Luigi's Secret
Chapter 17: A Strange Impulse Purchase
Mario decided to take a detour while he was grabbing lunch. When Luigi finds out what he bought, he pretty much loses his mind! WHY THIS OF ALL THINGS?! Mario has his fun teasing his brother to oblivion, while Luigi not-so-secretly enjoys being unbearably teased.
Sorry for the late update. For context, I am in the hospital for a bacterial infection that might have spread to my heart. And because I have a heart condition, an infection could be lethal. So...I'm in the hospital every night receiving IV antibiotics to kill it. But no need to worry. Now that it's been discovered, I'm on the road to recovery.
I hope you enjoy the fanfic!
After work:
Mario and Luigi started to walk to their van. “Gosh…That was a long day.” Luigi admitted.
“It really was. I felt like the afternoon dragged on a lot longer than usual…” Mario admitted.
“Same here…” Luigi added.
Mario hopped into the driver's seat of the car and closed the door. “So…” Mario watched Luigi hop into the passenger side next.
When he was seated, Luigi took the time to organize their toolkit a little bit. “Hm?” Luigi muttered, looking at Mario. “What?”
Mario smirked slightly. “Oh nothing…” Mario replied casually…too casually…
Luigi narrowed his eyes at him, before going back to organizing the tool kit. He opened up a pouch and put one of the wrenches in. Then, he put the hammer into another pouch. Then the pliers into a certain pocket. Then, he grabbed the screwdrivers at the bottom, and paused when he saw it.
“…Mario…” Luigi said.
Mario looked at him. “Mhm?” He replied.
Luigi pulled out the small item that was in the bottom of their tool kit. It was a purple feather…a feather that looked quite familiar to a certain feather that came from the daycare, yesterday…
Luigi sighed and looked at Mario with suspicious eyes. “Why…” Luigi asked.
Mario showed off his teeth while he smiled. “I don’t know.” Mario replied.
Luigi narrowed his eyes at Mario before looking back in the tool kit. “You’re hiding something else in here.” Luigi said, looking around.
“Ihi…” Mario rested his cheek on his own fist. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Mario replied rather innocently, letting out a little laugh at the end.
Luigi froze when he saw the item in the pouch where the tape measurer was supposed to be…It was a makeup brush…a rather large one, at that. He picked it up and rolled his eyes. “Ha ha, very funny…” Luigi muttered in annoyance.
Mario giggled into his hand and grabbed the makeup brush from Luigi’s hand. “I guess Peach must’ve forgotten this.” Mario flat-out lied. “I’d better make sure to give it back to her.” Mario added, still blatantly lying.
Luigi looked at Mario with a clear unimpressed face. “......Uh huh…” Luigi muttered, clearly peeved.
“What?” Mario asked innocently. “W-Wait…you really think that I, your brother, would put that into the kit to MESS with you?!” Mario said in an over dramatic voice. “Does that even SOUND like me?!” Mario reacted, batting his eyes for extra effect.
Luigi rolled his eyes and shuffled around in the tool kit for more things. And sure enough…there was one more thing in the bloody kit…
Luigi pulled it out. It was a package with…OH MY-
Luigi screeched and threw the package back into the tool kit. HOLY MOTHER OF- MARIO FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S HOLY- WHYYYYYYY?!
Mario threw his head back and held his forehead as he bursted out cackling. “THEHERE WAS THE REACTION I WAS LOOKING FOR!” Mario reacted.
Luigi whined and covered his face with his hands. “DUDE!” Luigi yelled, picking up the package and throwing it at him. “WHY?!” Luigi yelled.
The package hit him in the head, making him yelp before grabbing the package. “Behecause…I wanted to see your reaction.” Mario admitted. “Is it really killing you THAT MUCH?!” Mario asked.
“Where did you…” Luigi attempted to ask. “Where the heck did you get metal finger claws?!” Luigi asked, pointing to the package. “…” Mario tittered as a wobbly smile grew onto his face. “…..Hot Topic…” Mario finally muttered, before cackling.
Luigi dropped his jaw. “WHAT?!” Luigi held his head. “When did you go to HOT TOPIC?!” Luigi shouted.
Mario just kept on laughing his head off beside him. And for some weird reason…Mario’s laughing actually answered everything. Luigi looked at Mario with horror…and slight astonishment. “....You did not-” Luigi began to throw his hands around. “YOU WENT TO THE MALL PIZZA HOUSE?! TO PICK UP OUR LUNCH?!” Luigi shouted.
Mario wiped a tear from his eye as he kept laughing. “Ihihi looked it up on my way. And they had them!” Mario reacted. “Surpriiise?” Mario cheered, unsure if it was a good surprise or a bad surprise.
Luigi growled and took the package of metal claws right out of Mario’s hands. “Okay…” Luigi pointed to the package. “Were those items in there…during the WHOLE LAST PART OF OUR SHIFT?!” Luigi yelled.
Mario widened his eyes and quickly grew defensive. “NO! No no no! They weren’t! Honest!” Mario replied. “I snuck them in as we were walking to the car.” Mario told him.
Luigi sighed and dropped the package back into the tool kit. “Good. Cause if SOMEONE SAW THESE IN HERE…” Luigi warned.
Mario tittered. “They’d…they’d think you’re into furry roleplay?” Mario teased before snickering and laughing.
Luigi groaned and hugged himself with embarrassment. “You’re so weird…” Luigi mumbled.
Mario chuckled. “Says the one who’s in an online community of people who casually enjoy being tickled.” Mario shot back.
Luigi started to sink himself into his seat as he pouted like a petulant child.
Meanwhile, Mario turned on the car, put the stick into drive and started to drive out of the parking spot. “So what do you say we try them out when we get home?” Mario asked.
Luigi widened his eyes and snapped his neck to the side to look at Mario. “I’m sorry, WHAT?!” Luigi reacted, astonished by Mario’s suggestion. H-Hold up…did Mario…just ASK HIM…if he wanted to TRY TICKLING HIM?! WITH A TICKLE TOOL?! There was NO WAY…
“Well, I likely put you in that lee mood by showing you. And you already told me that teasing you and dropping the subject is super offensive in the online tickle world.” Mario said. “Besides…” Mario smirked and wiggled his fingers. “Just seeing them online, had put me into what I call ‘my definition’ of a ler mood…” Mario added.
Luigi raised an eyebrow. “What is your definition of a ler mood?” Luigi asked.
Mario shrugged his shoulders. “Imagining tickling you with the claws on…imagining what teases will work on you best…planning out my way of introducing the idea…” Mario started explaining. “That…is a ler mood, to a tee.” Luigi told him. “That is not ‘your definition’ of a ler mood…that IS a ler mood!” Luigi reacted.
Mario widened his eyes and blinked as he thought for a moment. “So…” Mario bit his lip. “So when you’re in a ler mood…” Mario looked at Luigi out of the corner of his eye. “Do you just…imagine yourself tickling me?” Mario asked.
Luigi smiled a bit. “Yeah…I imagine what tickle spot will cause what reaction…I also think about what spots to go for, what games to play…” Luigi continued to explain.
Mario could feel himself biting his lip down harder and harder the longer he heard Luigi explain things. Oh gosh…The worst part is…Luigi knew Mario as well as he knew himself…So if he’s predicting reactions to tickle spots…then his predictions are guaranteed to be correct. Mario couldn’t really describe the feeling of vulnerability he was experiencing right now. He felt…cautious and antsy. “I…Don’t know how I feel about that.” Mario admitted.
Luigi looked at Mario, confused. Did he say something wrong? Why was his demeanor changing from confident ler, to…
Wait…
Luigi widened his eyes and let his smile widen. “Do you feel vulnerable right now?” Luigi asked.
Mario adjusted himself in his seat. “...Kinda, yeah.” Mario replied.
Luigi thought for a moment, and looked at the package of finger claws. “...So how would you feel if I just put on one of these claws…” Luigi started to tease, wiggling his fingers at him playfully. “...And just started gently tracing little circles around your belly button…” Luigi teased, drawing circles with his index finger in the air.
Mario widened his eyes and began to very subtly sink himself into his seat, visibly nervous. Oh no…oh no…Luigi, what are you doing? Why? Why? WHY?! He could FEEL IT! IS THIS PHANTOM TICKLES?! WHY CAN HE FEEL IT?!
Luigi dropped his jaw and smiled brightly. “Holy-” Luigi wheezed and covered his mouth, giggling at him. “Ohmygosh am I embarrassing you?!” Luigi reacted.
“I- What?! N-no, no you’re not.” Mario attempted to cover it up.
“Are you suurrre?” Luigi teased, poking his shoulder. “Cause your face is telling me something else~” Luigi teased.
“What-what are you talking about?! You see nothing.” Mario denied.
Luigi smirked and cooed. “Oooooh, you’re in denial.” Luigi said, smirking evilly.
“One more word, and you’re gonna get it.” Mario warned.
“Get what, oh smart one?” Luigi asked, hoping Mario would struggle to say the word.
“Get tickled till you can’t breathe.” Mario spat back.
Luigi giggled, softening his expression. Damn...It didn’t work. “Not if I tickle you first.” Luigi added.
Mario looked at Luigi out of the corner of his eye, before looking back at the road.
Luigi smiled and stayed silent as Mario parked the car in their usual parking spot. He sat back and sighed. “...So you never answered my question.” Mario told him.
Luigi looked at his brother. “What question?”
“Do you want to try out the claws when we get home?” Mario asked him.
Luigi widened his eyes before looking forward. “Uhh…” Luigi smiled a bit. “Sure!” He replied.
“Alright. Make sure you grab them before going into the pipe.” Mario reminded him.
Luigi chuckled and doublechecked that the package of claws were in the toolkit before getting out of the car. He walked to the pipe and looked at Mario. “Ready?” Luigi asked.
Mario locked the door to the van before hopping into the pipe. “Letsa gooo!” Mario declared as he descended down the pipe.
Luigi threw the toolkit down first before hopping into the pipe feet first and descending the pipe after him. Mario and Luigi flew through the pipe at record speed, loving the twists and turns. Even though it was the same pipe trail every time, Luigi still loved admiring the sky as they flew by. It was just so beautiful…So many colors…
Mario turned himself around so his body went feet first, and prepared himself for leaving the pipe. “HOLD ON!” Mario yelled with a smile. “TO WHAT?! MY OVERALLS?!” Luigi shouted back.
Mario laughed at Luigi’s comment before closing his eyes to brace for the exit. Mario left the pipe in a flash, and landed almost perfectly on his feet atop the grass…
…Only to be tackled from behind by the toolkit.
Mario fell to the ground and shook off his face. He looked at the toolkit and groaned as he felt his back aching with pain. Why the heck would Luigi throw the stupid toolkit into the pipe on its own?! AGAIN?! Dummyhead…
Mario grumbled and picked it up, setting it upright and making sure none of their tools were misplaced. And somehow, everything was still in the kit. Even the purple feather had stayed in the correct pouch!
And then Luigi came flying out of the pipe, skidding across the grass and only stopping thanks to a large mushroom getting in the way of his path. Luigi grumbled and got up, shaking himself off and looking at Mario. “Gosh…I can never get a good landing.” Luigi reacted.
Mario walked up and threw the toolkit at his brother. Luigi yelped and managed to catch it before it hit him on his stomach. “Please stop throwing the toolkit into the pipe before going in.” Mario told him. “This is the third time you’ve done that.” Mario added. “And the 3rd time I’ve been bodychecked by the TOOLKIT.” Mario yelled.
Luigi bit his lip and wrapped it around himself. “Sorry.” Luigi muttered, before taking the package of finger claws out of the bag. “Here you go.” Luigi said, throwing it to Mario.
Mario caught the package perfectly without even looking, and opened the package up. “Alright. Now, we need to see if they fit…that is going to make or break this whole operation. Because if they don’t fit, then we’re kinda screwed.” Mario told him.
Luigi chuckled. “Wow…You’d think you would check the sizing before you bought them.” Luigi reacted.
Mario shrugged his shoulders and pulled the finger claws out of the package. “I’ve never bought anything like this before. You really think I knew that?” Mario asked.
Luigi laughed. “Do you even realize what those are for?!” Luigi asked.
Mario shook his head. “No…” he replied.
“They’re for girls…for goth girls, actually.” Luigi explained.
Mario took off his gloves and slid the first claw onto his index finger. And somehow…they actually fit his finger. “Huh…Okay.” Mario reacted, bending his finger to wiggle the clawed finger.
Luigi widened his eyes. “I’m sorry, they actually fit you?!” Luigi reacted.
“I…guess so.” Mario replied as he put another finger claw onto his thumb. Though this one was a bit snug, the thumb claw fit fairly well too. He put the third claw onto his middle finger, the fourth claw onto his ring finger, and the last claw onto his pinky. Mario looked at Luigi, and wiggled his fingers at him with a big smirk on his face. “Rawr~” Mario joked.
Luigi whined and covered his mouth. “M-Mario-”
Mario chuckled and put the rest of the black claws on himself. Then, he wiggled all 10 of his fingers at Luigi with an evil little look on his face. “Run~” Mario said.
And off he ran! Luigi used the floating bricks as leverage before landing onto the road outside their house. He sprinted into the house, closed the door and kept his back against the door for a little bit. “Oho boy…” Luigi mumbled, nervous. He could feel the lee mood from that morning, coming back to him. And it was coming back STRONG.
And then…
*Knock, knock, knock*
“Luigi?” Mario called from the other side of the door.
Luigi bit his lip, and stayed against the door. “W-What?” Luigi replied.
Luigi let out an ear-piercing screech the moment he heard the clickety clacking of the metal nails tapping against the wooden door. Luigi could feel the anxiety-driven giggles just filling his lungs. The anticipation was just killing him, and Mario’s nail-tapping was making things SO MUCH WORSE.
“You wouldn’t happen to be scared now, would you?” Mario asked, knocking on the door with his index finger claw.
Luigi squeaked and attempted to muffle his giggles as they finally left his mouth. “No-no-nohoho no-” Luigi screeched as he heard the doorknob turn. “NOOOHOHOOO!” Luigi yelled, grabbing the doorknob as he shook his head wildly. The poor man could feel his knees going weak from the anticipation alone.
“Then why don’t you open the door, and let the poor tickle monster in?” Mario asked in a smooth, teasy voice. “It’s rude to ignore people when they’re standing at the door…” Mario reminded him, tapping the door right on the specific spot of the door that Luigi’s ears and head would be located.
Luigi whimpered and squeezed his eyes shut as he heard the clickety clacks of the claws right close to his ears.
Tap-tap-tap-tap…
Tap-tap-tap-tap….
Tap-tap-tap-tap…
Luigi squeezed his eyes shut and finally slid his back down the door, until he was sitting against the door with his knees against his chest. His cheeks were a deep red, and he was already an overwhelming, embarrassed mess of giggles.
“Hellooooo?” Mario asked, stopping the tapping noises.
Luigi closed his eyes and held his breath as he waited for the ‘danger’ to go away. And…for a few minutes, it went silent…Completely silent…
Luigi slowly opened his eyes and looked through the keyhole. “M…Mario?” Luigi called softly, looking for the man in red. But…He was gone. Completely gone.
Luigi let out a breath of relief as he unlocked the door. He now felt completely safe and unharmed. But at the same time…he just drove away his one chance of getting tickled…why did he do that?
Luigi got himself back onto his feet and started to back away from the door. He kept backing away until his back hit a wall.
Wait…this wasn’t a wall…
Luigi gasped as he felt a pair of hands wrap around his middle, and pull him into a strong hug.
“I GOTCHU!” The person declared.
Luigi screeched and covered his face. NO!
NO NO NO NO NOOOO!
