Ice Cream (ModernAU!MarcoxShy!Reader)

        It was a bit disappointing for the two, especially for [Name]. Her growing love for Jean falters slightly yet again. Nevertheless, she and Marco had let Jean to his business without bringing out a fuss. She was quite hesitant at first, knowing Mikasa was there, but [Name] wanted to keep Jean happy. Even though it kills her heart.

        Now, here she is with Marco, eating ice cream and just joking around in the park. The park was a peaceful place for the three of them to just hang out. It would make her feel relaxed and made her forget her worries. The two of them were sitting down on a park bench, talking and revisiting memories of their first two years in the Academy.

        "...Oh yeah," Marco said, chuckling at a memory [Name] brought up. "I remember that." He was already finished with his ice cream.

        "Hehe... Yeah," [Name] said, giggling. "Do you remember the time when you guys were over at my house for movie night? Where instead of watching movies, we were all at the backyard and having a Nerf war and I had gotten Jean at the crotch?" She took a bite of her ice cream.

        Marco laughed and nodded. "Oh yeah, I remember that!! You won that round instantly!"

        [Name] just smiled victoriously. "Indeed I did. It felt like we were just only fifteen yesterday."

        Marco smiled as he looked at her. "Yup. Sure does."

        It went silent between the two, basking in the peacefulness the park had. [Name] was just almost finishing up her cone when Marco looked over at her again. The cold taste made her feel like a 5-year-old again. A red tint decorated his freckled cheeks as he stared at her cute face, the innocent expression of enjoyment visible in her features. 

        Wait-did he just thought of [Name] being cute?

        The red hue grew only darker and he became more flustered. He only thought of her as a sister, his best friend, nothing more. Sure, they weren't blood related, but still... He only has known [Name] for 2 years now and he considers her being very close. Marco watched her intensely as she finished the ice cream and was now wiping her mouth with a napkin he had handed to her earlier. The look of innocence never left. She really did look like a child. A really adorable child. 'Cute,' he thought.

        There he goes again, thinking [Name] is cute. He would be lying if he didn't admit it. This cause the boy to become more flustered. He averted his gaze away from her and just silently stared at tree that suddenly became interesting to stare at.

        When [Name] had finished, she faced Marco, noticing his red face. She raised a brow. "Um, Marco?"

        The sound of her voice made him jump a little as he looked back at her. "Um, yeah?" He stammered.

        "You look kinda uneasy there, buddy," [Name] said, worriedly. "You okay?"

         Marco just smiled and nodded. "U-uh, yeah! Of course!"

          Then he noticed something on the corner of her lips. It was a trickle of [ice cream flavor] that ran down from the upper corner. She had missed that spot and wasn't quite aware of it. He stared at it for a little awhile before chuckling.

        [Name] tilted her head slightly. "Marco, what is it?"

        His chuckling changed to a small laugh before sighing. "You had missed a spot, [Name]," he whispered, pointing to the opposite side of his mouth. 

        Blushing in embarrassment, [Name] covered her mouth since she had used her last napkin to wipe her mouth, which cause the man to laugh more. 

        Then, something caused her to jump in surprise. An arm was wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her close to the side of the muscular body that belonged to the young man that sat beside her. She instantly looked up at him in confusion and shock for his sudden strange behavior. Timid [eye color] orbs stared at dark brown eyes, silently. They were only a few inches away. The red on both of their faces were visible for both to see. [Name] grew nervous and her heart was pounding against her chest, as well as the male's. Her thoughts were racing with unanswered questions of what he was planning to do. 

        They stayed like that for what felt like years...until Marco leaned in to closed the gap between. 

        [Name's] eyes widen in surprised for the sudden action she did not expect from the male to do. For crying out loud, he was kissing her!!! Well, only on the corner of lips, but still... He was kissing her!!

        She was expecting Jean to be her first kiss, but Marco was an exception, considering he was her best friend. Never did she imagine him doing this to her. 

        [Name] then felt his tongue licking the corner of her lips. The blush on her face grew more intense as well as his. They were quite aware that they were being stared at by people. His tongue flicked, tasting the sweet [favorite ice cream] flavor, causing him to pull her closer to him. Good god, what was he doing?! What on earth made him do this?!

        Secretly, both of them were enjoying it. 

        But the enjoyment quickly ended when Marco had finished his little 'job' and had leaned back on the bench. [Name] awkwardly scooted away from him on the opposite of the bench. They both felt very awkward and embarrassed and were speechless. Marco was looking down at his hands shamefully, while [Name] was trying to gather the thoughts that ran chaotically in her head. She was becoming more flustered just thinking over his sudden display of...affection. She was in love with Jean!! Sure, she loved both of them, but Marco was like an older brother to her!

        Yeah, the two guys were cute and her closes friends, but....

        'My god, this is just making it more frustrating!!!' 

        Her thoughts were interrupted when Marco cleared his throat, ending the silence. [Name] didn't dare to look at him.

        "Uh..." He stuttered. "Y-you really have soft skin!"

        [Name] smiled. "T-thanks!"

        It went silent until she spoke again. "Hey Marco...?"

        "Yeah...?"

        "We'll always be, uh...?"

        "...Yes. We will always be." The hesitance in his voice wasn't detectable to the girl. He knew that she had feelings for someone else and he knew who it was.

        "Oh, good!" 

         ...

        "Should we...you know...?" Her voice trailed off.

        "Yes, we should tell Jean..." He replied. 

        "He has it know about this and that there isn't anything between us!"

        "O-of course! We are just friends, right?"

        [Name] looked at him and smiled. "Right! And friends are supposed to be honest with one another! What are friends for?"

        He smiled before the two of them laughed off the little incident. But, he swore that he could of feel his heart break.

        Yeah...What are friends for?....But...are we really just going to stay as friends...?