"No."
River was shocked to hear that word come out of his daughter's mouth in regards to his question. Moon was shocked to hear it come out of her mouth at all. They had been pushing her to ask out Marco. Everybody knew she like liked him, and he still stayed close to her. Everybody, even Jackie, was OK with them getting together and would support the relationship wholeheartedly. He would have made a great husband and a great king. Why would Star do this?
"What?" cried Moon, shocked but also a little bit annoyed. "But why not?"
"Mom, look at him! He doesn't want to be asked out right now!"
"He just looks happy to me," said Moon.
"That's because you don't know him like I do," Star said. "That look tells me that he's at peace with his decision to be single. He doesn't want a girlfriend right now. He just wants to have some quiet time."
"Quiet time? Who needs it?" River butted in.
"He seems to be enjoying that game," Moon protested at the same time.
Star ignored her father. "But he's not flirting like he usually does. He's just treating them like friends and he's focused on playing the game. If I came over there and asked him out, it would totally throw off the balance."
"Well then, why don't you just ask him another time?"
Star thought about this. She looked over at Marco again. She thought back to all the good times they had had together. She also thought about all the bad times they had had. But through it all, they had still remained besties. She thought about what those moments would have been like if they had been romantic partners. Would they have been better or worse? Then she thought about what the future might be if they were romantic partners. And the answer came to her.