Confession: Prompt suggested by a guest reviewer called "X." Marco to Star. Takes place before Toffee shows up. Character death warning.

Jv2en3: Yeah, I don't think I could write a whole story about them.

MariposaFalls11: To each their own. And honestly my brothers are such doofuses.

FallingNarwhals: Ahem, it was 48, Kevin has 47 siblings. Gawsh. Jk, thanks for reviewing!

Ultramegerkitty: Oh. Oh dear. That is not good. Um. Cleanup on chapter 27?

I don't own Star vs. the Forces of Evil.


GENERAL POV


"Star! No, come on, don't do this to me," Marco pleaded, skidding on his knees next to his best friend and gathering her up in his arms.

The girl swallowed hard and winced at the action. "Did you….get the wand back?"

Marco nodded quickly, tears in his eyes as he held it up for her to see. "Yeah. Yeah I did. Ludo…"

He glanced behind him to see the monsters standing around looking horrified, their gazes directed to a pile of ash in the center of the lawn. Marco turned back to Star and set the wand on the ground. "Ludo won't be going after it anymore."

Star smiled weakly. "Thank you Marco."

He let a hand drift down to her waist, where a massive, bloody gash had sliced its way over her chest and down to her naval, and pulled his fingers away covered in crimson. "We can…we can get you to a hospital," he fumbled, cheeks glistening with tears. "Or I…I could try another spell…."

Star lifted a trembling hand to his face and stroked her thumb across his skin, her gaze holding his. "No…it's okay…"

"But it's not okay," Marco sobbed, grabbing her hand and pressing it to his lips, the taste of copper overwhelming his senses. "It's not okay, Star. Please. I love you."

The girl's blue eyes lit up for a split second before she became dead weight in Marco's arms. Tears streaming down his face, Marco laid her in the grass gently and picked up the wand with trembling fingers, turning to face the monsters behind them.

"Unless you want to die," Marco spat, the wand starting to glow a menacing green color in his hand, "you'll get the hell out of my backyard and never try to steal this again."

The monsters hesitated a second too long, only because none of them had their own dimensional scissors and Ludo's had been destroyed by Marco. The Latino's eyes flashed with rage and he flung his arm out, wand shooting bursts of energy all around him.

The monsters screamed and ducked for cover under various bushes and trees. Marco vaguely realized that he had dropped to his knees, but nothing registered in his head until he heard one of the monsters-most likely Buff Frog-yelling in his ear.

"Behind you. The wand beams."

In a daze, Marco turned around, lowering the wand to his side and sinking back on his heels. The beams that had come from the wand had swirled around the prone form of Star Butterfly, and as Marco watched they lifted her into the air and spun around her, healing the gash in her side in seconds and bringing color back to her face.

As the beams settled her to the ground on her knees, her eyes fluttered open and focused instantly on Marco, who was staring at her in disbelief. The monsters behind them had gone silent, in complete awe of what they had just witnessed.

"Marco…" she murmured, pressing a hand to her forehead. "You…"

"Star," Marco breathed. He dropped the wand to the grass and leapt at her, pulling her into a tight hug and burying his head in his shoulder. "You're okay."

Star sent a warning glare to the monsters not to touch her wand, but none of them made any moves towards it, still looking on in stunned silence. "Yeah," she whispered into his ear. "Because of you."

"Me?" Marco echoed in confusion, pulling back and looking at her.

Star nodded, glancing down at her blood stained fingers with a frown. "Yeah. You. The wand responds best to emotion, and you…."

She trailed off, blushing furiously and looking down at the grass. Marco almost asked what she had been going to say when what he had told her only moments ago flashed across his brain and he froze, his cheeks heating up. "Oh," he managed to get out. "Star, I-"

Star leaned up and pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek, letting their heads rest together for a moment before pulling back. "It's okay," she assured him softly, lifting her eyes to meet his. "I…I feel the same."

Marco's heart fluttered in his chest and a smile twitched on his lips. "Really?"

She gave him a nervous grin and Marco instantly leaned over, grabbing her firmly by the biceps and pulling her into a long, earnest kiss, his heart hammering the entire time.

The monsters behind them all coughed and muttered silently, looking away, and Star broke the kiss to look over at them, noticing for the first time that Ludo was nowhere in sight. One glance at Marco and she had her answer, and she turned back to the monsters. "Don't have scissors?" she asked softly.

They shook their heads and Star pulled hers out, snipping open a portal for them. "No more wand snatching, okay guys?" she offered.

The vast majority nodded and murmured their agreement, stepping through the portal without another word. Star zipped up the dimension and turned back to Marco, who was watching her anxiously.

"So…." Star started slowly, not sure where to go. She twiddled her fingers together and lifted her eyes to meet his. "You love me, huh?"

Marco's face turned beet red and he started stammering madly, making Star giggle and walk over to him. She slid her arms tightly around his waist and leaned against his chest, shutting her eyes and listening to his pounding heart. "It's okay," she mumbled into his shirt, relaxing as he wrapped his arms around her upper back. "I love you too."

They remained silent for a moment, standing in Marco's backyard holding each other and letting it sink in just how close they had come to losing each other.

"Thank you for saving me," Star whispered hoarsely, her voice cracking.

Marco pressed a soft kiss to her scalp, shutting his eyes and running his fingers through her hair. "Thank you for giving me something to fight for."


I gotta stop writing death scenarios. Anywho. I just ate four Laffy Taffy's. I have an addiction. Someone send me sixty.

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