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Author's Note: This is a 3 part story that takes place in an alternate universe. No More No Less.

Tags: Love Triangle, Drama

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Part 1: Remember When

Monday

City of Gumbald, Mertens Flat

(Present)

A storm that had come an hour ago, had began to slowly lift and move away from the city. Rain. Darkened clouds. Lighting and thunder. Each one arrived at different intervals of time. But all left together at the same time. Sitting on a comfy couch situated close to their sliding balcony doors. Marceline Abadeer, or just 'Marcy' for short, sat staring out the glass doors at the last bits of rain drops pitter-pattering on the floor. Finn Mertens, her husband, had just finished leaving for work. While on the same way to his workplace. He took their 4 year old son and 5 year old daughter and dropped them off at pre-k and elementary school. Today, like every other day for the last two weeks, made her feel terrible. Although the actual weather storm came and gone. The second 'storm' brewing inside of Marceline and Finn's home stirred slowly.

"I'm a such an awful mother. And even more, an even terrible wife to my husband." Marceline told herself. Lifting her knees up on top of the couch. Marceline hugged them close to her chest. Looking like a terrified child. "Seven years ago, when Finn was twenty one years old. Was when I first met him. It was the day he saved my life in this city. There was blood. So much, much blood."

City of Gumbald

(Flashback)

Long before Marceline was married to Finn. Before they had children. Before they were boyfriend and girlfriend. There was only Marceline and Bonnibell, otherwise known to Marceline as 'Bubblegum'.

Waking up to a new morning in their studio apartment, in the city of gumbald. Marceline was the first to rise. Contrary to her appearance and her species. Marceline was a daytime person. Her girlfriend and partner of over one hundred years, Bonnibell Bubblegum, was always last to wake up. And today was no different. Marceline yawned whilst she rubbed her eyes tiredly. Trying to get all of the sleep out of her system. Although living together, and had been for a long time. Neither Marceline or Bubblegum felt the need or desire to secure and consecrate their relationship with marriage.

Pulling the bed sheets away from herself. Marceline was reminded of the amazing last night she and her girlfriend, bubblegum had. Still wearing the strap-on each of them used on the other. Marceline blushed as she gazed down at the seven inch extra ribbed purple faux cock nestled between Bubblegum's pink thighs as she continued to sleep. Feeling a little bit frisky early in the morning. Marceline positioned herself between Bubblegum's legs, and spread them. Taking a hold of the rubbery toy. Marceline wrapped her long snake like tongue around the toy first, before wrapping her lips around it second and begin sucking on it.

Marceline's head bobbing stirred Bubblegum to wake from her sleep. Opening her eyes. Bubblegum blinked several times and rubbed her eyes. Propping herself up on the bed beneath her with her forearms. Bubblegum and Marceline made eye contact and smiled and grinned back at each other. They showered together. Ate breakfast together and did practically everything together, besides work together in the same job. Living in the best part of Gumbald city, required a well than great paying job to pay for a large luxurious studio apartment. Bubblegum worked as a system's architect for a computer software company. She was in charge of maintaining her company's database, software and system coding. Marceline worked as a part time waitress in a restaurant in downtown gumbald city.

Since Monday was the only day early in the week where both women had a day off, the other day being Friday which was late into the week. They took this day to go out and hang out together. Their day started off with shopping for winter clothing, as the days were turning colder and bitter. From buying sweaters and snow boots and scarfs. Marceline and Bubblegum's next destination would be to a museum, though it would never come.

"Me and Bubblegum had stopped at the edge of a crosswalk. The 'STOP' sign across from us was bright red. Unusually brighter than I had remembered them being. When the traffic light turned from green to red. I bolted across the crosswalk, expecting Bubblegum to come following after me. She didn't. As I turned back to look and wave back at her. She remained standing on the edge of the crosswalk, yelling at me as loud as she could, "MARCELINE! TURN BACK! TURN BACK!"

Fear and terror gripped every follicle on my head. Arms and legs. From the tips of my fingers and toes, I was frozen In fear. About the only part of me that could move, were my eyes and my head. I turned and saw a school bus coming in from my left flank. To my right, was a moving truck. They were so close and moving so fast, I wasn't sure, I was Certain that I was going to die that day at that moment. Like they say in the movies and books and television shows. I watched my entire life flash before my eyes. I was ready, but also so unready, to say goodbye forever to the love my life; Bonnibell Bubblegum.

Then, like a flash of blue and yellow. I was pushed back with a set of two strong hands. Accompanied by the most god awful sounds of metal crashing against each other whilst trying to skid to a stop. I fell back down on my ass as Bubblegum came over and pulled me back towards the edge of the crosswalk. Smoke from the vehicles that had crashed filled the street. People had gathered to make sure I was alright. It was then when everyone had gasped in shock, did my mind cleared up enough for me to see and look on in shock with everyone else. A young man, who I would later learn his name was Finn Mertens. Walked over to me. His shirt and bookbag that he had been carrying. Were shredded and torn. His jeans were littered with tears of varying sizes and lengths.

But the worst was yet to come. Shrapnel from each of the vehicles that had crashed. Had lodged themselves into the left half of Finn's body. Slices and cuts turned the left of his face and body into a bloodbath. And the one thing everyone else had been staring at. The one thing that made me sit up on my knees and lunge forward to catch Finn as he began to stumble and fall forward towards me. Was that his left arm had been wrenched off from having been a second to late to jump out in time before the vehicles crashed. Blood ran out of severed arm like a broken faucet. And before he lost consciousness from the blood loss, he asked me, ever so tenderly.

"Are...you...are you Okay?"

Unable to speak from his act of heroism that saved my life. I could only nod, happily. But the tears that ran down my cheeks from joy and relief, quickly turned bitter as I held his dying body. Or so I though he would die."

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Gumbald Hospital

"Me and Marceline needed to wait a week before we could be allowed to visit Finn in the hospital. Actually, Bubblegum wanted me to wait a week. Originally I thought she wanted me to wait that long because it would give Finn time recover and rest after having gone through surgery. Only later did I found out the reason why Bubblegum wanted me to wait so long, was because she was afraid that I would fall in love with the Man who saved me.

Before I continue on any further. I feel I need to share something first about my and Bubblegum's sexuality. Firstly, neither she or I are human. I'm only partially human. Bubblegum is a candy person, humanoid but not human. She's never been partial to men, human or humanoid. I on the other hand, don't discriminate. I like all kinds of peoples, regardless of what is or what's not between their legs. Because of my fondness for both sexes. She knew I would fall in love with my savior. And I did."

When Marceline and Bubblegum were given the go ahead by Finn's doctor to go and head up to his room. They stepped into an elevator that took them up to his room in the fifth floor. Marceline and Bubblegum were dressed professionally, with Marceline's pencil skirt hem slightly above her knees. Inside of the elevator Marceline looked tense and nervous. But Bubblegum was the complete opposite. Calm and relaxed. Bubblegum stopped the elevator before it reached the fourteenth floor. The elevator bounced a little, spooking Marceline who turned to ask Bubblegum why she did that. Only to pulled over to her girlfriend and have the whole of her mouth ravaged wildly by Bubblegum.

"Our lips smacked repeatedly, as Bubblegum's breathing picked up and her breath filled my lungs, as mine did hers. Her hands grabbed my ass through my skirt and massaged and caressed them. Losing my anxiety and worry about seeing Finn. I pushed Bubblegum back and ravaged her mouth and ass, as I smacked and grabbed it just as as hard as she did mine. If it weren't for the 'call' button flashing on the button panel. Me and Bubblegum would have stayed their longer. I pressed the button that resumed taking us to the floor. Together hand in hand, me and Bubblegum walked out of the elevator and looked for Finn's door room."

"'Over here'" Bubblegum told me. I followed her to the end of a hallway in a brightly lit floor. I pushed opened the door slowly, a little bit of nervousness creeping up along my back and arm. I walked in first with Bubblegum following close behind me. We held hands all the way until we were fully inside of the hospital room.

I expected to find a nice large white bed with Finn laying down on it, sleeping perhaps. But he wasn't there. He was off in the corner of the bedroom, running on a treadmill? Bubblegum and I stared back at each other. Wondering if this really was the same young man that had saved my life. Taking another step forward into the room. Prompted a response from Finn that still surprises me to this day. The moment he heard someone walk into his room. He turned off his treadmill. Jumped backward and twisted in mid air, then fell back down, landing on his feet facing me and Bubblegum. With his left arm outstretched in front of us. His right hand holding to his left forearm.

I nearly fell from guilt as I saw that his entire left arm and shoulder had been replaced with a robotic arm. It had black plating. Carbon nanotubes made up most of the arm to mimic muscles and tendons. His left pec and sides including his face were covered in stitches. Bruising that had began to heal a while back. He looked awful, but alive and moving."

"Oh hey, it was the vampire chick I saved. You are a vampire, right?" Finn asked her suspiciously. "Sorry if I scared you with my neat new robotic prosthetic arm. The doctors said the mayor plans having synthetic skin made for me to roll over my arm and shoulder to hide all of this. Are you okay Miss?"

"I just couldn't control myself when Finn smiled back at me. No sense of regret in his choice to save me. Just jubilation over his new arm and his concern over my well being. I threw myself at him and hugged me as tight as I possibly could. It was almost as If I had embraced a long lost love that came back to me."

"Oh. Hey-hey there. C'mon it's not that bad. It's just-"

"Thank you for saving my life...uuhh...what's you name?"

"Me? I'm Finn Mertens. The last name sounds so dopey I know. It sounds like 'mittens' or 'muffins.' How about you?"

"'Marceline Abadeer.'" I answered him.

"Well Ms. Abadeer, I would save your life again and again. Even if it meant losing my left arm again."

"Welling up with emotions again. I held onto Finn for up to thirty minutes. Bubblegum would have preferred I only held him for a minute or two. But she didn't understand, or rather understood, how bad I needed to hold onto my savior. To be embraced by warm arms.

When I was done hugging Finn. Bubblegum was next and only held onto him for thirty seconds. The longest I think I've ever seen her hold on to any man. Actually it was the only time I've ever seen her hold on to any man. Ever. After the hugs and kisses (on the cheek). Finn returned back to his bed and laid in it. Me and Bubblegum grabbed ourselves some seats to sit on. I we took his left side to sit by and ask him questions about himself. We learned that he served in the military of Ooo, fighting insurgents in Taffystan. He was a soldier in the army first for a year, before becoming pilot in the air force which he served in for two years. Which to be honest, is a very impressive set of credentials.

We talked about more about random stuff. About what Finn liked to eat. What were his favorite shows. Where he lived. What he was doing that day when he saved me. And then he asked me questions.

"What were you doing running across the crosswalk so quickly for Marceline?"

"Honestly," I started, trying to remember why i sprinted forward, "I thought Bubblegum here was going to follow me. But she didn't. I didn't see either of those two vehicles coming. By the time I did, I felt my whole body freeze up. And then...then you saved me."

"Hmm. Pardon me for prying but. Uumm, you two wouldn't have boyfriends at the moment, would you? I'm not asking you out or anything! I-I mean i would understand if you don't or don't want any right now." Finn asked. He looked so cute when he said that. Blushing hard. Looking like a tomato.

"Well Mr. Mertens," Bubblegum started, "This may come as a shock to you. But me and Marceline are actually in a committed relationship." When Bubblegum said that to Finn, I knew just by how she said it. That she was letting Finn know that she didn't have the slightest interest in him. And was giving him a warning, that I wasn't either. Even though no one can speak for me, except me.

"Oh. That sucks. I had a girlfriend once."

"Really?" I answered him, curious.

"Yeah about five years ago. Sixteen and living on my own. That was the life. Wait what am I talking about? I'm still living the life."

"Well what happened to her?"

"Well she was a a bit tall for me. She insisted that our relationship could and would work. But as much as I hated to part from her. I had to let her go."

We spent the new couple of hours talking and getting to know more about each other. When the day turned to evening. Bubblegum told me that we had to leave and say goodbye to Finn. I didn't want to say goodbye to him. Not when I was having so much fun listening to him tell jokes. And hearing about his journey through different nations in the world.

"Finn. I don't think there's enough time in the day or week to tell you just how thankful I am to you, for saving my life. Because of me, you lost one of your arms and hand and shoulder. And for that, i'm sorry."

Then Finn jumped in, interrupting me "Marceline. Because of you, I at least got to meet a vampire/ demon hybrid rocker chick who is so open minded and wild. And an intelligent and attractive bubblegum humanoid. We humans, have our own little island nation. We don't get to see much besides what and who is on our islands. Many of us live and die in the same corner of the world that we were born in. It be a crying shame not to go out and seize the day. So really, I should be thanking you Marceline. Glob bless you and Bubblegum's relationship. Get married and have children. Demons can change their sex, right?"

Bubblegum and I stared at one another, wondering if Finn was being for real or not. We glanced back over at him and watched him pull out a handheld game console from under his pillows. He was like a big kid. A big kid I had a crush on so badly that if I had gone alone to see him myself. I would have done something I would regret much earlier. With one last hug from me and Bubblegum. We were out of Finn's hospital room.

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Outside The Hospital

"Oh thank Grob we're outta there. Am I right babe?" Bubblegum told me, sounding relieved to be out of the hospital and away from Finn.

"I'm sorry what? Is that the kind of gratitude you show to the guy who save your girlfriend's life? Well, IS IT!?" I remember shouting at her. Boy was I angry.

"Marceline I didn't mean it like that. And besides, I wasn't referring to Finn. Hospitals. You remember the last time I was in one, don't you?" Bubblegum replied.

Just then I did remember what she was talking about. What Finn told us before we left. "'Get married and have kids. Demons can change their sex, right?'" Was so surprising to me and Bubblegum because of what me and Bubblegum attempted two year ago. I assumed a male form and passed along my seed to Bubblegum. Who bore it for seven months without issue, before it...passed away. Feeling sorry for Bubblegum. I tried using a sperm donor to give us a child, but chickened out at the last moment. I let her down twice.

"Oh. I'm sorry for yelling at you then babe. Where to?" I asked her.

"There's still time for some window shopping. Would you like that Marcy?" Bubblegum asked me.

But after how felt after seeing Finn. I had another idea. "How about we visit a sex shop Bubs. Bet you weren't expecting-"

"Okay!" She answered me, excitedly."

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Back at The Hospital

Turning his game console off, and sliding it underneath his pillow. Finn relaxed back on his bed and stared up at the lights of his bedroom. Sighing deeply and taking a look at his robotic arm. Finn read the positive things Marceline and Bubblegum wrote on his robotic arm with white markers.

"Finn's Big Gun. ;)" Finn read out loud to himself, what Marceline's wrote.

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." Finn read Bubblegum's text secondly.

Ready to go to sleep. Finn heard the door of his bedroom bust open and the sounds of hurried footsteps coming towards him. Opening his eyes and propping himself up on his forearms. Finn watched Marceline coming right back to him. She stood beside him and lowered herself more till her face and the tip of her nose were touching Finn's, who sunk the back of his head deeper into his pillow from the surprise of it all.

"I'm sorry about this Finn, but if I don't do this now. I'll-I'll never be able to move forward!"

Taking a hold of his face. Marceline locked lips with Finn who at first gripped at the bed covers beneath him. But overlapping lips with Marceline and relishing the feel and wetness of her long worm like tongue. Caused Finn to return her feelings. This moment seemed to last forever for Finn. But as soon and abrupt as it came. It just as quickly departed. Marceline thanked Finn one last time. Turned around and walked out of his bedroom.

Continued in Part 2.