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SLEEPLESS

There was Gumball Prince, thinking about the many reactions his project could have, he was so focused in his work, calculating the damage if anything goes wrong. He was dull and dumb since he's been working really hard for about days, hadn't have any sleep, nor rest, but it was important, at least for him.

"I know I won't be here forever to protect my Kingdom, so, I need to solve this in case the Lich or anything worse appear"

He was so afraid of leaving his people unsafe, but not much about death itself, he had a perfect comprehending about life, and death was certainly part of living.

"Hello, Bubbs" Said a voice from the door

"Oh, Marshall Lee, thank you for coming, I really appreciate you took your time to get here and help me with my work" Replies the pink Prince in a soft voice.

"Yeah, whatever… So, why you need me here? Your call was so fast that I-ah… What are you doing?" He was interrupted by the Prince measuring him and poking at some parts of his body, especially by his neck.

"I need to understand how you get your immortality, but mainly understand the source of it" Said the pink man in glasses.

"There's not much to understand, my mother happens to be the ruler of Nightosphere, so I guess I was born this way or was too little to remember how it happened"

"You just don't get it King Abadeer, I need to understand how it works, to make it better"

"You wanna make it better for me?" Asked the King lifting an eyebrow "That's… considerate from you, I guess"

"Not you, you're so far far away from salvation, to my creation, I want not a ruler, but a protector for my Kingdom, even so my last experiments were… completely a failure, so I get all the ingredients right this time, which includes hero's hair, candy sweet, many chemicals to make synthetic and functional living tissue and with a sample of your DNA it'll be complete. The only one thing I need is to understand is the different kind of immortalities, and you certainly are the less affected undead I know"

"Geez! Thank you!" Abadeer said sarcastically, while crossing his arms.

"It was a description, not a compliment"

"Don't tell!" Said the vampire King, unamused.

"Don't move" He takes a needle out and took a sample of blood from Marshall

"Ouch" Marshall complained "Hey! That's mine"

The vampire King noticed how Gumball was feeling dizzy as he almost fell right on his table "Are you ok? Bubbs"

"Yes, perfectly" He said as he tried to focus on how to put the blood in the machine for making it ready for the coming tests.

He wasn't fooling anyone, he was completely dull and almost lost the sample by dropping it. Luckily, Marshall caught it.

"Put it in the freezer, please" Said Gumball with his voice almost breaking "I'll keep it in a few I just need to sit down a little while" Marshall obeyed as Prince Gumball fall to ground.

"Bubbs? Bubba?" Marshall ran to his side, Prince Gumball was completely out of shape, he certainly looked thinner and weaker than he normally does.

"I need to get the comprehension of immortality; I need it for the sake of my people. Please, just help me up to keep going with this, I can scratch the final results, I'm so close to make it right"

"Bubbs, you need to rest, besides, living forever isn't the solution, trust me; and you got a fair lady as a protector for the whole Land of Aaa, and even when she's gone, there will always be a hero rising in the time of need, you are pushing yourself way too far with this"

"No, I need it" Gumball start crying as he said that "I need to know my people is going to be fine, you have lived long enough to know the horrors of the world, and some other from outside the world, you know, better than no one, that my people won't survive, they weren't made for being strong, so I need to be strong for them and create someone that it stronger than me to protect them!" Tears fall over his cheeks one after another.

"Don't do it, don't create an immortal being…" Marshall said with a narrow look "Please, Prince Gumball" The sweet Prince looked at him, asking with his eyes, eagerly of knowing why he could say that "… You don't know how lonely you get by living forever, the horrors you mention… I've seen them all and survived, still, I've lost people, not only because they died, sometimes I stayed by their side watching them missing themselves, unable to do anything; sometimes you get hopeless and there's nowhere to hide or anyone to listen… You're just left to rot, unable to die in your darkest hours, with people that want to get your fate in their hands assuming you will fulfill a role they planned for you… The world is ugly"

Both men broke in front of each other, letting them know some of the fears they'll never show to anyone. It was their secret. Gumball dried his tears and hold Abadeer, wrapping his arms around his neck.

I'm sorry Marshall Lee, I'm really sorry – Thought Gumball without saying a word just holding him as they were sitting in the floor, Marshall held him back softly, he was trembling and crying silently.

"I'm sorry," Marshall said, "Is not of my business what you do to protect your people, you must have your reasons in order to do that, sorry, dude. Call me if need anything else" Said Marshall as he stood up and floated slowly to the door, Gumball hold him back. "Dude, is not your problem, I'm not your people, so I'm not your problem"

"You are my problem, Marshall Lee, you are my problem" Said softly the young prince "You are my friend, you might not be a Candy Kingdom's citizen, but you are my friend, and you are dear to me, so you are my problem!"

Marshall smiled softly and looked back to the door "Don't push me away, Marshall, please, don't push me away" He said that as trying to get up, his body was weak and certainly the strong emotions he had took some of the remaining energy, leaving him numb, but strong enough for not letting go of Marshall. As the King look back he remembered that the sweet prince was weak and sleepy.

"I'll help you to get to your room, come on" Said Marshall with a tender smirk.

They were in complete silence as Marshall took the prince back to his room, it was really late – I wonder how many days has Bubbs stayed up working on this – He thought to himself

As they crossed the door, Marshall left Gumball in his bed, took away his clothes, leaving them on the floor, he searched over the bedroom for a pajama or something, from bellow the pillow he took the old tee he has given Bubba some time ago. Smirked to himself – I can't believe he kept it this long.

Gumball was in that moment when you can't help being sleepy and almost out but trying your best to stay awake. As the vampire king dressed him for going to sleep tight, Gumball pulled Abadeer near his face, getting closer to his pierced ear.

"I'm sorry I got you all blue in the lab, it wasn't my intention. I'm just obsessed with not leaving my people alone in the world, indefensible and unprotected; so I didn't consider the emotional side that my creation could have faced if I make it…"

"Yeah, don't mind it" Marshall interrupted in a soft voice avoiding eye contact

"And Marshall, you are not alone, don't push me away"

"You need to rest Bubbs, it's your sleep talking and-ahm… I need to go before the sunlight comes" You say that, but you will never understand how it is like to be sometimes as lonely that you believe you're unreal. You'll leave someday and even if you are here now, you'll never be with me as long as I will be. I don't wanna lose more people, I don't wanna lose you too…I don't wanna lose you too… - The pale King closed his eyes and left one tear to drift from his face. Suddenly, the feeling of something warm invaded him a soft touch on his lips.

"You'll never lose me King Abadeer, I'll keep you safe in my mind and in my heart" After those soft words, a wet yet sweet sensation came through the vampire's mouth, a sweet kiss, literally... The sweetness intoxicated him deeply; he didn't even dare to move so the moment didn't get lost.

Marshall, gently pushed the younger man against the bed, passing his fingers through Gumball's hair, meanwhile, the pink prince pulled him tightly against his chest, the kiss was broken, but the sweet young man kept kissing the vampire's neck, crawling his hands down the pale shoulders of the King in order to take Marshall's jacket off.

"Ahh!" Moaned softly the youngest, as he felt Marshall slightly biting him in the earlobe, Marshall hands got rapidly under the tee, eagerly he touched every part of Gumball's torso. Bubba started feeling he was losing control slowly – Could it be the sleepless nights I'll be getting? Why I'm doing this? – He left those thoughts away, enjoying the moment. The vampire King had no thoughts through his head; he was too busy enjoying the moment.

"Marshall…" Cried out Gumball as the vampire decided to pull the little prince's boxers down, making a trail with his tongue from the gum young man's neck to his pelvis, he couldn't help but arch his back in response to the sensations, it was so delightful for him. The sour taste of Marshall's skin in his mouth; the touch of Marshall´s tongue against his pelvis, playing around his boner. Then, out of the blue, Marshall stopped.

"Ahg! Why you did that?" The pink Prince asked with desperation.

"I can't…" Marshall said

"Because I'm a guy?..."

"No, it's not that, with the years you learn that gender has nothing to do with loving someone, is just… Agh!" He stopped to clear his mind "Imagine we are colors, you are white and I'm red, I don't wanna stain your color with mine…"

"Marshall Lee, it doesn't work that way, even colors blend you won't stain me… and"

"You don't wanna walk this road with me! Trust me! It's for your own sake!"

"You are such a selfish man King Abadeer, you cry because you are a lost lonely boy, but you're that way because you keep rejecting people, every time I tried to get close to you, you just push me away! You're only a player! And thought I almost…" His voice breaking after the King rejected him…

"You almost?" inquired the lonesome king.

"Forget it… you say you want to keep me safe, but you're a liar, all you're trying to keep safe is yourself, so afraid of getting close to someone for you to avoid harm"

"I'm sorry…"

Gumball remain in silent, left alone to cry, he looked back and saw the blue vampire leave, far in the distance the blue vampire also looked back, being tempt to fly back to Gumball's side, but he didn't dare…

It's not my fault; he is a sensitive little princess, stupid Gumbutt.