"What the math, BMO? This game sucks." Fionna sulkily threw Bmo's joystick in the air. She ran out of ideas on how to avoid being bored especially when she had to get inside of the tree house when the heavy rain started earlier that afternoon. Cake wasn't around tonight because she and Lord Monochromicorn went out for a date in the Candy Kingdom and Fionna was left home alone.
A thunder crashed at the same time somebody banged the door loudly that made Fionna jump in fright while eating ham and egg sandwich in a not-so-lady-like manner. Who would that be? It's like ten o' clock in the evening and Cake said she would be out until eleven.
"Bmo!" she called. "Bmo, open the door!" another pounding noise came from the door. Fionna pleaded but Bmo was out of sight so she gathered her wits and darted downstairs to open the door.
She opened the door and looked around, but she was surprised to find nobody. CRASH! The thunder startled Fionna so she immediately closed the door and ran upstairs to her room and covered herself with her blanket in bed. When she got herself calmed down, she remover her blanket and stood up to go to the kitchen to finish her sandwich, but when she got up, a droplet of water land on her forehead that came from the ceiling. She looked up and saw Marshall Lee, the Vampire King, dripping wet. "What are you doing here at this ungodly hour?" Fionna was furious, that she wanted to slap Marshall for sneaking in. he lowered himself down and stared back at Fionna, all dressed in a baby blue tank top and a striped boxer shorts with her golden hair tumbling down her shoulder and both hands placed on the hips waiting impatiently for his answer. He raised his hands on chest level to keep Fionna away from him if she would try to skin him alive. He's not always afraid of anyone because he is the Vampire King after all except when it comes to Fionna; he automatically falls under her spell and becomes gentle. "Look, my house is flooded with water coming from the creek so I guess I can stay here for a while?"
Fionna can't get rid of Marshall because even though she pointed out some things that he can't stay there, the argument still ended up with him saying he owns the tree house and he also showed the "M" carving on the wood to remind Fionna of the proof that he really own it that's why here they are, watching Fionna's favourite movie, Heat Signature while waiting for Cake to return from her date.
"Fiiii—" Cake's perky mood melted as she saw Marshall Lee sitting carelessly on the end of the couch with Fionna on the other end while watching HS. Blood rushed all over her body with anger. "What are you doing here?" Cake lunged in Marshall's direction. Good thing Fionna grabbed hold of her to avoid clawing Marshall's face. "It's good to see you too, Cake" he chuckled, still watching the movie and ignoring Cake's attempt to assault him. Cake struggled irately under Fionna's hold. Maybe you're asking why she's overreacting, it's because last night when they were about to leave the Candy Kingdom after saving Gumball from the Ice Queen, Marshall was in a playful mode and he jumped in front of them in his demonic form that scared Cake a lot even though Fionna thinks it's funny.
"He needs a house to stay in because his cave was flooded" Fionna explained everything in the kitchen to keep their conversation private but cake was still unconvinced. "I tried to tell him he's not allowed but he's claiming the tree house is his property. Remember our first encounter with him? I don't want to go house hunting again. That stinks."
"Oh, fine!" Cake threw her hands in the air in surrender.
"Thank you Cake!" Fionna sighed in relief and hugged her gratefully.
"Just tell him he ain't allowed inside our room" she said. "And better tell him to keep himself out of my sight because Chrome said this rain will be pouring for three more painful days. You can blame Gumball for that because his experiment failed."
"What?! That means no adventure," Fionna grumbled sulkily.
They both went back to the living room after they talked and giggled about how sweet and charming Lord Monochromicorn was during their date. Marshall was still there watching, but he looks like he's gonna doze off at any time.
"I think I'm gonna go to sleep, you?" Cake yawned while stretching lazily.
"Nah. I think I'm gonna finish Heat Signature. Good night, though."
"Whatever you say. Just try to get not so close to Marshall, okay?" Cake said turning her back on Fionna without even waiting for a response. Cake doesn't really act like Fionna's mom all the time, but when she's around Marshall, she always thinks something bad is gonna happen. She always keeps an eye on them, but tonight, she trusts Fionna to take care of herself because she is freaking exhausted.
"Hey Fi, can I ask you something?" Marshall broke the silence between them.
"Yeah, sure. What is it?"
"How does it feel being siblings with Finn?"
"Uh, it's kind of cool because we share the same interest, but sometimes it's kind of annoying. Why?" Fionna answered uncertainly. She and Finn really like having each other's company, but they can't always be together because of the responsibility waiting for them. They were separately trained to be strong enough in saving people who needed their help.
"Nothing. Just wondering what it would feel like to have him as a brother-in-law," he said seriously. "Marshall! Stop messing with me," Fionna felt her cheeks quickly heating up and hoping that it's not as red so she pounded hard on his arm but he felt nothing and laughed out loud. Fionna stormed up to her room, but she can still hear Marshall laughing hard.
Fionna tossed and turned in her bed, but she still can't sleep. It's not because of the sound of the pouring rain and definitely not because of Cakes's snoring, that's already normal to her, but it's because she's still thinking about what Marshall said. She knows it's kind of stupid she can't sleep because of Marshall, though she's thinking; what if he meant it? She groaned inwardly. Of course he doesn't mean it. He's not that kind of guy. Fionna decided to get some milk to calm her down.
The television was still on; she knows it because she can still hear it. Fionna avoided looking in Marshall's direction so she wouldn't be bugged by thoughts with him on them.
She was surprised to find all bottles of milk in the cooler empty. Marshall was the first person who came into her mind. She shook her head in disbelief. Even though Marshall eats the colour red for food, he still likes drinking milk. Fionna marched her way to the living room carrying the empty bottle to discuss what happened to their stock of milk. "Please expl—"her voice trailed off by the time she caught sight of Marshall sleeping in a very complicated position. Her heart softened and decided to get a blanket.
Once she got the spare blanket Cake gave her, the one with rainbows on it, she immediately got back to Marshall. He's sprawled on the couch. She was somehow amazed of how Marshall looks like so she crouched beside the couch and stared at him for like minute. His raven black hair was ruffled and he was wearing his black AC/DC shirt and green sweat pants. He looks so peaceful. "Finished staring?" he asked which made Fionna stand up like a spring. He quickly tried to grab her forearm to pull her back, but she slipped off and ran to her bedroom. "Good night," he said silently to himself. He stared at the ceiling. He still can't believe he let her go. Marshall inhaled deeply and tried to sleep.
Things were kind of different for Fionna. She fell asleep uneasily because she was thinking of how to keep things under control while Marshall is here for her burden will stay on like that for three more painful days, as Cake calls it.