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"You suck at this game, Lu!" Four laughed as the TV screen showed "Kirby Wins!" "Yeah, well I don't play this often, alright?!" Luigi snapped back.
Just then, Justin Beiber's "Baby" sounded through the apartment. "Sorry, Luigi. My phone's ringing." Four apologized, picking up his phone. Luigi snickered. "Really, man? That's your ringtone?" Four lightly punched Luigi's arm. "Hey! It's a good song!"
Luigi paused as he saw the caller ID. "Oh hey! It's your boyfriend!" Four visibly became happier at this, immediately answering the call. Luigi rolled his eyes. "I'm gonna grab a snack," he said, getting up from the couch.
"Hey, babe! How are you?" Four said into the phone cheerfully. "I'm good, what about you?" Three responded. "I'm doing great, considering I just kicked Luigi's ass in Smash!" Four bragged. Three chuckled at his boyfriend's enthusiasm.
"So anyway, why did you call?" Four asked. Four could hear something that sounded like "Mario give that back you ass!" Through the phone. Three sighed. "One second," he said before putting his phone down.
Just a few seconds later, Four heard a different voice through the phone, one that definitely wasn't Three's. "Dammit, Three! Stop leaving your stuff everywhere, it's not even your house!" "It's not yours, either, Two! So shut up and give me my phone back!"
Four chuckled. "Hello to you too, Mx Mystery." He heard a scream accompanied by what seemed to be Two dropping the phone. "Holy-" "That's it!" Three shouted. A few minutes of Three and Two shouting at each other passed, before a voice that was not familiar to Four picked up Three's phone.
"H-hello?" A quiet and nervous woman's voice spoke through the phone. Four was confused. "Who is this?" The woman on the other end let out a small "eep!" Before speaking again. "Oh, uh, I'm T-Tari..." she mumbled.
"Tari? As in Old Lady Mary?" Four said, clearly surprised. "Yeah, that's me, b-but I prefer Tari," she confirmed. "Why do you have Three's phone?" Four asked. "I was just sweeping up the f-floor, and I didn't want to accidentally throw this out," Tari explained.
"Oh, well, could you maybe give the phone back to Three?" The black haired man asked. "O-oh, sure," Tari said. Four heard the phone being passed back over to Three. "Thanks, Tari," Three said. "N-no problem."
"So anyway, why did you call me?" Four asked. "What? I'm not allowed to talk to my boyfriend without a reason?" Three teased back. "Hah hah, very funny. But is that seriously why you called? Because you missed me?" Four asked.
"No, well, yeah, but it's because One and Two suggested that you, Luigi, and Eggy come down for Christmas!" Three answered. "Well, I can't really leave my brother alone or with Waluigi, since he's gonna be traveling, so..." Four said reluctantly. "You can bring him too! Prove to him that you get bitches!"
Four thought for a moment. "That's... not a bad idea, actually! I'll go ask them!" Four ran off to talk to his friend and brother. Meanwhile, Three watched Mario harass a rude customer for attempting to make advances on Meggy.
A few minutes passed, and Three heard Four's excited voice through the phone again. "They said yes! But only on the condition that Luigi drives, of course- why do I hear someone screaming in Italian?"
"Don't worry about it, just Mario being an older brother." Three answered. "Ah. I guess that makes sense. Anyway, I guess we'll see you guys soon! Love you! Bye!" Four said before hanging up, not giving a chance for Three to say it back.