Finn waited around the Candy Kingdom town square where a good variety of stores were around. He was noticing the sun beginning to set, while he was mainly feeling bad over what he told Princess Bubblegum, but he shook it off. "I did the right thing… no more trying to date royalty…" he told himself, not wanting to his guilt to drive him partially insane. Just then, he saw BMO approaching. He put a smile on his face, attempting to relax, knowing he had a long evening ahead of him. "Time to try something else…" he thought, giving a wave and getting her attention. "Hi, Finn," BMO greeted him, her voice sounding a bit shaky. He wasn't much better himself, while he just reached up and pulled down his bear hat around his neck, letting his golden hair fall, its length barely going past his shoulders.
"So where is this place you were talking about?" BMO questioned, trying to act calm. "It's right over there," Finn pointed it out. She could see an odd dimmed lighting at that building, and a lot of candy people inside. The teenage boy just walked inside with her upon. As they entered, they came across a candy cane working the reception desk. "Table for two please," Finn requested. The receptionist just nodded, leading the two to a table more toward the side of the restaurant. "We'll take your order shortly," the candy cane person insisted before leaving to handle the seemingly huge amount of customers tonight.
An awkward silence fell between them while they were viewing the menus. Finn had some questions on his mind, but he didn't know if bringing them up were offensive or not. "So… BMO… How did you, uh… become alive?" Finn asked, really curious about the sudden change she had, but was so caught up enjoying his time with her that he had never thought to find out. BMO thought it would be best to leave his older sibling's help and reasoning out of the explanation. "I ran into the Magi of Life Giving. He made me alive," she stated, making it out to be nothing but an accidental run in with the life giving person.
"Oh! Alright… are you enjoying being… well, alive?" Finn asked, though mentally facepalmed at the question. "Yes. It sure takes a lot of getting used to, though. A bit overwhelming, actually," BMO gave a light laugh. She had been adapting more and more by the day. "I'd imagine so. Oh, right. I went and got you something," Finn said after remembering. Since they were celebrating it like it was a birthday for her, he had gotten a gift. He pulled out a small box that was tied up. BMO just smiled, taking it and opening it. Inside was a weird band that had a big red flower on it. "…what is it?" she mumbled curiously. "It's a new choker…" Finn answered. BMO smiled, taking off her last one and putting it on.
"How is it?" Finn hesitantly asked. "It's great. I really appreciate this, Finn…" she said, having another thought coming to mind. She was thinking back to days ago, where her jealousy was the last of her reminders. "Finn… I need to tell you something. If I don't now, well, I'm worried I never will be able to," she started. Finn just stayed silent, all ears to hear what she wanted to tell him. He just hoped it wasn't related to the Magi of Life Giving. He really didn't want to go hunt down an old friend.
"Look. When I first got my program, I didn't know what feeling was what at first. And when you agreed to take me with you to a dungeon, I felt just so many… and when you got 'hurt', I felt scared… upset… angry… sad…" she just began to ramble. Finn was wondering what she was getting at exactly. "And then I went to Moes… to get upgraded to the new body," BMO paused for a second, just trying to carefully think what she was saying. But being honest in the matter was probably the best action. "And then I saw Bubblegum kiss you," she said, making him blush. "Wh-what? You, uh… saw that?" he questioned, embarrassed. "Yes… and then I wanted to prove that my feelings were real even without the program. So I deleted it. My feelings are nearly the same since I came alive. I did it all… for you," BMO simply finished, her sentence trying to remain as calm as possible about it.
Finn stared at her the words. That last sentence seemed to be the main thing drawing his attention. "B-but… wow… w-why'd you do that all… for me?" he had to get some clarification from her, wondering if she was telling him what he thought she was saying. "Because I love you…" BMO told him, looking away awkwardly, thinking she might have ruined the conversation by a longshot. Finn just thought to himself. If this was the time to be honest and speak his mind, then it was perfect. "I… well… you know… Princess Bubblegum wants a relationship with me. But I turned her down. I just don't feel right with her," he exclaimed, reaching over and grabbing her hand. "I think it's best if maybe I stop trying to go for royalty," he smirked. The two exchanged rose red blushes on their faces. BMO imagined it must have been hard for him to turn away Bubblegum, and Finn was thinking this might be the start of something good. The two were in silence after having admitted everything like that, and they just waited for the waiter to arrive to take their order.