Once Marco reached his house, he ran up to his room and started to cry on his on his bed. He couldn't believe this. He should've known better than to think that Tom actually somewhat liked him. Of course Tom didn't like him. He was a guy. If Tom liked anybody it would've been Star. Hell! He probably loved Star!
'Told you so,' Marco's mind said. 'He doesn't like you. He only wants to use you.'
'But it really seemed like he liked me,' Marco thought back while tear continued to stream down his face.
'Nobody would like a freak like you.'
'But what if…'
'No! You heard him! You're his most hated person. There's no way he would like you.'
As Marco kept crying and thinking, Star poked her head into his room to see what was wrong. "Marco? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, Star. Sniff. I'm fine."
"No, Marco. You're not fine. You wouldn't be crying if you were," Star reasoned. "What's wrong?"
Marco looked up at Star with a tear stained face and said, "The guy I like absolutely hates me. H-he said th-that I was h-his most ha-hated person in the w-world!"
Tears started streaming down Marco's face even harder as he started to sob violently. Saying it out loud to himself really pounded it in. He realized how much of a freak e was because he liked another guy.
"Oh, God! I'm such a freak!" Marco yelled.
Star rushed over to him and tried to calm him down as he started to pull on his hair and scratch his arms. "You're not a freak, Marco! It doesn't matter who it is, love is love! Now, tell me who this jerk is so I can give him a piece of my mind."
"If I do, you'll hate me too!" Marco wailed.
"No, no, no. Marco, I won't hate you. I want to support you!"
Marco kept clawing at his arms as he thought. Eventually, he decided to tell Star. "I-it's… Tom," he said dejectedly.
Star gasped at this revelation. "You mean my ex-boyfriend Tom?" As Marco nodded his head Star let another gasp slip through her lips.
"Oh, God! You hate me now too!" Marco cried out.
"No, no, no, Marco! I'm surprised!" Star explained. "Now, why don't you stop scratching yourself? You're starting to draw blood."
Marco's eyes widened in surprise as he looked down at his arms and saw that they were bleeding, but he was too tired to bandage them up at the moment. "I think I'll just lay down and take a nap, Star."
"Okay, Marco. If you need anything just call me." At Marco's nod, Star tucked him in and left the room.
Once outside of Marco's room, Star leaned up against his door and scowled. She remembered Tom being so nice when he came to pick Marco up, so what had happened that left Marco in tears?
Star pulled out her dimensional scissors and opened a portal to Tom's room.
