AN: I'm so very sorry, Readers. I lost all writing ambitions for a week or two and right as I got the urge to write, my laptop had a ragequit. The OS(?) went out on it and my friend had to fix it. Took a while. But I stayed up all night to write this so :P.
"The weather?" Fionna questioned. "Well a meteor shower is about to kill us, so why don't you tell me." She sounded a little peeved.
"Sorry." said Finn, timid because of the sharp response.
A silence followed, then Fionna sighed. "Listen, I'm sorry, it's just, I'm so stressed because of all that's going on. I just feel so..." She paused, then her shoulders went slack, as if defeated, "...helpless."
"Well, that's why we're on this quest, right?" Finn said, trying to be positive. "All we can do is our job and hope it all works out!" He playfully punched her in the shoulder. "Come on! Lets go catch dinner for 5."
They walked off to a nearby river, and sat in silence as the two caught what fish they could. After nearly an hour, they had 7 fish between the two of them, Fionna beating out Finn by 1.
"Girls are just more patient!" She said.
"Yeah, yeah, well boys are better at physical activities!" Finn said.
"Oh really?" Fionna replied. "Challenge accepted! First to swim down to where the two rivers meet and back is the winner, and part of the SUPERIOR gender." She took off her shirt and pants, then dived in.
For a second, Finn could only stare at the bikini clad girl swimming downstream away from him. Then, realizing he was losing the race, he ripped off his shirt and dove in after her.
Pushing hard, he strove to catch up, and after about 5 minutes, they were head-to-head.
"You're... pretty... good!" Fionna called, between strokes.
"Not... bad... yourself!" Finn called back over the rushing water.
Another minute passed and they arrived at the river. While Fionna stopped herself at a rock with her hands, turned around, and started the struggle against the stream, Finn simply flipped in the water, and propelled himself off of a rock, sending him hurtling a five feet headstart.
"Hey... get back... here!" Fionna called after him. She swam closer to him, and after a few minutes, about halfway back to where they started, she caught up. Finn suddenly felt something grab his foot. Turning back, he saw Fionna start to pull him back.
"Cheater." He yelled, jokingly.
"Nobody specified rules!" She called.
They were soon a tangled mess, barely still going forward, one using the other to pull ahead. They pushed, shoved, and laughed all the way back to the starting point.
As Finn pulled himself out of the water, his jeans soaked through, he said. "I'll set up camp if you get the fire started."
"OK."
Soon they worked in silence, both smiling from the fun they had. Within the hour, a small tidy camp with two large tents was up.
Finn jumped up to a large flat rock, and spread himself out on the sun warmed rock to enjoy the sunset. Despite the sun setting, the meteor still lit up the sky slightly, making it look as though the sun was still fully up instead of partially up. After a few minutes, Fionna pulled herself up beside him. They were both still in their swimming gear, which, Finn couldn't help but notice, showed off alot of Fionna.
"How beautiful is this sunset?" Fionna asked, not even taking her eyes off the horizon.
"Yeah, the beauty is astounding." Finn said, stealing glances at Fionna.
They sat in silence, watching the multi-colored sky fade to a dark grey.
When th light show was over, Finn elbowed Fionna. She elbowed back. This resulted in an elbow war that resulted in another wrestling match. Back and forth they wrestled and laughed. Suddenly, Fionna rolled Finn off the edge of the rock and they both landed on the grass below. Fionna pinned Finn there.
"I win!" Fionna gloated, triumphantly.
"Oh really?" Finn put all his strength into one shove, and managed to roll ontop of Fionna. "HAH!"
They stayed like that, panting. Finn stared into her blue eyes. She stared back. A feeling invaded his chest, and he felt as though he couldn't breath, though he payed the feeling no attention.
"I- uh..." Fionna started trying to say something, but her words were lost as they continued to stare.
Finn leaned in, and they both closed their eyes. It wasn't Finn's first kiss, and it wasn't Fionna's, but it held more feeling than any other. There lips smashed together, and Finn breathed in her scent. She smelled of fresh spring, and her lips tasted like strawberries. They stayed that way, lips pressed together for a long while. He pulled his body closer to hers, until he felt as though there heartbeats were in synch.
Suddenly, an echo emerged from his mind. "...And their you will find true happiness... but fate is a cruel thing... when you leave, you can never return."
He jerked away. "I-uh..." He sat up.
"I'm sorry." Fionna said, sitting up as well. She pulled her knees up to her chest and looked down at the grass. A few moments passed in silence.
Finally, Finn sighed. "It's just... I'm scared about what will happen when we finally beat the quest."
Fionna looked confused. "What do you mean? Then we get to relax."
Finn shook his head. "No! After we destroy this meteor, I have to leave."
Fionna just sat there, silent. Finn had no idea what to say, but he felt he had to say something. He turned back around, to face her. "I'm so sorry. I just wish..." His face lifted. "Wait! Did you ever fight the Litch?" Fionna shook her head. "OK, then I might have an idea."
"HEEEEEEEEEEEY!" A yell came from above, and Fionna and Finn turned to see a large bat descending towards them.
As soon as it touched ground, it's claws opened and a small cat and a pink person tumbled forward. Then Marshall shrunk back to a teenage vampire.
"You had no reason to be so rough!" Prince Gumball said, trying to dust himself off. "You flew most irratically."
"I'm so sorry, Your Majesty! Maybe next time we'll all fly on YOU!" Marshall said, with mocking politeness.
"Calm down you two." Cake said, then rushed over to Fionna. "Oh, Baby, I was so worried!"
"Missed you to, Sis." Fionna said, hugging Cake.
Marshall floated over to Finn and whispered, "You two enjoy your ALONE time?" Then laughed and floated away.
All the while, Finn stood staring into space. All he could think was, 'Could this work?'
AN: Well, I stayed up HALF the night, then fell asleep, walk five minutes until I was supposed to be at school, and my computer died. Luckily there's an autosave feature on this thing. I just finished after I got off school.
So, what did you all think? What needs improvement?
What is Finn's plan? It's honestly not THAT difficult to think up.
Read and Review, please. Only two or three more chapters and the stories over. I really wanted this to be a mainly fluff chapter, because I love fluff.