Bubblegum sat upon her bed quietly staring at the picture of her and Marceline together. They were both smiling and looked so happy; comfortable with each other. Nowadays they mainly argued, messed with each other, lived their own lives and kept at their own interests.
She wished they could go back to the way things used to be; full of love, smiles, warmth, happiness, passion and mature humour. They used to be a great team; nowadays they were just at each other's throats.
Bubblegum sighed heavily sadness and loneliness filling her. She missed everything about Marceline; her smile, her straightforward nature, her adorable shyness, her awkwardness about being honest, her sensitive side, her ability to cheer her up no matter what but most of all her slamming music abilities.
"Why does this have to be so complicated?" she whispered quietly. Marceline was her muse, her other half, her best friend, the love of her life. She completed her, she made her whole. Someone who was loyal as fuck and would never leave you.
But now things were all fucked up, a huge mess, an angry fucked up shit pile. Nothing was right anymore because of their tension, going at each other's throats and jealousy. She wanted things to be right but making it happen was a lot more complicated than it seemed.
"I need a bath" Bubblegum sighed heavily. She got to her feet wearily her body sagging with the weight of her depression. Why did being in love have to be so emotionally tormenting?
She grabbed her fluffy pink towels and dressing gown then headed to the bathroom and locked the door. She then began to run a hot bath and poured plenty of pink bubbles into the tub.
She watched the tub fill up slowly as the water mixed together and bubbles began to form wildly on top of the water. She began to get lost in the pink swirly mass; it was so beautiful and hypnotizing.
Her mind wondered to other places; to Marceline. She could imagine them sharing a bath like this. Marceline sipping the red from the bubbles, splashing her with the bathwater, getting flirty and cosy; Laughter, love and happiness.
Bubblegum sighed gently; she wished so much that it could be that way. But the way things were now it would never happen. Things kept them apart; and people interfered.
Eventually she turned off the bathwater and nodded in acceptance to her bathwater level. She quickly did a temperature check to make sure the bathwater wasn't too warm.
Satisfied; she quickly stripped out of her royal garb and climbed into the steamy water slowly. Quiet moans escaped her lips as she felt the warm water cover her pink skin.
When she was fully submerged by the water she released a pleasant sigh; being the ruler of the candy people she barely had time to indulge like this. So of course she was going to take advantage of the situation.
"Aaah" she sighed happily as she felt the warm water ease her sore muscles and warm her body. For a short period of time she could just forget about the candy kingdom, forget about her duties, forget about her people, forget about her problems and her stress.
She could just lose herself in her own thoughts, enjoy the ambience of quiet, to just enjoy the moment. Have some fun and be free; because as soon as it was over she was back to business again.
"I wonder what Marceline is up to right now" Bubblegum thought quietly. Sighing again heavily she buried her head beneath the bubbles and allowed herself to wonder into her more personal and conflicted emotions.
At Marceline's
Marceline was sitting on her bed chilling with some red snacks; she had just finished her bath and was relaxing before bed. Despite her inability to be touched by the sunlight; Marceline did pretty well around hot water etc.
She would usually call Finn and Jake but they were busy cleaning up the tree house and she didn't want to interrupt their concentration. Because it was a rare moment when those two could concentrate on anything; especially with Jake's train of thought.
Ice King was out on a trip with other wizards; and while she was happy he was socializing she was worried considering he had memory issues and often got out of control with his emotions.
"I wonder what Bonnie's up to" Marceline thought to herself quietly. It seemed the pink haired nerdy girl had been in her head a lot these past few weeks.
She sighed heavily; there were times when she did miss Bonnie; her smile, her nerdiness, her weirdly adorable laugh, Her shy nature, her adorable angry face; all of it.
But things were different now; Bonnie was more involved in her kingdom, more anxious about leaving her people, about abandoning her post, about having fun. The fact that Peppermint Butler bullied her so much didn't help either.
She hated how that little twerp always tried to talk Bonnie into getting a boyfriend when it was obvious she wasn't into guys at all. He forced her into things and pushed her around; considering he was only a servant he had a lot of attitude.
"I hope she's ok" Marceline sighed sadly. She worried a lot about Bonnie; mainly because she worked too hard and pushed herself too much.
Suddenly the phone began to ring making Marceline jump; she was quick to answer it without hesitation but when she heard who was on the other end she just about crapped herself.
"Hello?" She cried her voice slightly high pitched due to the surprise. She hadn't expected anyone to call so of course she had been taken aback.
"Hey Marcie" Bonnibell's voice said quietly from down the phone in a nervous tone.
"Bonnie?!" Marcie cried in shock. It was a rarity she saw Bonnie nowadays let alone hung out with her so of course getting a call would surprise her.
"Listen I know this is a lot to ask but would you come over tomorrow? I really need to speak to you...It's about US" Bonnie said timidly her voice filled with fear.
Marceline released a heavy sigh her mind and body now filled with annoyance. She had been trying to forget about it for a long time but it seemed the memories wouldn't fade.
"I didn't know there was still an US; I thought you were into Finn or even some royal candy person" Marceline hissed coldly.
There were times Bonnie could be very thoughtless and hurtful even if it was by accident. She never seemed to realise what her gestures or comments may feel like to others.
The phone went quiet for a while then Bubblegum eventually said "I know it's a lot to ask coming from me. But there are things I need to say and I'm sure you do too; the more we leave poison the worse it will get" she explained quietly her tone hinting sadness.
Marceline was rather shocked by Bonnie's wisdom; the girl she used to date was very quiet, closed off and timid. She had definitely grown up in the years they had been apart; it was rather admirable.
"Where and when?" Marceline said bluntly. If she was going to make this much effort and if she was acting this serious then of course she would go. I mean she would feel guilty if she blew of Bonnie when she had got something to say.
Bonnie made a fond laugh down the phone which warmed Marcie's heart. Even now the pink haired princess could make her feel better when she was down.
"The Candy Kingdom; My room tomorrow at early morn around 9:00" Bubblegum revealed firmly.
Marceline chuckled to herself; it was rare that Bonnie was so forward it was rather amusing. "So why isolated? I mean nobody would care if they saw us together they are used to my visits" she asked curiously.
"Peppermint butler is always so pushy; he's forcing expectations on me that I don't want. He's constantly asking me to marry a guy even though I'm not interested" Bubblegum hissed coldly.
Marceline sighed sadly pity beginning to flow through her. Even before they had started dating she had been fully aware Bonnie was a closeted Lesbian. However Peppermint Butler was a homophobic, uptight pain in the ass who constantly belittled her and brought Men to the kingdom to try and marry her.
While she pitied Bonnie for having to go through that she was angry at Peppermint Butler for acting out of his place but also at Bonnie for not being more courageous and saying no.
"So you want some headspace to talk; Kinda private so there will be no disturbance" Marceline said casually.
"Long story short yeah" Bubblegum said bluntly. She was scared but she wasn't ashamed of her sexuality. But she had a lot of stress in her life but a great weight would be lifted once she did this.
Marceline smiled to herself fondly; she was proud of Bonnie for finally being honest with herself but also for standing up to her butler. However she only prayed that she wouldn't back out come tomorrow as it would hurt her deeply.
"Sure I got nothing to do tomorrow; and besides I've had a bone to chew with you for while" Marceline said casually in a playful tone.
She heard a fond laugh through the receiver "I know" Bonnie said calmly.
"See you tomorrow princess" Marceline called before hanging up.
"Night Marcie" Bonnibell called fondly hanging up.
Marcie hung up her phone and placed on her bedside table. She hadn't expected such a serious call from Bonnie and was rather blown away.
However she was rather glad of it as she had been brewing for a long time now and had a lot to say to Bonnie. However if their courtship would rekindle then she couldn't hide anymore; it would mean telling all her candy citizens and her friends.
"Tomorrow will be interesting" Marceline thought to herself quietly as she lay there on her bed. Eventually she closed her eyes slowly and drifted off into sleep; thinking about what the morning would bring.