"Hey-Oh damn. What the hell happened to you?" Marshall asked when Flame Prince answered the door and what he looked like was...slightly scary. The flame had dark bags under his eyes which made his golden irises stand out like mini suns in his face but it was tiredness in those eyes and made Marshall tired just looking at him.
He sighed letting in Marshall and Gumball. "Since Fionna hit six months she's developed a new round of symptoms." He sighed out rubbing his eyes hard with his fists and Gumball could all but watch the prince swallow back a yawn and then he sighed.
"And those would be?" Marshall asked bracing himself to see a very pregnant blonde woman pop out of thin air, a talent she seemed to have lately. "It'd be best prepared to go in knowing what to deal with , you know?"
"Well, she has heart burn making it hard to eat most things and dealing with that afterwards. She's been eating a lot more, nearly eating everything she can get her hands on, some back aches, her skin itches around her tummy, thighs and, um, butt and chest. Area." Marshall grinned at the blush on Flame Prince's face.
"You mean her breasts?" Marshall asked with a cat like grin that made Gumball whack his upper arm roughly. Flame Prince nodded with a soft blush on his face as he fidgeted.
"She also is dizzy a lot so she's been sitting, also a majority of the time, which makes her cranky as you know." The two men nodded when Flame prince went on. "And she had some insomnia last night, so she decided that if she couldn't sleep then I couldn't though she didn't say that out loud and if she saw how tired I was she'd get upset. And when she does sleep she snores now."
"And that's a bad thing?" Gumball asked tilting his head like a puppy almost as he looked at Flame Prince who just rubbed his hands over his fast tiredly. He rubbed the heels of his hands into his eyes and yawned loudly before he could stop it.
"No. It's not a bad thing but it's just the insomnia was so bad last night." He sighed then moved his hands through his flaming hair and sighed. "Plus with the coronation coming up for me it's making the stress worse but she's lucky I love her so much."
"Oh thanks." Fionna stated from the top of the stairs and walked down carefully. Marshall grinned looking up at her and she narrowed her eyes on him. "No comments, Marshall Lee."
Marshall held his hands up grinning. "I was just going to say you're getting more and more beautiful with pregnancy." He replied making both Gumball and Flame Prince bristle for different reasons when Fionna got to the bottom of the stairs rolling her eyes and he barked out a laugh. "Plus you're getting bigger and bigger. When's the due date for the little monster?"
"Well, it's May." She replied standing by Flame Prince, rubbing her stomach up and down slowly. "I'm six months now. And I'll be nine months in...August. The due date is sometime in August." She then grinned at Marshall. "You'll be Uncle Marshall in three months time."
"True true." He replied waving a hand when she chuckled. "But you look super tired, Fionna. Ever heard of sleep? Gumball got a shit ton yesterday!"
"I heard. But I'll sleep later." She replied on a sigh then grinned anew. "By the way, next time you're here the whole castle will be baby proofed. Plus we got the nursery set up too! Wanna come and see?"
"Of course, Fionna." Gumball replied for Marshall who got a playfully thinky look on his face."But can you get upstairs without tiring yourself out?"
"I'll be fine." Fionna waved off the worry of the three men then as she turned to the stairs and began to climb up them slowly but surely. The three men followed behind her, just a few steps, in case gravity went against her and made her drop down and fall. She made it to the top, thankfully, stumbling only once and she was then waddling lightly down the hall. Wait, what?
"FP, is she waddling?" Marshall whispered quietly making Flame Prince nod softly. "Should I not mention how it makes her look like a blonde penguin?"
"Nope. I tried and she all but ripped my throat out." He whispered back to Marshall who nodded as they followed her down the hall. Gumball rolled his eyes at the other two's antics and continued following the blonde woman who yawned and was breathing just a little heavy.
"Where's the nursery?" He asked finally after they'd passed four doors, the large double ones of the first floor being another bedroom for Fionna and Flame Prince so Fionna could have easy access up and downstairs without climbing from the top floor downstairs. God only knows what kind of peril she'd get in being so pregnant.
"Here it is!" She chirped after going past her and Flame Prince's door, one door between the double ones, and then they were standing in front of a freshly painted golden door. "I can't go in, fresh paint and all. But go in and tell me how it looks!"
"Sure thing!" Marshall saluted then pushed the door open and chose to float in with Gumball following after and his eyes widened softly. The room truly was beautiful and perfect for any mother to be.
The walls were non binary for the baby, so it was neither blue or pink but a soft red coated the walls from floor to ceiling. The carpet was a thick, royal blue and there was a large closet open with the inside painted deep blue with glow in the dark stars pasted in there and the doors were the same soft red as the walls. There was a black crib, that had soft spirals on the ends of each leg of the frame giving it a rather cool, royal look to it. The dresser was the only deep blue thing, other than the carpet, and it had a baby bag on top with everything necessary for a baby. There was a chandelier, believe it or not, in the room too that flickered on beautifully. It was such a beautiful room that only Fionna had to choose the coloring for.
"Oh wow," Gumball got out softly staring around then looked out at a beaming Fionna. "It's beautiful."
"Is it really? I chose the two blue things, even if they stand out like eye sores." Fionna replied sheepishly as she bounced on her toes for a second before flattening her feet staring at Gumball and Marshall when they stepped out of the room, Marshall shutting the door behind them.
"They fit well, Fi. Don't worry about it, any baby would be lucky to have such a room." Gumball replied making the girl grin then wince lightly putting a hand on her lower back and he caught it before she brushed it off. "Are you okay, Fionna?"
"I'm fine! My back is just killing me and it comes in tiny pin needle pain sometimes." She replied sighing out lightly then smiled softly at him rubbing her lower back then looked at Flame Prince and Marshall. "If you guys actually don't mind, I know you just showed up, but I really need to go lay down. Rain check?"
"Rain check. We'll text you later instead, Fi." Marshall replied then gave her a light kiss on the cheek and smiled. "We'll catch you later." He floated down towards the stairs and grabbed Gumball's hand in this and pulled him with him as he went down the hall.
She beamed then waved, rubbing her back with the other hand. "See you later!"
"Can you believe it? Three more months!" Marshall sang as he floated around his living room, he and Gumball choosing to go back to his place instead and he did a little flip. "Then I'll be Uncle Marshall!"
Gumball laughed, lounging on the couch, when Marshall's snow white cat jumped up on his stomach. "Hello, Schwabelle~" Gumball cooed to the zombie cat, stroking under her chin making her purr loudly at the contact and he rubbed between her ears and down her face affectionately. He noticed a midnight black cat slinking across the floor only to jump on the coffee table.
This cat was dark gray with brown markings on his face and feet like brown socks with the same large black eyes as Schwabelle. Marshall swooped in there and scooped up the dark gray cat happily. "Mortuus~ How are you big boy?" He cooed much as Gumball had to Schwabelle and stroked behind his ears happily.
"I love these cats!" Gumball remarked laying out with Schwabelle curling up on his stomach, purring hard still, and he grinned up at Marshall. "I never thought I'd be a cat person."
"Well, now you are. Welcome to the world of being a cat person!" Marshall sang much like before floating gently with Mortuus on his stomach making the cat make soft grumbling noises. He then began to just kind of float around, drift from one side of the room to the other, lightly tapping the walls to push off another way.
"You are in such a good mood." Gumball noted smiling at his boyfriend who smiled right back laughing loudly. "It's strange, seeing oyu so happy. You normally are always super happy after sex a lot of the time."
"Well I'm gonna be an Uncle! Why wouldn't I be happy?" Marshall hummed while managing to make Mortuus purr softly on his belly, letting his back legs and tail hanging off of Marshall's side. "Even if it is like designated Uncle after all I'm still an Uncle!"
Gumball chuckled softly, fondly, as he continued to pet the purring Schwabelle and shifted getting comfortable. "It's adorable how cute you are when you're this happy, Marshall."
"Thank you thank you~" Marshall replied happily when he lifted the softly purring Mortuus up and kissing the top of his head. He hugged the cat to his chest making him grumble but purr softly still and he grinned happily. "What do you think the gender is of the baby? Boy or girl."
"Hmmm..." Gumball thought for a moment when Schwabelle rubbed her face on his fingers to get more lovings from the prince. "Boy. I feel it in my bones that she's gonna have a boy." He resumed to petting Schwabelle lovingly and Marshall grinned.
"If it's a boy she's gonna have her hands full with him!" Marshall replied then let Mortuus jump off him, the cat doing it just clumsy and yet agile at the same time. Marshall smiled happily and fondly at the dark gray cat who trotted off to get food or something or whatever cats do when they go off. "He'll be just like his mother. I bet."
"True true. Boy or girl, that child is going to be just like Fionna in the end." Gumball replied smiling when he felt his phone, which was in his back pocket, vibrating rather furiously. He shifted, wiggling lightly to get his butt up so he could grab the phone without moving so much that Schwabelle would move but the snow white cat jumped off him to go join Mortuus wherever it was that he went. He flipped unlocked his screen. "Hello?"
"Who is it?" Marshall asked floating closer to Gumball when the pink prince jumped up suddenly, so suddenly Marshall jerked lightly backwards with wide eyes. "What's wrong?"
Gumball put his phone in his pocket then grabbed Marshall's hand tightly, squeezing it so tight Marshall felt that if the prince could he could hurt him. If he wanted too. But Marshall just looked at his boyfriend curiously. What could cause such frantic fear in one call?
"That was Flame Prince. Fionna's gone into labor." Ah. That would explain the frantic fear, now wouldn't it?