Hey I'm back with the next chapter of 'One More Shot'

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(To: Superfanman217) Indeed, it does begin today.

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Now you may be wondering why I was gone for so long...

"CrAzYmaN! Why haven't you posted the new chapter yet?"

I'm not going to bother explaining because it'd be too much work. Instead, I'm going to make you choose on why I was gone for so long. So please, pick your answer on the following survey:

'Why was Crazyman gone for a week?'

A. He was sick or depressed.

B. He was away from his comfortable and functioning home.

C. Both.

D. None of the above.

E. He became a lazy jerk with no motivation whatsoever and he's doing this poll for attention because he's lacking it. He was also busy playing Tekken and MGSV so much he already forgot about his own fanfictions.

Whoever gets this right...gets a cookie.

Anyways, that's about it. And I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: Star vs. The Forces of Evil belongs Daron Nefcy.

Story is mine.


Re-Living His Own Past

"My name's Marco Diaz. But you can call me 'safe kid'." Marco introduced.

"Ooh. Nice to meet you safe kid." Star grinned. "You can call me 'B-fly' if you want. Although Pony Head might be mad at you for calling me that."

"Heh. She's my Star alright." Marco mentally chuckled. "Shining brighter than the morning sun."

"So...I'm going to be your tour guide today." Marco announced with excitement for added effect. "Were going to explore the school together."

"Okay." She simply replied.

Star then followed Marco, who was walking somewhere. As she followed him, she bounced around the school. Amazed by every little thing that the school had to offer. Marco just smiled at the gorgeous and lovely girl named Star. He remembered all those times where she would do the wildest things anyone could think of. Marco really wanted to relive those times during his past life. After what Tom did for him, he got his wish. As they kept walking, Star decided to talk to Mr. Kid.

"Thanks for showing me around, 'Safe kid'!" Star beamed to which Marco smiled.

"Your welcome." Marco said. "It's nice to have a person like you around here."

This got Star's attention. "Really?"

"Yep." He confirmed. "Like seriously, this place is boring! It's like nothing else changed apart from the fact that the principal might be willing to sell the school for a million dollars. It's unbelievable,redundant, and stupid! I KNOW that in the next three years, the school will still be the same. Except it has a new generation that might destroy the place, and the old ones learning nothing new from it!"

Marco's eyes widened when he realized he just ranted about school, the very thing he was supposed to love in the first place. He carefully looked at Star who was eying him suspiciously. She looked like she was onto something. Marco prayed that she wasn't thinking what he was thinking.

"OH NO!" Marco mentally cursed himself. "I'm not supposed to tell her that I hated school and what happens in the next three years!"

"What do you mean by that?" Star eyed with suspicion.

"Uhm...Well...Uhh." Marco hesitated. "It's becau-WHOA!"

As if on cue, Marco stepped on a loose tile. The loose tile slipped and made him fall on the ground. Marco groaned in pain before picking himself up, occasionally snapping his bones.

"Are you okay?" Star asked; concerned.

"I'm fine." He reassured Star. "I just slipped, that's a-AUGH!"

Before he could even finish his last word, an open locker hit him directly in the face. After getting hit, he closed the locker and revealed that he had gotten a nosebleed out of it. He rubbed his nose and slowly started walking again, with pain in his back and face.

"I'm okay." Marco once again reassured, irritation rising up in his body. "It's just a nosebleed, that's all it is-DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO HURT ME!"

Marco screaming surprised everybody in the area, including Star. The people looked over at him to see that he was staring at some broken glass on the floor. Once everybody processed what was happening, they immediately started laughing and mocking Marco. Calling him the safe kid and some other names not worth mentioning. As much as Marco wanted to kill everyone in the room, he couldn't because he needed to maintain his image. He shoved the stray glass onto the side and continued walking away from the crowd.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Star asked once again.

"I'm fine. I like myself some danger, if you know what I mean." Marco stated.

After hearing that, Star had pointed her wand at a stray butterfly. A beam came out from the wand and directly hit the butterfly. Once the beam hit, the butterfly turned into a flying monster that wants to eat a person alive. The monster found a man casually passing by, it then decided to take the man and fly away. Once the monster was away, Marco just looked at Star with a twitching eye. If this was the first time he had seen that thing, then he would've hid behind Star. But a year of hanging out with Star in the past life, he considered it normal.

"Are you serious?" Marco asked; irritated.

"Oops." Star nervously chuckled. "I thought you liked danger."

"There's a silver lining to it." Marco quoted. "Besides, I'm bored. Let's hang out at my place."

"Sure." She agreed.

Marco clasped Star's left hand before running away with her, surprising the blonde girl. As they ran away from the school, noises and screams had emitted behind them. The sole cause of this was the monster that Star had created earlier, it decided to come back and hunt for more victims. The couple never even turned their backs to see what was going on.

XXXXX

"I'm home!"

Marco called out as soon as he entered the house with Star. After he came in, he saw his parents sitting on the couch. Rafael was reading a different newspaper and Angie was observing a magazine that was filled with housekeeping knowledge. When they had processed the words Marco had said, they immediately looked and smiled at their son. Their eyes then drifted to the grinning girl with him. They were confused as to who the girl was until something clicked in their heads.

"You must be Star Butterfly, right?" Angie asked. Her question got Star's attention.

Star was surprised at the question, but soon responded. "Yep!"

"Your parents came here earlier with your belongings." Angie responded. Pointing at a large wooden chest. "Come here and take a seat."

"Sure."

Star went from to the door to the couch within a split second as she hopped to the couch. Before she had said anything, Angie then requested her son...

"Oh, and Marco. Can you please bring her belongings to her room?" Angie smiled while being authoritative at the same time.

"No problem." Marco nodded before heading to the chest.

Once Marco got a proper hold of the treasure, he then started pulling it upstairs. As he struggled to bring her belongings to the guest room, he was continuously thinking of something in his mind. The thought was bothering him too much that he can't just leave it alone. The thought he was thinking about was...

"So if I do something that I didn't do in the past, like take Star to our house or something. Where would she live then?" Marco asked himself. "If that's the case, then even the tiniest slip up can end up making things worse. I need to be careful in the next few days or months."

Marco had finally got to the guest room and dropped the chest there. While he wiped his sweat off, he heard something from the stairs. It was most likely Star, and he was right. Star barged into the room with the biggest smile ever created by mankind, she looked like she was about to go into 'sugar rush' mode without the sugar part. Before he could even say anything, Star then commented...

"Hmm..." She put on a thinking pose. "I can work with this."

She gasped before getting an idea.

"SPARKLE GLITTER BOMB EXPAND!"

Star flew up in the air before a blinding light emitted from her wand. Marco was temporarily blinded for he was looking directly at the light. In a few seconds, he felt the room growing and creating space around them. Once the growing stopped, his blindness was slowly fading away as he saw the iconic tower of Star. After Marco fully regained his vision, he saw a large room about the size of their house. The room was already decorated with her stuff, which partially confused Marco. When she did this the first time, it had amazed him to the point of wanting one. But now, it confused him as to how and why was Star's belongs already placed and fixed. After some mild pondering, he shrugged it off. He then turned to Star; who was busy jumping on the queen-sized bed.

"Ahh. Much better." She commented; relieved.

"Wow. Wish I have a room like this." Something then struck his mind as he said that. "Wait a min-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Star had managed to get to him and interrupt him. "You do?!"

Before he could further mention about her plan, she immediately left in the nick of time. Marco quickly chased her to his room, so that he could stop her from fully destroying the place. But once he got there, it was a second too late. A beam had already come out of Star's wand and created a black hole in the middle of his room. The hole slowly sucked everything into oblivion. Before you know it, they were already outside his room; hyperventilating. Marco then placed his palm on his face and said...

"Well ain't that great." Marco sarcastically remarked. "I finally have a much better room to sleep in. IF I HAD ONE!"

"Sorry Marco..." Star apologized gleaming eyes. "It was on accident..."

Marco was disheartened as he saw Star's teary eyes. He didn't want her to feel bad...he kinda did. But not to the extent where Star would cry about it. Whenever he sees those eyes of hers in the past life; especially when she left him alone, he felt his heart breaking. Marco didn't want to see her sob about something she didn't do on purpose. So instead of lashing out on Star like he had wanted, he just sighed and put on a soft but stern face.

"It's okay Star." He assured with an hand over her arm. "I was only being stupid. I guess I can sleep on couch tonight. So please don't cry, cause you know it yourself it's not your fault."

"That is one of the most generic and unoriginal reassurance I have ever said." Marco stated in his mind. "Hope it somewhat makes Star feel a little better though."

"I have to make up for this somehow..." Star loudly muttered. "Ooh, I know! You can sleep at my room tonight!"

It took a full five seconds for Marco to fully process what Star had offered. His face reddened as he shouted...

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"

Star was confused at first until she understood what she just blurted out.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Star defended as he face became as red as a tomato. "I meant it, like we're best friends!"

"Best friends?!" Marco stated; confused and blushing. "What kind of 'best friend' sleep with one another?"

"Don't think of it like that." Star retorted, her blush slowly fading away. "Besides, what's the problem? It's just me and you, alone in a bed...together...That's normal, right?"

Marco's face went from a slight pinkish color to a full on tomato color. His thoughts decided to go deeper than what Star explained. Star, being the innocent one, didn't catch a whiff of what Marco was thinking. Which was a good thing since he wanted her to be as innocent as much as possible. Marco stayed dead silent started walking away.

"I'll just...I'll think of it, okay Star?" He finally said before walking down the stairs.

"Does this mean you're going to sleep with me?" Star called out from the stairs.

"Don't phrase it like that!" Marco shouted back.

- Later That Night -

It was already eight in the evening and the family was almost done with dinner. Once everyone was finished with dinner, Marco headed straight to the couch. Hoping he could have some nice and comfortable sleep, but all hope was lost when he felt the couch was like the ground. Not only that, but there wasn't any spare pillows to lay his head on. Marco gave up in his search for comfort and decided to close his eyes and sleep. He then put his arm behind his neck and hoped for the best that his neck won't be broken by the time he woke up.

"Maybe I could share a bed with Star..." Marco thought before shrugging it off. "Nah, this is better."

- Two Hours Later -

"It's already ten in the evening!" Marco's eyes twitched. "Why am I not sleeping!?"

Marco was still on the couch, shuffling his body to the left,right,and the middle. It had been two hours when he declared a war against the furniture and he was horribly losing, both the war and energy to sleep. A few more seconds of shuffling passed before Marco got fed up. He sat down, cracking his neck before standing up. He continued to stretch some of his bones before talking to himself.

"Man that couch was uncomfortable." Marco complained while snapping his arm. "Where should I sleep now?"

He was then reminded of Star's offer.

"Ooh, I know! You can sleep in my room tonight!"

"Maybe it's better than the couch." Marco pondered. "Guess I have no choice."

And with that in mind, Marco headed towards the stairs. As he walked each step, he felt regret overcome his decision little by little. He finally got to the top and faced Star's bedroom door. He took a deep breath before knocking three times. Marco waited there for a few moments until the door opened, what appeared on the other side was Star herself wearing a blue nightgown. She seems to be fully asleep when Marco knocked the door, hence her eye rubbing and loud yawning.

"Oh Marco!" She tried to say as enthusiastically as possible. "You came!"

"Hey Star. Can I sleep with you tonight?" Marco cringed at that sentence, it sounds so wrong. "The couch wasn't doing any favors for my energy."

"Sure." She yawned before heading towards the bed. She then layed flat down on the left side of the bed. "You can sleep here."

"Thanks." He uttered before closing the door and getting on the bed.

When he finally got comfortable enough in her bed, he heard Star snoring loudly. Indicating that she was fast asleep, which means that Marco doesn't have to be awkward while trying to fall asleep. He then faced the girl and said...

"Good night, Star Butterfly." He whispered before closing his eyes.

Before his consciousness went away, he felt something wrap around his back and heard Star mutter...

"Good night...Marco..." She muttered as she tightened her arms around him.

After Star's actions, they were facing each other. They were so close that if Marco was to nudge his head forward, they would've kissed each others lips. But then, Star then turned her head to the side. When she did this, her face was planted on the pillow and it revealed a stray right cheek. Marco saw this and quickly connected his lips to her cheek. Her cheeks then lit up in the color pink. Marco smiled at her before closing his eyes and saying...

"Good night, darling."

And with that, the couple fell asleep.


Looks like the 'Safe Kid' gets a little risky with Star, Eh?

I really hope you enjoy the little Starco romance (or fluff) that I put in there, I had it on my mind for days when I was writing this. I always have this saying stuck in my mind whenever I write, and that saying is "If you are patient with work, then good results will come out off it...mostly."

Please leave a review about the story (or not). The review can be compliments, complaints, suggestions, and criticism.

Anyways, I hope you liked the chapter. And I will see you in the next one.

Crazyman out.