This is mostly a Bubbline chapter, I know many of you are Marshall Lee fans but bear with me. Also just a reminder that it is rated M for a reason. As always Adventure time isn't mine, and enjoy.
Bubblegum's POV
Once I got into my room I lied down and threw my dress off. How could I have been so stupid? A princess falling in love a vampire, a monster according to most candy people. But how could someone help falling in love with the girl I knew. Thought I knew. Obviously she had changed quite a bit, or maybe she had returned to her old self? That was the hardest part of it all, Marceline could be a different person entirely and I wouldn't know anything about it. Ugh, all this thinking made my brain hurt.
"Princess," a knock came at the door, "there's a person here to see you."
"Pepps I'm kind of tired, tell them to come again another day or something."
"Very well, but he says the kingdom he comes from is very far away and he might not be able to."
"Very well if it can't be helped, tell him to give me a moment to change, I'll come out when I'm ready."
"Of course Princess." I changed as quickly as I could, throwing on my gown roughly and looking to see if I was at least presentable. I walked out to see the guy I'd been dancing with before, what was his name? Sir Gum-something.
"Hello Princess, sorry for bothering you, I wouldn't even be up here if it weren't for the current dilemma I find myself in."
"Hello, sorry but I have many subjects and have forgotten your name."
"Oh yes of course, my apologies, President Gumball milady." He bent down and kissed my hand, I could have sworn he had introduced himself differently. I shrugged it off though, it wasn't that important anyway.
"President Gumball, I was unaware of any princes by that name, what kingdom do you preside in?" He chuckled.
"You are mistaken Princess, this is not a kingdom but a republic. Although it is one much like this one, my people vote for their leader." I gasped.
"Fascinating, do your people vote you as their king or do they-"
"I'm sorry to interrupt princess, but we could discuss politics and its principles later. I find myself in a very, well, sticky situation. My people, as you know are free governing, but we lack any sort of protection from those who wish to attack us. Although we have the largest standing army in our surrounding we do not have any defenses."
"And who, may I ask wishes to attack such a free kingdom?"
"No one has officially come with us with a threat, however there are rumors, milady. Rumors of demons moving in nearby. They wish to hunt in the forests surrounding us. I fear if we cannot protect ourselves we will fall victim to anarchy and destruction."
"Very well, and what would you have me do?"
"Why Princess, your technology and knowledge is world renowned. We wish to borrow your services, to create defenses. In return we promise an alliance, use of our army, and of course payment." An alliance with such a formidable kingdom was always a good thing; however these people were free spirited and probably less loyal to their government. What was to say that a revolution couldn't come at any moment? This was also a fairly new kingdom; it was not in any of the history books and had only come to our attention now. However they were strong and if Gumball was any indicator they were intelligent and at least had some sort of moral rightness.
"Very well, I accept these terms, however I will not build weapons, I will build protection such as the ones I have here in my very own kingdom."
"Of course Princess, defenses only."
"Very well I shall come down to your kingdom next week with a prototype of the large candy machine. We can work on perfecting it there." He smiled widely and thanked me again, finally when he left I got to lie down and wrap myself in my blanket. Sleep, thankfully, came quickly amidst thoughts of science and technology.
Marceline's POV
I woke up to find my bed surprisingly empty, Marshall hadn't stayed, and instead he had left a note.
Dearest Marceline,
I know you felt uncomfortable with me in your bed last night, so I left as soon as you fell asleep. I hope this is Okay. Anyway, as usual I shall stay in touch via courier. I'll try to make the move without a hitch but should your services be needed I'll send someone to request them. We shouldn't need them though because you made such a rocking speech.
Love always,
Your totally hot husband.
I laughed, how smug could he get? After the letter I felt a familiar lonely depression descend into the house. Enough was enough, I had to resolve this Bubblegum thing, no more mixed emotions and unsure feelings, it was all or nothing for me. I grabbed my bass and sunhat; it was before dawn so I should be okay till then.
As I got closer and closer I could feel my stomach going bananas, I hadn't done this since we had broken up and I was nervous. Would she insist on talking? Or would we forget about that entirely? I tapped hard on the closed window; she quickly looked around dazed and confused. Glob she was so cute, I tapped again and she turned in my direction. My body felt electrified as she walked up to the window.
"Marceline do you have any idea what time it is? What could you possibly want at this hour?"
"Bonnie, I needed to see you, I-I" she sighed and opened it a little wider to allow me in.
"Does King Marshall know you're here?" the jealousy and hurt was evident, I didn't know what to say so I panicked and kissed her. She didn't react at first, but after a few seconds she deepened it by wrapping her arms around my neck. I was very aware of the proximity of the bed; she took the lead pulling me towards it. We tugged at each other's clothing, feeling the heat already building and throwing them aside. I lay on top of her, she was breathing heavily as I nipped at her neck, leaving marks all over it.
"Please Marcy, I-I need you to-oh!" I pulled down her shorts roughly and touched her most sensitive part. I had to feel her clench around my fingers and soon. I slipped one inside her slowly.
"F-Faster Marcy, oh Glob!" I kissed her so she wouldn't scream and started pumping faster, inserting two more increasing my pace. I started kissing her collar and rubbing her nipple.
"I-I'm going to Oh yes, right there! Oh!" I kissed her hard and she came into my hand. She was breathing heavily wrapping her arms around me.
"I need you too Bonnie." She closed her eyes and we lied there, completely comfortable wrapped in each other's arms. This felt so right.
I woke up to a burning sensation on my left side; I started hissing and flew under the bed to shield myself. The room was quickly engulfed in the stupid sun and I couldn't get out until Bubblegum woke up. Which actually took longer than I expected but when she did wake up she called after me.
"Marceline?" she started shifting on the bed pushing harder on my stomach.
"Uh down here." Bonnibel stuck her head down and smiled at me.
"What are you doing down there?"
"The sun." I hissed and she quickly realized it, she stood up to go draw the shades. Once the sun was tucked away I came out from under the bed to see Bonnibel wearing just my sweatshirt. I could feel a shudder go up my spine. She walked over to me and grabbed me by the waist bring me down to the ground.
"We need to talk."
"Uh-huh" was all I could muster out as she took my hand and dragged me to the bed. She sat me down, and to my utter disappointment started dressing. Once she finished she sat down next to me.
"I'm not a plaything Marceline; I won't be someone's mistress."
"And I won't be ignored any longer; we both have conditions for this relationship Bonnibel. But first you have to understand that my marriage with Marshall. It's for appearances only; we haven't even lived in the same house since I left." I could see a sigh of relief exit her, but she quickly tightened up again.
"Well how do you explain last night? You didn't act like just friends then." I rolled my eyes, she was totally jealous.
"Stop acting jealous Bonnie, it's not like you don't do the same thing with Finn or that Gumball guy. Marshall has been there for me at every turn like a good husband and friend. We have a special friendship and if you can't handle it then I should go."
"No-don't, it is okay, as long as you know I can't parade you around like he can. I have an appearance to keep with my people. And you aren't their favorite person, so…" I sighed and lay down on the bed.
"Why is this so complicated-ugh! I just want to go out and be able to hold your hand without people giving me stares. Is that so much to ask?"
"And I want to trust that when you go away you won't be fooling around with your husband, I wish you didn't have a husband in the first place! We can't always get what we want Marceline." I sighed, she was right, and of course she drew the short stick when it came to this relationship.
"I'm sorry, you're right. Except you can trust Marshall and me alone. He might mean a lot to me, but he's not the one I think about at night." I propped myself on my elbows looking up to see her reaction. She smiled widely and bent down to kiss me. It was getting pretty intense when there was a loud knock on the door. I groaned and floated towards the window sunhat atop my head.
"Come see me tonight." A devilish grin passed her face as she closed the window. I nodded and flew away towards my cave for some much needed rest.
As promised I came back once the sun had gone down and found the window to be opened, I floated around but saw no one. Instead I found a small note on her pillow.
Went out quickly, will be back soon.
I groaned and floated around. What am I supposed to do while she's gone? I didn't even bring my bass. Maybe she had something fun to do somewhere in here. I started looking around, curious as to what had changed in the time we'd spent apart. It wasn't snooping really, just satiating a minor curiosity.
"What's this?" there was a tome opened on her desk and the title read. Dark Creatures: a defensive guide. My curiosity had been piqued and I started reading some of the notes in the margins.
While it is almost impossible to kill a demon, rare metals such as silver can severely injure them.
Wooden stakes have often been used in history to send demons back to their realm: Night-O-Sphere.
Profoundly animalistic creatures such as vampires and werewolves can be lured in by the smell of blood or in this case candy.
The Sun is a great weapon against most dark creatures, if held under too long they will start to decay.
What the Glob was she doing with this? As if on cue the princess walked in with a look of anger.
"Ugh I just hate the ice King, he can be so ugh!" Calm down Marcy, don't just to conclusion, and just mention it casually.
"Hey bonnie, what the heck is this?" Smooth Marcy.
"Huh? Oh that's just some research on how to defend a kingdom from evil creatures."
"Yeah I got that, but why are you researching it?"
"Oh, just a favor to another kingdom, something about demons crashing their place. No biggie, I'm just creating a defense for them." Okay that seemed logical enough.
"Okay, so what are we doing tonight Princess?" Just then Finn and Jake came calling at her window.
"HEY PB, down here!" I rolled my eyes and watched her casually walk to the balcony.
"Hello Finn the human!"
"Yo PB, Jake and I were wondering if you wanted to come watch a movie with us. We're inviting Lady and a couple others."
"Sure that sounds like a lot of fun! I'll meet you down there!" she turned around and as if just realizing I was there stopped.
"Oh wait, did you want to do something else tonight?"
"Well I was thinking of doing," I leaned in closely brushing my teeth against her ear, "something." She wrapped her arms around my neck.
"And that would be?" I wanted to lay her down and have my way with her right then and there but I figured teasing her would be so much more fun.
"Nope never mind, completely slipped my mind," I stepped onto the ground making sure to make a show of walking to the door. "I'm totally into this whole movie night thing, see ya there." She pouted.
"Tease."
"See you tonight baby, bring something cozy, wouldn't want you to be," I glided up to her again, "Uncomfortable." She reddened as I floated out the window in the hall where Finn and Jake couldn't see me. I rushed back to my cave to find a note nailed to my door, I was reading a lot of notes lately. I went inside, put on my tightest tank top, shortest shorts and a large sweater to cover it up. Tonight was definitely gonna be fun.
I got to the get together, which was really just Lady, Finn, FP, Jake, and PB. I laughed at how well coupled everyone was, except only two were known to everyone.
"Hey guys I got your note, sorry I'm late, I got kind of distracted." I quickly glanced to Bonnie, she blushed and turned away. I noticed she had taken my advice and wore sweatpants and my shirt.
"No problem Marcy there are some strawberries in the kitchen."
"Aw thanks guys, you want anything else from the kitchen?" a barrage of requests came for other snacks.
"I might need some help, Princess would you like to help me? I hear you're great at serving things."
"Sure why not," we walked to the kitchen and she gave me a quick peck on the lips when no one was looking. "I know this isn't exactly what you had in mind but I'll make it up to you later."
"I'm sure you will, you look cozy tonight by the way."
"As do you." She hadn't noticed me walk up behind her.
"That's because I'm not wearing anything under here." It was a total lie but her reaction was great, she immediately turned around just to have my body pressed up against hers.
"What's taking so long? The movie's about to begin!" I smirked and floated away leaving a fidgeting princess wanting more.
"Be right there!" I called back.
"Make sure to grab the desserts won't you Bonnie?" I sat down on the couch with a smug expression on my face. "So what kind of movie are we watching?"
"I chose this really scary movie from my father's collection," flame princess hadn't taken her seat yet since she was setting it up. Bonnie came in at that moment and decided to sit next to Finn instead of me.
"That sounds really interesting, I'm sure we will all enjoy it." Always the diplomat, as soon as Flame princess turned around and saw Bonnie with Finn a streak of anger went through her eyes which went unnoticed by everyone except me and probably BMO. Flame Princess had no choice but to sit next to me.
As the movie started I could see Finn and the princess getting closer, she was practically sitting on his lap! I watched Flame princess cast a murderous look before noticing me watching her. I signaled for the kitchen and we both got up silently. As soon as we got there Flame princess started interrogating me about Princess Bubblegum and Finn's relationship. I told her it was all innocent but she didn't believe me. I sucked on a delicious red strawberry.
"I'm telling you they are completely platonic, she can just be an airhead sometimes, just don't lose your temper."
"As if you know anything about me, Abadeer." I scoffed, who did she think she was?
"Oh please, I know everything about your kingdom, I was there when it was built, and I also know your personal long history with evil. I also know you're trying to be good and that Finn isn't wearing that tin foil suit for fashion."
"Okay so you know a lot about me, but I don't know anything about you." I rolled my eyes.
"You want to know more about me? Look me up in the history books, there's about 500 years' worth of my life there."
"I can't touch books." I felt bad for retorting back so indiscriminately.
"Sorry, I just don't usually have people so interested in me. There's really not much to share, what you see is what you get."
"Where's your husband?"
"Oh Marshall usually takes care of the kingdom. He likes all that royal stuff, signing things, telling demons what to do. I take care of the fear and fights in the kingdom."
"I mean why have I never seen you with him except at the ball."
"Why princess, have you been watching me from afar?" She blushed slightly, but interestingly enough she mumbled something incoherent. "What was that?"
"I said you're kind of a celebrity in the Fire Kingdom, father worships your feet."
"Oh yeah, Queen of all evil and stuff, whatever."
"How can you be so calm about such a title?"
"Princess, one thing I've learned in the past 1,000 years is that you can't let other people tell you who you are. I know I'm not evil, a title is just a title." She nodded slowly; the lights went on in the living room, Bonnibel walked into the kitchen coolly.
"What's happening here?"
"Nothing Princess, I was just about to take my sweatshirt off." Her eyebrows shot up at the suggestion looking between the two of us.
"Oh yes it is quite stuffy in here, I don't see the problem." She quickly looked to Flame Princess with a surprised look on her face.
"Marceline what?" Before she could say anything I took it off and her jaw dropped as my outfit obviously turned her on.
"Come on I think Finn's putting in another movie. This one is supposed to be really scary." Flame Princess left in a hurry making sure to sit next to Finn this time. The only seat available was now the arm chair.
Bonnie took the seat; I floated right above her lap giving her a very full view. She squeaked a bit and swallowed hard. Once the movie started she immediately used me as her comfort thing, I sat on her lap to make the position more comfortable. She buried her head into my shoulder and I could feel a grin creeping onto my face. On a particularly scary part we both turned into each other, foreheads touch. I could see her blushing; I kissed her lightly and then turned back to the movie. She brought me closer and whispered, "you look so adorable right now I could sit here forever." I smiled widely, knowing that if I had the choice I would too.
Tried to incorporate more Bubbline in this chapter chapter, what do you guys think?