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"LOOK A CROCODILE!"

The mother and her child glanced at Star they passed by the two best friends, confused about what in the world the princess was talking about.

Marco apologetically smiled at them as they passed and tried to hide his embarrassment. "That's not a crocodile, Star…"

"Why are you whispering to me like that? It's tingling my ear…" she whispered back rather intimately.

Marco's heart raced as he blushed madly at the sensation. "S-sorry!" His voice cracked.

"It's okay. You know why?"

"...Uhh-"

"Cuz you're my BEEEST FRIENNNND~" Star slurred, throwing her body onto his.

The boy sighed. He knew he should've taken her to the dentist after that trip to the candy dimension. Apparently Star had too many cavities, so they had to put her under with some laughing gas. Good news, they fixed her teeth. Bad news, she's still a little… confused. She rambled on about some great escape plan from school with Janna or something about multiple versions of herself fighting over a monster finger. Even for her standards, that sounds plain silly. The princess' incoherent sentences attracted the eyes of several bystanders, gathering more unwanted attention to the pair. People whispered, pointing at the two as they walked by. Marco could overhear their conversation, some saying how they feel bad for him, while others saying how adorable that he's taking good care of his girlfriend. Wait… girlfriend? Marco rolled his eyes and took Star's hand, trying to speed up their journey home.

"Marco, something's grabbing me,"

"That's my hand, Star."

"There's something grabbing your hand too!"

"That's your hand, Star."

"Whoa, it's attached to someone's red hoodie!"

"That's me, Star!"

"Where are we going?"

"Home."

"I don't want to go back to Mewni!"

"My home."

"At least take me out to dinner first."

"Star! Inappropriate!"

"No, really. Take me out to dinner. I'm hungry."

"Sorry, but the doctors said you shouldn't eat anything for another hour."

The princess pouted. "Hmph. And I thought I knew you. You're going to let me starve!"

"If you eat now, your teeth are going to get worse-"

Star gasped, coming to a halt, jerking Marco's arm. "Look! Fooooooood…"

He turned to see her pointing at a burger stand across the street. The boy groaned, trying to drag Star along. "Starrrrr, I told you already. You can't eat yet."

"But Marcooooo…"

"We're not going to let the dentist's work go to waste."

Star firmly gripped Marco's hand and stood tall. "As princess of Mewni, I demand you give me that burger!"

"Get out of town! You're going to bring royalty into this?"

"Yeah."

"And you think that'll work?"

"Yeah."

Marco squinted at his friend who stared back at him, still dazed from the laughing gas. "..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Fine. We'll get a burger."

"Yaaayyyyyyy!" Star hugged the boy and dragged him across the road through ongoing traffic, causing some minor accidents along the way.

"Star, you just walked through-"

"One of your finest burgers please!" She said to the owner of the stand, offering him money.

The man gave her the food, still fresh from the rotisserie.

"Thank you, sir!" She took the burger and shoved it in front of Marco's face. "Say 'ahhhhh'."

Marco tried to push her arm away. "No thanks. I'm not that hungry."

His protest had little effect on the Star. She continued to push it towards his mouth. "Aaaaahhhhhh."

"Hey, you're the one that's hungry." He pushed the food away.

"Marco?"

"Yes?"

"Eat the hot dog!"

"Star, that's a burger not- mph!" Star was able to push the burger into his mouth. Surprised, he bit off the sandwich and swallowed without thinking, causing him to choke a bit. "S-Star!"

"You're welcome!~"

Marco grumbled as he watched Star eat her meal. "So much for clean teeth…"

"Did you say something, Marco?"

"No, nothing. And don't talk with your mouth full."

"Okaayyyy~" she said with her mouth full.

The boy shook his head and began to pull Star along to his house. It didn't take long getting back home, surprisingly. All Marco had to do was stop Star from running in the middle of the street, stealing a little girl's bike, and using magic on squirrels thinking they were monsters. One of those events may have caused more problems than the other (can you guess which one?). Fortunately, no one was hurt and Marco successfully carried the half conscious Star back to the Diaz household. The two entered the living room to find no one home yet.

"Huh… guess my parents aren't home yet."

"My homes aren't parents either…"

Marco glanced at his friend, who was in the middle of falling asleep. Her eyes struggled to stay open and her head kept nodding back, only to wake up momentarily every now and then. He smiled as he carried her upstairs to her room and placed her on the bed. After tucking her in, he sighed, stretching out his arms. "Okay, Star. How are you doing?"

"I'm not doing anything, mister mole."

"Still loopy. Got it."

"Hey, you. Kid. Come here. I have a secret to tell you," she said, motioning him to come closer.

"Kid? C'mon, Star. I'm your best friend. At least call me by my name."

"Shhh shhh shh…" The princess placed a finger on his lips, trying to stop him from talking. Marco rolled his eyes and came closer. "I-I… I… I have a secret… to tell you…"

He nodded. "Yes… you said that already-"

"Sssshhhhhhhhh….." Marco was unamused by this. Star continued. "You can't tell anyone."

"I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Good… I…"

Marco looked at Star, her face red, her hearts glowing bright. He wasn't quite sure what to expect. All he knew was that his heart raced.

"Love…"

His eyes widened. Could she really…

"...Warnicorns…"

And just like that, his heart sank. While disappointed, he couldn't help but start laughing. What else did he expect? Star's too far gone to make any real sense. He decided to play along. "What? No way! That can't be!"

Star giggled. "Yeah, it's true."

"Your secret's safe with me, princess! Now I think it's time you go to sleep, Star-"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, I was kidding…"

"You don't like warnicorns?"

"That wasn't my secret."

Marco raised an eyebrow. "Oh. Okay. Then what is your secret? Glossaryck doesn't actually like pudding?"

She started to laugh. "No, silly! Star has a crush on you!"

"Ohh, okay, that makes total sense- WHAT!?"

"Shhhh…" she placed a finger on his lips again. "Don't tell Star I said that. She'll be reeeaaaallly mad at me if I told anyone that she likes Marco… oh, and make sure Marco doesn't find out either. He has a crush on Jackie…"

"...Star… w-what… did you just say?"

She began to giggle, her eyes slowly shutting. "I think… you would look nice in... royal... clothes…" With that, the princess fell asleep, completely unaware of what she just said.

Marco on the other hand was having a complete overload. His heart was beating out of his chest, his eyes wide as he stared at Star. He felt blood rush to his face as he tried to process what he just heard. He put a hand to his face to make sure his skin wasn't on fire. He had to be dreaming, right? He just misheard her… right? She… she's still under the effects of the laughing gas… that has to be it, right?

"Star…"

Star entered the kitchen, yawning as she stretched her arms out. "Good morning, Marco…" she said lazily.

Marco jumped at her voice and nervously smiled at her. "G-good morning…"

Star noticed his uneasiness and leaned forward. "Heyyyy… something's wrong…"

"W-what? No, no way. Nothing's wrong!"

The princess squinted her eyes at Marco before shrugging, grabbing a bowl of cereal. After taking her first bite, she smiled. "Man, my teeth feel great! And you said there wasn't any magic here on Earth."

"Yeah…"

"Oh, by the way, Marco! Check this out. This morning, I got a text from… guess who! Oscar! Can you believe it! I mean, he texted me!"

Marco gave a quizzical look to his friend. "You're… excited about that?"

Star looked at him in disbelief. "Well, duh! I've only been trying to get him to notice me for months now. And it finally paid off~" she sang.

"So… you… don't remember what you said last night?"

"Did I say something important?"

Marco stared at Star before cracking up himself. "Well… yeah… you did do some pretty crazy stuff."

Star's eyes widened. "Ooohhhh, I hope you took videos! I heard it's really funny when you use that magic gas stuff. What'd I do? Oh! What'd I say?"

He shrugged. "Well… I guess it doesn't really matter. You were just saying a bunch of crazy things. I'm sure you didn't mean most of it."

"Aw, so no videos?"

"Maybe next time." Marco looked at his watch. "Alright, time to go meet Sensei. I'll see you later, Star!"

He quickly left, carrying his gym bag with him and shutting the front door, leaving Star in the kitchen. The smile that was on her face faded as she sighed, stirring the bowl of cereal with her spoon. "That was too close…" she muttered. While Star was relieved to have convinced Marco that what she said last night was fake, she couldn't help but feel her heart tear itself to pieces as she covered up her feelings all too well.

Star's too good at hiding her emotions. She should be an actress! :D

REVIEW RESPONSES

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Fester Drummond: Glad you like the name! I'll be writing more about the baby later!

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