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Marco moaned as he opened his eyes and struggled to sit up, "Don't try to move," he looked up and was met with Star's blue eyes, "You passed out, so try to take it easy," Marco slowly sat up and groaned as he cupped a hand over his eyes and shook his head, "Everyone was worried about you, but your mom sent Janna, Jackie, Alfonzo and Ferguson home,"

"What about you? Why aren't you in your room?"

Star frowned as she lowered her head, "I was too worried about you. It's my fault this happened," Marco looked up, a puzzling look crossing his face, "You told me that you were having a rough time sleeping all week and I drug you out to go to the park. I told everyone to leave you alone an-"

"Wait…Alfonzo and Ferguson said that you told them to come check on me and-" Star hummed and shook her head, "Then…what happened?"

"I told them and Janna and Jackie about you and that we needed to leave you alone and let you rest, but Alfonzo and Ferguson thought that meant go and bother you. We saw you collapse and brought you home. Everyone started placing blame and I told them to shut up…and then I said it was my fault, how you told me about your rough nights and how I totally ignored you and basically forced you to come to the park with me an-"

"Star…what happened today wasn't your fault," Star frowned as Marco leaned closer and patted Star's head, surprising the blonde princess, "Whether we stayed home, went dimension hopping or went for a small walk, I was bound to pass out from sleep deprivation, so don't think for a second that what happened today was your fault."

"But Marco-"

"But nothing," Marco laid back on his bed and took a deep breath as Star frowned, he blue eyes slowly filling up with tears, "You know I'm right. No matter what we were going to do today, I was going to pass out so you shouldn't feel guilty about what happened back at the park. I'm just grateful you were there to help me and it didn't happen when I was alone."

Star frowned as she laid down next to her best friend and wrapped her arm around his torso and nuzzled up against him, "So…my mom sent everyone home? And she allowed you to stay because…why exactly?"

"I talked to her this morning…before we left for the park and she…she told me something and she knew that I wasn't going to leave your side." Marco frowned and looked up out the window to see the sun lowering over the horizon, "Your parents tried to get me to leave to get something to eat, but I didn't want to. I wanted to stay here with you until you woke up and-"

"And you shouldn't have skipped dinner because of me…so we're going to go downstairs and-"

"No…you just lie right there and I'll go get us something," Star stood up and slightly smiled at Marco and Marco saw the tearstains on her cheeks through the rays of dying sunlight, "I'll be right back. Don't do anything reckless,"

Marco sighed and slightly smiled before nodded, "Yeah…okay Star," Star hummed and nodded before she turned and walked out of the room, quietly closing the door behind her.

Hearing the latch catch, Marco grunted as he sat up and narrowed his eyes, "So…I slept all day and I still feel like crap. What the hell," cupping a hand over his eyes, he groaned and shook his head, "And why now? What's going on with me?"

The door quietly opened and Marco's parents peered in through the crack and watched as Marco grumbled and talked to himself before they frowned and looked at each other with looks of desperation behind their eyes, "Rafael…we need to talk to him."

"And tell him what, Angie?" the Hispanic man questioned his wife, "I know this is getting worse and we knew this would happen, but how do we tell him this?"

"I don't know!" Angie quietly hissed and paced the hall, "How are we supposed to handle this? We knew it was only a matter of time, but we didn't think this would happen when that time came, and Star…she's getting worried about him, but since Marco doesn't know what's going on, he can't tell her, and if he can't tell her, she'll only worry more."

Hearing the floorboard leading to the stairs creak, they looked up to see Star carrying two plates walking down the hall, "Star," Angie slightly smiled, "How are you feeling?"

"A bit better now that Marco is up…but…something is still bothering him and I don't know what it is and I don't think I can guess,"

"Hija, Marco is a strong boy, but there is some-" before Rafael could finish, he felt Angie's elbow dig into his side and he grunted.

The two looked at Star and Star looked at them in confusion, "Just…go spend some time with Marco. He needs you right now," Angie smiled and Star sighed before she nodded and walked past them into the room and they closed the door behind her before they returned to their room.

Two emptied plates rested on the desk as Star and Marco laid on the bed, Star nuzzled close to her troubling best friend, a faint frown painted across her lips, "Marco? Do you think you'll sleep better at night if you had some company?" Marco hummed and looked down in confusion, "I mean…if you have another body to lie next to at night. Do you think you'll be able to sleep better if we…slept next to each other? It'll be like my first night here…after I accidently sucked your room into a blackhole an-"

"Star, I appreciate the gesture, but I wouldn't want you to lose sleep because of me…I wouldn't want you to lose sleep at all, so-"

"Marco, I grew up in the center of Mewni, where every other day the monster alarm was sound in the middle of the night, and I still slept soundly, so I'm sure I can handle whatever it is you're going through," Marco sighed and nodded in defeat and Star smiled as she hugged him.

Not a filler, this will be used in later content. Enjoy.