He pulls up a chair to Marlene's bed and watches her sleep. He watched her breathe in and out... in and out... he felt relaxed. He tries to think of a moment where he has felt this relaxed, but couldn't of anything. He snapped back into reality when he heard Marlene's shocked gasp.
"Rico! What are you doing here?"
"Um..." Rico said, then smiled innocently. 'Don't just smile, ya idiot!' Rico thought to himself. 'Say something!'
"Well?" Marlene irritatedly asked, then folded her arms, waiting for an answer to come from Rico.
"Uh..." Rico said, trying to think of something to say. He felt a cold sweat trickle down his forehead. 'Just say something!' His mind yelled at him, 'Anything!' He nervously looks around the room, then looks at Marlene, who looked like she was getting more irritated by the second. "Rico!" Marlene shouted out, which made Rico jump a little. "Oh! Ah... heh." Rico nervously said and chuckled a little, but Marlene wasn't phased. "Uh... w-wanna... talk?" He asked, and smiled innocently again.
Marlene looks at him like he's finally lost the rest of his sanity. She looks at the floor, her face mixed with, what Rico thought, confusion and hurt. 'Yeah, you really should've said anything...' he thought to himself. He lowered his head in shame and turns to the enterance. "Rico." he heard Marlene say. He turns back to her direction and sees her motioning him over to sit on the bed with her.
Rico smiled slightly and walks to Marlene's bed. He sat at the edge of the bed. Marlene looks at Rico and smiles. "Wanna talk?" She asks, trying to imitate Rico's voice, which make him laugh a little. "You know," Marlene said, "I've been wanting to talk to you for some time now." There's a little pause. "So, you and your girlfriend still getting along?" She asks. Rico didn't really expect Marlene to ask a question like that, but he thought he should answer it so that he doesn't seem like a jerk. "Uh-huh!" He answered proudly.
"That's good." Marlene said. "Love is great, isn't it?" Rico nodded in agreement. "You love her a lot, huh?" Marlene asked. Rico started to feel uncomfortable. 'Why is she asking me all these questions?' He asks himself. "Rico?" He heard Marlene ask and made him snap out of his thoughts. "Oh, yeah! love lots!" Rico said. "That's cool." Marlene said, then there was another pause. "Rico...?" Marlene asked, and Rico looks at her with interest. "Never mind..." She said, then looks away. Rico scootches in closer to Marlene. "What?" Rico croaked out, wanting to know what she was going to say. Marlene lets out a sigh "I want to tell you, but..." Rico waited for her to continue, but she didn't. Her voice trailed off and she placed her hands on her face, a few seconds later, she started to shake a little.
"You OK?" Rico asked. "Yeah, fine. I'm alright." Marlene said, her voice had a little shake in it. Rico didn't believe her that she said she was alright, he sits closer to Marlene and puts a flipper around her for comfort. "This is going to be a little awkward..." Marlene said. 'Awkward? What does she mean?' Rico asked himself. "Rico... I.. love you." Rico looks at her with a shocked expression. "Love?" he asked her. "Yeah." Marlene responded. "I've been wanting to tell you that for a while, ever since I had that dream. I just couldn't tell you because you are already tooken by someone else. But I just... I love you."
Rico didn't believe what he heard Marlene say. He stared in space in amazement. 'She loves me?' he asked himself. 'Wow, this is just... am I the first the first one that..." Rico looks at Marlene in the cornor of his eye and sees her put her head down and puts her hands on her face again. It looked like she was going to start crying again. "Don't cry." Rico grunted out. Marlene looks up at Rico. "What?" She asked as she wiped her eyes.
"Don't cry." Rico said and moved closer to her. "Rico, I'm-" She was cut off by Rico, who put his flipper on her lips and motioned a 'shhhhh...' with his other flipper, and moved in closer. Marlene closes her eyes and waits for the moment to happen. Marlene peaks open one eye to see what Rico was doing. It looked like he wanted to kiss her, but was to nervous to do it. "Here." she said with a chuckle, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Close you eyes." She told him, and Rico did. She pulls in Rico and they kiss. "Love you, Rico." Marlene said as they broke apart." "Love you." Rico said. "More then doll." and they kissed again.
