bright red.

"W-well..." I smirked at how nervous he had gotten. I got up from my chair and went over to him. I picked him up with one hand like I used to. Once I had him, I took him back to our bedroom.

I sat down on the bed and put him on my lap, with the top of his body laying against my chest. His face was still bright red like before.

"So~ what would you like to know about our... relationship?" His nervousness was extremely obvious. "U-uhmm... Maybe.... Hmm, have we ever... you know...?"

He looked away at the end because of embarrassment. I made him look at me, "Would you take it as an answer if I told you how loud I made you get?" Then his face got even brighter.

"I-" He hid himself underneath his shirt. "I'll- be right... back..." He quickly ran out of the room.

His nervous panic was adorable. I couldn't help but laugh at it.

[Luigi's POV]

I ran to the koopalings room, where they usually were. "Papa? Why are you running? What's wrong?" I can't break Junior's innocence again. I'll just..

"I don't think the plan is working that well. He's too... AHhhHhh!" I couldn't help but lightly scream at the end. So much is happening at once.

All the other koopalings ran to us as well. "What happened!? Tell us all the drama!"

I told them all that had just happened, but I didn't tell them about the questions. They were all giggling and shouting through one another.

"Guys!! Shhh, don't any of you remember to not shout through each other!? Papa is having gay panic! Let him calm down." Ludwig silenced them all at once. I'm still impressed by how he can make all of them shut up.

They gave me more ideas on what to do next, but I already had my own plan...

(The end of Chapter 43)

Sorry for taking so long and ending it here already. Yesterday I had another concert and today I was writing again, but got some bad news during it... hope y'all could understand.

Also, next week I have test week, so don't expect too much from me :,)