Coffee and dating apps
Logan looked at his coffee, which had gone cold by now, as he watched Bowser inhale the breakfast sandwiches he bought himself. Logan sighed, causing Bowser to look up from his third sandwich.
“What’s up, ya seem broody…well maybe more broodier than ever,” Bowser pointed out, returning to his sandwich. Logan rolled his eyes.
“Ain’t broody just thinking.” Logan pointed out, then finally sipped his coffee.
“Blugh went cold,” Logan said, sticking out his tongue from his coffee's cold, bitter taste. That one act of disgust caused Bowser to howl in laughter, which had him halfway out of his chair.
“ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT IT AIN'T THAT DAMN FUNNY YOU BIG LUG!” Logan yelled as he threw one of the sandwich wrappers that littered Bowser’s side of the table. Bowser only laughed harder. After a few wheezed snorts and a few sorrys, Bowser finally stopped laughing.
“It wasn’t even that funny dammit,” Logan grumbled, causing Bowser to let out a pained wheeze and slap the table. Logan rolled his eyes and threw another wrapper at Bowser’s head.
“I’m sorry, man. Hehe, it’s just you looked like Ludwig when he tried coffee for the first time, haha!” Bowser replied, laughing again. Logan looked at Bowser with mild concern.
“Your middle schooler is drinking coffee?!” Logan yelled, causing Bowser to roll his eyes this time.
“Relax, it’s decaf, I’m not stupid, Logan.” Bowser pointed out as Logan physically relaxed.
“Sides, it wasn't like I had a choice. Ludwig was sneaky and tried to drink the afternoon coffee Kamek makes for himself when his back was turned.” Bowser pointed out, causing Logan to nod in acknowledgment that he was right, Ludwig was a bit of a sneaky kid… well, it’s more of an underhanded sneaky, in the I’m trying to be rebellious and look cool to my younger sibs but not trying to get in trouble kind of way.
“Besides, this isn't about the kids but about you. Why are you letting your coffee go cold again and looking all broody today?” Bowser asked, pointing a claw at Logan and giving him the dad stare. Logan squirmed a bit in his chair. Damnit, this guy is the same age as him, maybe a little bit younger. How the hell can he make him feel like Chuck is scolding him again?
“It’s nothing, Bowser, really, ya paranoid Koopa,” Logan stated, looking up at Bowser’s eyes only to see Bowser giving him a hard stare. “GAH FINE! You win!” Logan threw his head back in defeat.
“Yes! HAHA Kamek showed me how to do that!” Bowser cheered, looking smug. “ Now tell old Uncle Bowser what’s wrong,” Bowser said, causing Logan to snort and roll his eyes.
“We’re the same age dipshit.” Logan pointed out with a bit of an annoyed tone, causing Bowser to laugh. Logan sighed as he looked at his cold coffee and back up at Bowser.
“Ya think I'm a good dad?” Logan started being open with the draconic Koopa for the first time in forever. Those words caused Bowser to choke on his sandwich. Logan waited for Bowser to finish choking as Bowser slammed his fist to his chest to break up the chunks of meat and eggs that lodged in his throat.
“Wha- cough cough what do you mean, of course you're a good dad!” Bowser shouted, causing Logan to smack his snout shut. Bowser looked at Logan with confusion and concern. Logan shot him a glare.
“ Shut up!” Logan hissed, his face turning red as he looked around the restaurant. Most of the patrons looked confused at the duo. With a sigh, Logan gathered all their trash and walked away from their table. Bowser followed Logan, now confused as to why Logan acted like that.
“Logan, wait!” Bowser yelled after his friend. Logan stopped in place, shooting a glare at Bowser again.
“ What the hell, man! You drop a bomb like that, you yell and leave!” Bowser pointed out, putting a hand on his hips. Logan grumbled something and tried to leave, only for Bowser to pick him up like a toddler.
“ PUT ME DOWN BOWSER!” Logan yelled, kicking and flopping around, causing Bowser to chuckle, but he just shook his head.
“Nope, we're gonna talk and ya ain't gonna walk away like a grumpy gills,” Bowser said as he walked to the park. Logan went limp, making his weight heavier, trying to get Bowser to drop him. Logan hated being open with his emotions, and since Bowser started to go to therapy after that whole thing with Peach when they were younger, he has been more in tune with his feelings, which Logan would have found a miracle in it’s self but right now it was a pain in his ass. Bowser walked a few more steps to put Logan down on the ground with a smirk, still keeping a hand on his shoulders, knowing his oldest friend would make a run for it if he let go.
“ Now are we gonna talk or am I gonna have to hold ya like a baby?” Bowser teased, causing the shorter man to huff out a ‘fine’ as Bowser patted his back with a firm slap.
“ Now why is the big bad wolverine acting so self-conscious?” the Koopa asked as he left a meaty paw on Logan’s shoulder. Logan sighed.
“I know how the other parents feel about me… I mean, I guess you do to but they dont say shit about ya…but because I look human enough they think they can say shit about me and my kids but…Maybe they could use another parent…” Logan confessed, looking defeated. Bowser nodded, running his claws through his beard in deep thought. Logan looked at Bowser as he hemmed and hawed.
“ Ya gonna say something or just hem and hah?” Logan asked with a bit of a bite this time. With a ‘hah’ bowser pulled out his phone and pulled up an app. Logan looked at the large koopa with a semi-confused look.
“What the hell, Bowser? What is this?” Logan asked, looking up at the draconic Koopa. Bowser’s Maw lit up with a bright smile.
“It’s a dating app!” Bowser exclaimed, looking excited. Logan, all of a sudden, felt a little scared of the manic Koopa. Logan took the phone like it was a bomb.
“A dating app?” Logan asked in a way that sounded like an ‘are you kidding me?’ Bowser nodded frantically; he looked like a kid at a candy store.
“Yeah! A dating app! Bruce put me on to it when I said I wanted to find a mate that ya know wasn't Peaches, especially since she’s now my kids' teacher.” Bowser explained as Logan looked at him like he sprouted two more heads.
“Why do you think a dating app would work for me? I ain't much of a partner.” Logan pointed out that to Bowser, who waved his paw as if to wave him off.
“Pfft, it’s not just a dating app, it's meant for people like us!” Bowser explained to Logan, who just looked confused.
“What do ya mean like us? Inhumans? Mutants?...single parents?” Logan asked honestly, not wanting to date another single parent himself, not that he wouldn’t understand the struggle of dating with kids, but he really didn't want to try and blend families.
“No, no, not at all, it’s an app for those who are done with the bullshit!” Bowser stressed, causing a toad mother to cover her sproutlings' ears and run away from the offensive language. Bowser waved a hand in embarrassment as Logan cackled at his friend’s blunder.
“Anyway, you tell the app about yourself and what you are looking for in a partner, and—” Bowser started, only for Logan to hold out his hand. Logan shook his head. Bowser stopped looking confused.
“I don't think so, Bowser.” Logan started looking at the phone again. “You and Bruce, you probably use this app, but last time I went on a date, they tried to call CPS, and Gabby got her scars… I can’t do that to them again.” Logan said, honestly sounding so tired, causing Bowser to nod in understanding.
“I get it, man, but you said you're looking for a partner and this could help.” Bowser pointed out, causing Logan to look side to side in a ‘yeah yeah’ kind of way.
“Look, I'll send ya a link to the app later. At least think about it,” Bowser said, trying one more time to help his friend out with his future partner. Logan shook his head and returned to the cafe for his truck.
“Send it all you want, Bowser, but I'm not that desperate for a partner just yet.” Logan pointed out, causing Bowser to scoff as he followed suit.
“I’m not desperate either, but it would be nice to have a mate for my koopalings. They're young enough to need and want a mother…father…, or other parental unit in their lives.” Bowser said, making a confused face at his wording, causing Logan to snort again.
“I get that statement, but I'm good…I’ll find my own partner in my way,” Logan said, causing Bowser to huff. “But thanks, I appreciate it.” Logan thanked Bowser, who merely nodded.
“Look, Logan, at least try the app,” Bowser pleaded. “One year, at least try one year…or at least six months minimum, and try. And I don't mean install the app on your phone and never use it.” Bowser rambled, causing Logan to stare at him.
“Bowser bub, you're losing me, " Logan teased, as Bowser shook his head.
“Right, anyway, at least try the six months, and if you still don't have a partner, then I won't bug ya about it again, deal?” Bowser bargained. As Logan grabbed the truck's handle, he stopped and sighed.
“ I can't promise anything, but send me the link to the damn app and I’ll give it a look… a look mind you not promising anything also if we match im blocking your ass,” Logan said, though, that the last part was a bit more of a joke to get the Koopa to smile.
“ Alright, I get it, you don't want this tail.” Bowser joked, wagging his tail at Logan, who just rolled his eyes with a chuckle.
“Yeah your ass too fat for my taste… same time tomorrow?” Logan asked, and Bowser nodded.
“Yep, but I think it’s Bruce's day, so we're going to actual breakfast tomorrow.” Bowser pointed out, causing Logan to tsk if bruce was paying he was going to have to download that damn app.
“Yeah, yeah, I'll see you later then.” Logan brushed off Bowser as he got into his truck.
“Great,” Logan muttered to himself. “Now I have another person all about my personal life…sigh, at least Bowser won't try setting me up with everybody with a pulse.” Logan sighed as he drove to work, already dreading the long day ahead.