Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy.
A different kind of pain
Marco was sitting on his couch reading a magazine, or at least he was trying to, he was distracted by the fight that he had with Star about the nature of their relationship. What happened was that Star had been asked out by a guy at school, said yes, went out with him, and decided that she didn't like him all that much. Normally Marco would be alright with this because although they had been going out on dates for about a year, he and Star weren't a couple, but what bothered him was the fact that all this happened two weeks ago and he had just heard about it from Brittney this morning. "How could she think so little of me?" Marco asked. "She can't just go out with a guy then go out with me again without even telling me. Then she has the nerve to tell me that I'm out of line? I just wanted to know why she didn't bother to tell me about it."
As Marco ranted, he heard the doorbell ring and rolled his eyes as he got up to answer it. "And Now she's come back only to lecture me some more." He stated as he walked over. He slowly opened the door but as he was about to speak his mouth froze open as he saw his best friend covered head to toe in cuts and bruises and with one gaping cut on her arm that was literally oozing blood.
"Hi Marco." Star greeted weekly, she tried to walk inside but soon fell forward causing Marco to catch her.
"Star what happened?!" Marco demanded.
"Nothing … important." Star said as she tried to get to her feet only to fall back into Marco's arms.
Marco began to carry her over to the sofa with a scowl on his face. "You expect me to believe that?" He asked as he placed her down on the sofa. "Stay here, I'm going to get the first aid kit."
"No." Star said as she reached out with her arm. "I'll be alright, you just …" Her hand fell before she could finish her statement.
Star tried to get up but found moving to be quite painful for some reason. She continued to lie there until Marco returned with the first aid kit. "Alright, hold still." He said as he pulled out a cloth to wipe up the blood on her arm, after it was clean he began to apply disinfectant which caused Star to wince in pain. "Hold still, I need to clean it before I can wrap it."
"Why are you doing this?" Star asked weekly.
"Are you joking?" Marco asked as he pulled out gauze. "This cut might not be that deep but it still needs to be taken care of or-"
"I mean I thought you were angry with me." Star corrected.
"Yeah, I am." Marco said as he finished wrapping Stars large cut. "Now how about you answer one of my questions, what the heck happened?"
Star turned her head away slightly as Marco began tending to some other minor cuts. "I … Ludo attacked."
"So?" Marco asked. "You've fought Ludo before, even without my help, you could have handled him easy."
"Yeah, and I was doing good … until I tripped."
Marco looked at her incredulously. "You tripped?"
"Yes, I tripped, I was running full speed at the last of Ludo's Monsters and tripped and this happened to my arm!" She said as she motioned to her arm that was now wrapped. "Ludo's remaining minions take advantage of it, I get beaten up-"
Marco placed a finger on her lips and holds up her arm that has her wand in it. "Ludo makes one crucial error, you turn it around, and kick his rear like you always do?" Marco asked in a caring tone.
Star smiled and closed her eyes. "Yeah, something like that." She reaches up and places a hand on Marco cheek. She slowly leaned closer to him and pursed her lips but before they could make contact with Marco's, he placed his hands on her shoulders preventing her from kissing him. She slowly opened her eyes in confusion. "Marco?" She asked.
Marco sat there blankly for a moment before wiping another cut. "I still have some more cuts to tend to."
Star paused for a moment and before she knew what she was doing, she wrapped both of her hands around the back of Marco's neck and forced her lips against his. She kissed him as passionately as she could but she still felt Marco push away and before long, she was lying back on the couch and Marco was staring at her annoyed. Star was confused by Marco's actions; they had kissed before at the end of almost every one of their dates and even sometimes when they weren't on a date so what was so different about now? "Seriously Star?" Marco asked. "Have you completely forgotten what we talked about just before you left?"
"You're still on about that?" Star asked. "I told you that it was no big deal."
"Of course it's a big deal!" Marco retorted. "You can't just go on a date with another guy and not tell me."
"Why would you care if I went out with another guy?" Star asked as she looked away. "You're not my boyfriend."
Marco turned away. "Yeah, I'm not your boyfriend." Marco said with a twinge of pain in his heart. "But I thought we were, at the very least, best friends." He looked away. "I thought the time we spent together was special … and not just … I thought that I was special to you."
"You are special to me Marco!" Star replied.
"Then why did you go out with someone else and not tell me about it?"
Star was silent for a moment as her mouth hung open. "Wait … that's what you're upset about?" She asked. Marco nodded. "So … you're not upset … that I went out with him?" Marco shook his head and Star looked down. "Oh … I had thought … or I had assumed that you were upset that I went out with someone else."
Marco shook his head again. "Star, I care about you, yes, I care about you a lot, but … I'm not your boyfriend, I don't have the right to get upset when you see someone else … but as your friend, don't I at least have the right to know when you're going on a date with someone? Especially since we've been going out on dates?" He placed a hand on her face and wiped away a tear. "Doesn't that matter?"
"Of course it matters." Star replied as she placed a hand on his cheek.
"Then why did you say it didn't?" Marco asked softly.
Star bit her lips as she pulled away slightly. "I meant … I meant that he didn't matter." Marco shot her a confused look. "I … the only other boy I've ever gone out with, aside from you was Tom and …" She looked away slightly. "I wanted something better than Tom to compare to."
Marco's eyes went wide. "Wait … why would you need someone to compare to?"
She took his hand with both of hers and looked away slightly. "Because … being with you is special … and I wanted to remind myself how special." Marco could feel his heart rate begin to pick up as Star held his hand in hers. "I wanted to tell you but … it was so bland though … so boring … I couldn't even sit through the whole thing. I never thought anything of it after and wanted to forget about it but I still should have told you."
Marco slowly wrapped his arm around her side and gave her a little hug. "I forgive you … in hindsight; I shouldn't have been so upset about it in the first place." Star hugged him back and closed her eyes. After a short time, Marco released the hug and held her hands in his. "If you still want to then … we could … go back … to what we were now."
Star slowly smiled and placed a hand on Marco's cheek. "I would like that."
Marco slowly brought his lips to hers and they kissed gently for about five seconds before Star pulled him onto her and flipped them over and when she was on top she cringed slightly and garbed her side forcing the kiss to stop. "Are you okay?" Marco asked.
"I'll be fine." She replied. She was about to continue with their make out session but stopped just as their lips were about to collide. "Wait … we're still best friends right?"
Marco looked at her confused for a moment before letting out a disappointed sigh. "Yeah … we're still best friends."
"Good." Star noted before their lips became joined once more. As they made out, they were so engrossed in each other that they didn't even notice that Mr. and Mrs. Diaz walked in the front door.
