Following the events of Burning Low...
Her heart was breaking
Bubblegum had just had to explain to Finn why...why she hadn't been able to be with the one person in the whole world she'd loved above all else. She hadn't spelt it all out for him...she hadn't named names...but her heart had known who she'd meant, and it wept right along with her now as she lay on her bed, and let the tears flow freely from her eyes.
Her heart cried out for Marceline; it cried out and yearned, and wanted, and pleaded for the one thing it wanted...no desperately needed; that obligation, responsibility, and sacrifice had contrived to keep away from her.
"Marceline..." Bubblegum sobbed out in a low, pained whimper.
It hurt...it hurt so damn much, and all Bubblegum wanted was for the pain to go away...she just wanted it to stop so that she could breath again.
"Bonni...bel...," a soft, hesitant voice spoke up from the darkness by Bubblegum's bed, and the princess quickly turned over to meet the dark, worried eyes of the very person her heart had been crying out for.
"Marceline!" Bubblegum cried out tearfully, as she launched herself from her bed straight into the arms of a surprised, and now even more worried Marceline. Bubblegum buried her face against Marceline's shoulder, and sobbed out all the pain she was feeling, while brokenly whispering, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" over and over again.
"Shh shh my sweet, Bonnibel. It's alright dear heart, we're alright now. Shhh, baby," Marceline whispered back soothingly against Bubblegum's soft, pink hair as she gently rubbed her hand up and down the crying princess's back.
"That painful time in our lives is now over. I heard what happened today between you, Finn, Jake, and the Flame Princess. I know that once...once we'd had to separate because of the perceived responsibilities and sacrifices, you believed you had to make for your kingdom. But Bonni no one should ever have to sacrifice their heart, or their chance to love someone else like that. And I know being reminded today of that time in our lives was...painful. But we've moved passed all that now, baby. We're here together now...you and me...as it was always meant to be," Marceline whispered softly as she peppered soft, loving kisses all across Bubblegum's tear-stained face.
Bubblegum let out a final sniff as Marceline's loving words, gentle touch, and very presence worked their magic as they always did to calm her.
"I love you, Marceline," Bubblegum whispered softly, as she laid her head down snugly into the crook of Marceline's neck, and sleepily pressed herself closer into her vampire's embrace.
A slow, glowing grin worked its way across Marceline's face, and she nuzzled her lips against her princess's ear, taking a small pink earlobe gently between her pointed teeth, and whispered back the words that followed a smiling Bubblegum down into contented sleep.
"I love you too, Bonnibel...always and forever...I love you."
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