#ler!toad

Another upside to having the weekend off, is the chance to spend more time with Peach and the same Toad that had helped them on his first adventure. Ya know, the brave one with a monster truck for a gokart! 

They were all hanging out, while showing Luigi more tricks and tips with some of the powerups. “It looks like you’ve been practicing with the ice power a lot! You’ve improved quite a bit.” Peach told him. 

Luigi chuckled and put on a smug grin. “Oh, ya know…” He made an ice block in his hand. “I’m just cool like that.” 

Mario groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose. “Gesù Cristo…” Mario mumbled in Italian. 

Peach chuckled. “Icy what you did there.” Peach teased. 

Luigi smiled brightly upon hearing that. “You make puns too?!” He asked. 

Mario sighed as he looked at Toad. “Here we-a go.” 

Toad only giggled at this and went back to watching.

“Oh, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.” Peach teased. “Puns are my go-to when it comes to breaking the ice.” Peach told him. 

“Snow kidding.” Luigi giggled. 

Mario huffed. “Great…Let’s see how long this lasts…” Mario muttered to himself. 

“A million decades?” Toad asked. 

Mario chuckled. “Knowing them, probably.” Mario said. 

“Do the puns work?” Luigi asked. 

“Sometimes the person cracks up.” Peach admitted. 

“Other times they give you the cold shoulder?” Luigi joked. 

“Brrr-ice-ly.” Peach replied. 

Luigi guffawed and laughed at that last one. “Wow! I’ve been outbeat!” Luigi reacted. 

Mario couldn’t help the little smile that grew when he heard that one. “Okay…That was a little more tolerable.” Mario admitted. “But still quite bad.” 

Peach waved her hands. “Okay. Snow more puns.” Peach told them. It took only a second for her to realize the irony of that statement. “Uh- Starting now.” Peach fixed it. 

Luigi nodded and fixed his now-light blue hat. “So…you said you had another power up you were going to show me?” Luigi asked. 

“Yes!” Peach declared happily.

Mario sighed and chuckled. “I tried to warn Peach that you were NOT going to take this power up seriously.” Mario told Luigi. 

Luigi tilted his head. “What do you mean?” He asked. 

Mario took out a power up of a bell with little black beady eyes on it. Luigi tilted his head, before looking at Peach. “It’s…a bell.” Luigi told her. 

“Just wait.” Peach told him, throwing it to Mario. 

Mario sighed as he caught it. “Why do I have to be the one to use it? You’d look so much better in it.” Mario asked. 

“Because I think Luigi would rather enjoy seeing you in the suit.” Peach told him with a smirk. 

Mario huffed and used the power up. With a puff of smoke, Mario shook himself off in the power up, before wagging his tail. When the smoke cleared, Luigi looked at Mario and slowly gasped as he covered his mouth. He had turned into a TABBY CAT! 

MARIO WAS A CAT! MARIO WAS A FREAKING CAT! Luigi squeezed his eyes shut as he let out a squeal of pure joy. “EEEEEEEEK! OOOOH MY GOD!” Luigi picked up Mario right away, making Mario yelp in an almost cat-like manner. “HE’S SOOO CUTE!” Luigi shouted, hugging him for a couple seconds before holding Mario up in the air like a toddler with a huge smile on his face. 

“Luigi, please!” Mario begged, wiggling around like a wiggly kitten. 

Luigi giggled and placed Mario down, before kneeling down and picking up Mario’s front paw. “Are these real-” Luigi gasped again and placed his thumb on the middle paw pad. “There ARE!” Luigi replied eagerly, looking at Peach and Toad. “He has toe beans and everything!” Luigi reacted, pushing on the middle paw pad with the stupidest little smile on his face. 

Toad was giggling and laughing at Luigi’s reaction, while Peach was looking at Mario with the most mischievous, teasy look on her face. Mario had his yellow ears tipped back, while he glared at the princess with both anger and embarrassment. His confidence and dignity was now in the toilet…and it quickly became apparent that Peach had planned this all along. 

“Are you done?” Mario asked Luigi, a bit red in the face from the unusual amount of attention. 

Luigi giggled. “One more thing.” Luigi brought his hand up to the ear, and started to move his fingers towards the base of the left ear. “I wanna see if-” 

“Waitwait-whatareyoudoing-” Mario asked, before widening his eyes as he felt the fingers touch down.

Luigi raised his eyebrows as he scratched the back of his ear while watching carefully for Mario’s reaction. “How does that feel?” Luigi asked as he gently scratched right under Mario’s cat ear. This was a common spot that almost all cats loved being petted. And with Mario in the cat suit, he was eager to see how it would affect Mario. 

And it certainly did affect Mario! Mario quickly began leaning into Luigi’s touch with a growing smile. He couldn’t describe just how amazing it felt. He could hear himself purring uncontrollably while Luigi did this magical thing against his ear. He knew he should be embarrassed about the fact that he’s purring in front of his brother. He knew logically that this wasn’t a normal reaction…not even in the slightest. But…that didn’t matter. Not anymore. 

Luigi watched as Mario laid himself down on his belly, and continued gently vibrating with purrs of delight and contentment. Luigi moved his hand down slightly to the side of the neck, and smiled brightly as he watched Mario practically melt into a puddle from the simple touch. He…had never imagined seeing Mario act like this before. He thought he had seen every reaction, every emotion and every quirk about his brother. They had grown up together! He should’ve seen it all! But this…this was a side of Mario he had never looked at before. It…almost made him wonder if this was even the same person. 

“Luigi?” Peach asked. 

Luigi looked up, and moved his hand away. “Yes?” 

Peach walked up to Luigi and placed her hand on his shoulder. “Are those tears of joy? Or tears of sadness?” Peach asked, referring to his face. 

Confused at first, Luigi felt his own face and widened his eyes when he felt the new drops of tears on his hands. He looked at his slightly wet fingers. It turns out, Luigi had been crying during most of the petting session…specifically when he was thinking. Luigi couldn’t help the awkward chuckle that left his mouth as he attempted to wipe his own tears away. “Sorry. They’re tears of joy.” Luigi admitted.

Mario looked at Luigi, having gotten up and listened to the conversation after Luigi had stopped the pets. 

“I’ve just…never seen Mario act like that before.” Luigi admitted. “I…guess it was too cute to handle.” He said with a couple awkward laughs. 

Mario let out a silent sigh as he heard his brother. He knew Luigi was the emotional one out of the two…but to the point of crying when someone (or something) is really cute? He’s never heard of that before. Is that really a thing? Well…Obviously, it is…because Luigi was experiencing it now. But…it still filled his mind. 

Wanting Luigi to feel reassured about his feelings, Mario walked up and started rubbing his ears and head against Luigi like the affectionate cat he was dressed up to be. Luigi looked down at Mario, and couldn’t help the big smile that grew on his face, as well as the laugh that escaped his mouth. He gave Mario the head pats first, before gently scratching under both ears this time. 

And WOW…Mario froze in place with a shocked expression on his face. The cat man was in awe! His human brain couldn’t possibly process how awe-stricken he was feeling! The man closed his eyes and began to purr and chuckle with pure elation. 

Luigi giggled as he watched Mario let out little hums of delight, and the occasional giggle in between. It felt a little weird seeing a Mario-sized kitten beg for affection from him. A reminder that this was Mario…a man who didn’t really need much physical affection to survive. But now…with this cat suit on…he suddenly wanted ALL the pets and attention! But…thinking about it further, the word ‘weird’ made it sound like it was a bad thing…which was not the case whatsoever. It was more the opposite, actually. It was refreshing. Cute. Funny, too. Luigi could do this all day.

Peach smiled and reached into her pocket for something. He expected her to pull out a tissue or a handkerchief. But she didn’t. She ended up pulling another catsuit bell out of her pocket. “Here.” She said. “Are you ready to unleash your inner kitten?” Peach asked. 

Luigi smiled and nodded his head. “As ready as I can paw-ssibly be.” Luigi replied with a cat pun, before bringing the bell up to his chest. He watched as his clothes turned completely green, while his hands turned into cat paws. 

This was really happening…He’s becoming a cat!!! 

Luigi sat down like a kitten, and smiled brightly. “Meooww.” he let out, before licking his paw and cleaning his ear. 

Mario gasped and smiled. “Okay, you’re pretty cute too…” Mario then bursted out laughing. “But whahat kind of cat is GREEN!?” Mario asked. “My yellow coloring makes sense, but yours?!” Mario reacted. “There is no such thing as green cats over in Brooklyn.” Mario reminded him.

Luigi giggled as he ripped some grass off the ground. “I guess you could say I’m more of an outdoor cat.” Luigi told him as he blew some grass into Mario’s face, emphasizing the color similarities between the green grass, and his green catsuit. Mario wiped his face free of the grass, and pushed Luigi’s shoulder, earning him a laugh from his green brother. 

Peach giggled and crossed her arms. “You’d probably laugh if you saw what color my cat suit is.” Peach told Mario. 

Mario looked at Peach. “Yours isn’t…” Mario pointed to himself. “A usual cat color?” Mario finished. 

Peach laughed. “Nope! My cat suit is pink.” Peach replied. 

Mario was taken aback. “Oh that’s even weirder.” Mario reacted. 

Luigi laughed and examined his own paw. “I never imagined having real, fluffy cat paws.” Luigi admitted. 

“I know. It’s really-” Mario looked over at Peach, and widened his eyes. His pupils seemed to dilate as he stared at Peach and Toad. 

Luigi looked at Mario, noticing he stopped talking mid-sentence. “M-Mario?” Luigi asked, waving his cat paw in front of Mario’s face. But Mario didn’t look away. His eyes were hooked on the target. Luigi looked in the direction that Mario was looking, and immediately froze upon seeing the item. 

“Oh! I see you noticed…this?” Peach showed them the item that was in her hands: A ball of yarn. 

Luigi got into the pouncing position, waiting for Peach to throw it. Mario wagged his tail, showing excitement and playfulness with his tail and behavior alone. “Throw it.” Mario said. “Please throw it.” Mario repeated. 

Peach giggled. “Oh, you want it?” Peach asked, holding it out closer. 

“YES!” Mario started readying himself in a pounce position, ready to run for it. 

Peach laughed and turned around, before giving it a hard toss. “Go get it!” Peach yelled. 

Mario and Luigi took off sprinting for the yarn, and started fighting for it. Luigi would hit it away from Mario with his front paw and resume chasing it, before Mario would straight-up tackle his brother down to stop him from reaching the yarn. Luigi let out an annoyed huff as he watched Mario grab it and start to roll around with it. “Too slow.” Mario teased. 

Luigi tackled Mario right back, taking the yarn and rolling onto his back, playing with it with all 4 of his paws. “My yarn!” Luigi declared, running away with it in his mouth. 

“What?!” Mario yelled. “No, mine!” He reacted, running after Luigi. “Give it back!” 

Peach and toad were laughing their heads off as they watched the brothers show off a more aggressive version of their brotherhood. It was like seeing little kittens fighting for breast milk! It was absolutely hilarious! And adorable too!  

When Mario took the yarn from Luigi and started to sprint away with it in his mouth, Luigi took off chasing Mario all over the field. Unfortunately for Mario, it didn’t take long for Luigi to catch up to him and tackle him to the ground. Mario let go of the yarn as he was tackled, and let out an “OOF!” sound as he landed on his back. 

“I gotcha, Mario~!” Luigi teased. 

Mario let out breaths of slight tiredness as he laid on the ground. “Yohou…you got me.” Mario said. 

“And now to put these claws to good use.” Luigi said, wiggling the claws. 

“Huh?” Mario asked, before widening his eyes. Quickly, he began to grow nervous. “L-Luigi wait…you’re not in…” Mario muttered. 

Luigi giggled. “Well I am now~!” Luigi teased as he started skittering the claws all over Mario’s underbelly. 

Mario squeaked and threw his head back, cackling right away. “GAHAHAhahaha! Wahahahit nahahahaha!” Mario laughed. 

“I see you’re still ticklish through the cat suit.” Luigi teased. 

“Ihihi thohohought-”

“That you’d be purring like you did with your ears?” Luigi asked. “Honestly, I wondered that too.” Luigi admitted. “But NOPE! Now laugh, laugh, laugh!” Luigi declared. 

Toad giggled. “I see you found one of Peach’s favorite games growing up.” He told him. 

“And what’s that?” Luigi asked, pausing his tickle attack for a moment. 

“Uh- Toad-” Peach attempted to speak up. 

“We toads used to call it ‘Tickle spot or sweet spot’.” Toad wiggled his hands at Peach teasily, leaving Peach blushing a little bit in the process. “Peach would put on the cat suit, sometimes before we would even give it to her, and a few of us toads would scratch at different spots on Peach’s body while asking “Tickle spot? Or sweet spot?”. And she’d have to answer us while she’s laughing, or purring.” Toad explained. 

Peach scratched the back of her head, growing embarrassed. 

Mario raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised. Did…Did Peach…

Meanwhile Luigi was frozen in place. “And…she liked it?” Luigi asked. 

“Liked it?! SHE LOVED IT!” Toad reacted. 

Peach chuckled and rolled her eyes. “As a kid, sure.” Peach added. 

Toad looked over at Peach with shock, before bursting out laughing. “That is absolute mumbo-jumbo! You STILL love it!” Toad reacted. “I could prove it right now!” Toad added. 

Peach widened her eyes and put her hands up in arrest. “Toad, no!” Peach reacted. “Not in front of…” Peach looked over, and saw Mario and Luigi just sitting like the good cats they are, eager to see this new information come to life. Peach groaned and covered her eyes in annoyance. 

“Aww, it’s okay Peach.” Luigi attempted to reassure her. 

“Yeah! Luigi over here loves it too! The man apparently loved being tickled for years, but failed to actually tell me until last night! And we’ve known each other for ages!” Mario added. 

Luigi widened his eyes and looked down, as his cheeks began to glow like a freaking Christmas tree. 

Peach and Toad looked over at Luigi. Peach was admittedly a bit shocked. Another human that liked being tickled? Standing right in front of them? What are the chances?! 

Meanwhile Toad had widened his eyes and gasped with pure excitement. “And he’s in a cat suit!” Toad reacted. 

Luigi widened his eyes and looked down at himself, suddenly remembering this fact. If he’s in the cat suit…and the toads made this tickle game specifically around the cat suit…then- 

Toad suddenly started running to Luigi. “I’M GONNA GET-”

Peach quickly grabbed Toad’s vest. “Now hold on, buddy. Just because he said he likes it, doesn’t mean you can automatically tickle him.” Peach told him. 

Mario rolled his eyes. “I think you’re fine. He hasn’t exactly said no yet.” Mario told them with a smirk. Luigi blushed an even darker red upon hearing Mario say that. 

Toad looked at Peach with a begging look on his face. “And you said no…meaning I can’t tickle you unless you change your mind.” Toad told her. 

Peach looked at Luigi. “You sure you’re up for this?” Peach asked. 

Luigi shrugged his shoulders. “Only-a one way to find out.” Luigi replied. 

Peach smiled and shook her head. “Fine. But be gentle.” She told Toad before letting go. 

Toad sprinted up to Luigi and pushed Luigi down to the ground. He started skittering his fingers on Luigi’s belly, earning him a squeak and a giggle. Toad started skittering really quickly. “Tickle spot? Or sweet spot?” Toad asked. 

Luigi threw his head back and laughed with glee. “HAHAhahahaha! Tihihickle spohohohot!” Luigi replied. 

“Oooh, I see!” Toad reacted. 

Toad moved his hand up towards the neck and started scratching there. “What about here? Tickle spot? Or sweet spot?” Toad asked. 

Luigi widened his eyes and smiled brightly as he felt the most overwhelming comfort feeling he had ever felt. It only took a couple seconds of this for Luigi to start purring and leaning into the touch.

Mario giggled. “How does that feel, Luigi?” Mario asked, remembering how the same touch felt on himself. 

Luigi continued purring and leaning in, before accidentally falling over. “Oof!” Luigi reacted, shaking his head. “Aw man…” He muttered. 

Toad laughed. “Ahall 3 of you have the same sweet spot!” Toad reacted. 

Luigi looked at Toad while he felt the same part of his neck that triggered such a strong reaction. “That’s what a sweet spot feels like?!” Luigi asked. 

Mario walked up and started scratching his cat claws against Luigi’s neck, making Luigi start purring again. “It’s really strange.” Mario admitted. “But I can see why cats enjoy it so much.” Mario added. 

Luigi laid himself onto his belly on the ground and smiled with his eyes closed as his soft purring continued. “Ihit feelssss…” Luigi’s words dragged on for a moment before stopping his sentence halfway and just letting himself feel the sweet touch that melted him from the inside out. 

Toad walked up and started petting Luigi’s furry side. “Luigi seems to really like this.” Toad reacted. Toad’s petting created more of a tickly feeling than a sweet feeling. This made Luigi giggle and stretch his back paws out a little bit. But Luigi clearly didn’t mind the mix. Both feelings felt amazing to him. 

“It would appear so.” Mario said back before removing his claws. 

Luigi’s smile slightly dropped as he looked at Mario’s hand. “Hm?” He looked up at Mario with the biggest pleading eyes he could muster. “Why did you stop?” Luigi asked. 

Mario widened his eyes and laughed a bit. “Wow…He tooootally hates this.” Mario teased. 

Luigi looked down, embarrassed and a bit sad. 

Mario looked at Luigi, and softened his expression. “Hey.” He placed his hand under Luigi’s chin. “Remember what I said to you this morning?” 

Luigi smiled a bit and nodded his head. “If…if it’s hugs, cuddles, tickles, any affection that you need…Then p-please let me know.” Luigi replied almost word for word. 

Mario nodded and gave Luigi’s chin a little scratch, making Luigi giggle and move his chin away with a smile. 

Peach walked up and offered Luigi a hand. “Want help up?” Peach asked. 

Luigi nodded his head and took her hand, before getting pulled back up. “Thank you, Princess.” Luigi replied. 

Peach smiled. “So…if you like being tickled too…” Peach looked at Mario. “Does that mean you do too?” Peach asked. 

Mario tilted his head. “Uhhh…” Mario muttered. 

Luigi looked at Mario, genuinely interested too. “It’s hard to tell with you.” Luigi admitted. “You never complain about being tickled.” Luigi admitted. 

“But I certainly have my limits.” Mario added. “Like, I’m not sure I would want to be tickled as often as you do.” Mario said, poking Luigi. 

Luigi chuckled. “True…” Luigi muttered. “But I can’t really help that.” Luigi admitted. 

Mario shrugged his shoulders. “As of right now…I’m just indifferent.” Mario decided. “But tickling others is always gonna be more fun.” Mario added. 

Luigi laughed. “Yeah, Mario’s the bigger tickle monster of the two of us.” Luigi admitted. 

Toad giggled. “Oh really?” Toad asked. 

Mario fixed his hat and crossed his arms. “You bet.” 

Peach rolled her eyes. “Well, just a little reminder…” Peach grabbed out a bell power up, and looked at the two boys. “You’re in the Mushroom Kingdom.” Peach said. 

She placed the bell against her chest. Her body flashed with power, as she turned into a pink cat. “And in the Mushroom kingdom…” Peach smirked, wiggling her cat claws at them both. “I’m  the biggest tickle monster there is.” Peach warned. 

Mario widened his eyes and sprinted away. “LUIGI RUN!” Mario yelled. 

“WAY AHEAD OF YOU!” Luigi shouted back, sprinting right past Mario, before grabbing and pulling Mario with him. 

Peach took off sprinting after them, chasing them all over the mushroom forest. It didn’t take long for Toad to hear loud laughter echoing throughout the forest. 

A green toad walked up to the red toad. “What happened?” The green toad asked, sitting down. 

Red toad chuckled, handing his friend an apple. “The tickle monster got the Mario Brothers.” The red toad replied.