( Star's POV )

"Marco, I've always wanted to ask you something," I thought aloud.

"Yeah?" He asked back curiously.

"When did you realise that you stopped liking Jackie?"

It was a sensitive question, but I wanted to know.

After a while, I heard his voice.

"During the Blood Moon Ball, how did you feel?"

"Feel towards who?"

"Feel towards me."

I thought for a moment, retracing my steps back towards that day.

Tom, his bell, the weird-looking people, the red light and the mysterious masked man.

"I was shocked when I realised the masked man was you," I paused, "Don't get me wrong, I was touched by your actions, but I was also angry."

"Angry because you felt like I was overprotecting you," he finished for me.

"You know me well, Marco."

"And at night, I was asking myself why was I like that towards you. I arrived to the one sensible conclusion-that I liked you and I was jealous."

"Jealous?"

"Yeah I was."

I could just imagine the look on his face.

"Well, thank you for that day although I  kind of shouted at you..."

There was a brief silence before he asked, "Then, what about you?"

I smiled at myself.

"I've liked you all along, didn't you know?"

"Really since when?" He sounded shocked.

"I'm just a fool when it comes to this. When my heart started to beat faster when I was around you, when you opened up to me and I opened up to you, I knew."

"And the uneasiness I felt whenever you talk about Jackie, I guess that's jealously?"

"I just wanted to pounce on you and ask you why didn't you talk about me the same way as her. And I thought u didn't feel this way towards me..."

Another silence.

"Marco, I know this is a lot of information to process, so it's okay don't freak out okay."

"I just feel so bad, how could I have made you feel like this? I just want to hug you right now I'm sorry..."

"It's really okay, at least things are okay right now," I said.

He said he wants to hug me OHMYGOSH.

"I'm really glad we had this little talk."

"Me too." I replied, this time meaning every word I say.