(Au where Mario and Luigi are pet store employees and Peach and Daisy are just normal civilians)
Mario's POV
There she was again. The same girl that came to the pet store every other week. She had beautiful golden hair that flapped in the wind. With blue earrings that looked like snow globes. She had on a white puffy blouse with a long pink skirt and white heels. She also had a white sunhat that complimented her outfit beautifully. She looked amazing as always. He had always admired her amazing fashion sense. And her eyes, how could he forget about her eyes, he could get lost in them for hours.
"EXCUSE ME!" A young man said waving his hands in front of Mario's face.
Mario snapped out of his thoughts. "OH"! He quickly regained his composure. "S-So sorry sir, is there something I could help you with" he said.
"It's alright" the man sighed. "I just want to purchase some of this fish food".
Mario quickly scanned the product and sent the man on his way. "Thank you and please come again" he said before breathing a sigh of relief. Good thing that man was one of the more nicer civilians in New Donk.
"Hey" Mario jumped and looked behing him to find his younger brother, Luigi, holding a heavy box of dog toys and placing them down on a small nearby table. "Mario you can't be zoning out all the time, your going to get us fired if you tick off the wrong person".
"I know, Luigi". Mario said. Rubbing the back of my head. "It's just that...well...it's just...".
Luigi looked behind Mario "You got distracted by her again" Luigi nodded to the blond haired girl Mario was staring at a few seconds ago.
It was true, even though he had only talked to her a few times he instantly admired her. She would always come to the pet store at the end of every friday but never buy anything she would just go straight to the puppy section and look at the puppies that were on display until the store closed. From the few small talks they had he knew she came because of her job and the stress it gave her. He always admired how hardworking she was.
Soon he began observing her. At first it was only small glances at her direction here and there but soon enough he was mesmerized by her charm and beauty. She would always interact with the puppies in their cages, which melted Mario's heart. It was sadly one of the only good interactions these poor puppies had in their lifetimes so far.
She was usually by herself but today it seemed like she had brought a friend. A slightly shorter and darker red head girl.
Mario only noticed that he was probably staring at her too much again when the red haired girl noticed him and got the blond haired girls attention. The blonde in pink proceeded to look at Mario who immediately got flustered and looked away.
"Heh you totally got a crush on her" Luigi teased.
"I-no I don't" Mario said, clearly still flustered
"Don't lie to yourself, Mario, I've known you for LITERALLY my whole life and you never get all nervous and flustered like me when talking to regular people. It's only when you have a crush on someone that you get like this"
Mario stayed silent for a moment. "Do you think I'm super obvious?"
"Uhh" Luigi looked to the side "I-I mean maybe a little B-BUT I don't think your THAT bad"
Mario sighed "So what should I do now?"
"I don't know? Talk to her?"
"You make that sound easier then it actually is"
Luigi shrugged "Never said it was easy"
"Excuse me". Both of the Mario brothers looked down to see two kids "Can we get this chew toy please?" The older one asked. "It's for our dog Lucky's birthday!" Yelled the younger one.
"Of course" Mario said, cheerfully, turning his attention to the kids and Luigi went to stock up the remaining dog toys in the box.
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Peach's POV
"And this one I named Scar because of the scar on his eye" Peach said, pointing to a poor sleeping Dalmatian puppy. Today was Daisy and Peach's girls night out. They had finally got their paycheck from their little bakery job as waitresses and Daisy convinced Peach to take the day off to have some fun. They were soon going to an Olive garden to end off the day but Peach felt a bit wrong to end off the day without going to the pet store first. The pet store was that one peaceful moment in her long stressful week and she thought bringing Daisy along could help take some stress away from her too.
"Poor baby" Daisy sighed "I wish our apartment allowed pets.
"Me too"
Peach heard a little bark sound and looked down to se a fluffy white poodle pup staring right at her.
"Oh hey baby girl" Peach cooed at the puppy. "I almost forgot to show you my favorite puppy...Daisy?" Peach looked up at Daisy when she didn't hear a response.
"Hm? OH! Sorry girl. It's just that..." Daisy smirked "Have you ever noticed that that guy is staring at you"
Peach looked over to her right and locked eyes with the mustachioed cashier of the store. She quickly looked away. Of course she knew him, I mean, she had to know him at this point. Peach couldn't lie that she had a small crush on him the first time she saw him. The first time she walked in she asked him if they had a dog section in the store and he told her it was right behind her. She flushed in embarrassment and apologized for her stupidity but she reassured her that she was fine. And then he flashed her one of the most warmest, most cutest, most genuine smile she had ever seen. She was to stunned and flustered to speak so she just smiled and whisper a small "Thank you" before turning to the dog section. She didn't talk to him often but they would have times were things were slow at the pet shop and they would have small talks with eath other. Other times she would just glanced at him here and there and see him do some of the cutest stuff like humming and dancing while cleaning or how he would talk to the kids who wandered into the pet store and tell them stories. Peach couldn't help but blush a little bit. She hoped the cashier didn't notice.
Perhaps he didn't but Daisy sure did. "Aww do you have a crush on him!"
"Shhhhh!!!" Peach hushed and darted her eyes towards the guy she was referring to, luckily he was to distracted talking to the other employee, presumably his brother considering they looked very much alike, to overhear anything the two where saying. Peach breathed a sigh of relief "Don't be so loud".
"Sorry, it's just that this is your first real crush since Prince Haru"
"Yeah" she said, looking back at him. He was now interacting with two children cracking jokes and laughing along with them.
"You think they would like us if we went up to them"
"They?" Peach questioned
"Yeah, I sort of think the taller one is kind of cute" She said shyly. A bit embarrassed.
"Oh well I don't really know" Peach replied "I guess the only way to know is ask them"
"Your right bestie" Daisy said "You get your man, I get my man" She said as she went towards the doggy toys where the taller employee was located.
"Wait... now!?" Peach panicked.
"Yeah now" Daisy replied "Don't be nervous. Just go up and talk to him. He seems nice enough" Daisy said while giving her a reassuring smile before running back up to the doggy toy aisle.
Peach looked around. Usually she wouldn't go up to him considering how he still had work but it didn't seem like anyone else was in the store at the moment. It made sense, it was almost closing time.
Peach took a deep breath in and out. It was now or never.
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3rd person POV
Mario was out on his phone playing flappy bird. The last costumers had left long ago and it was almost time to close up shop so he didn't really need to pay attention to anything in particular right now.
"Um hello?"
Mario looked up to see the blond hair girl looking down at him on the other side of the cashier table.
"Oh h-hello Ms" Mario was slightly startled but forced himself to keep his composure "Are you ready to check out or-"
"Oh no i-I'm not here to purchase anything. I just... um... wanted to introduce myself. Y'know considering how I'm a reoccurring "customer" you could say. My name is Peach." She messed with her hands.
"Hi my name is Mario..."
Awkward silence.
"Um I just wanted to say you look amazing today Ms. Peach" he said, once again giving her one of his breathtaking smiles.
Peach blushed and smiled as well "Thank you, and please, just Peach"
Mario nodded, feeling his face heat up.
"I was wondering if you would be willing to go on a date with me?" Peach asked.
"You want to go on a date? With me?" Mario was shocked. Yes he had lots of crushes before but rarely was one willing to go out with him. In fact, the only one who did before now was Pauline.
"Yes, i-if you want to that is-"
"YES- I mean yes, I would really like that. Where should we go?
"Uhh...." she forgot to think of a place to go for their date.
After a bit of silence from Peach, Mario decided to suggest a place. "Why don't we go to that ice cream polar that's opening up nearby at 6:00 I heard from other places that their ice cream is really good"
"Yeah I'd like that"
"So it's a date"
"Its a date"
"Hey" Mario and Peach looked to the voices source "you coming slowpoke or no?"
Peach rolled her eyes "That's my friend Daisy I got to go" Peach waved goodbye to Mario and Mario waved goodbye back before Peach and her friend, Daisy. Left the store.
Mario couldn't believe what just happened. He was so happy he jumped up high and cheered "yippee"!
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Bonus (For the Luigi x Daisy shippers):
Luigi's POV
Luigi was putting the last of the doggy toys on the small shelves. He yawned a little. He was tired from from the long work day he had and couldn't wait to get back home so he could collapse on the couch.
"Heya!"
Luigi turned his head. It was the girl who was talking to Mario's crush a few moments ago. He didn't notice it at first but she was super pretty up close.
"U-Um I-Is there something I can help you with m-ma,am?" Luigi was slightly blushing.
"Oh nothing in particular, I just wanted to say hi." Daisy stated, reaching to shake Luigi's hand.
"Oh w-well hello" Luigi shyly smiled, taking her hand and shaking it.
"Y'know I don't work far from here, heard of Mushroom Bakery?"
Luigi thought for a second "I've passed by it while driving but I've never been there before" Luigi admitted.
"You should definitely stop by. We have some bomb cupcakes" Daisy winked.
"Cool do you bake them yourself?"
Daisy snorted "HAH! Oh no, I could never! I would burn the whole kitchen down! Me and Peach are waitresses but Peach will sometimes bake"
"Yeah I hear you. My brother Mario volunteered to make spaghetti for the two of us. Lets just say he's not even allowed to pour his own cereal anymore" Luigi joked.
Daisy giggled "Maybe me and Peach have a lot more in common with you and your brother then we initially though"
Luigi blushed again, smiling at Daisy's cute giggle "u-uh yeah. You know your really cool Daisy. I-I really like you, a-as a friend of course" Luigi stuttered.
Daisy nodded, slightly blushing herself "Yeah, I think your really cool too. My name's Daisy. And you?"
"L-Luigi"
"Luigi,hmm, that's a really cute name"
Now luigi's face was all red.
"I was wondering if you would like to be friends? You seem cool and I would like to get to know you" Daisy asked.
"uh y-yeah"
"Alrighty then!" Daisy cheered "Here put your number in so we can chat later."
Luigi shakily took the phone and put his number in.
"Thanks, hun" Daisy said, after taking the phone back. "Trust you'll be hearing a lot more from me" She winked and waved goodbye as she ran out the aisle.
Luigi was starstruck.
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Mario was still doing a little snoopy happy dance when Luigi came back to the front of the store to close up shop. Mario saw Luigi and saw he was sort of dazed.
"You okay bro?"
"Shhh I'm sorta in the middle of a moment right now" he said still feeling floaty.
Mario laughed "and you said I was a mess with girls"
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