Gumball frowned as he watched Sebastian bang a fork against the table, giggling happily. The giggling was completely adorable, and as much as the prince loved to hear that happy sound, the fork could hurt his child. He would take away the utensil to ensure his child's safety, but the distance between them was stopping him. His eyes landed to the person sitting between him and the infant, who didn't seem to care that Sebastian was playing with something that could hurt him. Or perhaps he did not even know that a fork could hurt the baby.
"Marshall, can you take the fork away from Sebastian?" the prince asked simply, expecting the vampire to do it right away, no questions asked. It was obvious that a baby shouldn't be playing with a fork, but Marshall didn't know that. Being a thousand years old, you would think he had some common sense.
"Why?" the immortal mumbled with his fangs sunk into a fork full of spaghetti. The prince watched as the red color of the sauce slowly drained away. He narrowed his eyes at Marshall, somehow finding this irritating.
"It's dangerous for him to be playing with a fork. Take it away before he hurts himself." the prince explained with a stern voice. His eyes darted back and forth between his loved ones, worried for his child and slightly annoyed with his boyfriend. The vampire laughed loudly, dropping his fork onto his plate with a clatter and causing Gumball to huff in annoyance.
"How can you hurt yourself with a fork!?" Marshall choked out between laughs. He was laughing so hard, he didn't notice his love picking up his fork with an angry look on his face.
The prince was angered that the vampire was just laughing while their child could easily hurt himself. Instead of making things easier on Marshall and just getting up to take away the fork himself, he decided to show him that a fork can hurt, so if Sebastian did end up hurting himself, the immortal could feel the same pain. In a swift movement, the fork was pressed hard into the vampire's leg, causing him to abruptly stop his laughter.
Marshall now understood and casually reached over, grabbing the fork from Sebastian, and replacing it with a spoon so the baby was still left with something to play with. The prince pulled the fork from the vampire's leg and set it on the table before he continued to eat.
"Thank you. Now could you be a dear and get Sebastian a toy to play with? He could also hurt himself with that spoon." Gumball said before taking a bite of spaghetti. Without a word, Marshall got up from the table, taking the spoon away from his son as he went to retrieve a toy, not wanting to know how a spoon could hurt.