Author's notes: Hey guys! Here's a one shot that I hinted about a few chapters ago. I got this idea when rewatching Cheer Up Star and seeing Star get stuck to Marco. It was just a quick little idea that popped into my head that somehow turned into a 3k word one shot. So enjoy!
Today was a little different from Star and Marco's usual schedule.
"Hiya!" Marco Diaz yelled as he kicked Giraffe Guy in his long, exposed neck.
Giraffe Guy back away in pain as he tripped over another one of Ludo's minions, Lobster Claws.
"Narwhal Blast!" Star butterfly yelled as a giant narwhal came out of her wand and smashed into the two unfortunate monsters as they got knocked back a few feet.
Today, Ludo had tried something different rather following his usual plan of attack. everyday, he would come attack Star and Marco at 7:40 in the morning, only to get beaten up and return back to his lair in fury. This time, he thought it would be a good idea to surprise them and attack at around 7:50, 30 minutes before school started. Right now, he and his minions were doing battle with Star and Marco in the school's front yard.
"You IMBECILES" Ludo shrieked. "GET UP AND GRAB THAT WAND!"
Upon hearing his command, his minions got back up again; they were tired yet still willing to fight.
Marco jumped back to Star's side, still in his battle position.
"Star we got to wrap this up or we'll be late for class!" he said to her.
She nodded in understanding. "Don't worry Marco! I got this!" she said brightly as her wand started glowing.
As soon as she said that, he knew something bad was going to happen. After all, he knew that every time Star said that she knew what she was doing, she actually didn't.
"SYRUP TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE!" Star yelled as she jumped into the air.
Ludo, his minions, and Marco all widened their eyes in fear. They knew what was coming next.
Star pointed her wand at the ground as giant waves of sweet, sticky maple syrup flooded the school's front yard.
Everyone in the school's front yard tried to run from the wave of syrup, but in vain. They all were submerged in the syrup until Star's wand retracted it.
She landed gracefully on the ground, not a single drop of the stuff on her.
"Better luck next time Ludo!" she laughed.
Ludo shook off the syrup and angrily grabbed his dimensional scissors from his pocket, opening a portal back to his dungeon. "Alright everyone back in the portal!" he yelled as his defeated, syrup enveloped minions walked in.
He stepped in the portal and turned around shaking his fist. "SOMEDAY STAR BUTTERFLY! SOMEDAY I WILL GET THAT WAND!" he shouted before turning back around as the portal closed.
Star laughed. "Well good luck with that!"
She twisted her body to look around at the school's yard. Most of the syrup that had stained the grass had been pulled back into her wand, but not the syrup on the very few groaning students on the ground around her.
She walked over to one guy and bent down. "Sorry about that! Hope that wasn't too much trouble!" she said obliviously. The student groaned in reply.
She looked at him weirdly. "Um okay then... Anyways, do you know what time it is?"
The student was shaking in agony as he took off his watch and handed it to her, praying she wouldn't cause him anymore pain.
Star took a glance at the watch. 8:00. Marco and her still had 20 minutes until class started. "Thanks a lot!" she said brightly as she tossed the watch back at the seemingly bruised student as he crawled away.
She looked up at the sky. "Well I guess that means we still have time to spare right Marco?!"
There was no response. "Marco?" She turned her head to find that he wasn't there. "Maaarcoooooo?" she said as she scanned the the premises for him.
She spotted a familiar red hoodie trying to get up from the ground. Oddly enough, he looked like he was trying to pull away from something that his arms were stuck to.
Star happily skipped over to her best friend. "I found you Marco! Now c'mon stop playing around! We got to- whaaaat?"
She stopped a few feet away from him as she saw what he was holding. Well, holding wasn't really the best word for it, it was more like hugging.
Marco got up and groaned, completely unaware of the thing in his arms.
"Really Star? You couldn't have given me a heads-WHAAAT?" Marco opened his eyes to see none other than Janna staring at him with a smirk.
Star's eyes widened as she saw the position Marco and Janna were in. They were both stuck together from her Syrup Tsunami spell. Marco's arms were wrapped around Janna and both of his hands were glued to a spot on her back, just above the waist. Janna's arms were stuck wrapped around Marco's neck as both her hands were glued to the back of his neck. Aside from that, their foreheads were also stuck together in a way where their noses were constantly touching and if they really wanted to, could kiss if they leaned in a few more inches.
"Well, well, well, Marco. I didn't expect you to be so... intimate," Janna teased.
Marco's face turned a little bit red from embarrassment. "Star? A little help please?" he said trying to look away from Janna.
"Oh Marco, there's no need for any help," she said enticingly. "I think this is the perfect chance to get to... know each other a little better. If you know what I mean," she winked.
Marco started sweating. "Er Janna, you're starting to sort of creep me out," he gulped.
"Aw, there's no need to be like that Marco," she said. "Don't worry, just let me do everything."
She started tugging his head to come closer to her as she closed her eyes.
Marco panicked as he tried to distance his face from Janna's. He had always suspected she was hitting on him.
"Star help!" he screamed as he closed his eyes, physically not being able to pull away from Janna because of the magical syrup.
Meanwhile, Star had been standing nearby, watching the two. Her wand started glowing red and her eye twitched as she witnessed the scene take place. She felt a hint of annoyance as Janna started to hit on Marco and when he yelled for her help, she gladly complied.
She raised her wand. "Location Swap!" she yelled.
All of a sudden, a bright glowing light enveloped Janna and Star. When the light dimmed down, Marco opened his eyes to see Janna in place of where Star was, trying to kiss the open air before falling down comically. He looked back at the girl he was hugging and saw that now Star was the one he was stuck to.
"St-Star?" he croaked.
She blushed. "You're welcome," she said. They both looked at Janna out of the corner of their eyes who was outraged by the turn of events. "One day Marco! ONE DAY!" she yelled angrily as she strode back into the school while muttering about how she could practically "feel his lips" and how angry she was at his "stupid girlfriend".
Marco and Star chuckled before they turned back to look at each other. They felt an awkward silence take place as they looked into each others eyes, both slightly blushing. The way they were stuck, they literally couldn't turn their heads anywhere else.
Marco was the first to break the silence. "So uh, don't you have any spells for stuff like this?" he asked trying to remove his hands from her back.
She smiled sheepishly. "Um, I might need to check in my book."
He gasped. "W-what?! We have to walk all the way back like this?!"
Star rolled her eyes then smiled. "No of course not silly! I can just zap us back to the house with my wand see?" she said as her wand started glowing, stuck on his back with her hand glued to it.
Suddenly, they were interrupted by a voice.
"Whoa. Are you guys like, finally dating?"
They both moved their eyes to see Oskar Greason sitting on his car, strumming his keytar while looking at them.
"Wait! It's not what you think!" Star exclaimed. She desperately tried to yank her hands off Marco as she continually tried to come up with excuses as to why they were stuck like this.
"St-Star hold on! Stop doing that!" Marco tried to reason with her but she was too preoccupied talking to Oskar to hear him.
"-and then we got stuck together and..." she squealed in surprise as Marco's nose stuck to her nose. She hadn't realized all the pulling away from him actually brought him closer to her.
Star and Marco both blushed a deep red. They were now so close they could feel each other's breath tickling their face. If there wasn't any syrup on them, an onlooker would think they were about to kiss.
Oskar chuckled from the sidelines. "Yeah sure," he said.
Star, out of complete embarrassment and panic, cast a spell. "LIGHTNING CHANGE BACK!" she said as her and Marco were enveloped in a pinkish light.
The were both absorbed by the light and were zapped back to Star's bedroom. Unfortunately, (Fortunately) they were still stuck together.
"Star! You zapped us back to the bedroom!" Marco said. "This is great! Now we can get your book!"
"Yeah..." Star said spacing off.
Marco picked up on her tone. "Hey... Is there something wrong?"
She nodded her head, in turn making Marco nod his head since their faces were pretty much glued together.
"Oh I see what this is about..." he said knowingly. She looked at him expectingly. "Don't worry Star. I'm sure Oskar doesn't think we're actually dating," he said.
She gave him a confused look. "What? That's not what's bothering me. Why would you think that?" she asked.
Marco's face got a little warmer. He hadn't forgotten the proximity of her face for one second. "Well you acted all embarrassed and..."
"That? Marco it would be embarrassing if ANYONE saw us like that!" Star said like it was obvious.
"Oh... okay," he said, looking a little hurt.
Star caught on to his expression. Her eyes widened. "Oh no! I don't mean like it's embarrassing to be caught with you like this! It's just people would tease us for months!"
"Oh! Okay," he said more confidently in understanding.
They stood in their spot for a second, looking deep into each other's eyes.
"Well," Marco cleared his throat. "We-we should get that book."
"Uhhh yeah!" Star said, her cheeks glowing.
They maneuvered their way towards the edge of Star's bed and stopped.
"Well uh," Marco blushed. "W-what do we do now?" he said awkwardly.
The book of Star's magic spells was under her bed. They didn't know how to grab the book from under the bed without it becoming awkward.
"Uhhh hold on I think I know a spell! But uh," she stopped nervously. "I kind of need to see the book though."
Marco nodded in understanding. Madly blushing, he slowly laid down on the floor with Star on top of him so she could see the book. The push of gravity made it so that Star had to resist letting her head down or she would be kissing him. Not to say she wasn't tempted however. She would've gladly let her head rest down on his face if she had his consent.
The wand that was in Star's arms under Marco's back started to glow. The wand was shaking slightly which made it even harder to pull away from each other.
Marco could feel her breath and her lips were dangerously close to his as Star tried to focus on the book. His heart was going a million miles a second as he realized that all it took was to move his head forward an inch to be kissing her.
Star was blushing the whole time as she cast her spell. She could his and her heart rate increasing rapidly.
"M-magical g-grab!" she stuttered. Every second that passed by made it increasingly harder for her to focus more on the book as she noticed how soft Marco's lips looked.
The wand glowed from under Marco as mist suddenly came out from under his back. It gently hovered over to the book and dragged it out from under the bed.
"Finally!" she let out a breath she hadn't known she'd been mist opened the book then disappeared.
"Glossaryck!" Star yelled. She pushed her and Marco's bodies so that they were both laying on their sides, making it a little easier for her to not just shut up and make out with him.
The pages in the book flipped until a magical, tiny blue monkey with a robe popped out.
"Yes St-" his eyes widened. "What am I looking at?"
"It's not what you think! We got stuck together after the syrup spell! We need you to find a spell that'll get rid of this stupid syrup! It's so much stickier than normal syrup!" she said.
"Aannddd how does the boy feel about this?" he said raising his eyebrow. Star looked at Marco who felt like he was going to die from temptation.
"Uh-uh y-yeah help p-please," he said. He could barely form sentences at this point. He knew he would give in if he wasn't unstuck from her right then.
"Hmmm..." Glossaryck put a hand on his chin. "Fine then. All you have to say is, 'Magical Syrup Bind'.'
Star, without thinking about it for another second, quickly spouted the spell. "Magical Syrup Bind!"
Marco shook out of his trance in surprise. "Wait... Bind? Hold on a-"
He was interrupted as he felt himself pulled even closer to Star. The syrup that was stuck on them was now moving around, repositioning themselves. They felt each other's arms wrapped tighter around one another and felt each other magically sit up instead of lying down on the floor. Their faces were rapidly getting closer and closer until finally, their lips met.
They looked at each other in surprise. They knew the correct response to the situation was to be embarrassed, but they couldn't help but feel a warm fuzzy feeling arising in their stomachs. Slowly, they closed their eyes and just let the kiss happen.
Once they had accepted the situation, they felt like they were in heaven. They didn't know what they expected their first kiss to be like, but they sure didn't expect it to be like this. They've heard from some friends who've already had theirs that it was magical and nice, but this... 'Magical and nice' weren't nearly good enough to express what they felt. It felt better than finding water in the desert, better than finding the sun in a completely dark dimension, better than anything else they thought possible.
They never wanted to let each other go, but after a minute of kissing, they knew they had to pull away for some air. They both tried pulling away but remembered that they were stuck together.
Glossaryck, after noticing this, chuckled. He had thought they needed a little push to realize what they felt about each other.
"Oh sorry!" he said. "It's Magical Syrup Release, not bind."
Star did her best to say the words without getting distracted by the fact that they were still kissing. It took her a good 30 seconds and a lot of mumbling before her wand started glowing. Slowly but surely, the syrup evaporated, letting them finally pull away from each other, quickly standing up. They were both breathing hard and blushing at each other before turning to Glossaryck.
"You!" Marco yelled. "You did that on purpose!"
"Y-yeah what the heck!" Star said trying to look annoyed.
Glossaryck looked at his nails. "Oh c'mon. Did you guys not like it?" he smirked.
"Sh-shut up!" Marco exclaimed before going over to his book and slamming it shut. "That takes care of that," he said as he wiped dust off his hands.
It was silent in the room for a few moments as the two teens tried to avoid eye contact. They came into full realization of what had taken place and found it hard to talk.
Marco coughed. "So uh... that was... yeah."
Star put both her hands behind her back and rocked back and forth. "I-I'm sorry I got you in this mess Marco," she said apologetically. "I know you like Jackie and-"
Marco quickly interrupted her. "No no no! You don't need to apologize really! Besides," he shifted his gaze to the ground. "I stopped liking Jackie months ago," he muttered.
Star looked up at him in surprise as he continued.
"I mean, it felt... nice," he said lowering his head even more. "R-really nice."
Star's smiled softly at him. She went over to him and grabbed both his hands.
Marco looked up, slightly afraid she was going to hit him or something for saying that.
She leaned in close to his ear. "I think I can agree with you on that," she whispered to him before pulling back.
Marco looked up in surprise to see a grinning Star. He couldn't help but return that grin. They stood there for a second, holding hands and enjoying each others company.
Star hated to break the moment, but she knew about Marco's perfect attendance record and decided to speak. "Well, we should get going to school. We have like, 5 minutes before the bell."
Marco nodded in agreement. She cast a spell and transported them back to school.
They talked and laughed like usual but now their conversations would sound a little more flirty than usual and they would stand a little closer to each other. They thought about the kiss throughout the school day and decided that one day, they wanted to experience that again, with each other. That's why the next time Star cast Syrup Tsunami Shockwave against Ludo's minions where there were no other people nearby, Star decided to stay close to Marco instead of dodging her own attack. That is also why Marco had a giddy look when he saw the waves of syrup spout from Star's wand. He couldn't help but feel happy when he found a familiar body stuck to him. This time, no one was surprised, and they were both smiling.
Author's notes: Ok so I wrote it kind of quickly so forgive me if there are any mistakes or if you can, PM me or leave a review from any mistakes you find so I can fix them. I'll try to be posting the next one soon if possible. Also, I'm going to try to update UTR as soon as possible, expect it tomorrow (August 2) or the day after tomorrow (August 3). I feel like I could get it done before the St. Olga's special comes out. Anyways, thanks for the reviews and I'll see you later!
