"What's it like to kiss a guy?"
Tom almost spat out his drink, completely thrown off by Marco's sudden question.
"You-uh...we uh...what?", he stuttered, he and Marco were playing video games in Marco's living room, and Tom's sudden thoughts caused him to lose focus and his character was killed before he could even finish his sentence.
He grumbled at himself for losing focus.
Marco, on the other hand, continued to speak, eyes still focused on the game in front of him.
"Well...you know, like..kissing another guy?", he was making it sound so awkward, and after playing games and shouting at the screen for hours this felt out of nowhere.
"W-why do you want to know?", tom asked, two eyes focused on the game, but the third staring at his friend in wonder.
Marco bit his lip, "I don't know...It's just..It just kinda popped into my mind and...I'm really not sure..."
He sounded embarrassed for even asking such a odd question to his friend, but Tom quickly responded and paused the game.
"It's not really weird to ask...it's perfectly fine!", he reassured, "I mean...it's kind of a valid question, it's probably just like kissing girls...". Tom wasn't entirely sure how to answer Marco's question, so he babbled whatever came to mind.
Tom probably would've been much calmer and less awkward about it if there wasn't for a small factor...
His crush on Marco.
Marco didn't know, of course, but anytime Marco talked about dating and couples and romance Tom would instantly become stiff, and his body would grow warmer.
This wasn't helping, as his mind was now trailing to the idea of them kissing and therefore making Tom's face blush and making it impossible for him to focus on the words he was saying.
Marco didn't seem to care though, and felt the back of his neck.
"Yeah, probably...sorry for the weird question, I guess just because my dating life with girls has come out weird...maybe i just kinda wondered...", he trailed off, trying to focus on the chip bowl next to him instead.
"What it would be like to be with a guy?", tom finished for him.
Marco didn't answer, instead he shoved some food into his mouth and tried not to look at Tom, he should've stayed quiet about this.
"Marco...it's not a weird thing to think about.." Tom stated, "Just because you've been chasing girls your whole life doesn't mean you can't think about being with guys or something! I mean...anybody would love you..!"
Then Tom stiffened at his own words, feelings warmth rush to his cheeks.
Marco, thankfully, wasn't looking at him, he was staring at the floor, lost in thought.
"You really think so tom?", he said softly, "I mean...it's just...i spent a long time chasing after Jackie, and sometimes i wonder what could've happened if i didn't and found someone else...I mean, girls at my school usually laugh at me..."
He looked as if he was about to cry a little, and after Tom took note of this, he put an arm around his friend and pulled him next to him. Marco leaned his head on Tom's shoulder, this had been a bad idea...a REALLY bad idea.
"Before Star...I didn't really have anyone...didn't really have a shot with anyone..", He muttered, "I was just...nobody..."
Tom's mind was darting about what he should do next, what he should say next, he didn't really like seeing Marco cry, despite how much they liked to mess with each other. He needed to say something and fast.
"Y'know...Star was my first and only girlfriend, heck, she was kinda my only friend too...", Tom started, Marco looked up at him, the demon rarely talked much about him and Star's past, Marco wondered if Tom was just trying to forget about it these days.
"I mean...i couldn't make friends, get a date..." Tom said, "I was the angry demon prince who everyone feared and despised...I-I was just a screw-up, and...I just wasn't good enough for anyone...I wasn't worth it.."
Marco's tears had stopped, but now he noticed Tom's change in tone was starting to become very dismal.
"After Star left me...I thought I was unlovable...So I just...tried to becomebetter...so I could be acceptable..", He wiped some tears off his eyes, he didn't want to get emotional in front of Marco, but he couldn't stop himself.
"I just wanted to feel like someone out there likes me...even I didn't like myself..", He took some breaths and tried to calm down as best he could. He felt Marco detach himself from him and sit down in front of him.
Marco scanned his face before pulling him in for a hug.
"I like you...", He said, "That's one person.."
Tom hugged him back, "Yeah...me too.."
"I guess we're both real losers huh?", Marco mumbled into his shoulder.
"Yeah...but..we're the coolest losers..", Tom chuckled, he enjoyed hugging Marco. As someone who wasn't used to being hugged or shown any affection, even by his own parents, these were moments he lived for.
"You really think anybody out there would date me?", Marco asked, pulling out of their hug and looking at Tom.
"Of course Marco, those girls out there have no clue what they were missing...you're too cool for them..", He grinned, he felt an awful lot better now. "And hey, if you wanted to ask a guy out...I bet you could totally be a great boyfriend to him.."
Tom couldn't help but get lost in thought in that last part, slightly jealous.
Marco hit his shoulder lightly, "You're a jerk Tom, but I know you'll find someone out there too...as long as they can put up with your terrible humor and stink, I think they're a keeper.."
Tom playfully hit him back, and the two had a playful wrestling match on the carpet, knocking over some snack bowls and drinks in their game. They were laughing and lightly attacking each other until tom pinned Marco underneath him.
"I win...", He said with a smirk.
His smirk faded however, after he realized he was holding Marco's hands, and was hovering above him.
Marco was blinking, and blushed, "Yeah...you win alright.."
Tom didn't know what to do next, he wanted to move, but couldn't despite knowing this was a bad idea.
If they had done something like this Pre-crush, Tom knew he would've gotten off Marco and they'd have gone back to teasing each other, and having Tom gloat for a few hours about his strength and power.
But now he was looking into Marco's eyes, post-crush, and he couldn't help but turn red again.
He just couldn't keep himself cool and calm around him anymore, his outer shell just melted away.
A few inches away, and their lips would touch.
Tom wanted this so badly.
But instead he closed his eyes, and got up and off Marco, "We...uh...we made quite a mess...I guess we better go clean it up..before your parents get home from their date". He was still red, and despite wanting to slap himself for not "Going with it", he was thankful Marco didn't seem to care about the fact that they were in that position so long.
He couldn't do it, it would be a mistake.
Marco hadn't moved at all from the spot on the floor, still blushing and not even sure what to do, it wasn't like him to ignore cleaning up a mess.
"M-Marco?"
Then Marco snapped out of it and sat up, "Y-yeah...right.."
"That was fun...this entire night with you...has been alot of fun..", Tom said, as he helped pick up crumbs.
"Yeah...it's been great, you've been great..." Marco said along, coughing, "Thanks...for being supportive about all this, I wanted to talk to Star about it...but she's just...". Tom looked at him knowingly, "Not very good with other's issues? Yeah...".
"Since she's staying at Janna's for the night, i figured we should spend a night together.." Marco shrugged, "I love Star, I-I just don't think she'd understand what I was talking about..."
"No, Marco, it's fine...trust me dude. You can talk to me about anything...", Tom insisted, "If i can trust you not to laugh at me when i say and suggest something dumb, or keep me from blowing up...you can trust me that I won't laugh at stuff like this.."
"Even if we keep teasing each other?", Marco asked, taking out a dust-pan.
"Oh, we'll always tease each other Marco..", Tom assured, smiling, "I just won't tease you about about the things that matter most to you..."
Marco smiled lightly at him, before getting back to work.
Then cleaned up the rest of their mess in silence, before Marco sat down to go back to their game.
Tom sat down next to him, their controllers were now disconnected and he grumbled about it for a few seconds before reconnecting his.
Marco, however, hesitated.
"Marco?", Tom asked, "You ok dude?"
Marco put down his controller and turned to face him.
"Hey...tom? Can I ask you for a favor?", He wasn't looking Tom in the eyes and his red face greatly worried Tom.
"Uh...sure, what's up?"
"Are you ok with- do you mind if-?", He babbled, "I mean, it'd just be as friends...but- if you don't want to it's perfectly fine.."
"Marco?"
"Do you...want to kiss?" Marco spat out.
Tom could feel a little fire start to grow around him, he quickly put it out before looking at him.
"You...want to kiss me?", He said in awe, excitement flooding his veins.
"Well...we wanted to know what it felt like to kiss another guy and well..." Marco trialed off, "It's ok if you think it's weird... I don't want to hurt our friendship if you don't want to or anything-"
"NO no!", tom interrupted, a little too quickly, "That...that's perfectly fine, I-I don't mind..kissing you or anything."
"I mean, you're the guy i'm most comfortable with...", Marco hugged his legs close to his chest, "Y'know, despite everything in the past...If I was going to just...try, i'd rather it'd be with you...since you won't laugh.."
Tom sat closer to Marco, putting his controller down.
"I'm cool with it...", He was trying hard not to sound so eager, his heartbeat going faster then normal.
Marco looked at him, "Well...I suppose if you don't mind..just...don't laugh, i'm an awful kisser.."
"Well, It's not like I've had many myself..i'm sure i'm worse.", tom added, smiling.
"No one is worse then me!", Marco jerked.
"Nah it's me!"
"It's me!"
ME!"
Each time they argued, their faces got closer and closer together.
They leaned in, closing eyes.
"ACK!", Marco jolted back, holding his nose.
Tom held his too, they bumped noses.
Oops
Tom laughed a bit, "You uh...wanna try that again?"
Marco shared a small smile, before awkwardly leaning towards him again.
Tom reached an hand up and touched Marco's cheek, holding it softly before pressing their lips together.
Tom's mind was fuzzy, he couldn't think straight, not when Marco and him were kissing each other softly.
He knew they were only doing it just to do it, and not because Marco felt anything but this didn't change the fact that their lips were touching.
He just wanted to savor this moment forever, he wanted to hold onto Marco and never let him go, he tried to deepen the kiss, before realizing it was only meant to last so long.
Marco, however, didn't really seem to mind at all, he wasn't pulling away nor did he mind Tom deepening the kiss. In fact, he got even closer to Tom, making Tom question why Marco really asked to kiss him.
However, before Tom went any further, Marco pulled away, as if he just realized how far they went for what was only meant to be a small kiss. Marco looked at Tom, wide-eyed, blushing like mad, like he couldn't believe what just happened.
Tom tried to avoid eye-contact with the brunette, feeling embarrassed for even attempting to go further with Marco.
Marco, his best friend.
"So...how was that?", Tom said, making a fake-smile, trying to make the tension less awkward.
"That...was...fun..", Marco mumbled, trying to hide his obvious blushing, "I can't believe we-...wow.."
"Too much?", Tom remarked, trying to laugh it off. Then he made a face, " If not we could totally try it again.."
Marco playfully hit him, "Oh, shut it..."
"That was...that was cool..", Tom said, still at a loss for words, "Yeah.."
Marco picked up his controller, "We can...we can go back to our game...if you want to?"
"Yeah, that sounds fun...", Tom replied, picking up his own, "Oh...and uh..marco?"
The human looked at him, as if expecting him to say something rude or to mock him for their kiss.
"Yeah?"
"Just...for the record, I think you kiss pretty well...for a human...y'know..", He admitted, red-faced still over kissing his crush.
Marco suck out his tongue at him, "Just don't tell Star or Janna, if they knew they'd never let it go..."
"Pft...yeah, They'd probably think we were dating or something..." Tom said, trying to laugh it off, despite the fact that dating Marco was far from unpleasant to him.
"Yeah, weird..." Marco said, trailing off and starting their game back up again.
They played in silence for a bit, before Marco spoke up up.
"Hey Tom?"
"Yeah?" Tom said, third eye trailing to look at him.
Thanks...for everything..", Marco wasn't looking at him, trying to hide the redness showing in his cheeks.
Tom took note of it, but chose not to address it.
Not yet.
"Hey...it's no problem..", He said softly.
Anything for a friend...