Ah, Thursday Night…
Not the best day of the week by any measure, but at least it was only a night away from Friday.
Having been worn out with Star's shenanigans for the past week and having to deal with his homework without attending class, Marco wanted to spend the remainder of today, or even the week, to just relax from all the crazy things going on so quickly.
He'd been through countless dimensions and misadventures ever since Star had popped in out of nowhere just last month, and it seemed that every day she had something new for them to explore or try out. Floating pony heads, having a monster for an arm, and having to fight monsters on a consistent basis was only the start.
It was all fun and exciting the same, he probably would never be able to live life the way he used to if Star had gone. Although as a month went by with no stopping with the adventures, it was beginning to weigh on Marco. He was starting to neglect everything else around him with adventures at the top of his mind, his family, his (other) friends, and his grades.
Everything in his life had spun around and he needed at least some time to keep track of it all.
He settled onto his bed, relaxing as he mulled over the past few days.
He'd gotten so distracted he failed to notice the sound of footsteps running across the hall…
"MARCO!" He'd heard, flinching up in his bed as he looked towards the door, startled at Star's unexpected arrival.
"Jeez Star, ever gonna start knocking?" He questioned, a bit annoyed at her lack of knocking a door before opening it. Seriously, one of these days she was gonna walk into some situation without knowing it.
"Nope! Ready for another dimensional adventure?" She said, her eyes shining with excitement, completely disregarding his frazzled attitude.
She jumped repeatedly as she sat on the bed beside him, awaiting his response. Her bouncing shook him up and caused any sense of peace and quiet to fade away.
He remained there for a moment, before eventually sighing and asking, "Star, don't you ever get tired of dimensional traveling every once and awhile? Don't you wanna take a break?"
Star's positive attitude faltered. "What do you mean Marco? Isn't dimension hopping fun?" She asked as her smile faded.
"I don't mean it like that Star, it's just that I'm worn out from everything that's happened for the past few days. I've had to adjust to so many new things and it's a bit stressful… I love going on these adventures, but don't you think we should just take a moment to stop for a while?"
"But that's boring! What are we going to do today then? We have like, five hours to do anything and yet you just wanna spend it lying down doing nothing?" She exclaimed, a bit hurt and angry at what she viewed as Marco only being lazy.
"I don't mean doing nothing Star, I just mean staying home with no magic or anything, and just enjoy yourself! There's a bunch of things to do here."
"Like what?"
"Hmmm… well, we can watch a Disney movie. How does that sound?"
"Disney Movie? What's that?"
"Not another word, Star."
He pulled her arm and headed down the stairs, dragging Star behind him in a rush.
He ushered Star to sit on the couch next to the television as he flicked the television on.
"Ooh! So this involves the magic teeh-vee thing of yours?"
"Yeah, although it's not magic. But you know what is magic? These movies!"
He grabbed the remote and flipped through some shows and movies, before eventually finding his movie of choice. The Lion King. One of his all-time favorites, and hopefully, soon to be Star's as well.
"Pffft, sure Marco. Then tell me, where do those people come from?"
"Not going to even try and explain how it works…"
"So it is magic, ha!"
"Sure… Just sit back and enjoy the show, Star."
He pressed play as he said that, and relaxed on the couch as Star did the same, focusing intently on the animated feature with wide eyes.
The next fifty or so minutes went by incredibly fast, with Star reacting accordingly to the movie's events as Mufasa fell and Simba ran, tearing at the saddening start, but slowly starting to smile as things started turning better for the lion as he made more friends and allies along the way.
For Marco, he loved to watch her reactions to his favorite moments and laugh alongside her whenever something funny or comedic happened, and, despite having watched the movie at least 5 other times, found it more exciting to watch again with Star watching with him.
For a while, any sense of time had seemed to go away as the two enjoyed the movie, and as the sun had finally set and the room darkened, they failed to notice.
Around seventy minutes in, Marco noticed Star shivering a bit, only realizing that it was dark just now.
"You cold Star?"
"Yeah…"
"Here."
He unzipped his hoodie and draped it over her.
He started to feel hungry as well, and ultimately decided to go get some food.
"I'm gonna go get a snack, you want some?"
"YES, I'm STARVING!"
He smiled at her response as she snuggled into his hoodie, the last few minutes of the movie playing all the while. Heading into the kitchen, he decided to make some nachos, thinking they'd make a great treat to end the night.
He went through the pantry and cupboards, taking tortilla chips and a rather large amount of cheddar cheese, before broiling them in the oven for a few minutes.
Once they were ready, he transferred the messy chips into a bowl and brought them over to the living room, almost immediately catching Star's nose. "Wow, that smells good! What ya got there, Marco?"
"Homemade Nachos!" He pridefully responded, playfully placing the bowl down on the coffee table like some high-end servant to Star's snickers.
Star was quick to take a chip, and with the first bite was just as quick to start eating more.
"Marco," She said, in between bites. "These are REALLY good!"
"Aw, thanks Star!"
Marco laughed to himself as he watched Star gobble up the remaining nachos at lightning speed.
"You've gotta make more Marco!"
"Sure thing Star."
And so, with another batch of nachos, the two finished the movie contentedly, calmly in their couch as the movie concluded on a high note.
"Marco?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we watch another one?"
"Of course!"
So they watched another.
And another.
And another…
Up to the point of where it was midnight and Star had fallen asleep while Marco himself was nearing it.
He had school tomorrow, but really, who cared? He'd went through a bunch of his favorite films all over again with Star and had fun doing it. He would wake up incredibly tired tomorrow, but it was worth it.
He looked over to the sleeping Star, snoring loudly still in his hoodie, smiling to himself.
He picked her up out of the sofa gently, doing his best not to wake her up, and headed up towards the stairs. From there, he headed to Star's room and placed her as lightly as he could on her bed, pulling back the sheets and tucking her in.
"Good night, Star."
She mumbled back.
"Good night Marco."
A/N: And that, my friends, is how Friendship Thursdays started… i guess lol
maybe the introduction is a bit weird
I loved to read the massive one-shot collections on here especially the ones from PFTones3482 and EVAunit42, those were my favorites to read, but it sucks that they don't update those collections much anymore. They've moved on to greater things.
Hopefully these are getting better too, I think I'm getting used to writing more after a month of doing this stuff, yay…
Sugar: Dang, you're right. That would've been a great idea to do. I might change it to a two-parter later on… I don't think I could try to write a harem if I even tried, probably every story here is going to be Starco related in some way or form. Regardless, thanks for the encouraging words as always, it is really appreciated!
I'm open to requests as always cause I think one of my poor suits in this stuff is actually thinking of prompts and stuff and I'd love to have some sort of interaction with you guys.
If you'd like to send me a prompt feel free to PM me (or just put it in your review hint hint)!
Anyways, reviews and criticism welcome as always.
until next time, back in the box i go