AN: Special shouts out to those who reviewed for me-Thank you! Sorry it took longer than usual to post the new chapter! It was hard to divide this chapter and the next one.

"Sshhh… it's okay. I'm here." Marshall cooed into Fionna's ear. Fionna seemed to calm down from that fairly quickly.

"You're always here for me. Please don't ever leave me." She said sniffling a little.

Marshall smiled. "I wouldn't dream of it!" he whispered to her.

Fionna turned over facing Marshall, a smile splayed on her face. She looked her beautiful blue eyes right into Marshall's. She loved his eyes, because they were his and the only reason she needed. Fionna took a closer look at his eyes. Crimson red was the main color. Golden specks lay around his pupil, and gold outlines the red on the outside itself.

"Promise?" she whispered.

"I promise." Marshall whispered looking into her eyes. Damn, her eyes can mesmerize.

Fionna hugged Marshall into a tight hug. Marshall hugged her back with equal force bringing their bodies together. She dug her face into the crook of his neck. Marshall buried his face into her hair breathing her in. She smelled wonderful. Their legs intertwining bringing them closer together Marshall lowers his arms to her waist. He holds her tight to himself once again.

"Marshy, I promise to always be here for you, too." Fionna whispers.

"You want to be there for me.. with me?" he asks in his low sexy vampire voice. Being this close to her was driving him mad.

Fionna's insides burned. The feeling was hot and new to her. She moved her face from his neck to his ear. When she did this she slid her body a little against him. She liked the way it felt, and she could feel wetness pooling into her center. It was difficult for Marshall to suppress his groan.

"Yes." Fionna whispered into his ear, and then kissed his cheek.

Her lips were soft and warm, and the kiss was tender. Marshall kissed her back on her cheek. Except he let his linger and it was placed on the edge of her lips. His lips felt cool against her skin. Fionna liked it. Fionna blushed as he looked at her with a crooked smile. Fionna's heart beat ski rocketed. Her face was still less than an inch away from his face.

"M- Marshall.." she whispered closing her eyes leaning closer.

Marshall couldn't hold back any longer. He closed the remaining distance pressing into a passionate kiss. Fionna put her hands on the sides of Marshall's face returning his kiss with the same passion. Fionna nipped at his bottom lip as she parted to gasp for some air. Her whole body was tingling and she was trying to keep her head clear. Fionna's body buzzed for more, but she wanted to think this though. Marshall kissed her forehead with a smirk. He now knew that she did have feelings for him.

""Fi, we don't have to rush into anything." He said trying to keep his voice from sounding giddy. He was happy, but he could tell she wanted to slow down.

Fionna furrowed her brow looking to Marshall. He looked back at her fearful that he jumped to the conclusion of her liking him too quickly.

"Marshall… what is this? And then the other kiss before? I know you like to flirt and mess with me, but… Marshall, you're confusing my heart guts. And it's not fair." Fionna said thinking hard about her words and looking into Marshall's eyes.

'There you go looking into my soul again.' "Fi, I am not messing with you." He said in a reassuring voice.

"Just tell me. Say what you wanna say." She said covering her face with her hands.

Marshall smiled. 'You were singing about me.' He took Fionna's hands away from her face. "Fionna, I like you." A small blush covered his cheeks. "I like you a lot. Like, in a can't keep you out of my head kind of way. I have had feelings for you since the first time we met." He was now for sure violet.

Fionna's cheeks were fiercely blushed. "Really?" she was surprised the most by the last sentence.

"Yeah. How could I not? You're beautiful and amazing. You kind of radiate goodness." He answered feeling corny.

Fionna giggled. It made her heart guts feel like butterflies, and she felt as though she'd float away. She hugged him with her arms around his neck.

"I have feelings for you, too." Her was voice soft.

Marshall's heart felt as though it would explode. Relief and happiness flowed into him like waves.

"But, right now I am also confused with other feelings." She said her voice sounding conflicted. Marshall's heart dropped.

"You have feelings for someone else, too?" Marshall asked trying to not let his voice quiver. It felt as if he had been given something he's always wanted and then having it taken away. In short, it hurt him.

Fionna could tell that she had hurt him. It wasn't purposely done, but she had to be honest. She sighed and looked into his red eyes.

"Marshall, I just want to have a clear head when I make decisions. I don't want to accidently hurt someone. I need to take other people's feelings into consideration."

He knew all too well who she was talking about. His blood boiled for a second, only a second. Marshall knew that flipping out on his little adventuress would only push her away. She would run from him and her emotions if he reacted harshly. He calmed himself down. 'Remember.. she is not good with handling her emotions when it's guy biz. Plus, she's too kind hearted to simply reject how someone else would feel. Even if it puts her own emotions to the side. Fionna is selfless like that.'

Fionna touched his cheek with her hand bringing back to focus on her. What she said and did next shocked him. Which isn't easy to do to the vampire king. She mustered courage up breathing in deeply.

"I have to admit, I have always crushed on you. And… I think…. I think I might lo.. I mean….. I just really…." Fionna sighed feeling almost like she was going to hurl.

Her butterflies returned with a vengeance and she could physically feel her face burn. Marshall stayed motionless, not even breathing as he waited patiently for her to continue.

"I… don't want toeverbewithoutyou! You are the only one other than Cake I am really close to. You are my best friend. You and me, we just flow together ya' know? Like peanut butter and jelly. I don't want to ever risk losing that. I wouldn't know what to do. My heart guts would explode!" Fionna looked down. She was physically shaking with emotion now.

'Oh Fionna, how am I supposed to be upset? I can't be mad at you for not wanting to lose me in some way.' Marshall could feel warmness in his body and in his heart. She actually cared about him that much!

Marshall placed his hand under her chin making her look at him. "Fionna, there isn't a force strong enough to keep me out of your life. If we end up not being together like that, I'd suck it up and be there for you. I will not force you to choose like that. You are my best friend, too. AND you are far too important to me." He kissed her forehead.

Fionna's face was relieved and tired. "Thanks Marshy." She said softly cuddling into him.

"Fi.. Will you go to the party with me?" he whispered softly feeling like he was asking her out to a prom or something.

"Sure." She whispered sweetly.

She fell asleep while Marshall stroked her hair. Marshall just laid there awake for a while longer thinking about what she said, and what he said. He drifted off to sleep with a big smile on his face.

Later that day Marshall woke up feeling warmer than normal. He opened his eyes looking over to Fionna. She had curled into a ball snuggled into him like a cat. Marshall let a small chuckle escape his lips. Being adopted by cats did rub off on the adventuress, it was adorable. He also realized at some point in his sleep he stripped off his tank top. He smirked at the thought of her waking up blushing to see him topless.

Marshall watched her sleep, her face peaceful taking calm breaths. He couldn't fight the urge to touch her cheek. He reached out and carefully ran his palm down her cheek to her chin. Then he ran his thumb over her lips.

Fionna woke up the second Marshall had touched her face, but she wanted to know what else he would do. She pretended to be undisturbed by his actions.

Marshall carefully moved not wanting to wake her, leaning into her face. He began to silently whisper into her face. It was barely auditable, but Fionna could hear him.

"Fionna…. I wish I could tell you exactly how I feel. It's more than just a cr-" A loud banging knock at the door interrupted.

The sudden sound made Fionna jump up in a fast motion. The action resulted to slamming her head into Marshall's.

Both Fionna and Marshall blushed as they both rubbed their foreheads. Fionna's face double blushed noticing Marshall is totally shirtless. She couldn't help doing a double take. Marshall completely enjoyed her facial expression.

Another loud knock erupted from the door. Marshall made a face, and Fionna's eyes got a little big realizing his thoughts.

"Cake better not….." he said irritated.

"It can't be her! She stayed at Lord Mochro's last night!" She said trying to calm the vampire king down a bit.

Marshall floated to his window to see who was at the door. He scowled seeing that it was the stupid candy prince.

"Looks like Gumbutt came here instead of sending your sister." His voice clearly pissed that Prince Gumball showed up.

"Maybe it's about the party tomorrow. He might be asking you about music." Fionna said getting out of bed and grabbing her clothes. Which made the vampire king deviously smirk.

He had an idea… One that will piss off Gumball. He wiped the devious smirk looking to Fionna. He hollered "One sec!" so Prince Gumball wouldn't leave.

"Hey Fi! Why don't you let me find you some fresh clothes to wear? You don't have to wear your dirty ones."

Fionna paused only for a moment. "Okay." She replied blushing.

Marshall pulled out a pair of short blue jean shorts and a short sleeve red and black button up. (Don't ask where the shorts came from. You'll get the answer later.) Fionna went to the bathroom to quickly dress.

Marshall took off his shorts and grabbed his black skinny jeans. Floating down he stated to float down to the door. He opened the door still shirtless making sure Prince Gumball would see him zipping and clasping the button.

Prince Gumball looked annoyed for having to wait for so long at the door. He dismissed the vampire's appearance, and started to say something. That is, until he saw Fionna. His mouth stopped and his brain went into a stupor.

She innocently walked up waving one hand. "Hey PG! What's up?" she asked

Prince Gumball stoop there with his mouth slightly parted. There was Fionna; no bunny hat, wearing Marshall's red and black plaid button up… and it looked like she wasn't wearing any pants!

"Um… PG? Are you okay?" Fionna asked. The candy prince was staring right at her.

Prince Gumball snapped out of it, finding it difficult to hold his composure. "Wha… what exactly has been going on here?!" he asked in a rather demanding voice crossing his arms. "Fionna…. Where are your clothes!? Are you wearing pants?" He was close to freaking out. He felt outraged to see her in another man's clothes.

Fionna's whole body almost turned red as she analyzed the situation. Recognizing the way it looked.

"Whoa! PG! Calm down, dude! I needed to borrow some clean clothes! I have shorts on!" She shouted as she lifted up the shirt.

"Yea, clam down Gummy… It's only my clothes." Marshall said in a tone that transmitted understanding only between him and the prince. Territorial.

Prince Gumball tried to calm down. "What happened to your clothes?" he asked trying to get a grip on the situation.

"Well, I wore them yesterday. I didn't have any clothes with me, because I left my back pack at home. Marshy let me borrow some of his since I spent the night." She answered as if it were no big deal. Marshall Lee was enjoying himself watching this unfold.

PG's eyes got a little bigger. Fionna quickly added additional explanation.

"We stayed up really late working on our song for your party!" she was still blushing.

Marshall put his arm around her shoulders smirking at the candy prince. Fionna was emphasized by the gesture at first, but then she saw how the two were looking at each other. She slid out the door past Gumball pretending to stretch.

"So, what's up PG?" she asked trying to steer the conversation back to the reason that he arrived in the first place.

The guys caught on and quickly turned to each other. "Fionna, could you please allow us a moment alone to discuss something?" PG asked smiling to Fionna.

"Oh! Uh.. sure." She was clearly hesitant to leave them alone. "I gotta go grab my bunny hat, anyhows. Which is?" She looked to Marshall for an answer.

Marshall looked at her with a pleasant yet somehow evil smile. "On the floor beside the bed. Remember?" ending his sentence showing his fangs smiling.