Finn had been sleeping in his Treefort for most of the day, lying in the living room after having spent all of the night at Marceline's talking with her, having discussed more of what to do in the situation. The solution just seemed to stress him out too much. Jake had heard the phone ringing for the past hour and so far it had been ignored by his little brother. "Jeez, man. When did you fall asleep?" his older brother had to wonder aloud while picking up the phone. "Hello?" he answered, the ringing having been annoying him. "Oh! Hello, Jake. Is Finn there?" Peppermint Butler was on the other line. He sounded like he was very drained himself. "Yeah, Peppermint Butler. Why? Is something up?" the dog questioned. He was hesitant to wake him up, but knew that if it was important, then he could ignore his care.
"It is somewhat important. Just please put him on," Peppermint Butler insisted. Jake just sighed, knowing not to invade his brother's privacy. He stretched his arm over, pulled Finn off the couch and dragged him over to the phone. "S'for you, dude. It's Peppermint Butler," he handed him the phone, having awakened him with the sudden pull from his slumber. He just tried to shake the sleepiness off of him. "Ugh… what is it?" Finn groggily answered, rubbing his eye with his free hand, just wanting to go back to sleep already. "I'm glad I've finally reached you! I don't know where you've been, but Bubblegum went into labour a few hours ago!" he didn't hesitate to explain what he had been desperately calling about for the past hour. "What?! Oh my glob! Is she okay?" Finn worried, though knew it was probably a dumb question to ask. "I'm a butler, not a doctor, Finn! Just hurry to the Candy Hospital, Room 305," the butler insisted before hanging up. This had more than jolted Finn fully awake as he dropped the phone and ran out of the Treefort.
Finn had ran and ran, not giving his legs any rest, even after they started to get sore. He ignored it, just forcing through it while going to the Candy Kingdom. He was mentally blaming himself for having ignored the phone calls like that, hoping the princess was not going to be enraged with him, though before he even realized it himself, he was running past the front gates guards who gave the usual greeting, but didn't get any greeting back.
Finn began to arrive to the Candy Hospital as he was slowing down, coughing and panting. "Jeez… I haven't run like that in forever…" he thought while he was entering the reception area. He just headed straight upstairs, glad that Peppermint Butler had told him which room to go to. When he was just going through the hall, he came across the butler himself standing idly, clearly waiting for him. "Ah, Finn. You certainly got here fast," he greeted the human, glad to see that he had come at an expedited rate. "W-where is she?" Finn asked Peppermint Butler, just stepping aside. "I told you she's just inside. It was over a few minutes ago," he claimed that he had missed the birth of his child, though he was unsure if this was something to be proud of.
Finn entered the room nervously. He could feel his heart pounding practically out of his chest, not sure what to expect. He just sighed while opening the door and heading inside. Upon entering, he could see the candy princess lying in her hospital bed, staring toward the wall. Finn could see no sign of a child in the room, which didn't help his fears in any way. "Princess?" Finn approached while pulling up a seat beside the hospital bed. Bubblegum slowly rolled onto her back, looking at him "Hello, Finn…" she greeted with a lack of emotion to her tone in a postpartum depression like a state of mind.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here. D-did it go okay?" Finn asked, wishing to know if his child was alright at least. Bubblegum shook her head. "I don't know… they wouldn't tell me anything. Doctor Princess just took her away," she stated. She knew it was just to make sure their child was healthy, but the fear of all that might have happened was upsetting her. Finn did seem a bit more silent. "A girl…?" he repeated in slight joy. He only could share her worries about what happened to their daughter. He just leaned over and wrapped his arms around Princess Bubblegum. "It'll be fine…" he reassured, though he knew now that he had to suffer through a long wait.
The first thirty minutes passed as Finn sat in silence with Bubblegum. The quiet atmosphere wasn't helping pass time for the both of them. "I… I think I should tell you a few things…" he started getting her attention, though she knew this was going to revolve around what he had been doing in preparation for the child.
"I told Marceline. Like you said, I had to learn how to raise a child, and she helped a lot…" Finn apologized, knowing they had agreed to keep this as secretive as they could, but then he saw no mad expression on her. "It's fine," she murmured. She saw Finn's stare, showing a layer of seriousness on him. She had never seen this from him before. "And I want you to know, I may be raising her, but no matter what… I will do everything I can do," Finn continued his explanation. "I will even give up adventuring for her sake…" he finished, claiming to be making a big personal sacrifice for his child's sake.
Princess Bubblegum began to ear up, more than happy to know he was doing this much. "I want you to take her to another part of the land. I want to make sure the Ice King has no chance of finding out who she is. Jake will keep the princesses safe from the Ice King," Bubblegum requested for him to take the child far away to make sure about the Ice King never causing any danger to her. "Yeah… I'll always tell her, we're a happy family…" he began to sob, just imagining the thought of never seeing Bubblegum or his brother for a long time which was getting the better of his emotion. She felt awful, knowing it must be tough for him. He was just a teenager, and she was more worried it might be too much for him to handle.
A few hours later, Bubblegum was asleep in her bed while Finn was nearly asleep himself, his head resting on the side of the princess's bed, having been lost in just all of his thoughts, thinking over what he had just planned and what he was going to do. A light knock was heard on the door, just before Finn could fall asleep himself. Princess Bubblegum was woken back up by the noise, and same was Finn. "Oh… Doctor Princess, hey," he greeted since this was the first time he had seen her in a long time as well, but he was more wishing it was under better circumstances. "Hello, Finn. I have good news and bad news," Doctor Princess said, wondering which news he wanted first. Finn knew this was regarding their child and wasn't sure if he was ready for the bad news yet. "We really could use some good news right now," he answered. A small smile showed on the doctor. "Well… the good news is, she is perfectly healthy," she told him. Finn just sighed in relief, feeling like the pressure of the world had been taken off his shoulders. Princess Bubblegum was just as happy with the news, but this did confuse her.
"Then what is the bad news?" Princess Bubblegum requested. Doctor Princess rubbed her head, believing she will understand it easier than Finn could. "She is healthy… but her insides… she has normal organs and candy organs. They so far seem to be perfectly fine, but I'm worried about how they will hold out in future years," Doctor Princess explained the bad news, hoping that the two were at least happy with what they had heard so far. "Can we see her?" Bubblegum requested while she hoped Finn understood what they had just been told. "Of course. I'll go get her," she said before walking away to make them wait.
After a short few minutes of waiting, Doctor Princess entered once more, this time carrying the child wrapped up in a small purple blanket. She proceeded to hand the child to Princess Bubblegum, all while Finn just stared at his daughter in awe. She seemed to resemble her father more, having human skin, though one thing that stuck out to him the most was the short pink candy hair, similar to her mother. Finn didn't know what to say, while Bubblegum had a bright smile while holding the slumbering child.
"Would you like to hold her?" Princess Bubblegum offered. Finn nodded, just holding his arms out. The child was put into his arms, and he held her close. "…what should we name her?" Finn asked the big question. Bubblegum wanted to say something, but she couldn't think of anything. "I never thought of a name…" she claimed, knowing the two of them had been too wrapped up with individual problems to even consider a name. "How about Roll? Like Sweet Roll?" Finn decided to suggest. It was the first thing that came to his mind. "Well, it sounds better than what I could come up with," she giggled, just wanting to enjoy the peace of the moment with their newborn daughter, knowing that soon, the family was not going to be together.