Thursday, the fifth day of the week, was just a regular day for most people. There's really nothing special or anything worth celebrating on a day like this. Save for the fact that it's the closest day to Friday and Saturday which is what most people are eagerly waiting for due to whatever plans their youthful drive are leading them to. Or whatever crazy trend just popped up on the internet recently. Either way, plans are made.
Star Butterfly and Marco Diaz are not one of the aforementioned "most people". They don't need to look forward to weekends to make plans or anything, since they can pretty much just hop into any other dimension they wanted with a few snips of a dimensional scissor at anytime they pleased! But they can't skip classes though. Marco made it clear to the dimension-hopping princess that he doesn't want to have too many absences on his attendance record just because she wanted to quell her boredom by ditching school.
But on Thursdays, the duo celebrate a little holiday that they made up shortly after the hyperactive princess' arrival on Earth and formal introduction to Marco. "Friendship Thursday" as they had called it. He then recalled his first time meeting Star. The self-proclaimed "misunderstood bad boy" was called by Principal Skeeves over the intercom to see him, and was greeted by the sight of the stout principal holding a chest full of jewelry alongside a blonde, wand-wielding teenager about to engage combat with a water fountain. Marco was hesitant and had a slight aversion for Star at first. But after a cleared misunderstanding and a wave of monsters, Marco decided to give her a chance. Admittedly, it took a while for him to get used to Star's company, but you can only be bewildered by a person's odd personality for so long until it eventually becomes a part of "the norm" for you. And thus, the rest is history.
The timer rings, bringing Marco out of his happy little moment of reminiscence and back to reality. He rushes over to the oven to take out his infamous "Marco's Super Amazing Nachos", but not before putting his mitts on. "Wouldn't want to burn your hands now, would you?" Says the iconically dubbed "Safe Kid" to no other than himself. He never really liked that nickname. Marco sets the huge bowl of nachos down on the island and its amazing smell captivated him for a moment, he ate one, having a bit of difficulty with his mitts still on, and smiled to himself, proving that his nachos are ready for munching. He walks over to the fridge to look for the sodas.
Star, who was attempting to balance her wand on her nose while she waited for her best friend to finish with the treats, caught a whiff of said treats. And rushes over to the kitchen to ogle at the golden, cheesy, triangular goodness held in this big bowl. "Marco's nachos are finally dooooone!" she whisper-shouted to herself as she grabs one and quickly devours it. Her eyes went wide, shining and shimmering. Her best friend's nachos never ceased to amaze her. It was indeed a true masterpiece. Well, in her opinion anyway. They surely don't serve nachos THIS good in Mewni. She's not sure if they even serve nachos at all! Maybe they do? Wait, did they? She made a mental note to ask her mom or dad about that later. And speaking of which, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz were out to have dinner with their friends and told the kids to just enjoy their little movie night.
Marco returned with cans of sodas in his hands. Handing one to Star, he grabbed the bowl and headed over to the couch. "Star, you can stop staring at the nachos now." He grinned, he was glad that his best friend loved his creation. Maybe a little too much. "Did you put the movie in already?". Marco set the food and refreshments down on the table in front of them and plopped down on the couch, Star jumped over from behind the couch to claim her spot next to Marco, not like anyone else was going to take it. "Yeeees Marco, I already did." she stuffed her mouth with nachos, and Marco looked at her whilst clicking his tongue, sighing afterwards. "Oh Star, you never learn." He says in a grief-stricken tone, and this caught Star's attention, causing her to quickly gulp down the nachos in her mouth and stare at her best friend. "What do you mean?" she tilted her head to the side, and Marco looked her right in the eyes.
"That's not how you eat nachos." Star furrowed her eyebrows at his sudden change of tone and felt quite lost, until Marco grabs a handful of nachos and shoves them into his mouth. And so he proudly exclaims "THIS is how you eat nachos!" albeit sounding muffled due to his mouth being full, and bits of nachos flew out of his mouth as he laughed like a madman. This elicited a laugh from the princess, and decided to stuff her mouth in the same manner as he did. "Is this how you do it, you dork?" she asked, also sounding muffled due to the overflowing amount of nachos in her cheeks that made her look like a blonde, blue eyed chipmunk. Marco swallows the nachos and laughs at her attempt at cosplaying as a chipmunk without the actual costume, Star following with bellows of laughs of her own. This is one of the things they loved about Friendship Thursday. They can just be huge dorks and had good food with good movies. How could this possibly get any better?
Their warm laughter simmered down, and with huge grins, Marco decided to grab the remote and pressed play.
The bowl of nachos were almost empty, and only Marco's can of soda had a bit of its contents left. The pair was too into the movie to even bother getting a refill. The thought of a refill never even crossing their minds once as their eyes were glued to the screen, eager to know what happens next.
The movie was about two lovers whose relationship was...in a way, forbidden. Star picked this movie due to the fact that she took a liking for the cover's design and that it had hearts on it, like her cheek marks! Marco knew this was a terrible way to pick a movie, he was sure that she didn't even bother to read the description, but hey, it was a way to pick a movie nonetheless. Marco has never seen this one before, guessing that his parents must've bought this recently, he was quite curious to see what it was about. So he told Star to put the movie in the player before he went off to make the nachos. And so here they were, snuggled together in the blanket that Star had gotten for Pony Head, who apparently decided not to attend today's Friendship Thursday because she had a date with some hunk that always wore sunglasses, even indoors, in winter...at night time. Yes. Pony Head gave Marco this description. Except with more lovestruck eyes and giggles.(And not to mention that she was sassing the place up while she did so.)
A question arose in Star's head, genuine curiosity on her face as she turned to look at Marco and asked "Hey Marco?", he glanced over in her direction, "How do humans make these movies? Do they use some kind of cool earth magic to spy on these people and put them in the CD's for other people's entertainment?" Marco was now confused, "Uhh... spying?"
"Yeah! Look at how they change angles, and how they're always directed on the interesting people. What kind of magic do they use? It's like the time I used the all-seeing eye. Ohmygosh are all humans capable of using dark magic?"
"What? No no, Star. You got it all wrong." Marco turned his entire body to look at Star. "We use a camera to record these movies, you already know what a camera is. And no, Star, we aren't spying on these people." Star pursed her lips as if in doubt, and Marco took note of how cute she looked when she was doing that. "Are you suuuuure you aren't spying?"
Star has been to other dimensions, seen lots of unimaginable things. That includes movies, short films, and documentaries of course. But she still hasn't realized the difference between documentaries and actual movies, she thinks they're both the same thing. So she figured that the earthlings were also just spying on other earthlings for entertainment. Marco chuckled, "Nah, the people in the movie are called actors, and they're just acting."
"Acting? Like pretending? What are they pretending for?"
"They're pretending to be the characters of the story."
"But aren't they already the characters of the story? This is all so confuuusing!"
Marco proceeded to explain the process behind film-making. How sometimes, movies are based off of books, the process of writing a script, people called "directors" that lead the actors, the fact that actors are real people with real lives and that they're just playing a character. And a lot more other movie related stuff.
Star always adored the way Marco explained things to her. He made sure to keep it simple, yet slightly detailed for it to be informative enough. Unlike those online wikis. She remembers the time she used Marco's laptop to research for her homework, the moment the page finished loading, she was bombarded by walls of texts, there were barely any pictures at all! She felt like her head could explode from too much information. It stressed her out. Luckily though, Marco summarized it for her and told her everything she needed to know for the homework. Of course, she got an "A" on that one, thanks to the boy who had high grades but claimed to be a bad boy, and a misunderstood one at that.
He finished his explanation, and now Star was more knowledgeable about the concept of movies. "Did you get all that?" Marco checked, "Totally totally totally, I get it now!" she said, nodding really fast and flashing a smile so bright that it could put the sun to shame. Well, the sun IS a star. But this one next to him was brighter, in Marco's opinion. Smiling at his own thoughts, Marco and Star turned back to the movie and realized that they forgot to pause while Marco went on with his explanation. Star used the remote to rewind it back to the scene they last stopped at. The scene had a couple on-screen, the main characters, both looking solemn. Having a conversation about how their situation really is. And how they want to deal with it. Their expressions genuine and believable, and the way they spoke really made you relate to how unfortunate they feel.
"Wow, they're REALLY good actors Marco." Star's eyes were wide. Feeling quite impressed knowing that these people were just pretending to feel saddened by their "circumstances". Marco folded his arms behind his back. "Psh. I've seen movies with way better actors. But yeah, gotta admit, these ones are also pretty good. Then again, what do I know about acting? The only acting I know how to do is 'acting like a screw-up' around Jackie." He laughed a bit, and Star gave him a little playful shove. "Marco, you and I both know that you're making great progress with her! You can finally speak in full sentences with her, that's something! And you aren't a screw-up, Diaz. Well...not anymore as far as I can tell" She giggled at that last bit, and Marco smiled at her. Full sincerity in his eyes.
"Thanks Star. I hope you're doing well with Oskar yourself. You guys talking more often?"
"Ohhhh, yeahhhh. Me and Oskar are like... super connected on like a sort of special way. I feel like every note he plays on that button guitar thing is secretly made for me~" Star started to daydream, she was sitting next to him on his car as he played another terrible piece, yet she found it soothing to listen to. Marco wondered if Star was just looking past his terrible playing and appreciating the true meaning of his songs or if she was just plain tone deaf.
"Huh, well good for you Star." Marco pat her back anyway as a sort of "congrats" gesture. She snapped out of her little fantasy and they both turned back to the screen.
The characters on-screen now had their lips pressed against each others, lasting only a quick moment. They pulled away, tears in their eyes as they held each other close.
This got Star wondering, how do these people in the movies get so good at acting? To pretend like you feel things that you don't. That must be the Earth magic in movies. Her curiosity now rising, she tugged on Marco's hoodie sleeve, and he looked at her.
"Marco... will I ever be as good of an actress as the characters in the movie?" She twirled her wand in her fingers. "They're super good at pretending to be sad and playing their characters and all this cool mumbo-jumbo. So I wonder if I could be as good as them if I tried to do what they do?"
"Oh yeah. I'm sure you'd make a great actress. Although the ones you see in the movies have gone through lots and lots of practice. And a cool fact is that everyone can act, Star."
"Everyone on Earth can act? So it's like a natural talent that every Earthling is born with and they don't need to drink some kind of magic potion or anything?"
"No, Star. We don't have to drink potions to be good at acting. Yes, we all can act. Including you. But we just need to practice a lot if we ever want to end up being cast in a movie"
"Then hows about we practice right now? Come on, come on, come on Marcooo! I wanna try being an actress!" She giddily stood up on the couch and started jumping, clearly eager to try out something new. Her jumping causing Marco to bounce up and down on his seat. "Ri-right no-ow? Re-eally Star? But I wa-anna fi-inish the-the mo-ovie!", and Star jumped off the couch and placed her hands on her waist and rolled her eyes. "Uhh, the 'pause' button exists for a reason, Marco. Now come on!" Taking his hand in hers and pulling him off the couch, Marco sighed as she dragged him to her room. Well, she had a point about the pause button. So he made sure he was able to pause the movie before she was able to get them to the stairs.
This was a common occurrence, and Marco by this point was already used to her and all her sudden bursts of enthusiasm to try something new. Sometimes it's a major inconvenience for him(depends, really.), and at other times it's a load of fun.
But on most occasions, it's both an inconvenience for him but becomes a ton of fun by the end. Although whatever it may be, Marco always made sure that they don't get into TOO much trouble. He took it upon himself to bodyguard the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Mewni(even from herself at times) while at the same time going on unbelievable adventures with her. Star brings excitement to his life that he has never experienced before. And he thanks the forces of the universe everyday for fating him to meet with Star, and Star with him. Star was also glad she ended up in Marco's residence, maybe even more glad than Marco is. Even if they did get off to a really bad start.
Marco heard the door shut behind him, and realized that they finally arrived in Star's spacious room. With Marco casually walking towards Star's bed, she took a good look around her room and grinned widely, picturing in her head the perfect thing to do with all this space. Marco slipped his hands inside his hoodie pocket and landed on the bed, enjoying how comfy it was. And to imagine that Star slept on this every single night. So comfyyyy, he thought to himself as his eyes wandered around her room, noting that not much changed since he last came in here. Then looked over to Star, whose arm was outstretched and thumb out. Seemingly taking measurements similar to how painters do in the old days. Marco asked her what she was doing, and Star bounced towards him. Her hair following her motions.
She stopped in front of him, one hand holding the wand and the other rested on her waist. "I'm setting the scene, Marco! Now stay riiiight here!"
She backed away from Marco, smile still on her face, she stopped when she knew she was in the center of her room. Star raised her wand and Marco watched it glow pink, she pointed it down to the floor and chanted loudly: "Movie Scene Imitation Flash!". A pink light flooded the room and Marco yelped, followed by a cute bark from the laser puppy. He shielded his eyes and waited for the light to die down.
The light finally died down and Marco cautiously peeled his eyes open, only to have them immediately widen at what he saw before them. He quickly spun around and took everything in, they were now in a room that resembled a spacious love hotel room. Similar to the one they saw in the movie they had previously just been watching. The only thing that was odd about all this was that there were... cameras? And lighting equipment. Even microphones! Marco put his hand to his chin and gave Star, who was biting the top of her wand and contemplating whether or not the room had enough lighting, an unsure look. "Star? I don't think all this movie equipment is necessary. We can do acting juuust fine without any of this." He assured her, but Star pursed her lips before replying, "But I wanted to REALLY get into the mood, y'know?"
"Yeah I get you, but it's alright Star. Seriously, you can just 'poof' us up a script for this one scene and we'll be all ready" Marco smiled at his little reference to a certain TV show he and Star saw from time to time. It was called-
"Wait. 'Poof' us up a script? Ahhh it's a reference to that one show we watch sometimes, isn't it? What was it called? Ummm... Barely Odd Parents?" Star got the reference, earning a chuckle from Marco before he corrected her. "Fairly Odd Parents, Star"
"Yeah yeah, but my magic doesn't work like theirs, Marco! My wand is powered by a tiny unicorn running on a treadmill, their wands are powered by this giant tower thingy that runs on belief! I can't poof us a script!" She shoved the wand unto Marco's face, and if you knew Star well enough, you should be well aware that THAT wand shouldn't be anywhere near your face, especially if it's her wielding it. So he immediately ducked and swerved towards her other side and sighed in relief. "Alright chill! We'll just grab my laptop and get a script, it won't take long."
After a quick travel to the movie's wiki website, Marco skimmed the transcript and wrote down on two pieces of paper the scene that they were looking for. He handed one over to Star and they both got ready on the "set". Chuckling to themselves as they finished reading and almost memorizing their lines. "Oh, I almost forgot!" Star tapped her wand on her shoulder and on Marco's chest. Their clothes glowed white for a bit before fading, replaced by completely different attires.
Star donned a red blouse with black lining the edges of her sleeves that stopped right above her elbow, collar, and bottom side. Paired with a black skirt that stopped right at her knees. But she was left in her socks due to the events of several scenes before this one. Whereas Marco donned a black jacket with a white undershirt, paired with dark brown jeans and also in his socks.
The princess then backed away, clearing her throat and asked Marco if he was ready. He nodded and gave a thumbs up, they both stood in front of each other and stood up straight.
Star began "Oh, my Luis. It's been a week since our last meet up. I can't stand being away from you for that long!". Marco snickered, not being used to Star pretending to be sad.
A quick little summary of their characters: Star plays the role of a girl named Claudia Margett, the daughter of a powerful man who owns and runs several companies. She is timid and reserved on the outside, but becomes very flirtatious, seductive, and has this relaxed air about her when she's alone with Luis; whereas Marco plays the role of a guy named Luis Cruz. The son of a retired professional MMA fighter. He is clumsy, reckless, and has no filter. A complete delinquent. But it's only Claudia who knows that he gets real sweet when they're alone and that his heart is always in the right place.
But it was difficult for Marco to imagine Star as "relaxed", let alone flirtatious! And Luis' character was the complete opposite of Marco. The safe kid being reckless? A far off vision indeed. Although it was shortly after thinking about it Marco realized that this was what acting was for. To pretend. Oh right, I'm an idiot. We're just acting so I might as well give it a go. He thought to himself.
"Claud, relax. I'm here now, aren't I?" Giving a reassuring look to "Claudia" and tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear. Star looked down on her paper for a bit, then replied. "Yeah, and I want to keep you here forever..." Flashing Marco a longing look, he stared back at her, as per orders of the script. But he felt like he caught something real from Star's expression. He couldn't really describe it though, so he dismissed it and told himself that Star just had a hidden talent for acting.
"We...both know that's not possible," MarcoLuis explained, and StarClaudia looked like she was in pain. She knew the truth, but she didn't want to admit it to herself. So hearing it come from someone else, especially from Luis, struck her hard... well that's what the script says anyway. "...for now, atleast." He tried to make her feel better, but she turned away and trudged towards the bed. He watched as she grabbed a pillow, sat herself down on the foot of the bed and clutched the pillow tightly. She sighed.
"I know, Luis. You don't have to remind me." StarClaudia sat still for a few moments before flinging the pillow across the room and groaning out of frustration. "Ugh, my father's a huge jerk! Seriously? I didn't agree to being shoved into an arranged marriage back when I was 6!"
Welp, that's how the story goes, Marco thought to himself. "Yehp, your father IS a huge jerk for doing that, but he's an even bigger jerk for doing it while he was drunk with one of his friends. You mind if I beat the absolute crap out of the guy who thinks he can marry you? If that pleases you." He was of course referring to the man who Claudia was stuck in an arranged marriage with, the son of the previously mentioned drunk friend of her father. She smiled a bit at that last bit, adoring his manliness, but shook her head. "He's been trained in several different arts of combat. He IS, after all, the heir to a multitude of companies. You think he'd be some bratty rich kid who lays down in money all day?" Luis rolled his eyes and went over to sit next to Claudia. He smirked and examined his rough hands. "Tss, trust me Claud. Once I'm done with him and his father, the only thing they'll be owning are bruises and broken bones." MarcoLuis clenched his fist.
StarClaudia at this point was now smiling widely, she rested her head on MarcoLuis' shoulder and sighed once more. "Thanks for the lovely threat directed towards my father's friend and my disgusting fiancee. But there's no need for that, because," She took his clenched fist, unfurled it, then brought it to her lips to kiss it lovingly. Hugging it to her chest afterwards.
Marco was admittedly shocked, in a good way. His eyes as wide as saucers. Damn, was Star good at acting or what? The moment Star kissed his hand, he felt his stomach do somersaults. He bit his lip and told himself that it was just her following the script, but something about that gesture felt so real from Star. Something he just can't quite grasp himself. and Star continued "me being here next to you like this is more than enough to please me, Luis." And with that, Marco just turned red. Even more red than the hoodies that he wears. Why did he feel like this? He wasn't falling for his best friend now, was he? He tells himself to stop having thoughts like this and just brushes it off as Star being THAT good of an actress. After all, they were just acting, weren't they?
"A-alright fine" Marco stumbled with his line, but quickly cleared his throat and continued "Guess the bratty rich kid lives to see another day." He gently pulled the hand that StarClaudia was hugging and earned a frown along with a small whimper, until he draped his arm over her instead. Her frown quickly dissipated and she smiled.
Meanwhile, Star felt her stomach tingling with the feel of Marco's arm draped over her shoulders, cherishing this moment and deciding to snuggle closer to Marco. Only to remember that-
"Star, your lines?" Marco whispered with a small smile, and Star laughed a bit before clearing her throat.
"I-I'm actually also looking forward to his demise in your hands, but don't worry. I'll try my hardest to get around this arranged marriage stuff. So that it won't be just you working your butt off for our relationship to work out" It was now her turn to stumble but she managed to regain her character shortly afterwards.
"I'm sure you will. Let's do our best, Claud" MarcoLuis pulled her closer, and she yelped inaudibly.
They stayed like that for a while, before Star continued with her lines. "Thinking about this whole arranged marriage stuff is just dumb. Like super dumb. I want to think about running away with you instead." StarClaudia looked up to MarcoLuis, and he put on a hopeful face. "That's my plan, Claud. Just give me more time, I'm still planning it out. When was your wedding date with the ding-a-ling again?" And Star chuckled at the derogatory nickname.
"In six months. Three days after my 18th birthday. Y'know, to be of legal age to be wed and all"
"Then how we about we run away a day after your birthday? Consider it my birthday gift to you" He winked at StarClaudia, and she couldn't resist giving out an "Awwwweee" at that one line of his, even though she was aware that he was just following the script and that her real birth date was still quite far away.
"If we do manage to succeed with that, what'll we do afterwards?"
"Well...we'll have to look for a place to crash in. I know a friend that can help us with that at where we're going"
"Oh? You already have a location in mind?"
"Yeah but it's a surprise, Claud! I can't tell you just yet"
"Alright fine, you're lucky I happen to love surprises, otherwise I'd be prying til you start crying"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing, dearie. Now what's next after that?"
"Well, we'll have to change our names and our appearances, maybe. But I wouldn't want you to change how you look. Since you look perfect just the way you are~" Star snorted at his little Bruno Mars reference.
"Oh hon, you flatter me. But I'd love to give YOU a makeover." She winked, and MarcoLuis rolled his eyes with a small smile.
"Afterwards, we'll look for a steady source of income"
"Can I help you with that? I really want to help in supporting both of us, I wouldn't want you to have to do all the work"
"That's sweet, Claud. Thank you, really. But you can only work in the same establishment that I do, alright? So I can keep an eye on you and make sure none of your father's goons try to nab you"
"Sure, hon. I'll be keeping an eye on you as well to make sure no other girl nabs YOU, is that fine?" Star traced circles on Marco's chest, and Marco felt his face get warm. He decided to skim the script to take his attention off of that, but it proved to be difficult. Marco pressed forward anyways.
"Of course, Claud. Thanks" He grinned, and Star skimmed her script.
"What happens after that?"
"Well...once we're done with all those, we can do anything we want.
"Anything we want? Really?" StarClaudia asked, and Marco was now a tad bit confused. This part wasn't in the script. She was supposed to say something like "Quite a life that will be, I'm looking forward to it". But before he could correct her, she started fiddling with the collar of his undershirt. This kind of contact was a bit too foreign. But Star was surely enjoying this. And...so was he? He couldn't quite understand. But then he remembered that she still must've been acting. Marco just can't imagine Star doing this under normal circumstances, and he DID explain that actors sometimes go off-script, and that those little moments manage to make their way into the final cut. That must've been what she was doing, so he kept acting.
"Yehp. Anything we want, Star" Marco took two seconds to realize that-
"Star? Who's Star? My name is Claudia. Are you seeing another girl, Luis?" StarClaudia stood up, crossing her arms and eyeing her "lover" warily.
Wow, Marco stared at Star in shock and amazement. He figured that Star would just brush off his little mistake and continue with her lines, but she was so into her character. This pushed him to up his game. He thought quickly, how would Luis respond to something like this?
"I know Claud. I called you Star because... you're the one and only Star that... brightens up my life when I'm feeling lost in the dark!" Standing up and hoping he nailed that impromptu pick up line, he smiled sincerely and rested his hands on her shoulder. Star felt a thump in her chest, hoping that her blush wasn't overly visible, she tried her best to flash a smirk.
"T-talk is cheap, Cruz. I don't believe in mere words" Star removed his hands from her shoulders, shooting him a playful look and keeping the smirk. "Put some work into proving what you want to say like a real man would. Back your words up with...actions" She turned away from him. Flipping her hair in the process.
"Right right. Actions speak louder than words. Well," Marco didn't appreciate the blow his masculinity took, but he didn't feel insulted. In fact, he felt quite challenged and more eager to step up his acting game. Marco slid his arms around her waist and before he even knew it himself, he was hugging Star from behind. He didn't know where it came from, but something was nagging at him from the back of his head. It started with a "J", but he discovered that being this close to Star felt great. Acting or not, this was a rare chance and he has never done this before. Star was blushing madly, and she was thankful to no one in particular that she was looking away and that Marco couldn't see her hoodie-red face right now.
"I can buy you a bouquet of roses, treat you to as much ice cream as you want, buy you burritos and sprinkle a ton of sugar on them, maybe even bring you to the carnival while we wear funny disguises" Yes. The boy had 650 dollars in his pocket, so it was quite possible for them to do all of that. Marco affectionately rested his chin on the crook of her neck, his hot breath enough to give her goosebumps. "Just tell me what you want, and I'll give it to ya." MarcoLuis adds, whispering now.
Star was excited about all of the offers he's made. Especially the roses. But... "I don't need any of those, Luis. Material possessions are temporary" she turned around, making sure that MarcoLuis' arms are still wrapped around her as she looks up to him. "I want something that'll last. Something I can remember. You know me well enough to know that I'm a sucker for memories, don't ya?" MarcoLuis nodded, but was a bit lost now. He pondered a bit on how Luis would respond to this. After a short while, he replied.
"Like I said, St- Claud. Just tell me what you want, and it's yours" Marco almost made the same mistake he made earlier, but he tried to put on a sexy smirk. But Star snorted at that before recomposing her character. She bit her lip, deep in thought.
"Oh. I don't know Luis. You don't sound like you're willing to give me that much..." She solemnly turned away, and Marco was baffled. This was proving to be harder than he thought it would be seeing as Star was super into character, but he was determined to play along.
"Just try me, Claud. I'd be willing to die for you if push comes to shove" Marco leaned in, whispering, his voice filled with sincerity and conviction. And Star glanced back in his direction.
"Are you sure, Cruz? Sounds like quite a heavy promise, even for someone like you..." She leaned closer, teasing him, her voice turning into a whisper as well.
"I'm ready to do it twice, even. Now tell me what it is that you want me to do for you to believe me" His voice growing deeper, more like a sexy groan. Marco starting to really feel himself get the hang of this whole acting game and Star was just loving it. Their foreheads now resting against one another.
"Fine. If you're willing to die twice for me, I suppose...a kiss won't be too much trouble for you?" Star smiled smugly, and Marco blushed furiously. Then snapped out of his whole acting trance. He realized that he was so into his character that he forgot about Jackie! He liked Jackie, didn't he? Marco already made this full heartfelt speech about his feelings for her back when Pony Head played Truth or Punishment in Star's room a while back. Yet his heart was thumping loudly at the thought of kissing his best friend. Why did it excite him so much? Best friends don't kiss!
Star knew of course that he'd tell her to call this off, that this has been good but that they should call it a night. The Safe Kid wouldn't dare do something like make out with his best friend, even if it WAS just acting. She knew that they had limits. After all, they were just best friends...
Best friends don't kiss.
The pair stood in silence, both still as close as ever, foreheads against one another, neither had moved at all yet. Until MarcoLuis spoke.
"A kiss? Seriously?" Star looked down. She could just laugh it off a little later and say she was just into her character, that she just got carried away. That she definitely didn't want to kiss Marco or anything. She thought to herself... but then Marco spoke again. "We've done MORE than that before, Claud. Remember?"
Star looked up to Marco, her eyes lighting up. Was he just back into acting, or did he REALLY want this to happen between them? She thought to herself.
This could quite possibly complicate the friendship they had between them, the Safe Kid valued his friendships a ton and he wouldn't want to do anything to upset Star by messing up or something. But then again...
He never wanted to be the Safe Kid in the first place.
"Ah yes. Indeed we... have done more than just kissing..." StarClaudia resumed playing her character, not sure what to feel about the way things are turning out. But one thought that rose above others in her mind was that she didn't think the Safe Kid had it in him.
Marco was quite conflicted with how things were turning out, but all his worries were beginning to wash away. After all, they were young! And it wasn't everyday that you get to kiss a princess that wields a wand and comes from an unknown magical dimension that he never even knew existed.
"Yes, so what do you want aside from that?" Marco was slowly leaning in, his eyebrows raised, curious to know what kind of proposition she had in mind.
"I don't know... Surprise me, Diaz." Her voice was getting softer, more yearning, locking her eyes with him.
"Diaz? My last name's Cruz. It's so unlike you to forget..." His voice was back to the deep, soft little growl like voice he had earlier. Sounding like he just woke up. Star felt her knees getting weak just listening to his sexy drawl, leaning closer to him. And at this point, their chests were pressed up against each other, legs close together. Star's arms were now around his shoulders, pulling him closer ever so slowly.
"Oh?" She didn't even care that she got it wrong, it was this boy in front of her that occupied her thoughts. Disregarding any and all thoughts completely, with one sudden tug of Star's waist towards him, Marco pressed his lips unto hers. Feeling her unbelievably soft lips against his was just absolute euphoria. His mind absolutely wiped of any rational thought as Star tightened her hold around Marco, wanting to feel more of him and to just drown in him entirely. Her one hand was caressing the back of his head and almost tugging on his hair, it excited him. They were like travelers in a desert who happened to come upon an oasis and found water for the first time in a while. Thirsty and needy, they drank as much of each other as they could. They were each others oasis. Their lips finally finding a steady rhythm after their rough intro. The pair was now in cloud nine as they basked in the feel of one another. The duo were unknowingly stepping towards the bed, until they slowly laid themselves down. Star laying down as Marco stayed above her, their lips still happily against one another and dancing to the beat of their hearts. Marco was now resting his weight on his elbows and Star's hands found their way to his back. Gripping the back of his jacket and tugging him closer even further, if that was even possible.
They continued for a while before parting. Heads still empty of any thought as they just stayed there. Staring into one another's eyes. But without even thinking, and as if his body was on auto-pilot, Marco lowered his face down to her cheek, kissing it, then started trailing kisses down to her jaw, then right below her jaw, then towards her neck. He doesn't know where he picked this up. But it just felt so right, he felt his heart beating wildly. His entire body felt warm. He was now kissing her collarbone, and lightly sucked on the amazingly soft flesh. As if he wanted to just... eat her up. His sucking started to get more and more needy, his lips traveling up to the softer part of her neck, and Star was just enjoying it, moaning and giving out shaky breaths as she bit her lip. Both of them wondering how a simple game of acting turned into this, yet they were too occupied with the contact they both were receiving from one another to even consider that thought. Star wasn't aware what kind of consequence Marco's current action had, and the boy thought confidently to himself that she probably didn't even know what a hickey was. He'll have to explain that Earth stuff later-
Wait, hickeys?! Marco realized what he was doing and quickly pulled away. His rationality coming back and, unfortunately, his "Safe Kid"-ness. His breaths were heavy as he saw that he unmistakably left a hickey on Star's neck. "Oh no", Marco got off of Star, and pulled her up. Snapping out of her euphoria-filled state, she looked at Marco and asked "What's...wrong?" Shortly afterwards, it was as if she snapped out of a trance, and she blushed like crazy. Realizing what they had just done.
Marco Diaz and Star Butterfly just had a make-out session.
And Marco unintentionally left a hickey on Star. But she didn't know that yet.
They both sat on the bed in silence, both having blushes on their faces. And with Marco rubbing the back of his neck, he was the first to break the silence. "Star... I... kinda got carried away, and... I left a uh... a thingy on your neck." Looking away and refusing to look Star in the eyes, he was far too embarrassed to do so. He felt absolutely awkward. Star got up and walked over to the vanity, checking her neck in the mirror. Marco heard a gasp before he buried his hands in his face. What if their schoolmates saw it? What would they think of Star? They'd definitely make rumors. "Marco Diaz sexually assaulting the current foreign exchange student that he and his family were taking care of." Marco was done for, but he could just run away and change his name to Dorko Seeyaz and get a bowl cut. Live a new life! Trying to remember where he hid his stash of savings, he could just-
Star tackled him and they rolled until they fell off the other side of the bed, Star was laughing and giving off her trademark bubbly aura, and was laying down atop of Marco. He was now very baffled. What was the princess doing, he wondered.
"So you left a hickey on me, not a big deal!" She spoke after she finished laughing, and Marco's expression turned to one of shock "Y-y-y-you-you know what a hickey is? And how is it not a big deal Star? What if our schoolmates see it?" He pushed Star off him and she gave an "oof!". He sat with his legs crossed, and he scratched the back of his head. Star went to sit Japanese style, kneeling and all. "Well duh, of course I know what a hickey is. I've been to places Marco. I've seen other Mewmans get it too!" She pulled her dimensional scissors from under the bed and waved it around, and Marco wondered just what kinds of things she saw from all the adventures she's had with her inter-dimensional peers. His expression was calculating, his hand was on his chin. Until Star tackled him again.
Marco braced for the collision with the floor, only to realize that Star was hugging him. He hugged back of course. "Stop being such a worrywart, Diaz. Relax" She pulled away and put her hair over her neck, effectively covering up the hickey. "Ta-daaaa!" She happily gave two thumbs up and Marco smiled a bit, although his expression still showed a bit of worry. Now his thoughts were about what would happen to their friendship from now on. Will he and Star still stay friends after this? What if Star starts to distance herself from him?
Star stood up, grabbed her wand from next to the laser puppy and walked back to Marco to help him up. Now they were both standing, Star with a grin on her face, as if nothing had happened between them. Marco smiled sheepishly in return, guess this wasn't going to change much of anything. He wasn't sure. But he hoped that their friendship stays strong. Guiltily remembering Jackie though, his smile faded and was replaced by a thin line. His lips were pursed. And Star took notice of it.
"Marco, chiiiiill. How's about we make a pinky promise?"
"A...pinky promise?"
"Yeah! A pinky promise. That we will tell absolutely nobody about this little acting bit that we did. Or anything that followed afterwards. Alrighty?" Star held her pinky out, smiling at Marco.
He sighed and loosened up, he intertwined his pinky with hers and smiled as well. "Alrighty. Pinky promise."
"Oh, and by the way. In the old days, pinky promises meant that whoever breaks the promise will have to cut their pinkies off. Soooo... yeah, let's not break any promises, alright?" Marco added with a sly smirk, impressed at himself for remembering such a cool piece of history he got off the internet, and Star laughed as she nodded excitedly.
"Huuuuugs!" Star went in to hug Marco, and he happily hugged back. They parted and looked around. "Welp, time to clean mah room. We gotta get rid of all these props and lights and... microphones... and... CAMERAS?!" Star noticed that she didn't use her magic to put away the cameras earlier, and that everything they had done in the room were recorded. The thought of someone discovering what they had done was enough to make both of them panic. In an instant, she raised her wand and pointed at the movie equipment. "Mystic Room Suck Transform!", A black hole came into existence right above the equipment, and it got sucked in, along with the props, and the love hotel stuff. It all disappeared, and Star's room was back to normal. Marco and Star both sighed. They looked at each other and decided that it would be best to get back downstairs and to continue their Friendship Thursday movie.
After throwing away the empty cans of sodas and washing the empty bowl they used, they hurriedly plopped back down on the couch and pressed play on the remote.
A while later, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz announced their arrival, and walked into the living room. Only to see Star leaning on Marco's chest while Marco was out cold and his head rested on Star's head respectively. The two teenagers were asleep and cuddled up against one another. The adults thinking to themselves how adorable the sight before them was, and completely unaware of the events that just transpired in the foreign exchange student's room. Mr. Diaz took this as an opportunity to paint the two teenagers. Mrs. Diaz giggled to herself, watching her husband masterfully painting every detail of the two slumbering teens. They agreed to show this to them tomorrow, and knowing that Marco will be furious. They laughed to themselves and decided to retire to bed.
An hour after that, Marco woke up, he saw that the TV had been turned off, the blanket was on both him and Star, and saw that they were closely cuddled together. He almost immediately freaked out and was about to yelp in embarrassment, but decided not to disturb the sleeping princess. So he sighed, pulling her closer and got comfortable himself. Today's events really was something. He still remembers it all in vivid detail and he let it all play out in his head as he begins to nod off. Beside him, Star smiled, being half awake. They were both unsure of what'll happen after today. But they decided not to let that bother them a single bit. They were still young! Things like this were normal, weren't it?
So today was a day they both will never forget. Because this was the first time they didn't do a Friendship Thursday. No. They did...
"More-Than-Friendship Thursday?" they both said in unison, oddly enough, both of them were too tired to be amazed or weirded out, nor to say "jinx, you owe me a soda!". So they closed their eyes and enjoyed each others comfiness. Their happiness in this moment was something that was so amazing that nothing, not even Ludo or his minions, could ruin it.
Marco felt the urge to say something, but he figured it was way too early for something like that. He still had to figure things out with Jackie, how would she react to this if he told her? How could he keep it a secret? How can the Safe Kid deal with a situation like-
Marco felt Star kiss his cheek, and all his thoughts and worries washed away instantly as she slid back down and rested her head against his chest once more. Why was he overthinking this again? It's not like there was something between him and Star anyway. They were just best friends who were goofing off and got carried away...
"Thanks Star."
"No probs, Marco. Now let's go to sleep please."
And they were out once more.
WELP. FIRST EVER SERIOUS FANFICTION OF ROMICCHI'S LIFE.
I had a ton of fun writing this, imagining how Star would react to this, how Marco would react to that. I did my best to make sure that I captured their personalities. (I hope I succeeded haha)
Expect the next chapter in about...a week? This first chapter took me two weeks to finish, due to the fact that my writing process is... ehhh, I'll explain.
I write the chapters in a notebook, my "rough draft." I make sure to use pencil of course, and so I make adjustments here and there within the notebook. And the reason why I don't just encode it immediately is because my PC stays at home. I can bring my notebook everywhere with me. So I can immediately just jot down any ideas or scenes that come into mind. Afterwards, once I finish the rough draft in the notebook, I encode it in the PC, and continue to make adjustments while I encode, then when I finish, I re-read twice, maybe thrice, then voila! Aaaaaaand I'm lazy. But hey! Thanks for the reviews, and the favorites. I'll make sure to deliver the second chapter as soon as possible! Stay tuned!
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