Pair of hearts: Marcus
Chapter 2
Moving in
Fionna was moving the boxes from her house to Marshall's with Cake's helped; they moved a fair number of boxes, seeing as it's not a whole lot which is good because she doesn't need to move all her furniture in. Fionna and Cake stopped after the last box, they sighed with relief, Cake stretching from all the carrying and Fionna cracking her back into place; she didn't need to do that but her back was killing her from carrying.
"Wow, six boxes? I have a lot of clothes and other stuff." Fionna joked
"Yeah I know baby but don't worry, this stuff going to have a nice place to be in this house." Cake patted Fionna's back.
Fionna just nodded. "I know Cake, but you can go now; I'm sure Mono misses you."
Cake just giggled and walked out of the house and the cave. Fionna watched her leave before turning to the stacked boxes. She didn't know if she should start unpacking or just wait for Marshall. She didn't want him to come home to a house filled with packed boxes but she wanted him to help as well. Fionna groaned, going inside and sitting down on the near soft couch.
"Ugh well, I better start unpacking and decorating." Fionna said to herself.
"Okay mom, I think I should be heading back." Marshall said as he took Marcus away from her.
"Aww, but we were just bonding." Heather pouted.
"I know, you can visit him tomorrow and continue you're bonding time with him then." Marshall kissed his mom's cheek. "Love you mom."
Marshall waved at her before opening a portal and going through it. In an instant, Marshall was in his living room or- what he thought was his living room. He looked around to see a bunch of framed photographs with Fionna with her friends in them, he shrugged and looked around some more, they were a lot of pictures on the walls but not all the walls were covered in pictures. He saw one wall beside the TV that had a stacked weapon set; he saw a morning star, a sword, an axe and another sword. Marshall rolled his eyes, that was Fionna. He smelled something in the air, it smelled like the color red and Fionna.
He went into the kitchen to find her stirring a pot. He raised an eyebrow at her before floating closer to her; he saw that she was making tomato soup.
"Ahh my favorite." Marshall grinned
Fionna jumped, turning around and smacking him with a spoon. Marshall was set back a bit.
"Ah my cheek meat!" Marshall exclaimed as he rubbed his cheek.
"Oh no I'm sorry but don't sneak up on me." Fionna waved the spoon at him.
"Alright alright but lucky you didn't hit Marcus." Marshall continued to rub his cheek.
Fionna flushed. "Oh yeah right." She chuckled sheepishly.
Marshall rolled his eyes. "Anyways, when is it going to be ready?"
"In a moment but go do something other than bother me." Fionna huffed ad turned her attention back to her cooking.
Marshall shrugged, floating out of the kitchen and up the ladder to his bedroom-p which was also Fionna's now- he set Marcus down in the crib by the bed. He gave him a kiss before getting his axe guitar out. He hummed out a little tune before strumming a little.
Marcus giggled; he seemed to love Marshall Music. He was always giggling and kicking when he started playing. Marshall looked over at him and chuckled.
"La da da da da
Da da da da da
Hey my baby,
My sunshine,
My one and only light.
You're so beautiful,
The gods are envious of you.
I swear they can build you a shrine
But it wouldn't be good as the real thing.
Marcus, my baby
I'm a failure,
But that doesn't mean I'll lure you.
I don't want you to be like me
I may be your dad but I'm not a role model.
I'm just a monster,
It's so, sinister
Just thinking about it
Marcus, baby please hear me out
I don't want you be me
Be your mommy
She's so strong
But she won't live long
So make your time with her
Never leave her
Never hate her
She's your mommy, please don't hate her
I want you to love her
Marcus baby please hear me out
I know I'm king
But nothing is lining it
Nothing but failure and mistakes
Take what you need
Just not that. "
Marshall sighed, the baby stopped giggling, and he looked over to see Marcus staring at him. He didn't know if he understood the song and its meaning but he'll take the silence to be because he was too emotional when singing, he just shrugged and went back to playing.
"Marshall! Marcus! Time to eat." Fionna called from down stairs.
Marshall licked him lips before heading downstairs with Marcus cradled in his arms. He flew into the kitchen where Fionna was serving out the soup into two bowls for Fionna and him. She set Marshall's on the counter before she brought her's into the living room. Marshall took a whiff of the hot soup, it was too hot to eat but it smelled so good. He decided to wait for it too cool but in the meantime; he'll make Marcus a bottle. He went to the fridge to take out the canned formula Gumball gave to them to feed Marcus. Marshall hissed at the white color when he poured it into a bottle, he knew Marcus was still technically part human but he was also a vampire and vampires feed on blood or just the shade of red.
Marshall took it upon himself to cut strawberries and cherries in half before he squirted their red juice in with the milk. The milk turned a light pink; he figured that was the correct amount of red. He held the nub of the bottle to Marcus's mouth but he refused. Marshall groaned.
"God damn it, just take it" Marshall said sharply
Marcus continued to fight; he gave up and walked into the living room with Fionna oiling her sword to prevent rust. Marshall sat down beside her.
"Marcus isn't listening to me, can you knock come sense into him." Marshall handed Marcus to her.
Fionna put down her sword before holding him, Marshall handed her his bottle. Fionna rolled his eyes at him.
"Here this is how you do it." Fionna lightly rubbed the nub against his lips before he took it in.
Marshall growled. "How was I supposed to know that?"
"Well if you paid attention to Gumball's lessons then you would have known how to do this." Fionna giggled.
Marshall went red, crossing his arms and slumping back on the couch. Fionna just shook her head. Only been awhile into being parents and him's already getting frustrated with Marcus's feeding time. She leaned in and kissed him.
"Don't get upset, just go eat your soup and I'll take care of feeding Marcus okay?" Fionna nudged him.
Marshall rolled his eyes, smiling a bit before getting up and walking back into the kitchen.
wow, Marshall is already slacking off on the lessons he learned about raising Marcus
looks like it's Momma Fionna's time to shine
-A