Two days passed and the girls had not seen each other, not because they did not want to, but because of their schedules. However both of them realized that this was not going to be easy to keep up, if they saw each other only this much. Neither of them had each other's phone numbers and it's really tedious to get someone to carry a letter to each other. One thing that got to them both was that neither of them knew what kind of relationship they had. It was a subject that needed to be discussed.
Bubblegum found herself drawn to her lab again, she wanted to create her own guards, instead of having those two private ones that would have access to her all hours of the day. She understood how royal gifts worked, however this was one she did not essentially want to have. But with only two days left what more could she do? As she was mixing two lemon green liquids Cinnamon Bun bursted through the door, Bonnie dropped her two test tubes, and spilled it all over herself. Apparently Marceline had come for a visit and surprisingly she went through the front door (probably because she couldn't find me on the balcony).
Once the guards let her into the basement lab the two girls greeted each other with a warm hug.
"Messing around with your science experiments again PB?"
"Of course! What else would I do to relax. It's about time those royal planners started doing their job. I mean, I love all of my citizens but sometimes they can be overbearing."
"Well, I can't argue on that one." Then Marceline let out a sigh and had a troubled expression on her.
"PB... We need to talk about something that's been bothering me for a while."
"Whats been on your mind Marcy?" The two girls sat on a table that had no equipment on it, then Bonnie placed her hand on her friend's shoulder.
"It's just I don't know what we are."
"What do you mean, we're best friends? What else wold we be?"
"Just friends?"
"I..."
"You what?"
Marceline grew agitated due to her friend's lack of responses. "I'm sorry Marcy but I don't know what you want me to say."
"I want you to say what I mean to you!"
"You should already know what you mean to me! I really don't like you raising your voice at me either, especially if I don't even know what I did wrong."
"You didn't do anything wrong, you just didn't do anything!"
"Would you please STOP raising your voice at me!"
"Bonnie, look, I really care about you. I do and I-"
"I care about you too Marcy."
"Please let me speak." Bubblegum closed her mouth.
"Look, I care about you, hell, I kissed you. But I don't know what kind of relationship we are in. I mean, LOOK AT US! We're two monarchs, two females entertaining the idea of a romantic relationship. Maybe its just me, but I honestly can't remember the last time I saw two females together."
"Is that what this is about?... The fact that we're both girls...?"
"A big part of it yea..."
"Okay Marcy, I need you to look at me." Bubblegum grabbed the vampire's hand and looked into her deep eyes.
"... Marcy. Look, before you I felt like there was something missing in my life, and then I met you, my very special friend. We've known each other for centuries now, and it took us so long to accept the feelings that have always been in the backdrop. I genuinely care about you, I want to stay around you, for a very long time. Things are exceedingly joyous when you are around me. It's as if all the troubles I've once encompassed have left me."
Then the Vampire Queen looked up, her face showed one of pain and emptiness that had surrounded her for almost 900 years. Seeing this reaction brought a pain in the princess that she had never felt before in her life. It was as if someone had stabbed her chest with a sword of sorrows.
"Bonnie, I just want this to work, because no one has made me this happy. I've been your friend for so long and it's as if all of this is us starting over. Do you see what you do to me? Do you? Because I would go further than anyone else, I would do anything for you. Me, the vicious Vampire Queen, is in love with a..." she paused for a moment, in fear of what she was about to say.
"She's in love with a sweet, loving princess... Who loves the sunlight, gardens, science... Who isn't afraid to be assertive and protect those she cares about. She's in love with the princess who is the exact opposite of her. You make me a better person."
Something in Bonnibel had made her almost paralyzed with nervousness, due to the fact that she had no idea whether Marceline was going to insult her or praise her. However, in this development it was something she didn't expect. The princess had never known that her friend had felt such strong feelings about her.
I mean, I know she cared about me, but *love* I didn't expect this. I don't even know how to feel about this. I'm not even sure if I can commit to something like this.
"Bonnie... are you going to say anything...?" The princess blanked out for a moment.
"Marcy, I recuperate your feelings, and I hope my actions show it. Because you are my most special friend, and you have to know that by now."
Then she moved that midnight black hair and placed a soft kiss on her pale forehead. However, the princess did speak words of reassurance, she was troubled because of this momentous confession. It was something she was not prepared for, something she wouldn't be prepared for, for quite a long time.
The girls got off the table and gave each other a long hug. But for the princess, this only made the hole in her chest wider. After the incident the princess was required to return to her experiment or else a hazard would be made. She noticed that the concoction was bubbling and she rushed over to the table with the rows of test tubes. After fixing the almost-explosion Bubblegum had to retire her lab coat for the day, and return to the castle in need of tending.
Because of her schedule once again Marceline was forced to stay on the sidelines. It was as if everything around the princess had to be perfect, everything had to be spotless, everything had to be tended to, everything had to be held to a certain standard. This brought discomfort to the vampire, in fear that she may not be as perfect as the princess wanted her to be. Marceline found herself laying on a pink couch in the lounge, with one leg propped up, and the other hanging off, she appeared to be the one thing that didn't make sense in the castle.
Why does she have to be such a perfectionist? I mean, you can never be completely perfect. It's like, she wants failure around her, nothing, nothing is perfect. I don't know... but It seems pretty stupid to force everything around you to be perfect. Gosh, I'm getting really tired of that word. Just the sound of it is so pretentious. I just... I just I can be the exception to her rule... Because what if I'm not good enough...
That's when the princess came walking along right passed her, then she realized Marceline was there, she backed up and turned to face the queen.
"Marceline! You're still here? I thought you went back home."
"Uh, no, I've been here the entire time, waiting for you to finish your duties."
"I'm so so sorry! I didn't know you were going to stay, especially since there's only two days left till my coronation."
Marceline had a face that spelled disappointment, and there was nothing that Bubblegum could do to change it. That's when the princess sighed. Marceline felt slightly guilty for staying to be with her friend.
That's it, I messed up, I messed up! I said way too much, she had to have been lying to me... That's the only way things would make sense. She doesn't feel the same at all, she just lied to me to make me not look like an idiot.
There was a piercing silence. It wasn't broken until the princess decided to speak. "Do you want to stay over...?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, do you want to stay over... Like, sleep here, for tonight." Explaining it made the princess slightly bashful.
"Yes, of course."
"Give me two more hours and I'll head to the bedroom. I still have some things I need to take care of."
"Okay."
With that, Marceline headed upstairs and Bubblegum went to Peppermint Butler and informed him of some of the nightly duties he would have to attend to while she was in her room.
Meanwhile Marceline was busy trying to figure out what the princess had in store for her.
What is she even trying to do? I mean, if she's trying to make up for earlier she better try really hard right now. I just, I'm so stupid for making myself so vulnerable to her, it makes me seem so *weak* and I am NOT weak.
As Bubblegum headed to her room she was also internally debating with herself.
What am I getting myself into. I mean, yea I do like her, but, to what extent? What on earth am I going to do about her. What are we going to do while we're up there anyways? Talk? Because that really doesn't seem like it going to work, at least with the lack of progress we've made recently. I mean, how long have we've known each other's feelings? A month? Its preposterous!
Once she reached her bedroom door something held her back from opening the handle. She tried lifting her hand, but she felt no motivation at all to open the door. None. After waiting a few moments she raised her hand to the handle, grabbed a hold of it, and slowly turned it. As she opened the door her head was facing down. Then she looked up and
"OH MY GOD MARCELINE WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING."
"Chill out Bubs, I'm just getting into some rockin' pjs."
The vampire was floating off the floor, no shirt, no pants, she was in the middle of putting a shirt over her head. Bubblegum didn't know how to react, she just stood there, looking at this crazy vampire stripping in her bedroom.
"So, are you just going to keep looking at me or... are you gonna bring yourself over here?"
"W-what a-are you insinuating we d-do!"
"I'm telling you to come over here so I can show you something!"
"SHOW ME WHAT?"
"Uh, how cool my skin looks in this moonlight like, damn I look bangin'"
Bubblegum could have sworn that her eyeballs got caught behind the back of her head due to how ridiculous that comment was. But at the same time she had to agree with the vampire, she was attractive.
"Coooomeee oveerrrrr hererrererererrrrrr!"
Then the princess muttered, "don't tell me what t do... I was going over anyways"
"I heard that."
Then Marceline grabbed Bonnie's hand and placed it on her stomach.
"So what are you trying to show me?"
"I'm trying to show you how nice our skin looks together in the moonlight, we're practically glowing."
That comment had made Bubblegum blush, then she inhaled, unable to find an proper way to respond.
"Lets say you take off that sweet pink dress and get over here so I can hold you more."
"Uh, no ahaha, you know how crazy you sound right now?"
"I don't think I sound crazy, I sound like I want my-" then she paused. She realized that they never got to talk about the subject they had been meaning to talk about.
"Bonnie, what are we?"
"We are best friends."
"But best friends don't do the things we do..."
"Then what do you intend we do?"
"Bonnie..." Marceline reached for her special friend's hand. "Will you be my girlfriend?"
"G-girlfriend?" She didn't know how to respond. For that moment there was an awkward silence.
"You know what, Marcy, yes, yes, I will. But there will be some complications to this new title."
"Like what?"
"Can we get into that another time?"
"Why not now?"
"Because I've been dying to do this..."
She leaned in,closed her eyes, and the vampire did the same. Then a hand came crashing down on Marceline's head in the form of a fist.
"OW WHAT THE GLOB WAS THAT FOR!"
"FOR NOT ASKING ME TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND EARLIER YOU DUMBNUT, WE WENT TWO ENTIRE WEEKS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WE ARE. IT WASN'T EXACTLY FUN OKAY."
Instead of responding negatively Marceline decided to finish what Bubblegum started. Marceline passionately kissed her girlfriend. This kiss was nothing that either of them had experienced before. It began heating up for the both of them, Marceline started to place her hand on her lover's hips, Bonnie responded by running her fingers through Marceline's hair. This kiss was the start of something more, and it only led them to want more.
The kiss ended and they placed each other's foreheads against one another. They were standing in the moonlight, and it felt like this moment could last forever if they tried hard enough. Bubblegum wrapped her arms around Marcy's and hugged her tightly, it was as if all their troubles started to melt away, ever single thing that posed as an issue left, completely.
Marceline realized that Bubblegum had still been in her pink dress, and decided to take it off of her. First she unzipped it from behind, revealing the smooth pink back that was always hidden, she grazed the surface with her free hand and stared down the princess, making her even more anxious. It was as if Marceline saw right through her. Marceline continued to advance by getting the sleeves down, revealing her white lace bra. Lastly she slid the dress down to the princess' feet, once Bubblegum stepped out she crossed her arms over her in slight embarrassment.
The Vampire Queen just wanted to make her princess feel comfortable, they headed towards the bed and she picked up the cover, made a hand motion, and let the princess go under. Once she saw her to bed, Marceline walked to the other side and entered in. She held her from behind, and it was if they fit perfectly together. Something in the both of them felt safe, it was a feeling that comforted both of the girls.
"Marceline... do you think that we'll stay together?"
"I don't know, but I do know that I will do anything and everything to make this work."
Princess Bubblegum was content with that answer. This night was different from any before, this was the night where they fully realized that they belonged together. That night, they held each other, felt each other breathe, and both of them knew, they knew that they were going to be okay.