A/N: I tried to make this chapter longer because my first one was kind of short so yeah. Hope you like it I worked harder on this one J
Once Gumball heard everyone shout zero he pulled his pink lips away and opened his eyes to see none other than Marshall Lee standing in front of him. Gumball smiled and blushed while looking up into the vampire's big crimson eyes. Marshall Lee flashed his signature smirk while showing his two top fangs and winked at the Prince, which only made him blush even more. Once Gumball gained his composure back he turned to face his guests and was surprised that no one was laughing like usual but instead everyone's faces were of shock and everyone in the room was staring right at him. Gumball was confused as to why he was getting these looks and began to feel uncomfortable. He quickly walked to the side of the room with his head down so as to not meet anyone's stares. He reached where his friends were and stood over by Fionna and LSP and asked what was going on and why he was getting weird looks, while the rest of his guests continued with the game.
"Why was everyone staring at me?!" Prince Gumball asked his friends in a whisper so no one else would turn their attention to him.
"Dude you really don't know?" Fionna asked Gumball surprised he didn't know the reason for the stares
LSP then blurted out to Gumball "Oh my glob PG you were like kissing Marshall Lee for lumping ever!"
The Prince looked at his friend with a face of confusion "what? I was only kissing him for five seconds I pulled away right at zero!"
Fionna turned to Gumball and explained what happened "PG everyone counted down to five and you and Marshall just kept kissing. At first everyone thought maybe you two just didn't hear so we yelled zero again but you guys kept kissing for a another good fifteen seconds, you even got closer to each other and it started to look like you guys were going to start making out but then you finally pulled away"
Prince Gumball then looked down while scrunching up his brow and running his fingers through his gummy hair trying to remember the kiss. He couldn't recall the kiss lasting so long or hearing anyone say zero twice. All he remembered was leaning in feeling the cool shock of the lips and then it all ending too soon.
"That can't possibly be true Fionna I would never do such a thing at one of my parties" The Prince said to Fionna hoping maybe she was just joking with him and the real reason everyone was staring was because he had something in his teeth or on his face.
"Well Lumping believe it PG you and Marshall Lee were totally kissing for like twenty seconds! This is totally going on my blog!" LSP said then floated off while texting on his phone. Fionna then leaned in and whispered into PGs ear "Don't worry Gumball he was distracted with the kiss just as much as you were" Fionna then smiled at the Prince and leaned back against the wall to watch the last few kiss pairs. Gumball smiled at Fionna's comment but was still embarrassed with what happened. He decided to just forget about it for now and enjoy the rest of his party. He calmed himself down and leaned against the wall with Fionna to watch the rest of the kiss pairs but when he looked up at the crowd of people another set of eyes locked on his. He was now starring at Marshall Lee who was floating around the other side of the room but to gumball it felt like he was right in front of him starring him down with those big crimson eyes of his while he stared back with his violet eyes. The two were locked in an intense gaze with each other until they heard everyone yell zero extra loud for the last pair, tree trunks and cinnamon bun. The two royals both snapped out of the stare and turned to look at everyone else. Gumball blushed while looking away and Marshall Lee would have blushed if he had any blood pumping through him. LSP was on the other side of the room looking at the two the whole time whispering to himself "drama bomb!"
Once the last kiss pair was finished the curtains were pulled back and everyone began talking and laughing with each other, there was also a quiet murmur about what happened with Gumball and Marshall Lee but nobody dared bring it up to Prince Gumball at the moment and everyone was too scared to even talk to Marshall.
Prince Gumball began talking with Fionna and LSP then went around the ballroom to see how everyone was doing again. When Gumball was talking to wild berry prince the band he had hired for his party began to play and started off with a slow song. The lights in the ballroom went dim and everyone paired up to dance. Cake stretched herself out to Lord Monochromicorns size and they danced together, Flame Prince asked Fionna to dance and she accepted a little too quickly but Flame Prince was to happy to notice, he had a little crush on Fionna. Gumball noticed all the pairs on the dance floor but he didn't feel like dancing so he walked to the corner of the ballroom where no one could see him and sat alone on the floor with his knees pulled up to his chest, a little relieved he had a minute to himself. As he was looking down he noticed another pair of feet walk, or should I say float towards him and plant down in front of him. Gumball looked up to see Marshall Lee standing in front of him smiling with one hand reaching out to Gumball. Gumball took the cold light blue hand of Marshalls and was pulled up to face the vampire.
"So Bubba why aren't you dancing with your girl friend Fionna?" Marshall asked the Prince with a smirk
"Well for starters she is dancing with Flame prince and she is not my girlfriend, I don't see her that way, we are just best buds. And secondly I don't feel like dancing with anyone" Gumball said while staring into Marshalls eyes and not realizing they were still holding hands.
Marshall was happy to hear that the Prince didn't like Fionna and smiled a little at the comment. "Why don't you dance with me?" Marshall said. Before Gumball could answer Marshall pulled him in and put his hands on the Prince's hips and began to dance the slow song with him on the dance floor. Gumball blushed at the closeness of the two of them and the feeling of Marshalls hands on his pink candy hips. While looking at Marshall Lee, Gumball also noticed that he had grown a little taller than the vampire. Even though Gumball knew people were looking his way again since he was dancing with Marshall, he couldn't help but give in and lean into the vampire and rest his head on his shoulder. Feeling the vampire's cold skin against his own warm skin sent chills down his spine. As Marshall held Gumball close he could feel the Prince's hot breath on his cold neck, it made him lust for closeness with the Prince but knew he had to control it in front of everyone. Once the slow song ended Gumball looked up and noticed a lot of his guests were staring at the pair. He grew red with embarrassment and peeled himself off of Marshall and went back to his corner to try and hide from all the stares, luckily the band played a more upbeat song next so everyone turned and started dancing instead of keeping their attention on the embarrassed Prince.
"Marshall Lee I said I didn't want to dance with anyone!" The Prince said a little angry at the vampire for making him the subject of everyone's attention yet again.
"I'm not just anyone though; I'm the person who you couldn't stop kissing" The vampire said with a wink
Prince Gumball grew an even darker shade of red after Marshall said that, so red that he was beginning to look appetizing to Marshall. Gumball was so shocked at what Marshall said that he wasn't sure how to respond and could barely talk right
"Well umm… y-you didn't pull away either!" the Prince said trying to get back to his normal self and also put some of the blame on the vampire.
"I heard them when they said zero though gummy butt, you on the other hand were in too much of a daze to realize." Marshall said back to the Prince making him even more flustered
"If you knew they all said zero why didn't you pull back?!" The Prince said to the vampire trying to get an explanation to this all
"Well who am I to deprive you from kissing me? You obviously didn't want to stop so I didn't stop either, and besides I always knew you had a thing for me Bubba" Marshall said while inching closer to the Prince who was now backed up against the wall
The Prince was blushing fiercely now and was trying to think of something to tell Marshall. Do I really have a thing for him? No, of course not. Well maybe, does that mean Marshall likes me?
"Look Marshall, I was caught up in the game and I was worrying about the party and trying to make sure everyone was having fun that I must not have noticed everyone yell zero, I do not have a thing for you." Gumball said this to Marshall with as much seriousness as he muster, but knew in the back of his mind he was lying to himself.
Marshall was hurt by the Prince's words but knew he was lying, he could see right through Bubbas formal exterior.
"Prove it then, stop this kiss" Marshall placed both hands on the wall bubba was leaning on and pressed his cold lips against the Princes warm pink ones. They tasted like bubblegum, a flavor Marshall could get used to.
Before Gumball could say another word he felt Marshall lean in and kiss him, he knew he should stop it but he just couldn't. The feel of his cold moist lips against his own made him wish time would stop and he could stay in that moment forever. Before he knew what he was doing he leaned in closer to the vampire and put his hands around his neck.
Marshall loved every second of this kiss and could spend his whole undead life here. He knew he had shocked the Prince and figured he would just stand there against the wall, but then out of nowhere the Prince leaned in closer and wrapped his arms around his neck, Marshall was shocked at how forward the Prince was being but didn't care at all he just kept kissing him as if his life depended on it.
Once the band finished their song everyone roared with screams and cheers. The noise snapped the Prince back to reality as he pushed the vampire off him.
"Marshall Lee what are you doing! Someone could have seen us! I would have been humiliated in front of my whole kingdom!" The Prince yelled at Marshall but immediately regretted it after seeing the hurt look on his face.
"Sorry I'm such an embarrassment to you, your highness." Marshall tried yelling back at Gumball but his voice cracked mid sentence showing that he was on the verge of tears and was hurt by the Prince's words. After he said his hurt goodbye he flew out of the ballroom window into the night sky without saying another word trying to hide his face from being seen so no one would notice his eyes beginning to water.
"Wait Marshall! I didn't mean it that way!" the Prince yelled out the window, but it was too late the vampire king had flew off into the sky and couldn't hear what the Prince had to say. Gumball felt bad for what he had said and wished he could take it back, he never wanted to hurt Marshall and he wasn't an embarrassment to him. Gumball felt tears begin to stream down his face, but he quickly wiped them away. He couldn't let his guests know what had happened between him and Marshall Lee, so he put a fake smile on his face and continued talking with all his guests. It was no use though he found himself unable to concentrate on any conversations. His mind kept going back to Marshall Lee and that kiss and what he had said to him and how we had hurt him. Unable to keep up his fake smile any longer, Gumball bid all his guests farewell and apologized for his early departure. He then head up the stairs and went to his bedroom even though it was bad party manners. He didn't care at the moment; all he cared about was Marshall Lee. He plopped on his king sized, pink colored bed and went to sleep in the black concert tee Marshall Lee gave him and tried to get a good night's sleep, but knew he wouldn't with thoughts of the vampire clouding around in his head.
A/N: I hope you liked it! Please Please Please review! Thank you J
