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It had been about a year since the calamity trio had left Amphibia and even after that time, they were nowhere near moving on from their found families and not to mention trauma. But even after everything, the trio had stayed together.
Two out of the three girls sat on the bed, Marcy, and Anne.
Marcy sat agents the headrest of Anne’s bed with her knees up to their chest and a switch covered in anime stickers and pride flags in her hands.
Anne was laying down on her stomach at the end of the bed with her legs in the air swinging back and forth and her phone playing Suspicion Island on Netflix.
The two of them stayed silent for a while, the only noise in the room being the cheesy dialogue from Anne’s phone video game noises from the Switch.
“Hey Anne?” Marcy spoke up breaking the silence, continuing to tap away on their Switch.
“What's up dude?” Anne replied, pausing her show to look up at her best friend.
“After everything that,” she paused for a moment trying to recollect their thoughts. “After everything that I’ve done, how could you forgive me?”
The two stayed silent, Anne looking to the side and Marcy powered off their Switch and placed it down onto the bed and hugged her knees closer to her, tears forming in their eyes.
“Marcy,” Anne started, “I forgave you, sure I was mad, but I understand why you did it. You were in a state of panic, and I know you didn’t mean to hurt anyone.”
Marcy couldn’t keep it in anymore and she let the tears fall out of their eyes and roll down their cheeks.
Marcy was now covering her now red face with her hands and knees still at their chest, their Switch cast aside beside them.
Anne was still up, and her phone also cast aside. A concerned look painted her face, she didn’t mean to make things worse but now Marcy was crying.
She was trying to figure out if she did something wrong, she was just trying to reassure her.
“I’m sorry for everything” Marcy spoke with a shaky voice. “I don’t deserve you, you shouldn’t be my friend, much less my girlfriend just stop talking to me for your own good!”
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As soon as Marcy said the word “girlfriend”, her head was filled with a million thoughts, but she couldn’t think of them right now, she had to comfort her friend.
“What do you mean by ‘you shouldn’t be my friend, much less my girlfriend’?” Anne asked with special emphasis on the “girlfriend” part.
A look of realization creeped onto Marcy’s face as silence filled the room again.
“I, I like you ok. I like you but I know I don’t deserve you, so I won’t try anything.” Marcy confessed, “I even liked you back in Amphibia, maybe even earlier than that but I know I have to move on, I don’t want to hurt you.”
Anne got up and sat right in front of Marcy and put her hands on her shoulders.
“Marcy listen to me, you mean the world to me, you are one of the best things that’s ever happened to me, and I won’t leave you!” Anne convinced her best friend, “even though did hurt me, I know it was an accident and why you did it and I forgive you.”
“You shouldn’t forgive me, I hurt you, you actually died because of me. I still keep secrets from you, I’m selfish, I know I could hurt you again for my own self gain.” Marcy sobbed in protest.
Marcy raised her hands to pull at their hair as they started to hyperventilate.
“Marcy please calm down!”
Anne didn’t know how to help, but she wanted to, she needed to.
“Uh, maybe if you tell me something you’re hiding, you won’t feel as guilty, only if you want to of course I’m not going to force you.”
In all honesty Anne did want to know what Marcy was hiding and this was a good opportunity to try.
“Tell me you love me, it doesn’t have to be in a romantic way, just platonic, or just lie to me, I don’t care I just want to hear it from you.” Marcy requested through hiccups.
It took Anne a second to finally respond, making sure she said the right thing. “I love you, Marcy. I’m not lying, I love you with all my heart.”
“D-do you mean it?”
“Yes, I love you, Marcy.”
Marcy let go of her hair and started whipping her tears and snot away.
“Uh I know you might have meant it platonically, and it’s totally fine if you did but,” Marcy paused for a second, “Can you kiss me?”
Anne was taken aback at the request but eventually replied.
“Sure, I would love to kiss you Mar Mar.”
In response, Marcy leaned forward, tell Anne she was ready.
Anne also leaned forward and cupped Marcy’s cheek. There was about an inch of space between their lips when Marcy leaned in to close the gap.
When their lips met, it felt like paradise, like something they’ve both been searching for. Marcy’s lips may have been chapped and, but it didn’t matter. All that mattered was the two of them sharing their first kiss with each other. It wasn’t perfect but it was enough.
Anne then pulled away for air, her face bright red, looking directly into Marcy’s eyes.
“Poggers,” Marcy said staring right at Anne.
“I will make you sleep on the floor.” Anne finally spoke.
“Uh so are we girlfriends now or?” Marcy asked, steering away from the fact she had said “poggers” after their first kiss.
“Yeah, I guess if you want, I wont force you to jump into a relationship if you don’t want to.” She responded awkwardly with her hand rubbing her neck as she was looking to the side.
“Uh okay!” Marcy said not knowing what else to say.
Marcy put their hand out and Anne got the hint and held it, both their faces beet red.