((I was imagining this the other day and thought it was just the cutest ever.

Summary: Marv building up the courage to confess his feelings for me

Words: 1.7k words

I climbed into the passenger seat after throwing some stolen valuables into the back of the van. Me and Harry had just finished robbing a house. And the next thing I wanted to do was to hangout with my crush, Modesta. The both of us have gotten very close over the past 2 months of our friendship. "Hey, uhm, Harry." I said, "Yeah?" He pulled out of the driveway, "Can you take me to Modesta's house?" I asked him, "Again? What is with you and her?" Harry sighed in annoyance, "Well, it's just that-" I started to fidget with my fingers. At this point I felt like Harry was going to finally figure out about me liking her. "Wait, Marv. Do you have a crush on her?" Harry slowly turned towards me, "You aren't going to tell her, are you?" I started to sweat from nervousness, "No, but do you do?" He repeated his question. I sighed. He did mention that he wasn't going to tell her. And he probably just put all the clues together. So there was no point in trying to lie myself out of this. "Yes-" I croaked out, "And you've been friends for how long? 2 months?" Harry asked me followed by me nodding in response to his question. "Okay, so let me get this straight. You've been friends and had a crush on her for 2 months and you have never even tried confessing your feelings?" Harry turned towards me, "It's not as easy as you think." I answered while glancing out the car window, "You should tell her today." He answered as we approached her house in the distance. "No way, not happening." I crossed my arms, "Seriously? It's now or never, Marv." He sighed in annoyance due to my attitude, "I know, but- every time I tried to I would just bail out." I sighed and glanced down at my lap, "Then why not today?" Harry parked across from her house, "Because-" I couldn't seem to get the words out. "Look Marv, if you don't tell her today, I will." Harry responded, "Fine." I took a deep breath before exiting the van and walking across the street to her house. I wanted to be the one to tell her my feelings. She'd probably think I was a scardy cat if I got Harry to tell her instead of telling her in person. Harry was right though. I don't have forever. I just have to hope that this doesn't affect our friendship.

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I was laying in bed when I heard the sound of faint knocking. I threw aside my magazine and rushed downstairs. I already knew it was Marv. Because I remember asking him to come over later today to watch a movie I had just rented from Blockbuster the other day. It was the newest Ernest movie. He's been talking about watching that movie constantly, and Blockbuster would never have that movie available. So once I laid my eyes on that VHS tape, I knew I had to get it. The look on Marv's face is gonna be worth it. Speaking of him though. I have had the biggest crush on him ever since we became friends 2 months ago. One of the many reasons why I would constantly ask him to come over so we could hangout. I felt so confident today that I almost wanted to tell him my feelings. I opened the backdoor and was met with Marv staring down at me. "Hey, come in!" I smiled as I stepped aside to let him in. Marv closed the backdoor while I grabbed two glasses of soda from the fridge. "So, what did you say the exciting news was?" Marv leaned against the fridge door, "Oh! You know that movie you've been dying to see?" I handed him a soda while closing the fridge behind me. "Are you talking about Ernest goes to Jail?" He smiled, "You guessed it." I responded. His response was to pull me into a really tight hug. I gladly hugged back. "I was just gonna grab some snacks. We can watch it upstairs in my room on my TV." I scooped up a handful of snacks before leaving the kitchen. Marv followed behind me until we reached the 3rd floor. I dropped the snacks in the middle of my bed. Then reached for the VHS tape that was sitting on my nightstand. Marv plopped down beside me just as I inserted the tape into my old TV. I draped a blanket over my shoulders and placed myself at the edge of my bed. I heard movement until I noticed that Marv had laid down beside me. "Wanna share?" I motioned towards my blanket, "I guess." He shrugged his shoulders. I covered both of us up before setting my attention to the movie.

Sometime later I opened up the pack of Twizlers I had gotten from the store. Marv immediately noticed once he heard the sound of packaging. "Since when did you have that?" He asked me, "I forgot I had it." I tore open the packaging. "Can I have some?" He asked, "Yeah, hold on." I pulled out a long piece before turning towards Marv. An excellent idea came to my mind. "Open your mouth." I suddenly said, "Wha-What?" I noticed the embarrassed look on his face once I said that, "Trust me." I leaned my head in the palm of my hand, "Why? What are you gonna do?" He stared down at me. I started to wonder if maybe this was a bad idea. "Just trust me, Marv!" I giggled, "Fine." He mumbled with a smile on his face. Then he opened his mouth as I put the Twizlers in his mouth. I burst out laughing while watching him chew it. Marv also started laughing as well at my reaction. While in a fit of laughter; I accidentally laid my head right below Marv's head. To someone else it would've looked like we were about to kiss. Marv was looking down at me and we were inches away from each other. His hot breath was blowing against my lips. Upon hearing something funny on the TV, I sat up quickly without even realizing what I had accidentally done. For a split second my lips brushed against his. Marv seemed to be the only one who even noticed. Because his face was such a bright red that I couldn't even see his original skin color. "Uhm, Modesta-" He cleared his throat, "Yeah?" I kept my eyes on the TV screen, "Did you do that by accident?" He suddenly asked me. I looked at him with a confused expression, "Do what?" I titled my head to the side, "You know what, nevermind-" Marv looked at the TV. I shrugged my shoulders and looked back at the TV.

After the movie ended, that's when I had the most confidence to express my feelings. I sat up, "Y'know what, Marv." I laid my hands in my lap, "Yeah?" He sat up as well and looked at me. "I-" The words were stuck in my throat. Knowing that Marv was looking at me with those beautiful blue eyes made everything much harder. "You okay?" I felt his hand laying on my knee, "Yeah, it's just-" I looked up at him with a slight smile. "God, I just wanna kiss you so damn bad-" I said without even realizing that I just said that out loud, "Wha-What?" He looked shocked. "Oh fuck, I said that out loud." I covered my face in embarrassment. "I wouldn't mind kissing you either." I heard Marv say, causing me to look up at him in shock. Does that mean he likes me back? This didn't end as horribly as I thought it was going to. "Really?" I smiled, "Of course." I watched as he laid one of his hands on my waist. A huge amount of confidence overtook me. I pulled Marv towards me and pressed my lips against his. His body tensed up for a second until he kissed back. The feeling of his arms resting on my waist felt so right. Afterwards I giggled like a little school girl. One of my fantasies finally came true. Something I didn't even think was possible. "Harry was just talking to me about how I was being stupid because I was too scared to tell you my feelings." He rested his right hand on my face as he spoke, "Well, he doesn't know. Because he's never been in love as much as you are." I looked up at him, "That's what I was saying." He smiled and leaned his forehead against mine.

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We continued to hangout for a couple more hours until her family finally came home. So I had to sneak out her window. Harry had the van parked in the same spot from when he dropped me off. I made sure not to look suspicious when I had to walk across the street from their house to get to the van. Harry noticed that I looked extra happy once I climbed into the passenger seat. "So, did you tell her?" Harry turned towards me, "Well-" I smiled at the thought, "I can't tell if it's good or bad news." He responded while I started to zone out. Thinking about the moment she first said that she really wanted to kiss me. I couldn't believe my ears when she said that. It almost felt like a dream whenever I would think back to that moment. "Marv, hello?" He shook my shoulder, "Huh? Oh, yeah, right." I cleared my throat before continuing, "She actually made the first move." I smiled thinking about it. "Wait, really?" Harry sounded shocked, "Yeah." I answered, "That's great Marv." He replied before starting up the van. The rest of the day I couldn't stop thinking about her. I knew I was most definitely going to come over again the next day, even if her whole family was home. Because I'd do anything to see her.