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Princess Charms - Chapter 4 - Rainbows
Rainy days in Echo Creek took on many appearances. It could range from light showers all the way to terrifying thunder storms and everything in between. The rain could even start and stop in a moment, leaving patches in the sky of sunny spots while thick clouds blotted out parts of the sun. It was those versions that bothered Marco Diaz the most, as if the weather couldn't decide what it wanted to be and was trying to fit everything in all at once. Today it was reported there were going to be heavy showers at intermittent points throughout the day and for once the weatherman was spot on. Coming into school there had barely been a drop on the ground but once things had ended at Echo Creek Academy the skies were black and water droplets were pounding the pavement.
Here and there various umbrellas dotted the Academy campus with prepared students making their way home. However there were more than a few who'd relied on luck to avoid getting pounded by the raindrops and it wasn't turning out as well for them. Marco of course was always prepared, he'd kept an umbrella in his locker just in case of a rainy day. The girl of his affection wasn't quite as lucky though, Jackie Lynn Thompson standing under an outdoor sun cover with her skate board in hand. It looked like she was preparing to simply use the board to cover her head as she went home, not a bad strategy but hardly as useful as an umbrella. Which left an opportunity for Marco, one that wasn't lost on his best friend.
"Now's your chance." Star Butterfly whispered to Marco from over his shoulder. "You better move while you still can." The magical princess encouraged as they both watched Jackie get ready to walk into the rain. Sucking in some air for confidence he made his move an approached his target, Star eagerly watching from the side lines. In the past she'd tried to operate as his wing man to get Marco in Jackie's good graces, but it was time for him to fly on his own.
"Uh, hey Jackie?" Marco said hesitantly as he got into ear shot, the pretty blond girl turning her head to look his direction and making the words nearly lodge in his throat. He pushed down that clenching feeling with full intention of not blowing this conversation. "Coming down pretty hard huh? I saw you didn't have an umbrella."
"Yeah, my own fault though. Should have brought one, least I have a back-up." Jackie said holding her board out in front of her now to show it off to Marco. The pink heart painted in the middle standing out amongst the azure blue that made up the rest of the board's design. It was simple but cute, a prized possession of the athletic girl. "Guess you never have that problem, huh?"
"Uh, yeah, y'know me. Always prepared." Marco laughed nervously and felt his confidence dip a bit. Was he looking dorky? Maybe she didn't want to talk to anyone since she couldn't skate today. Was this a bad idea? He was ready to retreat before remembering that he'd resolved with Star earlier that he'd follow through on this. Mustering up his remaining courage, Marco made his move. "I was thinking though, did you want to just borrow mine?"
"Really? That's pretty cool of you." Jackie said as she took the red umbrella from Marco, popping it open with a quick button release. "Oh wait, what about you?"
"Me? Nothing to worry about, I got the hoodie." Marco said with a little bit of cockiness as he flipped his hoodie up over his head. "Plus Star's got her magic, she could make an umbrella for the entire school." He explained while motioning to his friend behind him, who was currently turning her wand into all sorts of unique looking umbrellas to cover her head on the ride home and finding much amusement in each.
"Okay. Cool. Thanks again, I'll get it back to you tomorrow."
"Not a problem, catch you later." Marco said with a little wave and turned away to walk towards Star, feeling really pleased with himself. In reality nothing significant had happened, but he managed to talk to her without stumbling over all his words. On top of that he even helped her out! Helped out Jackie Lynn Thompson! Didn't matter how much it rained on his head, today was a good day for him. He'd nearly returned back to the Mewni princess, who was currently holding an upside down umbrella that had some kind of weird fish floating around in water at the top when a voice called out to him.
"Hey, Marco." He froze in place. It was Jackie. "Are you hungry?"
"Wha-wha-what? I uh.."
"Cause I was thinking of stopping for a burger on the way home if you guys wanna come?" Her words were so unbelievable that, well, he couldn't believe it. She was inviting him out to get something to eat together. Well... technically she was inviting him and Star, but he never would have guessed in a million years she'd extend an invitation like that. Marco opened his mouth to respond to her but Star was already on top of it.
"Oh I'm afraid I can't make it." Star said with a pleasant smile. "I've still gotta study all the weird earth culture stuff you guys have for that math test tomorrow." It was a ploy of course to get him and Jackie alone, but it left both the Earthling teenagers confused at the alien princess' words.
"You don't have math where you come from?" Jackie asked genuinely curious.
"A lot of our science and economy is based on pixies, quantum magic and belief. But we gotta hang out later some time soon! See you aroooooound!" Star said with a bright smile and transformed her wand into a rainbow colored umbrella, skipping away from Marco and Jackie before popping around a corner and hiding there to hear how things would turn out between them. Marco couldn't help but smile when she made her exit, but was then left to handle Jackie on his own. Trying to suppress a creeping blush on his cheeks Marco took in a deep breath to reply to her.
"I uh... probably should get home too." Marco responded, the surprise on Jackie's face reflecting the surprise in his own mind at what came out of his mouth. "But if you want to get something to eat later some time, we can. I'll even go without you holding my umbrella hostage." Jackie laughed a little at his joke and turned to head to her own house.
"Whatever you say Diaz, see you tomorrow." Marco gave her a small wave as she left and relaxed his very tight posture once she was out of sight. Letting out a sigh Marco walked the other direction and was quickly set upon by a confused Star.
"Marco, what the heck!? You had that in the bag! We weren't going to find a better set up than that one. How could you let her go like that?" The blonde princess was concerned for her friend, taking this harder than Marco himself. It was true they'd done a lot to prepare him for that little exchange back there but the return was a lot more than either of them had been expecting. Now as far as Star felt here he was throwing that golden opportunity away for no reason.
"I'm... not sure." Marco said in confusion and it didn't satisfy the girl any. "Something didn't feel right. I probably would have made a fool of myself if I'd gone, anyway."
"Should I have said I'd go too? We can try to catch up with her if you want." Star asked trying to fix the problem but from Marco's perspective there wasn't anything to repair.
"Nah, that's not it. If anything you did amazing back there. There was just something about it that told me to wait."
"Well... okay, if you're sure."
"Positive. By the way, do you guys really not have math on Mewni?"
"Oh we have math, but pixies and a complicated system of faith and magic do play a big part in the economy."
"Sounds like the stock market here on Earth." Marco replied and the duo made their way home, both taking shelter together under Star's umbrella.
The walk back home was mostly uneventful. Usually Marco and Star took the school bus but with the extra attempt made to get Jackie's attention after school they'd long missed their opportunity for a ride. Not that it bothered the teens very much, the walk wasn't too far and the company was pleasant. Marco was going over in his head just what he'd been doing back there though. Jackie had invited him to hang out and he completely passed up on the offer. It was the sort of opportunity he'd dreamed of but instead of seizing it he'd chosen to walk home with Star. In fact that felt like the exact choice he'd made in his head; walk home with Star over walking with Jackie to get a burger. Even Star herself thought he'd made the wrong choice. But it felt like the right one to him somehow.
"Doing okay, champ?" Star asked suddenly and Marco's eyes snapped back to reality, realizing he'd been drifting off as they were walking. The two were huddled together under Star's umbrella and she'd caught the look of his long gazing stare.
"Yeah. I'm just dwelling, I guess."
"Wishing you'd made a move like we planned?" Star asked with some encouragement in her voice.
"Nah, I don't think so. But it went good today. Thanks Star, I forgot to say that before."
"Don't mention it. You never complain when you let me use your phone to talk to Oskar." This was true, Marco had essentially given up his phone as a two person ownership item now that Star had people she needed to call. Marco had suggested getting her a phone of her own but she didn't see the need for it, content to borrow his. Though many of her calls with the boy of her infatuation involved her sitting by the device waiting for it to ring, hours at a time. Marco had at least convinced Star by this point to do other things while awaiting whatever short conversation was going to come of when Oskar actually remembered to get on the phone. Somehow the length of those calls never bothered her though, the act was enough. "Buuuuut if you're really feeling thankful to me, you could pull out those cookies your mom made."
"Sure thing, we still got some left." Marco pulled up his back pack and removed a Tupperware container that was previously filled with M&M cookies but now had a few left inside. Star watched gleefully as Marco removed the lid and the princess dipped her hand in to pull out a cookie and devour it.
"Earth has the best sweets! I can't believe how good the food here is." Star reached in and grabbed another before Marco pulled out the last cookie himself and put the Tupperware back in his bag. When she had consumed the second cookie in record time Marco held up the third for her to take and Star looked it over. "You don't want it?"
"I think you'd enjoy it more."
"Maybe, with a little change to it." Reaching up the princess broke the cookie into two halves and ate hers up, leaving Marco with his own to enjoy. "Mmmm! Delicious."
"You know I just thought about something. You do a lot to make sure other people are happy." Star looked confused by his statement.
"Well... yeah. I just don't like seeing people sad. Why do you say that like it's something special, you do it too." Marco thought about that and found he couldn't completely agree.
"Not really. I don't want to see anyone sad either but I don't do as much to make sure people are happy like you do. Just being around you makes people happy."
"Well being around you makes me happy too, you know." Star said with a smile that made Marco's chest beat with a thump that was starting to become familiar to him. "Are you worried that you don't make people happy enough?"
"Not really. Maybe I'm selfish?" This was an odd conversation to have but Marco felt there was something rooted here that he was trying to figure out. "I guess I want all my friends and family to be okay but I don't really think about anyone else outside of that."
"That's not selfish Marco. No one's expecting you to make the world be full of smiles all the time. You just have to do what feels right and everything will be okay."
"Maybe you're right..."
"It's what I do and you just said everyone's happy around me! So it must be right." There was more to it though, something Marco felt inside. Something about what he wanted but maybe shouldn't have because it didn't feel right. It was hard to figure out but at least talking to Star made him feel better about it. She really did have a gift.
"I think the rain is letting up." Marco commented as he felt the drops above them begin to strike her umbrella with less force, clouds in the sky were already parting the direction they were headed and it seemed they were coming up on the end of the rain itself. Once they rounded a corner and cleared some of the taller houses and hills they'd passed the duo got an eyeful.
"Oh! It's so pretty!" Star exclaimed at the sight of the rainbow that was cutting it's way through the clouds. Sunlight was beaming through the sky in a perfect location for a stream of colors to arc its way downward to Earth. Star stopped walking for a moment and Marco halted beside her to let her take it in, admiring the sight as well. While they were together he felt his hand brush up against her own and Marco suppressed a sudden urge to grab a hold of it.
It wasn't that physical contact was something new to them. Even before he and Star had done those "certain things" together she had always been very open with giving hugs and being close. Though an emotional hug in the moment was something different from reaching out to take hold of a girls hand with deliberate action. There was something that was subtly romantic about the gesture and that was both the spark to do it in the first place and the reason he resisted following through. While the back of his hand pressed to hers he felt how soft her skin was and it made him tremble slightly. Actually it made him tremble a lot, especially in the feet.
Thinking about it Marco wasn't shaking from anything he was doing at all. Star blinked out of her admiring stare and turned to the boy. "Hey, do you feel that? It's like it's coming from..." They both looked down into a mud puddle they'd stopped to stand in and there were eyes in the puddle looking back up.
After a short scream of terror the mud exploded upward with Star and Marco diving in opposite directions. Star landed on the lawn of the house nearby while Marco was out on the pavement, a giant cube of mud between them acting as a barrier. The creature looked between the teens and suddenly produced two pairs of muscular arms from its body to face off against both. Star narrowed her eyes as she sized the monster up. "This has Ludo written all over it."
"Right you are!" A voice called out from above as everyone, even the mud monster, looked upward to see the leader of the forces of evil himself floating above them on a bat that was even bigger than his own diminutive size. Ludo might have been the height of a toddler when standing on his own feet but he managed to command a force of monsters to carry out his bidding without question. Marco didn't know what the green, beak faced freak had on all those creatures to keep them in line but they followed him without question. "And as for you!" Ludo shouted pointing at the mud monster. "You had them in the palm of your hands, don't let them slip away again!" The creature groaned at getting scolded and prepared to fight off the princess and her friend, the duo ready for a battle.
"Bring it on, mud pie." Star said and transformed her umbrella back to its original wand form. When the beast lunged her direction with its thick arms she was ready. "Walnut Crunch Beam!" The princess shouted and fired a bolt of light the contained walnuts and squirrels within the blast. Who knew how or why stuff like that was always in her magic but it was effective none the less. Marco was handling his own side of the beast at the same time, using well placed punches and kicks to severe the arms of mud as they came at him.
"I'm going to need so many moist towelettes after we're done." Marco complained and kept fighting. Even with this new monster that was apart from Ludo's normal gang of thugs things seemed to be going in the teens' favor. Each time the mud monster produced more limbs to fight, Star and Marco were both able to dodge and knock his limbs off before he could hurt them. Still he continued to produce more. And more. And more still. As the fight carried on Ludo watched from above in amusement.
"Getting tired?" He asked with a wicked grin, Star panting hard but not stepping down from the challenge.
"No!" She snapped back, hair frazzled and her dress spattered in bits of mud. "If anything I'm even less tired! I love mud! Raaaargh!" Star shot a blast of energy through the cube of mud's body, Marco ducking just in time to avoid being caught up in it as well. They looked through to see each other on the opposite side of the dirty wall before it filled in again with two floating eyes divided between watching them both. "What is with this guy!?"
"Now you see the beauty in Mud Pie's strength!" Ludo cackled. "Go ahead and wear yourselves out bashing against him all day. You'll get tired, he won't."
"Wait a second," Marco asked in sudden realization. "His name really is Mud Pie? That's just silly." For taking his eyes off the fight for a moment Marco got a fist of mud in the face, which while dazing him and being painful also left his face covered in grime. "...ew."
"Focus Marco!" Star shouted across the mud cube. "We gotta beat this thing!"
"But how? It just keeps reforming the more we beat on it." Marco had resorted to just dodging attacks at this point, finding his strikes were fairly useless. Star thought their position over for a moment and came up with an idea.
"I got it! Beat it senseless!"
"... got literally any other idea?"
"Nope! Trust me okay?" Star asked him hopefully and Marco sighed, clenching his fists together. "Okay... attack!" The teens threw themselves into the fight harder than before, now punching with a ferocity that prevented the cube from being able to form new limbs in time to fight back against them. Mud splashed all around them as they struck blow after blow against the monster, hearts pounding and gasping for breath. Before long Marco found that the barrier between him and Star had shrunk considerably, and in fact so had their opponent. Each strike removing more of the muddy mass that made up the creature, shrinking it down faster than it could reform. Until it was just a small cube of filth that barely came up to their knees.
"Wow..." Marco said between deep breaths, looking down at the angry pair of eyes staring up at them. "I can't believe that worked."
"Aw, he's kinda cute when he's tiny like this." Star said with a little admiration for the angry mud monster. "Okay, gimme that cookie container real quick!" She asked and held her arms out, Marco digging through his bag quickly and pulling out the plastic box that had held their treats not long ago. Before the creature could pull itself together Star slapped it hard with the open part of the container and flipped it around, closing the air tight lid. Lifting it upward they were able to see two eyes looking around as it was held helplessly inside. "There we go, monster beaten!"
"Yeah, and just our clothes had to be sacrificed to do it." Marco said looking themselves over, finding they were both covered in mud from head to toe. While Marco was annoyed he'd have to probably hose off outside in the yard Ludo was fuming angrily, landing his bat on the ground and waddling over to the teens.
"You idiot! How could you let them take advantage of you like that!?" Ludo screamed at the plastic container full of mud that mad sad bubbling noises in return to him. "No excuses, this has been a total disaster. I can't believe I went and hired outside help. You didn't even do as good as my monsters!" Reaching into a pocket on the dirty robes he wore, Ludo produced a pair of dimensional scissors that he used to cut open a whole in space and time, leading back to his castle. "Can I have my monster back now?"
"Only if you promise to wash and return this after you're done. I gotta give this back to my mom." Marco explained and handed the container to the defeated warlord, Ludo grumbling angrily under his breath about what he'd like to do to Marco's mom before walking through the rift and disappearing.
"Well that was fun!" Star said smiling brightly. "Should we get home?"
"Oh yes, please. I've never needed a shower more than now."
"Aw, what's the big deal silly? It's just mud." Star sad and threw a little on Marco's already filthy hoodie. "People get mud baths in Mewni all the time. It's good for your complexion." Picking up another batch she rubbed it on her cheeks as if to illustrate. Marco however crossed his arms, still not amused.
"Yeah but that's not mud. That's whatever mud like stuff that thing was made out of. Which who knows what else is mixed in there with it." Star's eyes opened wide as she realized what he was saying and stopped rubbing the previously alive and moving organic substance on her skin.
"Let's get home and shower right now."
"Glad you agree." They sped up their pace on the way back this time around, leaving a trail of muddy foot prints behind them. Normally Marco would have felt bad making such a mess but there was really no way he knew to avoid it. He'd asked Star if she had anything that might have helped get them insta-clean with her wand but she reminded him that if she could that she wouldn't need showers at all. So back to the house it was for them.
When they arrived and got to the front door Marco got a grave realization and cut Star off before she could enter. "Wait!" The boy shouted, making the princess freeze in her tracks. "We can't go through the house like this, we'll make a mess of everything!"
"Oh yeah, guess I didn't think about that." Star rubbed her chin as she contemplated what to do next. Suddenly she snapped her fingers in realization. "I got it!" Pulling off her backpack Star carefully reached in and produced her own pair of dimensional scissors. "Tah dah! I don't normally use these for short range travel but we can just warp right to the bathroom with these."
"Star you're brilliant!" Marco praised and watched as the princess cut a rip into the air.
"Don't I know it!" She said with a cocky tone. "Okay, ready to get clean?"
"Yeah, you bet! I... uh... wait." Marco suddenly realized something. "We only have one shower."
"I know." Star explained. "But we're both covered head to toe in yuck. I know you can't stand it, so we should get clean as soon as possible." Marco swallowed a lump in his throat and hoped there wasn't any mud stuff in his mouth when he did. She was looking at him impatiently, expecting Marco to pass through the portal and jump into the shower. Where she would follow right after him, and they'd clean off together. Naked, in a steamy hot shower. One with not much room to move around in at that. It was a dangerously tempting invitation and Star didn't see a problem with that at all, despite the activities they'd done together in the past. Marco felt his foot begin to move and he flexed his muscles to hold them still.
"Actually, why don't you go first?" Star looked on in complete surprise.
"Marco, are you having a nervous break down from being completely covered in dirt?" Almost, yes. But that wasn't why he was resisting the second most amazing offer he'd been given by a beautiful blonde girl today.
"Nah, I just think you should get to go first. I'll be in the back yard when you're done, okay? You can take your time if you want."
"Well... okay, if you say so. I'll try not to be long." Star said looking worried and Marco wasn't sure if it was his refusal to get clean or to get into a shower with her that was making her that way. When she stepped through the rift and it closed behind her Marco went behind his house to the back yard and sat in a lawn chair, letting out a huge sigh and trying to cool down.
"I can't believe she did that." Marco said out loud and looked up at the sky, completely bewildered. Also he was amazed he'd turned her down. It wasn't that long ago Marco had tried to clasp her hand in his because he wanted to know what that sort of intimate feeling would be like. He'd been tempted to be closer to her despite his reasoning not to. And now that she was offering to get just about as close as they could together he was turning her down? "I don't know what I'm doing anymore."
What was wrong with him? Was he developing feelings for his best friend? That felt wrong to him in some way. Not to mention they both had individual crushes they were trying to pursue. Heck they were even trying to help one another in getting a date. He couldn't deny that everything they'd done together in the past had felt so good; that night at the beach, in his room, in the library. But in some way he knew that was just them messing around. The last one was even to help him be more confident to ask Jackie out. At least that's what Star had said was the reason she'd done it. So that's all there was to it... right?
Marco didn't know how much time had passed before there was that odd magical sound near by and another rift opened up to let him into the bathroom. Steam was wafting out of the hole in the air and Marco heard Star call for him to come in now. He wasn't sure what state of dress she might have been in after her last invitation but Marco wasn't about to refuse a second time; he really wanted to wash the dirt off. Stepping through the portal it closed behind him and Marco was able to make out Star's figure through the steam.
It wasn't quite what he'd expected. Far from the picture of the naked figure he'd had in his mind, Star was covered in fabric. She had a big, fluffy robe on around her body and her long hair was tied up in a towel around her head. Even her feet were covered in matching fluffy slippers for her to walk through the bathroom without fear of slipping. "Sorry if I took too long."
"Nah, you're fine. I'm up next I guess."
"I threw my clothes into a pile of towels on the ground since they were still kinda dirty and I didn't want to throw them into the hamper." Star motioned to a towel on the floor that had been wrapped up by the corners to contain the mess. "I figured it would be a good idea for you too if you wanted." Marco agreed with her and began to take off his hoodie, Star hesitating for a moment before she left. "Say Marco, would you brush my hair tonight?"
"Brush your hair? But I thought you figured out how to do it with your magic now?"
"I did, it just feels better when you do it." Star said with a grin and Marco couldn't help but smile in return.
"Alright, just let me get cleaned up all the way and I'll take care of it tonight."
"Yay! Thank you Marco, you're the best!" Star said excitedly and nearly hugged Marco before stopping short and realizing the disaster that would have been in her white robe, instead just exiting the bathroom happily. Somehow seeing her like that was even better than having been in the bathroom when she'd been in the shower herself... but just barely.
One long, thorough cleaning session later the house was devoid of hot water and Marco was devoid of any little mud bits still on his person. Star had been right about their clothes, even after washing them off in the shower they were just soaked in mud and isolating them was the only smart move left to do. He could wash them up later on when they had the time. With all the small trims and checks he performed on himself before he exited the shower the sun had nearly gone down over the horizon. But for Marco being cleanly was never too much effort. Who wanted to walk around and find a bit of mud stuck some place you couldn't get out without the need of a rest room?
Once he was done Marco got into his own maroon colored robe and exited the bathroom. Star's door was closed so he figured she was probably resting after the intense day they'd had. He could still check on her later if she wanted to get her hair brushed. Kind of an odd request but not one he was against doing for her. The only other time he'd ever brushed her hair was that night on the beach and that had turned into a snuggle session he wasn't able to forget.
Making his own escape to his room Marco closed the door behind him and went right for his closet. Comfy pajamas were required for tonight and he aimed to get in them and relax. Pulling out the hanger the pajamas had been carefully hung onto, Marco undid the belt of his robe and turned around to lay it on his bed. Though he stopped when he saw a grinning Star Butterfly sitting on said bed with eyes very intently staring his direction. She was currently dressed in her own night gown and had her knees pressed up against her chest, wand in hand as she whispered. "Marco's naked."
"Waaah!" Marco let out a surprised yell, closing his robe and turning away. "Star, what are you doing in here!?"
"I thought you forgot about me, so I came to check on you." The princess said with a little laugh but Marco was still flustered from nearly bearing it all before her. "Didn't think I'd beat you here though. You sure take long showers."
"I was really dirty!" Marco said trying to hide his embarrassment under being upset.
"Well you're clean now." Star said with a giggle and Marco glared at her. "Oh, don't be mad. I didn't actually see anything, honest. I was just so surprised you didn't even notice me."
"Okay okay... can I get dressed first before I take care of your hair?"
"Sure thing, I'll see you in a biiiiit!" Star said and happily exited Marco's room, leaving the boy alone to finally get dressed. He sighed and really hoped his parents didn't catch them traveling between their rooms with the doors closed like this. Normally Mr. and Mrs. Diaz trusted their son without a doubt in the world, but even his father knew a boy's limits. They'd had a talk years ago about the rules of visiting the exchange students rooms in the middle of the night. Particularly when the student they were hosting was a girl. At the time he'd been a little too young to understand why if it was a girl that it would matter. Tonight though he understood completely what he'd meant.
After getting dressed Marco made he was through the hall to Star's bedroom. No one heard him pass through as a light rain shower had begun outside again to provide him with cover, small taps hitting against the roof creating a comfortable ambiance. When he reached her door Marco carefully opened it and slipped his body inside, closing it behind him as lightly as he could. Once the door was shut he let out the breath he'd been holding in. Across the room the princess was in front of her large ornate magic mirror, tapping on the glass while images of her mother Queen Butterfly flashed by. "Hey Star, I made it."
"Oh, okay! Great! Gimme just a second, I'm going through my messages." Star said as she continued to tap the screen after letting each message play for a few moments. Her mirror was kind of like a video phone and a tablet put together but surprisingly with less abilities. She could send and receive calls on it between worlds and dimensions but that was about all it could do from what he'd seen. Marco sat on the end of Star's bed while she went through the messages and finally reached the end. Once it was over she walked over to the bed and fell on it as if she were ready to pass out. "Sheesh."
"Your mom's been checking up on you a lot?"
"Every other day she leaves me some sort of royal advice for the future. I'm all the way here on Earth learning how to use this magical wand and she's still bugging me about being queen one day. Ugh!" Star covered her face with her pillow and splayed her arms out to either side of her again. Marco watched her lay completely silent for a moment in amusement before picking up the hair brush Star had set on the bed for him.
"Need a little something to help relax?" When he suggested it Star flung her pillow off her face to the head of the bed and sat right up, turning to face away from Marco and pushing her hair out and away from herself to make it easier to brush. When Marco began to carefully comb through her long, blonde locks Star giggled happily and scooted a little closer to him to give him more reach.
"I really needed this, thank you a bunch Marco." Star said gleefully. "And um... sorry I snuck into your room. I really didn't see anything, I promise."
"It's okay Star. I'm technically sneaking into your room right now too, so I guess we're even." There were some pretty big differences, primarily that he'd been invited and Star had not, but they were willing to over look that to not ruin the moment. "So are you and your mom doing okay?"
"Yeah, I think so. I mean I love my mom and everything but she's always so strict and telling me what to do. I just want to have fun, you know? Not think about all that stupid royal stuff. Especially when I'm not even on Mewni."
"That does sound tiring." Marco lifted Star's hair in his hands to carefully remove some tangles. The princess made a content, relaxed noise when she felt his fingers move through her hair and Marco tried to ignore how pleasant it sounded.
"I kinda wish my mom was like yours. She's so nice and cool all the time. So's your dad. You're really lucky to have parents like that Marco."
"I... guess? I love them and all but honestly they're kinda weird." Marco had always considered his parents to be rather eccentric compared to most adults. They rolled with odd things so well and loved to get involved with anything exciting, regardless of how dangerous or messy it might be. A perfect pair for them but Marco preferred things to be a little more orderly.
"Really? But you're just like them."
"I'm gonna ignore you said that." Star giggled to herself at his comment, never really understanding why Marco felt he needed to distance himself from his folks. The whole family was great as far as she was concerned. She sat quietly and enjoyed the brushing for a bit more, just soaking in the good vibes before moving on to the other topic that had been on her mind.
"Hey Marco, why did you really not go with Jackie today?"
"This again? I told you already that it just didn't feel like it was the right time. Besides if I hadn't come with you you might have been ambushed by that monster today."
"Then you wouldn't have gotten dirty." Star suggested.
"I'll roll in all the mud in the world before I let someone hurt my bestie." Star couldn't quell the small "awww" that came out of her mouth when he said that. "Maybe that's why I didn't feel like leaving, I might have psychic powers."
"You're the Psychic Karate Man now?" Star asked jokingly.
"It does sound cool, doesn't it? Karate chopping people's minds."
"Don't go peaking inside too many girls heads, PKM." Star said jovially, but the issue still gnawed at her. "Say Marco, even if you do feel like you need to watch out for me, I think next time you get invited out some where you should go." The line of dialogue was getting a little more serious than Marco had expected for tonight and he stopped brushing for a moment to address this.
"Okay, what's gotten into you? Even if there's something fun for me to do I'm not going to turn my back on you just to have a good time."
"I'm not asking for that, but... I don't want you to miss out on an opportunity because of me." Star felt Marco's hands fall onto her shoulders with a firm grip, something that surprised her enough to make her back straighten in surprise. Then suddenly she was shook lightly by him. "Wh-wh-wh-wh-whaaa?" When he stopped Star turned her head to look at the smiling boy behind her.
"There, hope I shook out all those nasty doubts. Cause the Star I know should know already that she'd never be a burden to her friends." Star smiled warmly in return and suddenly slid backwards into Marco, pulling his arms up around her into a hug. It was a more intimate embrace than he'd been expecting but when he applied a little squeeze to her Star made a happy noise and seemed to be back to her old self.
"Okay, all the nasty doubts are gone."
"Good." Marco said happily, finding this arrangement together to be very comfortable. Possibly too much, as his enjoyment of her being pressed against him was becoming more and more apparent with the erection starting to press against her backside where she sat. To her credit Star didn't complain or even seem to notice, just leaning against him and enjoying the hug. The position reminded Marco of their night on the beach together and that didn't serve to help him with his growing problem. Star adjusted her body a little at felt the object pressing against her butt eagerly.
"Feeling happy with yourself, Diaz?" Star asked in a tone that was almost flirtatious and Marco's cheeks burned with embarrassment.
"S-sorry, I'll get off your bed..." Marco went to move away but Star's arms kept a grip around him, holding him in place.
"You're going to take care of it later, aren't you?" Star asked and Marco was sure he knew what she meant but didn't want to jump to those kinds of conclusions.
"Take... care of it?"
"Yeah. It." Star confirmed and slid herself back enough to put plenty of pressure on "It".
"I... um... I guess so yeah. It's what guys do, y'know?" He was happy Star had her back to him because he wasn't sure if he could maintain eye contact with a conversation like this. Getting an erection when he was trying to make her feel better was bad enough but now she was asking him if he masturbated? Of course he did, he was fourteen and had an internet connection.
"I know." Star said, sounding a little embarrassed herself. It was odd to see her less confident but also kind of cute. "Girls do it too, you know."
"I... think I knew that?" He'd certainly seen enough videos about it in his time, but really Marco never heard a girl talk about that sort of thing. He always thought if a girl wanted something like that they didn't have to resort to doing it themselves. How hard could it be to find a guy they liked to help them?
"... how about I do it for you?" Star asked after what felt like a long pause during a very short period and Marco was trying to determine how to say no when everything below his waist was screaming yes.
"I'm... Star I'm not even supposed to be in your room with the door closed." Kissing together had been one thing, even showing each other their exposed bodies but not taking it any farther had been within the boundaries they'd wordlessly created for each other since that day. But something this direct, this open and sexual together felt very different. "I don't want to do something that... I don't want to lose my best friend." Star's fingers gripped Marco's arms nearly tight enough that he could feel her nails but she still wouldn't let go.
"You think if we do that... we can't be friends anymore?"
"No. But I don't want to do something that will make you upset or... I don't know." He wanted it, of course he wanted it. But he was scared because it was new and different and kind of weird. What if they did something and Star wasn't comfortable being around him anymore. He didn't want to lose her, even if that meant passing up on something he really wanted. "Does it sound dumb if I say I'm scared I'll mess it up?"
"No, it doesn't. You don't want things to change, right?" Marco nodded behind her. "Okay then, I know what to do." Star let her fingers relax their grip on Marco's arm and picked up her wand. It glowed with a faint magic and the ties that secured the curtains around her canopy bed came undone, surrounding them in darkness. The glow of her wand was all that allowed them to see before Star cast another small spell. Above them on the roof of the canopy a small lamp appeared that was colored like a rainbow. It flashed in the various neon colors in a slow, calm pattern. "There, now we're in a special dimension."
"Say what?"
"Don't you see, this is the Starco dimension. A place where Star and Marco can say and do whatever they like without it ever changing the outside world. It's completely safe so that they can be themselves without having to worry about what anyone else says." The princess said proudly of her creation, leaning her head back to look up at Marco.
"This place can do all of that?" Marco asked hesitantly.
"If you believe in it." Star said hopefully as she looked up at him with her pretty blue eyes. The bed wasn't actually magic, it probably wasn't even sound proof. Still the curtains were thick and the light inside shined in pretty colors that seemed to accent the beautiful girl in front of him. Should he go along with something like this when none of his concerns had really been addressed at all? "What do you say?"
"I say... I want to kiss you." Why not believe? It was magic after all. As magical as the smile Star gave him in return when he leaned down to kiss her lips. It was an awkward position to do it from but they still managed to find some enjoyment in feeling their lips touch again until Star couldn't keep bending her neck that way any longer. Breaking the kiss she straightened her back out and cracked her neck. "Sorry, not the best position huh?"
"I don't know about that." Star said with a mischievous grin and lifted herself off the bed slightly, pulling up her night gown to expose the white panties she was wearing underneath. Moving backwards into Marco's lap Star pressed herself against him awkwardly. "I saw something like this on one of those videos online, so I hope it's good." Placing her hands on Marco's thighs, Star began to rub her butt against him in up and down motions. While it took some effort out of the girl it wasn't unappreciated as Marco was now leaning back on his hands as well and watching her work as the colors above them changed.
It was a simple and a little clumsy action to try and arouse him further, but it was effective. Marco felt himself pressing right up against her ass with each movement and Star started to move herself a little quicker as she got used to the motion. Even if her amateur lap dance was making him feel good she was starting to tire out from doing all of the work on top of him. "St-star?"
"Yeeeah?" Her voice was low and breathy, something Marco could tell if she was making herself do or if it was coming naturally to her. Either way he liked it a lot.
"Do you want to... nngh, oh wow." Star giggled and his groan encouraged her more.
"I can't hear you." She said teasingly.
"Do you want to try it... the other way. Facing each other?" Star agreed with the suggestion and pulled herself away from Marco's lap, much to his momentary relief and disappointment all at once. When she had moved around to face him Star had straddled his hips and lowered herself onto his lap. Once in place Marco put his arms around her back and Star put hers around his neck. They spent a moment gazing at the eyes across from them and they both froze. The colors bathing them changing from blue to indigo to violet, making it seem all the more exotic and exciting.
"Um... wow. It's a little harder, while looking at you." Star admitted with a blush on her cheeks, the lamp changing to a red light that made her face glow.
"Is it because you don't want to see me?" Marco asked, his fingers lacing together on her lower back for fear she might leave his lap now.
"No I just... get distracted looking at you." Star said with a smile and leaned in closer. Marco met her half way and the teens returned to a much more comfortable kiss this time around. It wasn't as clumsy as their time at the library, the pair now more comfortable with their boundaries. When Marco opened his mouth to let his tongue move freely star opened hers as well to meet him. It was that kiss that got Marco to push his hips up against Star and make her suck in a sudden breath of air.
When he felt the positive reaction in her body Marco tried to replicate it by moving his hips again. His rolling motion being met with a press back downward from the princess. With some work and resistance for the desire to move much faster than either of them were ready for, Marco and Star managed to get a rough rhythm going together with their hips that caused their kiss to separate. Star leaned her head forward and rested it against Marco's neck, letting out hot breaths of anticipation to see how much farther they could push themselves. "You really like this, huh?" Star asked between pants, her fingers holding onto his shirt tightly as the pressed into one another.
"Uh huh." Was about all Marco could get out intelligently before his hands slipped down from Star's lower back and onto her ass. The princess let out a yelp of surprise but didn't force his hand away, instead enjoying the added pressure of his fingers on her back side. It was new and exciting and thrilling while feeling so very pleasurable. More than the eager princess could resist. Leaning back in his lap Star reached forward and began to undo the buttons on Marco's shirt. With almost lightning speed she'd had his pajama top completely unbuttoned and off his shoulders before Marco could understand how he'd gotten this way. Though he knew naturally what to do next.
Reaching down Marco pulled Star's nightgown up over her hips and Star lifted her arms into the air to help him remove it. With the garment missing Star's chest was exposed to him again and the princess pressed her chest to his, leaning up against his ear. "I can feel your heart."
"Y-yeah... I can feel yours too. It's going so fast." Star giggled lightly and kissed his neck, making Marco jump.
"Yours is pounding." Star said between kisses against his skin, something that was new to Marco and more sensitive than he was planning to feel. His body jumped with each kiss and Star reveled in it, licking his neck lightly up to his ear.
"S-Star!"
"Mmhm?"
"I want to as well."
"You want to what?" Marco answered by leaning forward in their sitting position, causing Star to be bent back against her knees at an uncomfortable angle with his eagerness. "Whoa! Marco wait! Wait wait!" After convincing the hormone fueled boy to hold back his advances for just a moment Star was able to rearrange her legs to curl around his waist instead, letting her lean freely. "Okay, that's better. My legs hurt the other way."
"Sorry, can I try to make it up to you?" Star nodded happily and Marco leaned forward towards her breasts. It wasn't the first time he'd seen them but it was the first time he'd been this close to her heart like this. Not just her heart but the heart shaped areolas that surrounded her nipples. "They're really cute."
"Marco, it's embarrassing to just stare at them." Agreeing with her Marco moved his mouth forward and put his lips around her left breasts, his tongue playing at the soft skin. Star let out a deep groan that wasn't quite as rampant as the previous panting but still demonstrated her enjoyment. As his mouth played around at her chest Marco began to lean forward and lower Star onto her pillows on the bed. Raising her arms up to give him further access to her body, Star gripped onto her wand for support and watched her friend lick from one breast to the other. Her nipples were stiff against his lips and the way she moaned seemed to suggest she enjoyed this a lot more than either of them expected. She was so beautiful, so sexy, it made him hungry for more. Slowly his hand moved down and caressed her hips and her thigh, before gripping onto the edge of her panties. "Wait!"
The cry to stop caught him completely off guard, Marco looking up from where he'd been doing his business a moment ago with confusion. Using her free hand Star reached down and pulled his hand away from her panties, pulling them back up over her hip. "Not that. Not yet. I'm not ready." Star said through excited breaths. "I'm sorry but I'm just not, okay? Just... just this far. As far as we are now. Is that alright?" The sudden refusal had left him a little dazed but he understood what she was saying. Despite his eagerness there was only one course of action he had to take.
"Okay... I won't go further. Sorry."
"Don't be sorry." Star said through a smile. "And take your pants off, it's not fair if I'm the only one like this." The suggestion was taken like an order, Marco removing his pants faster than he ever had previously in his life. "Wow."
"I didn't want things to be unfair." Marco said with a smile and Star grinned, pulling him back towards her and into a kiss. As their lips played with each other again Marco lined his hips up with Star's until their bodies were pressed together appropriately. She could feel how hard he was, pressing through his clothes against her. Marco could feel the heat coming off her body and the dampness between her legs. But honestly with how hot it was in these curtains and how sweaty they'd become it was hard to find a part of them that wasn't soaking. When their kiss broke they gazed into the eyes of their lover in the changing lights and nodded slightly, their hips moving against each other once more.
This time it was Marco over her and putting in the majority of the effort, but it didn't matter to him as he was happy to do so. Their arms kept tight around each other and Star began to groan against his ear from the friction he was causing through her panties. With all the starts and stops they'd already had Marco was nearly ready to burst but he was doing everything in his power to hold it back. He wanted Star to feel as good as him too. Remembering how nice her kissed on him had been Marco leaned forward and kissed Star's neck to great result.
"Oooh! Nngh. Marcooooo. Not fair." Her neck was soft and sweaty as the rest of her skin, Marco enjoying the noises she made when he kissed her. Moving his lips upward his mouth eventually made it's way to her ear and softly nibbled at her earlobe. "Marcooo! Nooo!" Her legs seemed to squeeze around his hips and that was all he needed to begin pressing himself harder into her. Sadly that was enough to also break him as Marco leaned in and groaned hard, reaching climax and moaning into hear ear as he pressed hard into her. Star groaned in response and gripped onto his hair. "Just a little more..."
"Wha-what?"
"Just a little more, keep going!" Her hips didn't stop pressing to him despite reaching his orgasm and Marco felt that stopping wasn't an option at this point. Putting his arms around her Marco began to push his hips even harder against her, his erection still pressing to her with his orgasm only having just past. The more effort he put in the harder Star's hips pushed against him until they were lifting off the bed. When her gasps grew even louder Marco reached up and held her hand that wasn't gripping her wand. Her fingers laced into his with crushing strength as she pulled her wand down to bite onto the end of it, the magical artifact glowing white with her excitement. Pressing up against Marco her legs shook hard as her voice deepened in a moan with the sudden hit of her own climax. Soon after her hips feel back against the bed, weak and shivering. Her mouth was gently chewing onto the end of her now slightly glowing wand and her hand kept tight hold of Marco even after her orgasm. She opened her blue eyes slowly and looked up at him. "Told you girls do it too."
"Yeah... they sure do." Marco said and rolled over to the side of the princess, gasping for air along with her. Seemed it took a little more work and dedication to satisfy her as much as himself. Either that or he'd just been so ready to blow that it was a miracle he'd held it in as long as he did. Either way they were both coming down from their high together and laid in the dimly let canopy bed of ever changing colors, staring at each other with large smiles on their faces. "Wow."
"Happy you enjoyed it." Star said with an almost innocent grin of pure happiness around her wand.
"It was amazing." Was really the only words Marco could think of to describe it. Well that and messy. They were covered in sweat from both of their bodies, not to mention the other substances that were currently stained against their clothing. "I think we're going to need another shower though."
"In a minute." Star said and hugged onto Marco in her bed. It felt good and he returned it with a great deal of affection. "You can have it first this time."
"Okay. As long as I don't fall asleep." Marco commented through droopy eyes as a yawn crept in.
"You better not. The Starco dimension cannot protect you from your parents seeing you after you exit this bed."
"Can't help it, it feels too nice here." That got him an extra squeeze in Star's embraced, which just further justified his words. "You're right though, I should sneak out before anyone sees me leave your room."
"Don't worry, it should be easy. No one outside this special dimension can even tell what goes on behind the curtain." A true statement, no one was able to see what had gone on in the "Starco Dimension". Nor did they see the boy as he crept out of the princess' room and into the bathroom to clean himself off for a second time. Without a trace of direct evidence they'd managed to feel a burning passion neither had ever encountered before and keep it secret between them. Sleeping soundly in the night afterwards with only the minor annoyance of what seemed to be a colorful police light outside the house windows. Not that either teen bothered to investigate, they were both too tired after a second shower from their time together.
However Buff Frog, the monster spy of Ludo that had been hiding in a nearby tree to the Diaz residence did suspect something happened that night. Not that he'd seen their actions together in Star's room, but rather it was due to the giant rainbow that shined over the roof of the house in the shape of a heart that was flashing colors over the neighborhood. It had appeared in what could only be described as a sudden climactic explosion of light and held itself together long afterwards. Besides that there wasn't another sign of activity, leaving the monster to relax in his perch. "Well, guess I won't be returning this any time soon." Tossing aside the plastic cookie container he'd brought with him, everyone on the Diaz property settled in for a relaxing night's sleep.