The sun had disappeared. Night befell the land of Ooo.
As Finn approached the treehouse, he began to hear music coming from inside. The window was open, so that explained why the noise was so prevalent.
Huh. What are those two doing in there?
"BMO Neptr?" Finn yelled as he shut the door behind him.
Instead of words, he was met with the rustling of the floorboards above him. He could hear footsteps for a few seconds, but it quickly subsided. Finn closed his eyes and listened for anymore sounds.
"BMO CH-"
"Gotcha!"
Finn caught the robot in mid air as it attempted to karate chop Finn from above.
"Awe man. I thought I would get you this time." BMO said with disappointment.
"Not a chance bro." Finn responded, and proceeded to set BMO back on the floor.
"How did things go with Flame Princess?"
"Oh yeah, it w- hey how did you know about that!?"
"Uhhhhh..."
"BMO? What's goin' on down there?"
Finn recognized the voice coming from upstairs and grunted. He leaned down to BMO, who now had a nervous look on his face.
"How long has she been here?"
"She came over last night. She also told us about the biz with FP-"
"OH NO SHE DIDN'T!"
At that, Finn made a full on sprint upstairs.
"Finn wait for me!" BMO said, tagging along behind him.
When he reached the living room, he was met with the blasting music Marcy was playing on his dad's record player. It was a rock album he'd completely forgot about, either that or she just brought her own.
Marcy was jamming out on her base along to the music, but she dropped dead (Ha) when she realized Finn's presence.
"Creator!" Neptr said, taking notice of Finn entering the room.
"Finn! You're back!" Marcy yelled, trying to overpower the sound of the music.
"Yeah I'm back! What the heck are you doing here? And- Oh for the love of-"
Finn walked over to the turntable and raised the needle, immediately cutting off the sound.
"As I was saying..."
"I was just watching over your house. I payed a visit last night to check up on you but you weren't here."
"We let her stay the night!" BMO inturrupted.
"Yes. She made good company." Neptr added.
"Ugh... I don't care, I can't believe you told BMO about the-"
"I didn't!" Marceline quickly put a finger to her mouth, and Finn quickly dismissed the rest of his sentence.
Finn dropped his arms, which were previously raised in anger.
"You... Didn't?"
"I just said you were going to see FP. I didn't tell them about that."
"Oh."
"Creator? What is the vampie lady talking about?"
"Yeah Finn? Can you tell us?" The two robots asked. Finn nervously chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry guys, it's a secret."
They collectively sighed in disappointment, meanwhile Finn turned to face Marcy again.
"Sorry Marcy."
"Pfff, you know you can trust me Finn."
Marcy set her ax base down, leaning it against the wall. Finn made his way to the couch and sat down with a thud, giving a huge sigh of relief.
"Boy I missed this thing."
"So how did everything go?" Marcy asked, floating over next to him.
"Why don't we talk about it over dinner?" BMO asked. Finn's head perked up immediately.
He was starving. He only had two minor meals within the past couple days. A small lunch he had yesterday, and a quick snack before he bathed himself this morning. He was basically running on fumes at this point.
"YES!" Finn yelled.
"And that was that."
Everyone eyed the human with interest around the table.
He had just finished his tale about his experience with his ex as they ate dinner, obviously leaving out the deats about her 'stolen item' with BMO and Neptr present. He became a bit uncomfortable from the silence until Marceline broke it.
"Then what?" She asked.
"Well... She told me she wanted to keep being friends... We agreed we would try to stay closer from now on."
Marceline sucked some more red out of another apple she had on her plate.
"Nice job man. Maybe you have another chance after all."
Finn furrowed his brows as he looked down at his empty plate, scraping his fork across the remaining slivers of spagghetti sauce he had left.
"I wouldn't say that."
Marceline chucked the now dried apple at his head and it bounced off. Finn didn't really react.
"Just because you two broke up doesn't mean you can't try again." BMO said.
"But things are different now. She's trying to maintain a kingdom, and I don't wanna stress her out even more."
"I dunno. I think a time will come when you two can be together again." Marceline said.
Finn looked up at her with a look of doubt.
"That's stretching it a bit don't you think?"
"Maybe, but don't lose hope dude."
"Yes creator! I believe the vampire lady!"
"Yeah Finn, don't give up on her." BMO concluded.
He smiled. He didn't expect this kind of support relating to his love life from them.
Deep down he knew he wanted to be with her again, but given the circumstances laid out before them, it was basically impossible right now.
But maybe, just maybe, when all of this cleared up he could tell her again how he felt.
That moment just wasn't within reach at the moment, but he was willing to wait.
"Thanks guys..." Finn said, letting out a yawn.
"But I'll have to think about it some other time... I am pooped."
He got up from the table and grabbed his plate, but was stopped when BMO snagged it from him.
"I got it Finn. Go rest."
BMO raised his fist up for a fist bump, and Finn returned it.
"Thanks man."
"I should be going too. My flowers are probably thirsty." Marceline said as she flew over to grab her bass.
Instead of using the door down below, she found it easier to let herself out the window.
But before she left, there was one last bit of business she had to take care of.
"Oh Finn! I almost forgot."
"Yeah?"
Marcy grabbed a slip of paper out of her jeans and flew over to hand it to him. Finn unfolded it and looked at what appeared to be a flier.
His eyes glided across the title and he read allowed.
"...Ooo's the Ooo?"
"Yeah! It's a music festival! Bonnie's hosting it at Gravy's Grotto." Finn had read over the location on the flier right as she said that, and he almost dropped it from shock.
"Gravy's Grotto? That old fart actually agreed to let PB use the place?"
"Well, she kinda had to bribe him for it."
"I can see why! That's the coolest place in Ooo!" Finn continued to read through the information.
"Next month? I'll definitely be there."
"Awesome. I was thinking maybe you could take FP along too."
Finn grunted.
"Come on Marcy I already told you-"
"As friends, dumb dumb." Marceline proceeded to flick his forehead with her index finger and he recoiled back. She then proceeded towards the window, giving Finn a wave goodbye.
"Take it easy." She said.
"You too." Finn responded, waving back.
She then disappeared into the darkness of night.
Finn had made time for a quick shower than hurried over to his bed in his PJs. It wasn't since two nights ago he had the pleasure of sleeping comfortably in his own home, though the hospitality FP provided was very much appreciated.
BMO and Neptr were already fast asleep, or rather turned off, next to his bed.
Before he got comfortable in his domain however, he grabbed his pack and rummaged through it real quick, pulling out the black marble rock he and FP found in the dungeon chest. He decided to at least start on some progress before he went to bed.
Finn began chipping away at it with his grass pike tip. Once he thought it was enough, he set it on his nightstand and tucked himself into his sleeping bag, falling asleep.
Flame Princess resided in her office, eyeing the papers in her hands with a stern look.
This was it.
CB stood next her and read the papers she held, and he looked back at her.
"What do you think?" He asked. She nodded in reply.
"I understand now..."
FP flipped another paper over the current one she was holding, and continued to look it over.
"I get why it wasn't working before. Rules, too many of them. It's almost like they had no control over their emotions. I didn't put enough faith in them at all."
CB listened carefully.
"These new laws will rely heavily on their own free will and have a common ground for morality. I only hope they will be able to differentiate the rights and wrongs."
"I'm sure that they will." CB said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
FP yawned, reaching her arms high up to stretch. After rubbing her eye a bit, she got up from her chair.
"I'm exausted." She said, and proceeded towards the exit of her office. CB followed close behind.
"So how did things go with Finn?" FP smiled, and to CB's surprise, she began to skip down the hallway, her hands held behind her back.
"It was great. We talked a lot and killed stuff." She said, as she playfully turned around to face the pastry. He couldn't help but smile, as it would seem Finn had a positive affect on her attitude.
"That's good. I'm glad you got away from the kingdom for a while, with all the commotion."
"We'll see how the new order plays out, I can only hope there won't be any more commotion."
"Don't worry princess, It'll work."
FP stopped at her bedroom door and proceeded inside, leaving the door open a bit to say goodbye to her sugary friend.
"Goodnight CB."
"Goodnight."
Shutting the door behind her, FP began to get ready for bed, taking a shower and putting on her night gown.
Laying in bed, she recalled the events of today in her mind.
She greatly enjoyed her time together with Finn. The whole experience brought her back to more innocent times when she was a free spirit... And her relationship with Finn.
She felt her face heat up recalling those times, and it made her think... The future was prominant in her head.
Do I really just want to be friends?
Have I been denying it this whole time?
...No.
As she lay on her back burried in her covers, she lifted her hand up to her heart again, feeling it pulse rapidly.
I want to see him again... She thought.
...I really want to...
The memories from today began to mix in with the old ones, creating a flury of flashbacks.
It was time to come to terms with it all. It was time to recognize what these feelings mean. Flame Princess mustered up a confession in her head, and even though it was completely and utterly hidden from any outside sources, it still made her nervous to mutter the phrase in her mind.
...But do you still love me?
PLEASE READ THE NOTE
Okay. So here's the thing.
I actually didn't watch any of season 10 before I started writing this. Having just finished the finale, some new ideas kind of crept up in my head and I was beginning to lose interest in this story. I was contemplating on starting a different one entirely and just dropping this one, which is why I haven't uploaded in a while.
But no. Before, I really didn't have any idea of where this story was going to go. Its purpose was just to generate some cute interactions between FP and Finn because, well, I ship them hard. (And I'm still writing it for that reason lol)
Now having just finished the show, I want this to go somewhere. I am going to try and make a plot out of this, but I am unsure if I am going to fall into the 'unfinished' fate that a lot of fanfictions have met. Please don't 100% expect a finished story, because I may eventually grow out of it, or there's the slight chance I'll get hooked on something else.
This story is going to go in a whole new direction starting in a few chapters. I may also tweak some previous ones a bit to be more believable (nothing plot wise though).
Thanks for reading.
