Marceline and Princess Bubblegum were still sitting on the couch at Marceline's house. It was late and everyone else had gone home. Bonnibel was curled up next to the vampire, resting her head on Marcy's shoulder. Marceline had her arm around her girlfriend's waist.
Bonnie looked up and said with a yawn, "You know, Marcy, there's something I need to tell you."
"Yah, Bonnie?" Marceline raised her eyebrows and smirked, awaiting Bonnie's affectionate words.
"This couch is really uncomfortable." Bubblegum whispered nonchalantly as she nestled her face into her vampire queen and closed her eyes.
"Is that it?" The grey-skinned girl giggled at how Bubblegum struggled to stay awake with her.
"Oh yah, and I love you, Marceline…" Bonnie's voice trailed off as she slowly drifted to sleep.
Marceline kissed her forehead, picked her up, and carried Bonnibel to her bedroom. Marcy put her down on the soft, purple bed and floated to the other side to go to sleep herself. Bonnie noticed the vampire was floating above the bed, so she reached her hand up and pulled her girlfriend down to be level with her. The princess wrapped her arms around her lover and rested her head on Marceline's chest. The vampire queen smiled and they both went to sleep.
A few hours later, Princess Bubblegum awoke with a scream and jumped out of bed.
"Bonnie! What's wrong!?" Marceline flew to her side and took the girl's hands in hers.
Bubblegum had had a nightmarish flashback to the deaths of her Gumball Guardians. They were yelling "Why'd you do this to us, Mom? You're killing us all." Her citizens were panicking and exploding everywhere and Bonnibel stood in the center of the hysteria powerless, unable to move.
Tears streaming down, Bubblegum fell into Marceline, "I couldn't save them. We weren't prepared. They need better protection. If I could…"
Marcy hugged her and tried to calm her frantic mind, "Hey, Bonnie, it's okay now. Take a deep breath. No one could have prepared for GOLB, but he's gone forever. The Candy Kingdom is safe now. You need to spend less time worrying over work, remember the pizza? Fifty percent should be personal."
She had been getting good at calming Bonnibel. The vampire was her protection, not just from physical villains, but also from herself. When she was with Marceline, she could usually relax. She had always worked too hard, but the guilt of needing to spend more time in the lab planning new security tactics was eating away at the princess.
Bonnie wiped away her tears, "You're right. I've been overreacting and I'm sorry to put you through all this," Marceline kissed her and they returned to bed.
In the morning, Marceline poured warm tea into two crimson mugs and handed one to Bonnie who was seated on a bar stool.
"Marcy, have you told your dad about us? I'm sure he'd want to know." Hunson Abadeer had not yet heard of their relationship as he had not returned to Ooo since Marceline made him return to the Nightosphere after ruining her concert.
"Uh, well… I don't think that'd be such a good idea. He's evil and always donks up my life whenever he visits." Marceline stared at the ground, avoiding Bubblegum's eyes. In truth, she wasn't sure how her father would react to the news. Even though he was genuinely trying to be a better parent, he had never accepted that she wanted to make her own path in life, rather than follow his.
"We can go to the Nightosphere instead. Come on, it'll be a fun adventure for us. I want to see where you came from. I want to understand you better."
"Alright, but I warned you." Marceline got the bug milk out of the fridge, said the incantation, and they left.