Peach was walking around the castle with her parasol keeping her shaded from the sun. She was smiling as she seen two toad children playing with a soccer ball

Mario was sitting on the ground eating a plain mushroom salad. As he ate he grew somewhat taller but still short as usual.

She seen him and smiled warmly as she walked over to him “Hello Mario” she said as she stood beside him

He jumps a bit, spitting out a mushroom. "Oh peach- Hello!" He says while wiping his mouth with his hand.

She giggled as she seen his shocked reaction. She looked at him “I’m sorry for scaring you.” She said sweetly to him

"Me? S-scraed? No!" He spoke nervously while scratching the back of his head. "I'm always on alert." He shows her a thumbs up and a soft smile

She giggled at him and smiled. “True. You are the kingdoms best defender. And always save me from Bowser.” She blushed as she looked at him “Almost like my brave knight” she giggled as she looked at him with a kind and loving expression

He was pretty shocked and his face became a soft red. "Well- i suppose. But many others help as well so i couldn't take all the credit!"

“I know...I know that they help so much but even princesses have their favorites...” she said blushing deeply. She had talked to Zelda about Mario before, and her suggestion was to be more direct with him, and give him heavy hints as she did with Link, her mute knight/partner.

He sat down again. "Hm, is that so?" He looked down at a white pixelated flower and handed it to peach. "Well i'm glad to be your favorite, princess!" He would chuckle showing a smile.

She sat next to him and giggled as she took the flower. “Yes it is...”  she smiled at him and kissed his cheek softly. “So sweet and caring..” she said to him softly

He finished the rest of his salad making him feel more energetic and fidgety. "Okie dokie- I have to run now! If I sit still any longer i think I'll explode."

She giggled and nodded "Okay. I'll see you later then?" she asked smiling sweetly at him. She watched him start to get fidgety and wondered to herself "Did i do that or the mushrooms?" she asked herself in her head

Mario went to rolling hills and decided to try and burn all of his energy off by going through the same obstacles repetitively until he felt himself drained. A few minutes go by and he stops himself by skidding his feet. "Hui, Hew..I think- I'm done for..today." He tried catching his breath

he was sitting on a pipe as he seen Mario running through the obstacles he grinned and got up running towards him "Heya Mario." he said as she came to a stop and put his hands into his hoodie pocket

He looked over and fixed his posture. "Rayman!.. what're you doing here??" He slightly tilted his head to the side confused.

"I have absolutely no idea in all honesty.....last thing i remember was running into a cave and then I popped out of a pipe near the castle." he said scratching the back of his head. He smiled warmly though and looked at Mario "Good to see ya though."

"Well those pipes can lead you almost anywhere." He'd say with a slight chuckle. He has gotten accidently lost in the pipes before in the past but now he's kind of a pro at hopping in and out each pipe. "Nice seeing you too!"

“So how have you been man? Any new and exciting adventures?” He said grinning at him. The last time he had seen Mario was at the Smash tryouts. He hadn’t been excepted but he was still hopeful for next time.

"Nothing really, I kind of miss bowser popping up though. But while that's great and all it's calmer now and i don't have to go all over to save peach." He let's out a relived sigh.

“Yeah same for me...peace is nice and all but it gets booorrrinnggg” he said exaggerating. He shrugged (oh what seemed to be a shrug with his hand movements. “Still that’s better than all out war and such. Or your princess being in another castle”

He would nod slightly. "Yeah- meanwhile im just trying to get pumped up just in case since there hasn't been a peach kidnapping in a while so you never know the next time big bowser's coming."

He nodded “Yeah. Don’t get me wrong training and keeping in shape is mandatory for heroes but you can’t over do it or you will be to tired to fight.”

"Yeah. That's very true." He decided that Rayman's words were very helpful so he didn't want to practice for the rest of the day. "But- I should go around to see if anyone needs any assistance. See you around!" He went off to a pipe and jumped in.