Cake had a petite pink bow tied around her neck and she kept turning the bow around her neck. "Should it be in the front...back...or side?" she muttered to herself and the mirror. BMO is about to suggest something but they both gasp and turn when they catch a swish of red on the side of the mirror.
Fionna wore a beautiful, long, flowy red dress that glinted under the light and defined her curvy waist. The ends of it dragged on the floor gracefully and the only thing keeping the dress up are straps which drooped on her shoulders. However, they shown off her long and delicate arms. She is a sight to see.
"Oh...baby," Cake sniffles, "You so pretty." She and BMO close in on Fi and hug her legs.
"Aw, thanks guys," she looks at herself in the mirror, and tries to admire her figure by placing her hands on her waist. She blushes and rubs the back of her head nervously, "I-I love it Cake."
"Great!" Cake squeezes her legs again then lets go. "Now, let's go party!"
...
Soft pop music blasted from the castle so loudly it made the ground vibrate a bit outside it. Marshall Lee is ready to crash the party with his bass through the doors, but Flame Prince stood at the front of the bridge. "What's wrong man?"
Flame Prince has been thinking of the incident that occurred not too long ago. His cousins, those tormenting emotions and who he is. Good or evil? What he has done proves him to be straying away from becoming like his mother, but...it's not enough to convince him. He doesn't realize Marshall Lee saying "Dude" repeatedly until he yells it in his ear. "What?!" he turns and gapes the same as the vampire. "Fi-Fionna..."
She has just gotten off of Cake, and had her hat pulled off, revealing her long, golden, luscious hair. She begins to stroke it shyly when she sees Flame Prince approaching, Cake lightly pushes her forward. Marshall Lee floated along side of his lovestruck buddy. Fi couldn't stop blushing, can't look at Flame Prince's face, so she stares at the ground until she sees the shine of his aluminum boots. Slowly, with every inch of her heart beating fast, she gazes upon him.
He has a calm face with his mouth open a little, but the flames on his head crackled loudly. His hand is reached out towards her cheek and she can feel a bit of warmth on the aluminum gloves as he brushes her bangs out of the way. Fionna can't take it, the cold intensity of the night air didn't bother her anymore, and even though music floated in the night air it seemed to be silent between the two. She closes her eyes and leans forward, taking Flame Prince by surprise.
He forgets he's made of fire for one second and is an inch away from her lips. Half an inch. A centimeter. Stop. He remembers.
Flame Prince takes a hold of Fionna's disappointed face with both hands and attempts to place a very light kiss on her forehead. She can feel his lips slightly rub against her skin and the heat tickled her, she giggles. "You're stunning Fionna."
"Thanks."
"C'mon, let's party!" yells Cake as she runs to burst through the doors.
Marshall Lee checks his tuning, looks back at the couple, and smirks, "Gumball, you are so gonna get it."
...
The party is a sight to see, everyone from the Candy Kingdom came to dance, eat and have fun with each other. Prince Gumball worked hard baking the goods, making the punch, setting up the decorations and making sure he had security measures in case of unwanted arrival from the Ice Queen. LSP is shaking his booty and beatboxing to the song next to the stereos with Ice Cream Guy and the marshmallows are splashing themselves in the chocolate fountain. Old Tree Trunks tries to catch up with the tune of the music as Ms. Pig is dancing happily next to him. Everything seemed perfect.
Prince Gumball's eye twitches when he hears, "Oh my Glob it really is a party! Marshall Lee is here!"
He smacks his head when he hears a, "Hey there Gumwad," right next to his ear. He didn't need nor wanted to turn around, but he did.
"Marshall Lee, this party is for invited guests only," says Gumball while Marshall sucks the red out of a bunch of cherries. He is about to yell at him when spots Fionna and notices how gorgeous she looked without her hat and regular clothes. However, when Marshall moved out of his view he realizes Flame Prince is the one accompanying her tonight. "W-What? Flame Prince?"
The mischeif sparked in the vampire's eyes and he looks over at Fi and Flame Prince, and then to Gumball's confused face. He smiles, he hasn't played his guitar yet, he is bored, why not mess around a bit? Especially with Gumball. He leans back leisurely, "Oh yeah, those two are really hitting it off it seems."
"Are they...dating?" he watches Fionna feed Flame Prince a creampuff. Weren't those her favorites before he wondered.
With a dirty smirk Marshall answers, "Oh yeah. They had dates, held hands, maybe tried kissing...so I think they are officially a couple." He hopes this will upset PG mentally in some way or another.
"This...can't be," PG thinks to himself. "I already warned Fionna about that guy...and yet..."
Marshall already traveled to the other side of the room to Fi's ear, "Hey, you know Gumwad? I think he's jealous."
"Huh?" he points to where Gumball is pondering to himself, he looks up at Fi and then turns around. "Oh..." she twists her head another way. "I-I don't care," she grabs a cookie and begins munching on it. "Marshall you can just tell hi-"
"Fionna."
"Eeeep!" Gumball stood right in front of her and she only just sees that Marshall had dragged Flame Prince to the other side of the room. He pulled Flame Prince away to talk to some candy people, and to introduce him to new faces. She glares at the bad boy.
Gumball begins to talk, "Fionna," he says in a soft voice, "I hope you know what you are doing."
"What do you mean?" her eyebrows furrow a little.
"With that guy," he motions his head to Flame Prince. "Remember what I told you? He's dangerous, and-"
"Gumball...stop," Fi shuts her eyes for a second and then faces him, "You broke my heart, okay? So why do you want me to start liking you again? Glob, only when you see me with another guy you like me and then try and break us apart? Gumball, I like him, I know him, he's not evil and he may be dangerous, but...he isn't to me." She begins to tear a little, but she bites her lip.
"Fionna, that's not what I-" PG reaches to hold her, but he feels tension and heat on his right side. Sure enough, there stood Flame Prince with a straight mouth and concerned face. "Ah..."
Fun is over for Marshall as he swoops between the two, "What you do this time Gumball?"
"What did I do...? What did you do?" he begins to bicker at him while Flame Prince takes Fionna's hand and pulls her across the dance floor, past the crowd, and through the nearest doors leading outside on a balcony.
"Face it Gumwad, you are jealous," accuses Marshall Lee while folding his arms.
PG stares at him furiously, "Do you not know a thing about this guy?"
"A bit."
"What is he made of?"
"Fire, duh."
"Exactly! Becoming good is something that is possible, but who knows, it can make him unstable! Especially, romance!" he exaggerates his words by swinging his arms up and down. "So unstable that he can set the whole world on fire!"
"Wait...so," Marshall starts taking in the situation seriously.
"One kiss can send everyone to doom!" he tries to keep his voice as quiet as he can for the party goers to not here. "Tell that to Fionna, now!"
...
Fionna pulls her hat back on and tucks her long hair inside while Flame Prince leans on the edge, looking forward. "Fionna, who is he?"
She puts her back against the rail, trying to find her words, "A friend, a really close friend."
Bluntly, he asks, "How close?"
"N-Not very, we just hung out together a lot," she awkwardly pulls on a strand of hair.
"Do you like him?"
"H-Huh?" Fi begins to stutter, "No! I-I mean, yeah, but...wait, n-no I don't!"
"Do...you like me?"
"Huh?! Yeah!" her face became really red.
"When someone says 'I like you' it can go two ways. They like you as a friend or they like you as something more."
"Which...is it?" he begins to get closer to her face.
"Ah..." she starts to lean in as well, "Like...like like."
Why is he doing this? He is aware that he is made of fire, that this kiss will hurt her. She is also conscious of this, she doesn't care. He wants this, he wants her and doesn't want anyone like Gumball to steal her away. Even though he knows nothing about PG just knowing Fi and him are close friends makes him feel jealousy. It's unbearable, makes him greedy for her, this is why he selfishly wants to kiss her. Make her his.
Fionna wants to know what attracts her to him. She has thought of this over and over, wondering why does she chase him? Want him? Maybe love him? She knows it isn't desperate act to forget about Gumball, maybe it's love at first sight. She remembers when they first met, he was unconscious, but her heart skipped a beat when she first fell eyes on him. Did he have the same feeling when he awoken? Is that why they have this inseparable bond between them? That must be it she thought.
"Fi!" the two turn their heads to see Marshall Lee and Gumball at the doorway. "Stop!" he floats at the angered couple and does the fakest smile to Flame Prince. The prince's arms are crossed and his flames crackled loudly to purposely intimidate Marshall and PG.
Fionna sighs, "What is it Marshall?" She ignores Gumball's presence.
"Well, Gumball said this gunk about why you two shouldn't see each other!" he words it wrong and is smacked out of the way.
Bravely, Gumball stands in front of Flame Prince. Although he is four years older Flame Prince stood at the same height as him except his fiery hair made him look taller. With a deep breath PG says, "You might become unstable with the romance you are experiencing with Fionna."
"...Unstable?"
"The romance may be too much for you to handle that you might strike a sudden reaction to volcanoes making them erupt, causing earthquakes and kinds of chaos! The world would crumble as we know it!" Flame Prince looks down shamefully and Fi reaches for his hand, PG makes a point that he will regret, "Why do you think I had your mother lock you up in that glass lamp?"
Flame Prince's eyes widen and rage immediately fills his whole entire body. Flames are pouring from his eyes which have turned red with anguish and he grits his teeth. "You..." he hisses and starts stepping forward as Gumball does the opposite. Fionna grabs his hand, stopping him from entering the castle and he fiercely turns around.
She can't say anything, her face said it all. She is fearful of what will happen next.
He stops in his tracks, looks up to Gumball and talks in the lowest, harshest voice he can make, "I will never forgive you, in fact I envy you for being able to live your own life, being able to meet Fionna first, and taking my own away. I would kill you on the spot...but," he backs away, "In order to prove I am suitable for Fionna I will not commit something my mother would do."
Gumball relaxes, turns nervously from Flame Prince to Fionna, "...Be safe." He heads back inside with guilt settling in his head. Did he make the right decision keeping Flame Prince away from the outside world? Was he being too cautious?
"Hey ya'll! Why you guys so glum?" asks Cake who is having a ride on Lord Monochrome's back. "Oh, is it Gumball related?" she whispers.
Fi flashes an uneasy smile, "Yeah...you can say that. Hey Lord Monochrome! How you doing?"
The silent black horse taps his hoof on the edge of the balcony and it she guesses it to be a really long response for the tapping is almost never ending. Cake smiles, "He said he's having fun. Why don't you guys go back inside? They slow dancing."
Marshall smacks his head and speaks after a long while, "Oh man! I'm supposed to be playing now," he checks his tuning then looks at Flame Prince and Fionna. "You guys coming in?"
Fi and Flame Prince glance at each other and he rubs the back of his head. "You wanna-" they started at the same time. Fi clears her throat and he stretches out his hands to take both of hers...
