#dkario

Chapters: 5/5

Summary: DK just can't stand Mario, but he’ll work with the guy when he has to. The latest antagonist against the duo lands the boys in the arena. Stakes get high when a poison-tipped arrow amplifies DK’s emotions and turns the begrudging ally into a deadly weapon.

They all occasionally have cookouts and fight for who gets to man the grill (it's luigi)

Dk loves to watch mario when they go Karting, mario is so occupied driving he doesn't realize just how much dk gazes at him lovingly (also to make sure he's safe because he's secretly a huge softy)

What do you mean lovers don't spar with each other as a bonding experience?

Dk loves to cuddle, especially when it's just the two of them, and he doesn't have to act all tough

• Dk grooms mario the same exact way apes irl do, it took a bit for mario to get used to it at first but eventually warmed up to it

• Mario teaches Dk how to speak Italian which Dk is surprisingly good at, on occasion mario will teach Dk to say something wildly inappropriate but will tell him it means something else

• And then when luigi hears Dk say whatever mario taught him he IMMEDIATELY corrects him

• Mario saw Dk attempt to cook something exactly once and now he's banned from the kitchen with very few exceptions

• This includes the microwave because dk can't even follow instructions on one of those boxes of microwaved dinners

• He's too impatient so he just removes the film (or doesn't) and puts it in for all the times on the box added together

• And then it comes out overcooked/burnt

• Bonus points if he manages to light it on fire

• Dk is surprisingly good at making kebabs and fruit smoothies of any kind

• Mario will gently run his fingers through Dk's fur when he thinks he's asleep

• Mario thinks Dk doesn't know this but he's fully aware of it

• Dk will pretend to be asleep sometimes just to get mario to do it

• Dk has always been really bad at watching/babysitting diddy and dixie kong, but despite this he's always put in charge anyway

• When mario heard about this he immediately offered to help dk watch them

• Dk gave mario SEVERAL warnings on how it would be a horrible idea

• Mario doesn't listen and helps anyway

• Dk is terrified at first but soon relaxes after mario seems to be doing surprisingly well with them

• At the end of the day diddy and dixie are so tuckered out that they fall asleep almost instantly

• Cue surprised pikachu face Dk

• Even cranky is surprised by this feat because even by jungle kingdom standards diddy and dixie are incredibly hard to deal with (aka adhd af)

based on me waking up to sunny but cold weather and being like 'omg this would be a good fanfic' and the 'WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD' vine

big thanks to AllageAntelope from twitter for helping translate and collab most of the italian dialogue

bowser is a living space heater that gets a rude awakening

bowuigi halloween event

prompt: cozy

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