Title: Sweet as Candy, Bitter as Blood
Author: Krystal M.
Pairing: Marshall Lee x Prince Gumball
Hey, hey! I'm back with this pairing~~ Woots! Anyways, I love this pairing so much because it's rare for me to be in love with a vampire and to top it off, it's from Adventure Time, so yeah. Huhuhuhu~ I actually re-read 'Candy Kingdom and Nightosphere' and I noticed there were minor grammar and spelling errors (mostly because I used my iPod to write...) but putting that aside, I actually realised that I enjoyed writing these characters. Because of that, I haven't noticed that I have written more than 8K+ words on the first chapter. I don't know if they are in character or out of character (honestly, I don't care...) but perfection has always been my weakness. So, do let me know if they are out of character and describe to me how to keep them in character and moreover, this genderbent version of Adventure Time only aired about a few times and I couldn't really grasp their personalities.
But, overall, this has been enjoyable, especially when this idea struck to me. Don't worry, Ice Queen is still in here (I love her and I love Ice King too in the normal series), so how could I not have her in here? She's not really the main plot though, haha. And also, I have increased in maturity (...yuck, that sounds weird, okay, maybe I'm still childish) but I decided to increase the 'heat' of this story. Get it~? ;D But not until it reached M. No, hell no. As much as I read K rating until M rating fan fictions, I don't have the guts to write M-rated stories. The highest I would go probably be T+. Yeap, and this chapter is at that T+. So, yeah, but it's still fine to read~
Ah, and this is also the sequel to Candy Kingdom and Nightosphere, so if you haven't read that, I don't think you would understand much because there are some reference I took from the previous fan fiction. I know the last story was only 10 chapters, and I thought I was satisfied but then, I found myself wanting to write more of them and I was like 'WHAT TO DO? I CAN'T CONTINUE THAT! IT'S COMPLETED!" and so I decided 'What if I ask if anyone wants a sequel?' and yeah, thank god you guys agreed to it! Anyways, enough ranting!
Wow, that's long. So, anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. You know what to do~ ;D There's a button called 'Review' so please do to feed my imagination. Follow and favs are welcomed from the bottom of my heart~
And uhm, well, until we meet again! :D
Krystal
Disclaimer: Not mine. Everything else except the plot belongs to CN or other respective owners.
Warning: This is a Marshall LeexPrince Gumball slash. Don't like, please don't read. Any flames will be used to burn the respective person's faces and please note down that when your face is burning, I will bake my marshmallow and watch you wither in pain while enjoying this said marshmallow. -total sadist-
P.S: I use British English. Not American. Grammar and spelling follows the BE.
As well, I have posted this chapter first a few weeks ago but because I was spammed by some idiot who hates this pairing, I deleted it. Again, don't like-don't read, alright? Saves everybody's time and especially mine (I'll just delete you without reading your review and report you if you persist). Anyways, if you have any constructive criticism, please do let me know! That's welcomed! ^^
And now-ENJOY (Btw, this whole story is in T and will never get to M, EVER. not used to writing such scenes. ^^||)
Episode 1
It was a sunny day, of course it was. Rain rarely covered this land and honestly, nobody could even remember when the last time rain had drenched them to the core was. However, the trees still grew and the grass still stayed green. Looking past the clouds, looking past the sunny sky, into a kingdom past those big walls of defences, there were the same people, the same noises and the same laughter echoing throughout the Land of Aaa.
Inside the castle, the staffs of the royal castle were busy trying to keep the duties going smooth and well. Running around, the staffs were in many shapes and sizes. Some were stub and round meanwhile others were a tad too tall for their own good. But the one thing they all had in common was that they were sweet. No, not just personality wise but in whole general theory, they were sweet, so sweet to the core, almost like a candy.
But then again, this wasn't so far from the truth. The truth stated that indeed, this land was actually made out of candy people. And the one ruling them, from different heirs was the one and only beloved Prince Gumball. And even he, today, was quite busy trying to organise everything from his deals with the Cookie Kingdom to the appeasing party of the royal council who were in charge of his decisions.
And honestly, he was getting really tired. Carrying a bunch of files in one hand and about a lump of scrolls on the other, he was trying his best not to trip and fall flat on his face in the middle of the hallway. "Do you need my help, sire?" one of the passing maids asked him only to have a smiling prince telling them that he was fine. Sure, he was tired but it didn't mean that he was weak! He could do it! It was just carrying some files into his room. How hard could that be?
However, he had overestimated his own abilities. By the time he had reached his room and dumped the pile of papers and scrolls on his study table, he was worn out. He slowly glanced at the bed next to him and was tempted to just crawl on it and sleep. But he couldn't. It was his sworn duty to put his job as a prince first and then himself. It was how he had been taught and that was how he was going to live each day.
Sighing, he rubbed his temples with his fingers, trying to soothe himself. He could feel a headache coming on slowly. Just then, he felt a chilled breeze entering his room. He shuddered a bit before the balcony door was closed and walked in a figure. He didn't have to look to know who it was. The prince sighed slowly as he looked at his desk filled with work left undone. And he had to finish them before the end of the week.
Footsteps walked closer to him as he caught onto a familiar aroma. It was so familiar that had the prince blushing a bit, his coral pink skin slowly turning even darker in colour. Slowly, he felt a pair of arms wrapping around his waist, pulling his back to someone's chest. Then, the hold tightened and someone's chin was sharply placed on the prince's left shoulder.
Blowing out some wind on the prince's neck, Gumball sighed and stood there, not moving and not talking, just staring at his work. "You've been busy," the voice spoke out low and somehow unpleased. "Too busy for my liking."
"Well, I am the prince, Marshall Lee," he said slowly as Marshall Lee gripped onto the prince a little tighter, somehow as if he was scared the prince would slip away. Slowly, he placed his mouth on the shoulder of the prince and started kissing it. The new soft and cold sensation that pierced through his clothes on his shoulder gave out some familiar yet electrifying feeling for the prince. "Marshall...," he slowly said as the king only hummed out a response and continued to kiss his shoulder before slowly making way to his slender neck.
"I missed you, Bubbs," he said slowly as he kissed his neck but not really getting into it, leaving feathery touch around everywhere he kissed. The prince closed his eyes as he felt the familiar sensation taking him over little by little. He suddenly found himself wishing for Marshall Lee to continue on and drag him away from this heavy work. "We haven't seen each other for almost three weeks," Marshall continued as he suddenly latched his lips at one particular spot at the prince's neck and sucked it hard.
The prince yelped out before he quickly untangled himself from the grip and pushed Marshall away from him. The king just stood there as the prince's hands stopped him from coming any closer. "I have work to do, Marshall Lee. I have work to do!" The prince then sighed and turned around to look at his desk before grabbing onto a certain scroll. He then quickly turned back to Marshall and sighed again when he saw the frown on the vampire's face. "I thought I told you not to come over," he said as he walked past the nightwalker to the room door. He was about to open it when suddenly, he felt two hands slamming the door shut and trapping him between the door and another body.
"And you think that it's easy staying away?" he growled out as he grabbed onto one of Gumball's shoulder and turned him around before slamming him against the door. "I haven't seen you for three weeks, Gumball!" He frowned and Gumball could clearly see the displeased look on his lover's face. He could even see that the vampire had looked even scarier than usual.
Looking away from the vampire, the prince laid his head against the door. He looked Marshall in the eyes and smiled small, all the tiredness finally coming together as one. "I missed you too, Marshall. But the royal council is picking me apart one piece after another and the castle is busy preparing for the new arrival of the royal council member and I'm just so tired to the point I want to sleep in and never get up," Gumball mumbled and complained as he laid his head on the vampire's chest, slowly inhaling his chest. The vampire didn't say anything as he straightened himself.
The prince slowly wrapped his arms around the vampire's waist and buried his face deeper into the nightwalker's chest. "I'm sorry I haven't made time to see you." The apology was all that was needed as the vampire sighed loudly and hugged back, kissing the top of the prince's head along the way.
Just then, a loud knock interrupted both of them as Gumball slowly pushed Marshall away from him. "Prince Gumball?" Peppermint Maid called out as the prince felt irritated all of a sudden.
"Yes?"
"It's time for the citizen's talk," the maid continued as Gumball nodded.
"I'll be right out," he said as he looked at Marshall and shrugged. "Well, see you soon."
He was about to open the door again when Marshall Lee grabbed onto the prince's wrist and turned him around before latching his lips onto the prince's. It was a chaste kiss but it meant so much more for both of them as the prince smiled and blushed at the same time. With that, the vampire let go of the prince's hand and Gumball walked out of the room.
It has been almost eight months since Prince Gumball of the Candy Kingdom and Marshall Lee the Vampire King had been going out. It was a surprise to anyone that these two opposites were together. Prince Gumball was the 'nice guy' meanwhile Marshall Lee was the 'bad boy'. But fate seemed to have a different point of view when it came to mismatched pairs. Prince Gumball never thought that one day he would fall in love and nevertheless with a man. Fionna, the heroine of this land was someone who the prince used to think was his ideal type of love. But then, this happened.
The Ice Queen happened. She had kidnapped him and forced Marshall Lee to reveal his true feelings. Even though it was a shock at first for the prince, Gumball couldn't deny that he had felt the same way. So, they started to see each other more than friends. Gumball was always shy when it came to intimacy. How could he not? Marshall Lee was his first love and apparently, his first kiss. His virginity was totally out of the question as the prince didn't even want to go there yet, so their relationship has never really progressed further than simple kissing and occasionally, 'making out'.
But lately, even those simple touches weren't so easily done since the new member of the royal council was going to come and join this kingdom and the prince needed to make all the preparations. If he didn't, then the entire royal council would just dot on him until he was broken to pieces. The royal council was a dark place to be and the prince was so glad that he wasn't one of them.
However, he wasn't lucky when it came to the fact of his decisions. Everything was set for him. Only the heir, that was the problem left there. Soon, there would be a time where even the royal council will want him to have an heir. To find a queen. What was he to do then? Would Marshall Lee still be with him then?
Sighing, the prince removed the thoughts from his mind. He just wanted this day to end. Tomorrow, the new royal council member would arrive and he would finally be a little free to visit Marshall Lee again.
Night time rolled in as the prince yawned slowly and opened the doors to his room. It was three in the morning now and the prince had finally finished everything on the list. Walking to his bed, he hadn't even realised of another presence lingering in the room. Slumping face first on the bed mattress, he felt himself sighing in relief. Suddenly, he felt the bed dip on his right side. Slowly turning around and looking on his right, he saw the familiar blue jeans and red and black chequered shirt. Smiling, he closed his eyes. "What are you doing here, Marshall?"
He felt a hand touching his hair and slowly he felt the fingers playing with the messed up pink strands before he felt Marshall Lee lying on his left so he was looking at him. "You look tired, Bubbs. They really wore you out this time."
Gumball just chuckled before lazily opening his eyes and looked at him. "They did. They really did. Your hair grew longer," Gumball said softly as he touched Marshall's long strands of hair. Marshall traced Gumball's hand before he took it and clasped it tight with his own hand. Marshall just stared at the prince's tired face. The way his eyes drooped low and how his lips lacked the normal tanginess of pink. The vampire sighed as he scooted closed and scooped Gumball. The prince was taken aback as he felt the heat rushing to his face. "Marshall, what—"
"Go to sleep, Gumball," the pale vampire said as he wrapped his arms around the small prince and brought him to his chest. "Just sleep."
The prince just sighed and decided not to fight it. It has been awhile since he had felt Marshall's cool skin on him. He smiled and closed his eyes as he snuggled deeper into the cold warmth. With that, in just within minutes, the darkness took over. "Night, Marshall."
The next morning, there was a few knocks on the door, awakening the prince. Gumball furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to ignore the knocking. But then again, nothing ever went the way the prince wanted. As the knocking continued, the drowsy morning slowly wore off. The prince slowly opened his eyes and stared at what seemed to be a chequered black and red shirt. Why were there chequered patterns all of a sudden? As he stared, he realised a tight grip on his waist. Looking down, he saw a pale hand draped on his waist and the arm tightened again its grip on him. Staring for another few more seconds, the last night's event came flooding in.
Jolting awake and quickly pushing the vampire's hand away, he panicked. Tangling himself with the sheets around him, he quickly became unstable and fell flat on the floor and off the bed on his back. "Ouch…," he moaned quietly as the knocking suddenly stopped.
"Prince Gumball? Are you alright?" Peppermint Maid asked from the other side as the prince laid on the ground and smiled bitterly at his fate.
"Yes, I'm alright!" he yelled back before he heard the shuffling of mattress cloth. Slowly emerging from the corner of the bed, Marshall Lee smirked when he saw how tangled up the prince was. Prince Gumball stared back at the king unamused as he looked away and tried to get up.
"Should I come in?" the maid asked as the prince choked a bit in red. If she ever came in and found out that Marshall Lee was here, she would smack him and the king on the head with her broom! Peppermint Maid never really liked the prince's friendship with the king of vampires. She would always glare at him at every chance she got. So, telling her about their relationship was totally out of the question as well. Who knows what she could do if she found out that the prince was already kissing someone before marriage? Especially if it was with the vampire.
"No!" The prince immediately stood up and tried to untangle himself from the mattress cloth. "I'm fine!" Marshall Lee only laid there and stared at the prince amused, a devilish smirk making way on his face.
"Alright then, please don't be late. The ceremony will start in two hours," Peppermint Maid reminded him one last time before she walked away. Once there were no more noises from outside of his room door, the prince quickly finished untangling himself and walked to his closet. Opening it wide, he searched for his royal clothes. Once he found them, he quickly started to strip out of his shirt while searching for his towel. He was quite a mess today and he hadn't even had enough sleep!
"I didn't think you wanted to seduce me that much, Bubbs," a voice brought the prince's attention to the situation as he quickly snapped his head and looked at the vampire, who was now sitting on the bed with his hair messed up and looking at the prince with a smirk.
"What are you talking about?" the prince asked as the vampire pointed to the prince's chest.
"Getting undressed in front of me, you're such a tease, aren't you?" the vampire said seductively as the prince's face reddened from the realisation. Quickly finding his towel, he covered his chest and looked away from the vampire.
"Go home, Marshall," he said quickly before he dashed to the bathroom. Before the vampire could retort, the door to the bathroom was slammed shut. The prince felt his body heat travelling to his cheeks as he felt his hands and legs go shaky. Slumping down to the ground, he felt embarrassed that the vampire had seen him without his shirt on.
He had never been naked to anyone before and this certainly was the first. Blushing even redder, he realised how deep in emotions Marshall Lee looked. Could it be that the king was craving something else besides the kiss? Gumball quickly shook away those thoughts as they headed down to a road he never travelled.
He could think about those things later. Immediately latching himself into the tub, he started to clean himself and washed his hair with some strawberry shampoo. Once the whole routine was done and he was dressed, he opened the bathroom door and walked out. Looking around his room, the first thing he noticed was the lack of vampire. He suddenly felt disappointed that the king actually heeded on what he had said. Walking to the dressing mirror, he took some gel and fixed his hair so it would look appropriate for the day.
Suddenly, he realised how Marshall Lee loved strawberries. Would he like the smell of Gumball right now? The prince frowned a bit once he realised that he was thinking of his lover again. Sighing, he decided he wanted to hang out with the vampire tonight. Quickly opening the doors of his dresser, he found a notepad and a pen. Writing down a simple note to meet him at the balcony tonight, he folded the paper and decided to give this to his trusty mailman.
He always got the job done.
Walking down to the throne room, he looked around and saw every important person were already there. He suddenly felt nervous as he saw the royal council members entering the room. Just then, he saw Peppermint Maid quickly trying to keep up with all those errands and he suddenly felt guilty that he had felt irritated with her moments ago. As he watched everybody mingling with their own business, he heard one of the royal council members calling him.
Walking to them with a smile on his face, they smiled back, even though they looked a bit uptight. "Prince Gumball, I say, you have outdone yourself this time," one of the tallest member had said as he sipped on what seemed like a fruit punch. The prince smiled and nodded.
"Thank you but it wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for my staffs," the prince continued as they laughed as if he had said a joke.
"Oh, as always, so nice and kind," another one of them said. Prince Gumball just kept on smiling even though he didn't know why he was doing so. Just then, the horns were blown and everyone quieted down. The doors of the castle opened and suddenly, two of the bears with glasses that the prince had seen when he was dragged to the club with Marshall Lee one day, appeared, walking in front.
As they took in their position, a tall figure walked in. With his suit tailored in black and a frown on his lips, the next royal council member was revealed. The prince's eyes widened when he saw how dark this man looked. He wasn't a candy though, that was for sure but there was definitely peculiar about him. His blue skin and green beaded eyes, the man was scary to look at.
"Welcome, Theo!" one of the members from behind the prince called out to the man. The man snapped his head and looked at the group as the prince felt himself gulping down a surprised yelp. This man was indeed scary.
Theo walked to the group as everyone else made their path for him by moving aside. The man was posh and he took every step with pride. The prince realised that he was indeed someone with name. But he couldn't say he had heard about him. Theo, he had never heard of someone with that name before who was connected to the royal branch. Was there a leak somewhere in his family tree? Possibly, the prince thought as he looked at the man.
"Theo, this is Prince Gumball, current ruler of Candy Kingdom," another member introduced the prince. The prince bowed a bit and smiled.
"Hello there," he said as Theo simply stared at the prince. His green eyes evaluated everything the prince was and it seemed like he was being stripped down to bare nudity. Shivering at the thought slightly, the prince tried to maintain an eye contact, even though he desperately didn't want to.
"Hm," Theo, the tall man, spoke, catching the prince's attention. "Such a young man for the job of ruling others, don't you think? Is he doing a good job?"
"Yes, the prince is the most hard working and intelligent among all the rulers we ever had," the council members agreed as the prince felt like sighing in relief. Theo just stared at the man a bit longer before he bent down to meet eye level with the prince. Suddenly, he felt cold fingers touching his jaw and tilting his head slightly so his neck was exposed.
"Ah…a lover?" the man whispered slowly so that only the prince could hear as Gumball's eyes widened. Theo smirked before he went nonchalant and looked away from the prince and stared at the other council members. "Ah, that is good."
The prince remained stoic once the door was closed and everyone began the celebration. His heart was beating fast as he felt himself sweating. How does he know that? Nobody else knew that the prince was seeing someone. Quickly excusing himself from the celebration and slipping off so nobody noticed him, the prince made a dash run to the nearest restroom. Barging into the restroom not so princely, he walked to the mirror and tugged the collar of his shirt to look at what Theo had been staring at on his neck. Just there, just a tiny point there, the prince noticed a small mark.
The prince felt the tears gathering at the edge of his eyes as he felt his legs wobbly. Slapping his hand over his mouth so he wouldn't make a noise, he slowly slid to the ground and tried to calm himself before he panicked for real. That tiny red mark, it was definitely one of Marshall Lee's. Marshall Lee had called them a 'hickey' or to him, it was mark stating that the prince belonged to him. He said since they weren't going to go any further just yet, this was the only way he could claim the prince.
But to think that tall man saw through the prince like glass, it made him shivered. And why were his fingers so cold? He could feel the cold radiating even when he didn't touch him. The prince just stayed like that as he tried to cool of his head and heart.
He suddenly felt as if his happy start was going to end terribly.
Night time dawned and the prince was waiting at the balcony, hugging the rails as he sat down on the cold tile. He was wearing one of the almost bleached white shirts with a pair of jeans that Marshall said would look good on him. Of course, the jeans were in pink. He sighed as he hugged the rails tighter. Where was Marshall? Didn't the message get through?
Just as he was waiting, he saw the familiar legs swinging on the balcony rails, sitting on them with ease. "I heard you called me, Bubbs," the vampire said cheerfully, obviously happy that his lover had called him. The prince slowly tilted his head and looked at the vampire before he felt the events of today flooding back to him.
"Marshall," he said slowly as he felt the tears gathering at the edges of his eyes again. Marshall Lee was startled to see his lover suddenly so sad. He didn't think that the prince had missed him that much.
"Hey, Bubba, what's wrong?" he asked as he slowly slid down from the balcony rails and crouched next to the prince. Gumball slowly turned to look at the vampire as he sniffed, wiping his eyes before looking at him in the eyes. He couldn't let the vampire know just yet. He needed to get out of here first.
"Let's go to your house," Gumball stated firmly, catching the nightwalker once again off guard.
"What?"
"I want to go to your house, Marshall. I want to go to your house," the prince said again as the Vampire King stared at him for a while, trying to see what was going on with his prince. Gumball seemed scared or frightened and the vampire frowned at that emotion playing on his face. That expression was rarely seen. In fact, Marshall couldn't remember the last time he had seen such an expression on the prince's face. Prince Gumball was so confident and he had never let his confidence resolve, so what was going on him now? Marshall Lee nodded slowly as he stood up.
"Okay, then," he said as he smiled small. "Well, I've missed this," he grinned suddenly as he grabbed onto one of Gumball's wrist and pulled him up so he was standing. Before the prince got to say anything, the king had already placed one hand over the back of his knees and the other grabbing onto his back. Shuffling the prince close to his chest, he looked down to see that prince was glaring at him as his face dyed in red. Chuckling, he quickly climbed onto the edge of the balcony rail and was about to jump. "Hang on, princess."
"Why you—" before the prince had managed to choke out an insult, even though to Marshall Lee, the prince's insults were never really anything past the word 'meanie', the vampire had jumped down from the balcony. Immediately, Prince Gumball wrapped his arms around the vampire's neck and buried his face into the nightwalker's chest. Gumball was still terrified of heights and it wasn't helping that Marshall Lee was actually not using the ground as transportation. Floating in the sky, the night wind howled through their faces. Marshall Lee still felt a bit disturbed at the request of his prince.
It wasn't as if he didn't want to bring Gumball to his place but this was a rare request. Usually, the prince would let the king decide on the next adventure.
Silence brewed in between them as they finally reached to the familiar cave. Placing Gumball down on his feet, the prince refused to say another word. Marshall Lee stared at the prince for a while before silent fear crept into his heart. The fear that he hasn't realised was possible for him to feel. Did something horrible happen to Gumball? Did Marshall tease him a bit too much? Did he actually show a bit too many hints about wanting to go further? Did Gumball freaked out?
But the scariest thought that ever invaded Marshall Lee's mind was, did Gumball wanted to break this off?
Walking further into the cave, the prince just kept on sighing and looked at where he was stepping so he wouldn't slip and fall. As they walked deeper, they finally came to the cosy looking home in the middle of the cave. Marshall looked behind him to see if the prince was still following. After they reached the small house, the vampire opened the door and the prince took that as an invitation and walked in, walking straight to the couch and slumping on it, immediately forgetting his prince-like attitude for a while. Marshall Lee slowly closed the door and walked towards the prince before sitting next to him, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.
"Gumball, what's wrong?" he asked as he scooted closer. The prince slowly looked at the vampire before sighing loudly and covering his face with his hands. How was he going to tell the vampire that this happened? A few seconds passed by before the prince took his hands away and slumped into the couch once more.
"Today, the newest member of the royal council arrived," the prince started as the vampire looked at him confused. "His name is Theo. He was a bit intimidating to be honest. Well, he would be alright if he hadn't come so close to me."
"Eh, Bubba, you're not making any sense to me," the nightwalker spoke as Gumball sighed and looked at the vampire in the eyes.
"He knew about us."
Silence lingered on as the nightwalker stared at the prince unmoving. He knew about them? The mere straightforward sentence took some time before it settled into the king's mind. That was when he frowned. "'Theo' knew about us?" the vampire asked as the prince nodded.
"He saw that mark you left behind on my neck," the prince said as his voice began to waver.
"But, nobody else could see it. Only if he was really, really close to you, then there's a possibility," the vampire said carefully before he narrowed his eyes at the prince. "He didn't touch you, did he?"
The prince grumbled as he brought his legs to his chest and hugged them tight. "He touched my neck and saw the mark. Marshall Lee, why would you even leave a mark where people could see?" the prince whined as the vampire frowned deeper.
"What do you mean he touched your neck? And I told you, Bubbs, the mark is for to claim you!" the vampire said as the prince sighed.
"I don't see why that's necessary since obviously I had done nothing but be loyal to you," the prince said as he looked at the king annoyed. The vampire furrowed his eyebrows before he looked elsewhere, clearly starting he getting agitated with the prince.
"I told you, it's a vampire thing," he said under his breath. "Anyways, so what if he found out? It's not like if we're doing anything wrong," the vampire shrugged carelessly as he slid away from the prince a bit and laid his body on the couch. The prince suddenly sat up straight as he looked at the vampire.
"How could you say that? Of course it matters if he found out! Nobody could find out about us!" The prince clearly was flustered as he got up and started to pace around. For a prince, he was certainly forgetting everything that he was taught in such a small amount of time. The vampire clearly didn't like that statement as he sat up as well, glaring at the prince.
"What does that supposed to mean? So we're supposed to hook up without anyone else knowing forever?" the vampire asked. The prince stopped his pacing and quickly faced the vampire, slowly sighing once he had realised that the king was slightly pouting.
"I'm the prince and the ruler of Candy Kingdom, Marshall," he said quietly. "I want to be with you. I thought we've established that since the Ice Queen incident. But I don't want the royal council to know. You don't know them like I do. They're not nice," the prince continued as he walked to the pouting vampire and stood in front of him. "At least our close friends know, right?"
The king slowly looked at the prince before sighing and wrapping his arms around the prince's waist and hugged him. He buried his face into the prince's abdomen and inhaled his scent. "You smell like strawberries," the nightwalker suddenly said, changing the subject all at once. The prince blushed a bit as he realised that he had used the strawberry shampoo this morning.
He had somehow bought this when he was visiting the Fruit Kingdom. It wasn't as if he had wanted to use it but somehow, with the long gap in between, the prince felt empty inside that he didn't get to see the king and used it for almost three weeks now. He just forgot to change it today. It became a habit all of a sudden.
"Uh, well," the prince said as he looked elsewhere. "But, Marshall Lee, what are we going to do if they found out?"
The king looked up to the prince and grinned assuring. "Don't worry, Bubbs, I'm the Vampire King. I'll protect you."
This caused the prince to blush even more as he looked away. He could hear the vampire chuckling a bit before the prince looked back and smiled small. Nodding, the prince just stood there, getting hugged by the king for a while. "Back to the strawberry topic, how come you smell like this? You always smelled…sweet as candy," the vampire asked as he smirked at his own joke. The prince simple blushed a bit more before he tried to escape the grips of the vampire.
"Uh, well, that's really none of your business, is it, Marshall?" he said as the vampire raised both of his eyebrows. Deciding that he wanted to tease the young prince a bit more, he pulled the prince down onto his lap. Before the prince knew it, he was straddling the king while the vampire had his arms around the prince's waist so he wouldn't escape. Realising that he was in this position, Gumball couldn't help but to blush even deeper in red, looking like a tomato all of a sudden.
The nightwalker couldn't help but to smirk at that before he leaned into Gumball's face. "So, why do you smell like strawberries?" he asked again as the prince fidgeted. Oh how Marshall loved to create new emotions for the prince to experience.
"I…," the prince started as he looked at his smirking lover. "I…used strawberry shampoo today," the prince mumbled under his breath. It was so silent that nobody could hear it. The prince dropped his gaze and made sure he didn't let the vampire see how flustered he really was. He was hoping the nightwalker didn't even hear any of his words. However, he wasn't called the Vampire King for no reason. Chuckling under his breath, the vampire used his left hand and tilted the prince's chin so he was looking at the prince.
"Why, I'm flattered. Did you do that for me?" he asked as the prince choked up in embarrassment.
"Marshall Lee!" he tried to get up but the king was too fast for his liking and at the end, had pushed Gumball onto the couch and straddled him, blocking the prince's escape. Marshall Lee looked Gumball in the eyes before his gaze travelled to his lips. "Let me go at this instance!"
"Eh, let me think about that. How about no?" the vampire grinned as he leaned closer to the prince's face. "You know, my highness, lately you've been so tempting. Even if I didn't see you for three weeks, I have caught a glimpse of you whenever you leave your castle. You just look too delicious to not taste," the vampire said slowly as the prince couldn't help but to feel warm all of a sudden. "And now that I have you under me, I'm not going to let you go until I satisfy my cravings."
"W-what cravings? Stop blabbering nonsense!" the prince yelped as he felt the king's breath suddenly ghosting on his cheek.
"Nonsense? I think you're the one's going to talk nonsense after this," the vampire said seductively before looking at the prince in the eyes again. The prince certainly wasn't used to this type of treatment even if they have been dating for the past eight months. The Vampire King was always so straightforward and the prince couldn't help but to feel so flustered up every time the king got this way. But nevertheless, the prince couldn't help but to feel excited as well. They haven't kissed for almost three weeks and that little soft peck yesterday certainly didn't make up for the time loss.
Leaning in to the prince's lips, the vampire could hear the fast heartbeat of the prince. Chuckling to himself and quiet content that he could make the prince act this way, he slowly lowered his lips onto the prince. Once the cold met the warm, the prince immediately closed his eyes and felt the familiar sensation overwhelming his brain. The king didn't waste time as he started to kiss the prince, mashing up their lips in a synched motion. The prince slowly treaded his fingers through the vampire's hair and kissed back, enjoying how his warmth left his lips and the cold slowly numbed the edges.
The vampire had missed this warmth as he decided to make this last. He wasn't going to let the prince go just yet. He would go insane slowly if he hadn't got his taste yet. Slowly licking the bottom lip of the prince, the vampire prodded his tongue in between the young prince's lips, preying them open. The prince's eyes widened as he felt Marshall's tongue slowly prodding into his mouth. They only did this once in a while and to think the vampire would want this again.
"Wait, Marshall—" the prince tried to stop him but the vampire wasn't going to listen. Finally getting past those lips, the vampire's tongue started to explore into the prince's mouth. Closing his eyes again, the prince decided to let the king do whatever he wanted. He had made the king stay away for almost three weeks and to be honest, it didn't seem fair. The cold tongue took its time as it absorbed all the warmth in the coral prince's tongue. The prince felt really weird as his breathing started to become shallower and ragged. As the tongue touched the prince's, a squeak left the prince's mouth in between.
Redness filled the prince's face as the vampire smirked and continued on his assault. As they went deeper into his mouth, the prince was losing any chance he had to get any air. As he felt dizzy, the prince surprisingly found himself getting addicted to this feeling. As the tongue suddenly touched another part of his mouth, at the back of his teeth, the prince somehow let out a new kind of noise.
Blushing even redder, the prince didn't know what was going on with him. He had never made those types of noises before and he was certain that it wasn't his normal voice. The king on the other hand somehow froze a bit when he heard the prince moan. That was the first time and somehow, that sound was so cute and it certainly triggered something in the vampire.
The nightwalker slowly retreated his tongue as he continued to kiss his lips instead before finally breaking the kiss. But it didn't end there as the king slowly trailed down to the prince's neck, not giving a chance for the prince to breathe in as much air as he needed. The prince immediately panicked when he felt the prince kissing his jaw, sucking slowly at certain spots before moving down his neck. Rarely did the king do this but somehow, the vampire was sensing he was at limit.
"Marshall, I don't think—ah!" the prince yelped as the king suddenly kissed his sensitive neck. Chuckling, the king decided to suck at the same spot where there was the mark he left behind. The prince wanted to get up but the king's heavy weight didn't let him. He lied there as he tried to breathe in with these new overwhelming emotions. The vampire continued to kiss that spot and sucking it as the prince suddenly moaned again, catching the vampire off guard once again. Before the king could resume, the prince immediately shot up in shock at the new noise he made, causing the vampire to be pushed off the prince and fall flat on the ground.
Trying to regain his breath, the prince felt his face and ears as well as the spot where Marshall Lee had assaulted completely burn. He tried to calm himself but this feeling was too intense. Covering his face with his hands, the prince tried to think of something else. Like his citizens and the smiling children. All those happy thoughts did work its charm as they calmed the prince down. "Woah, no need to push someone down," the prince heard the vampire grumble as the nightwalker stood up from the ground.
"Ah, that was embarrassing! What was that?" the prince asked as his voice was muffled due to the fact that he hid his face in his hand. The vampire chuckled as he slowly sat in front of the prince and took his hands away from his prince's face.
"That, my love, is called pleasure," he said as the prince felt dizzy all of a sudden.
"W-what? Of course I know that! But what was that noise I made just now?" the naïve prince asked as he looked at the vampire, scared if he might have hoarded a disease. The look that the prince was making somehow caused the nightwalker to laugh out loud. Prince Gumball looked at the vampire offended as he frowned at the sudden laughter. "What's so funny? I might be dying here!"
"Sorry, you just look so cute," the vampire said as the prince frowned deeper, looking away. The vampire slowly stopped laughing as he noticed that cute pout forming at the bottom of the prince's lips. "Come on, Bubba. It's normal to make that type of noises when you know, in cloud nine."
The prince looked back at the vampire before biting his bottom lip. "Really?"
The vampire nodded before he brought the prince to his chest. "Now, wasn't that fun? Should we continue?"
The prince immediately pushed the vampire away and shook his head. "As much as that was, entertaining," the prince blushed again as he spoke, causing the nightwalker to smirk wider. "I need to get back to the castle. I still have things to do tomorrow."
"Aww, what? We just met after three weeks and you want to go already? Stay with me tonight," the vampire suggested as he looked at the prince, his cold fingertips slowly caressing the pink warm cheeks. The prince absent-mindedly leaned into the touch as he looked at the vampire.
"I wish I could, but then who would fetch me back? I don't know how to get out of here and the sun would be up for you to bring me back home," the prince said as the vampire sighed in defeat. The prince did have a point.
"Fine, but stay with me for a little while longer. Take a nap or something, I just want you here," the vampire said as the prince smiled and looked at the wall clock. It was almost midnight. He supposed he could stay beside the vampire a little longer. After all, he hasn't seen him for a while now.
"Alright," the prince agreed as the vampire beamed. "But, can we do something else besides a nap?"
The vampire raised both of his eyebrows before a wicked grin broke out. "You want to continue?"
The prince reddened again before rolling his eyes at the king. "No, something less physical," the prince muttered as the king chuckled.
"Uhm," the king said as he looked around before he spotted a DVD player. "Ah, how about a movie?"
The prince nodded as he felt himself getting excited. "Oh! Let's watch a movie then!" The prince never really had time to watch a movie. The last time he had watched a movie was about three months ago with his friends. The vampire grinned before he nodded and walked to a pile of box that was left unattended at the corner of his house, next to the kitchen. Going through the items, he found a video to be watched.
The prince just sat on the couch as he stared at the vampire's movement. Somehow, he couldn't help but to feel happy that he was with this nightwalker. Who would have known that this was the outcome of their unusual friendship?
Yes, who knew.