#absolutelypeachy

💚 nct dream series: Broken Melodies: Stories from a Secret Place

💚 nct 127 series:

“Yes, who is it?” The normally lively hero of the Mushroom Kingdom greeted his guest with muted enthusiasm. Never mind the slow pace he took in even answering the door. Once he got a good look at who was there, however, he managed to perk up.

“Oh! Princess! It’s-a-so good to...to-ah-CHOO!”

Another sneeze....Mario thanked the stars that he was able to raise his arm up in time. The last thing he needed was for Peach to get sick too. Mario groaned, sniffling up any excess mucus. “Please, come in,” he said, shuffling indoors and towards the nearest chair.

“The wrong idea...?”

It was just a movie, right? Sure, it was a bit of an...unusual circumstance, but strangers watched movies together all the time at theaters. They just...happened to be lacking the theater this time around.

“W-Well, you can always share my address with a friend, so someone knows where you’re at. I don’t have anything to hide -- I just wanted to watch a movie while my sister was at a sleepover with her friends.”

Wait, hold up, did she just say...?

🎂- When’s your birthday?

april 16!

🍔- Favorite food?

asian food -- the basics are rice and noodles (and any variation thereof)

⌛️- Last thing you did before logging in?

          [ ♥ ] -- “I promise you, we know each other. I’m an old friend, she can tell you herself. ...No I’m not here to steal anything!”

          The lady crossed her arms over her chest with a frustrated huff, messy orange curls bouncing as she turned her head away from the particularly skeptical Toad in front of her. She’d never actually seen one of the little guys before, but from what she did know (which was still a lot of things), they usually weren’t quite so...confrontational and stubborn. They were peaceful, almost cowardly creatures, and yet of course the one she’d meet while looking for a certain princess would do nothing but get in the way.

          “Ask her about me,” she pleaded, “Just go and tell her that...”

          (...what name was she to use?)

          “...uh, Tippi...has finally found her way back.”

     He’s noticed her sitting on her own, looking very focused for the last... few hours. --Well, he’d noticed her earlier than that, considering he’d been the one to take her drink order and make it for her, but-- her intense focus and lack of actually touching her drink hasn’t escaped his attention. Every time he has a lull between customers, Shiro’s glanced over and noticed little to no change, and okay, admittedly, he’s a little curious. Not enough to actually ask her what she’s doing, of course, because that’s just intrusive...

     --But definitely enough to make her another drink to replace the forgotten original.

Once his shift is over for the day, Shiro whips up what he remembers her ordering when she came in, and clocks out. Though he almost hesitates for a moment, he makes his approach to her table, a soft but friendly smile settled across his face.