I shall channel my 2016 SMG34 weeb self to write this one. I grew out of this ship a loooong time ago, but I can try to make it sound good. ________________________________________________________________________________

SMG3 was inside SMG4's room, in the middle of his next plan to become more popular than the man himself. This time, SMG3 had planned on deleting all of SMG4's pre-recorded videos, but not before watching them himself of course. He needed some way to steal ideas while also making it seem like his own. If SMG3 could successfully archive the videos on his own flash-drive,editing them to make it seem like his own, and delete the videos forever on SMG4's computer, then he would be set for the next couple weeks with content.

He was almost successful.

That is until SMG4 caught him red handed. He had just come home from another day of doing one of Mario's lame requests for spaghetti. "What the hell are you doing here?" SMG4 steppedover."WHat does it look like?"The other responded. "I can't believe you were actually dumb enough to sneak into my room and delete my videos." SMG4 said. "D-DUMB?!" SMG3 looked up angrily. "I never thought you'd stoop this low. Any good video maker always has a back-up flash-drive. But I guess you couldn't think off that since your videos are such trash." SMG3 looked away "T-they are NOT trash..." he whispered. "Liar" SMG4 was enjoying finally being able to catch SMG3 in the middle of his ploy. Being able to tear him into shreds with words was seriously cathartic.

Then SMG4 noticed something. Something off.

He waited a couple seconds.

"Well?" SMG4 asked. "Well, what?" SMG3 echoed. "No witty retorts? No over the top refusal? Just looking down in such a disappointing way?" SMG4 wondered. "No, not really. I don't feel like it right now." SMG3 opened up a little. This was new. Something like this was unprecedented. SMG3 had emotions? This was... unsettling. But SMG4 couldn't let this chance to finally figure out SMG3's motives slip through his fingers. He wanted to ask so many questions, but instead he stood there as SMG3 spoke his piece. "Glitchy." SMG4 looked surprised; nobody other than Mario used that nickname for him, and it certainly caught his attention. "Did you ever have someone you looked up to? Someone like an idol? Someone who made you happy every time you saw them?" SMG3 asked.

"Sure. Who hasn't?" unaware of where this was going, SMG4 continued to stay relatively quiet. "Did you ever want to meet that person? Be able to fall under their wing as their right hand man? Work together with them with a bond inseparable?" SMG4 also decided to open up a little at these new, more intricate questions. "Yes...? But..." SMG4 trailed off. "They didn't turn out the way you thought they would, right?" SMG3 finished his sentence. "H-how did you-" SMG4 got cut off. "In what ways did you bring that person to your attention? What did you think would happen as a result?" SMG3 continued to ask these strange questions. "Well, that's a little hard to say." SMG4 thought it over. "Why are you asking me this?"

SMG3 finally turned back to facing SMG4.

"Let me tell you, it doesn't feel nice to be so thoroughly thrashed by the one you look up to and love the most." He said. "W-what?" SMG4 whisper-yelled. "For years now, I've been trying to get you to notice me. To notice how much I loved your videos, to notice how happy they made me feel when I wasn't feeling the best. Any attention, at least to me, negative or positive was good." SMG3 spoke softly, a complete 180 from his usual demeanor. "I just wanted to make videos with you, and anytime I saw myself in those scripts of yours, even if I was cast in a negative light, made me so happy just be around you for minutes and minutes on end."

SMG4 sat and listened.

"When you refused to let me take part, I had made a vow I would become more popular than you, but I lack the creative genius and charm you have, so it felt like stealing your content was the only option to get you to finally pay attention to me." SMG3 took a deep breath. "All I wanted was to be by your side creating content together as friends... maybe eventually...more??" His face was turning into a semi-noticeable shade of red. "...You may have refused back then, but that doesn't mean I still won't try to-"

"Is that it?" SMG4 interrupted him. "What do you mean is that it!?" SMG3 looked incredibly flustered now, especially after he poured his heart out and got such a dry, seemingly uncaring response. SMG4 took a look at SMG3 and chuckled. "You should have just told me that from the very beginning! I wouldn't have minded including such an adorable guy in my videos." "H-HEY! Not funny!!" That just made SMG4 chuckle even more. "Pfft. In fact..." SMG3 waited for him to finish his sentence. "I still wouldn't mind, and you're actually pretty appealing in the looks category. Just wasn't too sure about the personality, given the whole, stealing my ideas thing." "Oh... I'm sor-" This time SMG4 cut him off. "No need to apologize. I got good content from those types of videos." SMG3's eyes lit up. "Bear in mind this doesn't mean I forgive you. At least not yet... not until I get to know you better." SMG4 explained. "After all, all I've seen is the villainous persona who just wants to destroy me. Not what I'm seeing now of course, which I kinda like."

Seconds pass by until SMG4 speaks up again.

"Here. Take these." "What are they...?" SMG3 asked. "The videos you tried to steal. I give you permission to use them. Think of it as your early job opportunity." SMG4 stated. "Now if you excuse me, I'll be on my way. Let me know if you want to accept the offer. Maybe over... a cup of coffee?" SMG3 was speechless. All he could do was just nod violently while blushing a little too much. "Well, I guess it's a date then. Meet me tomorrow at 3:00pm? By the StarCoins, at Toad Town. I look forward to working with you."

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I made this at 12am and I'm honestly so tired. This felt like it was trash but idk, I may be confident in my comic drawings and comedy one shots but romance is certainly not my strongsuit. I feel like I should probably make a part two? Just because this is kind of like the beginning of the relationship becoming something. I actually want to write them as being boyfriends but because I can't stand a ship with a faulty balance, I had to write my own reasons as to why they are even working together in the first place.

Thanks for the request,

It has been a long time coming ;'U