Prince Bubba Gumball had never, in his eighteen years of existence, been infuriated by anyone more than Marshall Lee Abadeer. The Vampire King really loved to push his buttons. Nothing infuriated Gumball more, however, than the fact that, to his knowledge, he'd never done anything to cause Marshall Lee to torture him so. In fact, he had an admiration for the young undead king; Fionna always teased him by saying he was crushing on the older boy.

His current hypothesis was that Marshall hated him because of his close relationship with Fionna. He was almost positive of this! He assumed that because Marshall only really started picking on him after the Ice Queen fiasco that happened during his last ball.

As he was writing in his journal, the Vampire King himself floated through the young prince's opened window. Gumball was too busy venting his frustrations into his journal to notice the night-walker. Marshall quickly turned invisible and snuck up to read over Gumball's shoulder. The mischievous, undead teenager laughed suddenly which caused the younger, more alive teen, to screech, slam the book shut, and stand up to try and hide it. Marshall revealed himself.

"Marshall Lee, I can't believe you!" Gumball yelled angrily.

"D-Dude! I can't believe that you think-hahahaha! I can't believe you think I like Fionna!" Marshall held his stomach while he crouched over in mid-air.

"Why would you-?! Ugh! Marshall Lee, I am fed up with-" Prince Gumball began.

"How could I ever like Fionna when I'm crushing on you?"

There was a large pause. Both of the boys had shocked looks on their faces. Marshall's cheeks turned a darker shade of blue-grey than the rest of him. Gumball stood unmoving wondering if what he heard was what came out of the other boy's mouth.

"M-Marshall... Is that true?" Gumball uttered quietly.

"I-uh... Yes, I mean no, I mean um... Bye, Gumball!" Marshall half yelled, half whispered.

"Wait!" Gumball ran after Marshall to edge of his balcony. "Darn! He got away," Gumball frowned to himself.

He realized that he would have a long night to deal with. He had to figure out his feelings for Marshall, and he was determined to understand them by tomorrow. Marshall had given him a new factor in their relationship, and Gumball, like the scientist he was, was going to factor it in and create a solution to this problem.

Around the afternoon, after he had done all of his princely duties, Gumball had asked Lord Monochromicorn to take him to Marshall's house inside his cave. The Lord obliged. Gumball petted the steed softly before telling him he could go home. As the unicorn left, the gum prince knocked on Marshall's door. Marshall opened it seconds after and promptly shut it.

"Marshall Lee Abadeer, open this door now! We have to talk about this!" Prince Gumball called.

The door opened slowly, and the gum prince softly walked in. He smiled reassuringly at the sulking half demon. Having already made up his mind, Gumball took a brave step forward and

asked for Marshall to look him in the eyes. Marshall could only gaze at the younger boy behind his bangs.

"Marshall, I wanted to start off by saying that I'm sorry."

Marshall quickly cut in, in an attempt to protect himself. "Look, I know what you're going to say. I understand you don't feel the same way. You're probably horribly disgusted with me. I just want you to know that I'm sorry for picking on you. I just wanted your attention focused on me and only me."

"You should let others finish what they are trying to say, Marshall Lee. None of those things were on my mind, and thank you for the apology. It means a lot to me." At this the Vampire King became confused. Gumball continued, "I am sorry for not noticing sooner that you liked me in such a way. I wanted to say I like you too, Marshall Lee."

"Gumball... You aren't serious are you? Gumba-"

"Bubba, Marshall, you can call me Bubba."

"You are serious? I-I've waited a long time for this, Gu-Bubba. Are you sure?"

"Mhm, I've thought about it, and I realized that I've liked you since Fionna and Cake first introduced us."

"I just have one more thing to say. Bubba, I don't like you." This caused the younger to scrunch his face in confusion. "I'm in love with you. I've been watching you grow up for a few years now, and I realized that I was in love with you when you were almost taken by the Ice Queen."

"Marshall..." A pink darker than his skin dusted the gum prince's cheeks. "Thank you."

The Vampire King slowly pushed his lips to the prince's who kissed him back eagerly. Marshall smiled a little and licked his new boyfriend's bottom lip, before nibbling a little, asking for entrance. The younger gasped a small moan, giving Marshall what he wanted. His little prince tasted sweet like his namesake. They eventually moved to the couch where Marshall straddled the young prince and explored his body with his hands while having never broke the heated kiss.

The gum prince kept moaning quietly into the other's mouth which only turned the older teen on even more. Marshall was treasuring every second of this moment. Unfortunately, his little prince had to breathe to survive. The Vampire King took the moment to ask the other exactly how far he wanted to go.

"M-Marshall, I don't... I just-"

"Shhh, Bubba. It's okay. I understand. We'll take it slow until you're ready. I love you, Prince Bubba Gumball of the Candy Kingdom."

"I-I love you, too, King of the Vampires, Marshall Lee Abadeer."

Owari~! (The End~!)