(Modern) Marco X Reader - I have a plan!

It was just getting ridiculous now, how long had it been going on for? Too damn long that’s for sure! Marco had always been a softy, it kind of made Jean wonder how they got along so well I mean they were such opposites! Normally Jean could tolerate Marco’s sad sap behaviour but it was starting to get ridiculous.

It had started with soft sighs and distracted conversations. Jean had dismissed it at first; simply thinking Marco was in one of his moods. Now however things were just getting pitiful and every move Marco made was making Jean sick. He had spiralled further into a pit of despair; blushing randomly and giggling every so often, daydreaming far more frequently than normal and staring into the distance with a goofy expression on his face. It made Jean wanna vomit. Or punch him. Probably both.

Jean sat next to Marco in the cafeteria as he did every day, having a very once sided discussion about that prick Eren and the way he boosted he would be the greatest footballer in the world one day. “Little prick doesn’t even know how to score a goal! Never mind get one!” Jean said angrily. “Did you see his footwork? Armin’s scored more goals than him and he nearly passed out ten minutes in! By the way have you ever wondered how Armin got onto the football team? I mean the little nerd spends more time reading than coming to practice, I’m surprised he hasn’t been kicked out yet due to lack of motivation or something!” Marco looked into the distance clearly not paying attention to the conversation. “Yeah I know its crazy isn’t it” he mumbles softly in a distracted tone, looking at a distant table before sighing weekly.

It was at that sigh that Jean lost it, grabbing Marco by the shoulder making him jump. Jean pulled him around to face him and glared into his eyes. “Ok man what the HELL is going on!? You’ve been acting pitiful for the past few weeks now and it’s really starting to piss me off! What the bloody hell is wrong with you are you on drugs or some shit?” Marco just stared at Jean in shock for a moment before regaining himself enough to speak. “Of course I’m not on drugs! I don’t even know how to get drugs never mind take them! Why do you think I’m suddenly a druggy!?”

Jean just continued to glare, “I don’t think you’re a druggy I’m just wondering what the fucks wrong. You’ve been acting really weird lately so don’t try to give me some bullshit about feeling fine, I KNOW something’s up.”

“Nothing’s up! I swear!” Marco protested.

“What did I just say about the bullshit?

“I’m fine I mean it! I’ve never felt happier!”

“Do you even know how gay you sound right now?”

That’s not a very nice thing to say...”

“I don’t care, what’s up?”

“Nothing!”

“Has someone upset you?”

“No!”

“Are you being bullied?”

“Yes! By you!”

“By anyone apart from me?”

“No! Leave me alone!”

“Why? So you can go back to sighing at whatever creepy thought is in your head? Hell no!”
“I’m not thinking of anything creepy I swear! I’m completely fine!”

“Marco! You’re acting worse than a love sick puppy!” And at that moment it hit him. “You have a crush don’t you?”

Marco just stared in horror “N-no” he stammered quickly. However his face betrayed him as a bright red blush painted his freckled features. Jean just looked at him for a moment before groaning. “Oh my god, you sad sack of shit! You get a crush and you act like that? Really? Wow you are just wow.” Jean sighed at his freckled friends actions, he always knew Marco was soft but this really took the cake. “So who is she then? Who has you locked in this pathetic state? She better be hot or I’m gonna punch you so hard...” Marco sighed sensing defeat and gestured to the table he had been staring at earlier. “Her” he said in a defeated tone “the girl between Reiner and Bertholdt.”

Jean looked at the table Marco was indicating to and stared. “You mean (Name)?” He asked in a puzzled tone, looking you up and down as he spoke, silently judging your every move to try and see what kind of girl Marco had the hots for. Marco’s face went a deep shade of red when your name was spoken out loud; causing Jean to roll his eyes and groan loudly. “You make me sick, have I ever told you that? Because you do. I mean if you blush that badly from just hearing her name what are you gonna be like if you have sex with her?” Marco went from red to pink “I don’t want to have sex with her!” he cried out a little louder than he had meant to causing a few heads to turn in curiosity. Jean just stared at his friend, “So you wanna date her but not bang her? Dude that’s like buying a 99 and leaving the cone! You just don’t do that shit!” Marco muttered something under his breath before going back to staring at you from across the hall; an irritated expression on his face due to the fact Jean now knew his secret. Jean looked at Marco then at you then back at Marco. He had to do something about this, he just had to. What kind of friend would he be if he didn’t try to help his best friend get the girl of his dream? “Right!” Jean said standing up “I can’t watch this anymore! I’m going to the library or something.” Marco turned to face Jean before speaking, “sorry if I’ve upset you or anything. I didn’t mean to sound so angry.” Jean ruffled his friends hair “Don’t worry about it, worry about getting her.”

The library was quiet, as you’d expect, and filled with books, again, as you would expect. There was only one person in the room and it was the exact person Jean wanted to see. “Hey Armin! What you reading there?” Armin jumped at the sound of Jeans voice, closing his book and quickly shutting it away in his bag. “Nothing, what do you want?” the small blond said nervously. Jean raised an eyebrow suspiciously at him but didn’t question why he had hid the book; he was here to talk about more important things. “Hey Armin, you’re smart right?” Armin looked at him, eyes full of questions. “Yeah I guess” he said shrugging, “Why what’s up, need help with homework or something?” Jean shook his head, “no, I was just wondering what you knew about girls. People say you know pretty much everything, so I was wondering how to get a friend of mine a girlfriend.” Armin just stared at him “Um, Jean. Do I look like I’ve had many girlfriends to you?” Armin said a tad dryly. “No” Jean admitted. “But you know (Name) really well, and Marco is kind of stalking her at the moment so I was wondering if you knew what kind of things she was into? You know, for Marco’s sake.” Armin just looked at Jean. “Uh, are you having a joke or something? (Name)’s liked Marco since the start of the school year, all he’d have to do is ask her out and she’d say yes... Wait a minute! You had to come to me to ask for love advice? Don’t you know anything about girls? Couldn’t you have thought of some advice to give him by yourself?” Jean looked at Armin a tad embarrassed. “Yeah well I wanted to be safe, you know. Marco’s not ready for my level of, um, dating. I thought I’d talk to someone more in his league.” Armin just rolled his eyes “Whatever you say man, I’m not judging.” Jean just narrowed his eyes at Armin before turning quickly and existing the room. Why did he think of that? He thought to himself as he hurried down the corridor, Armin could sure be a prick when he wanted to be. Jean shook these thoughts from his head and began planning the perfect plan to get Marco (Name).

The bell rang out throughout the school and students flood from the entrance, eager to get home and do something productive like play videogames or read fan fics. You were walking with Reiner and Bertholdt, talking to Reiner about what you were gonna do when you got home while Bertholdt listened to heavy metal loudly through his headphones nodding his head slightly to the beat. Suddenly you heard someone call out and the three of you turned to see Jean and Marco walking closely behind you. “Hey guys!” Jean said smiling smugly, “how’s your day been?” You shrug “It was good till I walked into maths and got set about a billion questions to do on MyMaths.” (MyMaths is a school website where teachers can set homework to do online). “Wow that sucks! Hey why don’t you tell Marco about it I need to talk to Reiner and Bertholdt privately for a minute or two.” The two boys raise their eyebrows but stop to see what Jean wants, Marco on the other hand quickly runs to catch up with you and soon falls into step beside you. You suddenly feel awkward about being alone with Marco and just the thought makes your face heat up. He was so cute and handsome, his hair looked so soft and silky, his skin was in such good condition and his freckles made him look adorable. You couldn’t help but fall in love with him, he was just so perfect. You smile at him and decide to make conversation, “So how’s your day been?” you ask shyly. He smiles at you and you can practically feel your heart melting in your chest, “Good” he says nervously, “but, um, never mind that can I ask you something?” You look at him, puzzled by his sudden change in subject. “Sure, what’s up?” “Well” he begins “I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me sometime, like I don’t know, see a movie or something.” You stare at him “I’d love to! I mean it would be great to hang out with you more and stuff, as long as Jean doesn’t come along I don’t mind!” “Sure!” Marco said happily, “so how about Friday after school then? It could be like a date or something.” You nod excitedly, “I’d really like that.” Marco smiles at you before suddenly looking very nervous. “So would it be ok if I um, held your hand?” You just laugh “Sure, you can hold my hand.” You say as you lock your fingers with his.

Jean, Reiner and Bertholdt watch the events unfold from a safe distance, making sure they didn’t get in the way of your chance with Marco. When you lock hands Jean sighs with relief, “I’m so glad that worked” he said grinning at the genius of his plan. “Yeah it’s good that it worked but you need to go to Armin to come up with that? Are you stupid or something or have you just never talked to a girl in your life?” Reiner teased. Jean just glared “Shut up, Reiner. I don’t see you with a girlfriend.” “That’s because he has me” Bertholdt says quietly, causing Reiner to blush.