"Dang, it's about time you woke up!" Marshall remarked making Gumball peel his eyes open slowly, rubbing them hard against the soft lamp light of the room and rolled over. "Baby, please get up! You've been asleep close to fifteen hours! You gotta get up!"
"Fifteen hours?" Gumball got out in a groggy tone, confusion lacing through the sleep fog, and he blinked a few times still feeling like he was more tired than when he'd started out. He yawned turning his head to look at Marshall's concerned face sleepily. "I'm just really tired, Marsh. Can I sleep a little longer?"
"Gumball, you've been sleeping close to fifteen hours, like I said! Anymore and you'll have slept a whole freaking day!" Marshall practically cried out with his distress when he began shaking Gumball when the prince shut his eyes again before he could help it. The shaking felt like rocking and it was soothing him back to bed even when Marshall picked up the intensity.
"Just-Just let me close my eyes for a few more minutes?" Gumball replied dazedly trying to open his eyes but he just couldn't do it and his head rolled to the side again, to it's original position, and he yawned once more. He struggled to wake up, to respond to Marshall's distress, but he just couldn't do it.
"Gumball! Gumball! Come on, get up! Don't make me call Fionna! Gumball! Gumball!"
When Gumball woke up he felt dizzy, his head rushing and yet he felt weirdly wired, like someone dumped coffee on him and so a yawn slipped past his lips when he stretched his arms up above his head and tensed like a cat stretching. He rolled over looking for Marshall then frowned at the lack of warmth and opened his eyes in disappointment, finding himself alone like he predicted. He sat up looking around the room, seeing if camped out on the floor which he did now if he was moving around in his sleep to much but Marshall wasn't in the room period. He slid out of bed, his shirt twisted around weirdly like his pants and he fixed them by straightening them out and he walked across the room rubbing one of his eyes. His hair stood up crazily from his sleep and he noticed it when he watched one stray hair bobbing lightly just out of his view.
He walked across the room stretching his arms up and yawning once more then shifted, grabbing the ladder tightly, and climbing down to the living room and hopping off the last rung of the ladder. He looked around the living room to find it strangely...bare. Of noise, of people, and it felt like it'd been that way for some time, hell he didn't even hear anyone in the kitchen! Where could Marshall have gone? He looked around as he walked to the bathroom, popping his head in to see if Marshall was there and was disappointed, again, when the vampire wasn't. He popped into the bathroom to see if the vampire was in there and frowned when he wasn't.
"Where the flip did he go?" Gumball asked to no one in particular as he moved his hands through his messy hair when he he felt a strange sense of guilt. It came slowly, the feeling welling up from his stomach straight into his chest making it strangely hard to breath like his rubs decided to squeeze the air from his lungs. Was it his fault?
Was it because he'd woken up earlier and didn't stay conscious long enough when he got concerned? Was it because he was practically only having sex, eating, and sleeping? Not spending time with him? Did he go to find a new home?
All these questions circled and Gumball felt tears rushing up to pool in his eyes, making the world wave and colors blend when he refused to blink and the tears clung to his lashes until they spilled over down his cheeks. Fast, quick like mercury across a table top, and he covered his mouth when a sob built up and exploded out of him so suddenly it actually hurt his throat. He walked into the kitchen, tears gushing down quickly looking at the floor, at his feet, wondering where Marshall was when the door opened and a tired looking Marshall walked in, sunglasses on his face and his hoodie up. He took his glasses off, looking surprised at Gumball's episode going on when Gumball looked up with wide, wet eyes.
"Marshall!" He gasped loudly rushing forward, flinging himself forward almost, to the vampire who rushed forward and caught the sobbing prince. He held him tightly, stroking Gumball's hair softly as the prince sobbed into his shoulder.
"Bubs, what happened? Why are you crying?" Marshall asked with genuine surprise and shock, his eyes wide as he pushed his hoodie down and held Gumball tightly squeezing gently. He held the pink male fiercely, rubbing his heaving back softly and nuzzled the top of his head gently. "What happened?"
"I th-though you left m-me! Be-Because I've only be slee-sleeping and eating and doing no-nothing but having sex with you lef-left and right!" Gumball choked out clinging to Marshall, his tears seeming to have no end and his strange guilt and grief gripped him tightly. "I'll-I'll spend more time wi-with you! I wa-was just so sc-scared!"
"Gumball, I'm not going to leave you. I gave you that ring, remember? I'm not leaving you again! And I'm not letting you leave me ever again." Marshall replied fiercely then pulled back to cup Gumball's face staring into it intently. His scarlet irises met Gumball's watery violet ones and he gave him a soft kiss, briefly, then pulled back to stare ad Gumball's surprised face. "I'm never, ever, going to leave you. Never."
Gumball hiccuped softly as he started to calm down, his cheeks red and the tears continued to drip down his cheeks and slide down his neck or drip off his chin. "I'm sorry th-though. I feel like I've done nothing with you other than sex."
"So what?" Gumball looked up at that in surprise. "I love having sex with you, Bubs! You're attractive and get me going! Last night at the beach? Utterly and completely mind blowing, baby." Marshall grinned when Gumball's cheeks flushed almost guiltily.
"You're really bringing that up?" Gumball mumbled blushing hard, squirming, as his tears finally came to a stop and Marshall laughed. He stroked underneath Gumball's eyes removing the wetness there and rubbed his cheeks.
"Of course I am! It was a very hard thing to forget, baby! Sex on the beach? Number one cross off on my bucket sex list!" Marshall cheerfully replied then leaned in rubbing their noses together in an Eskimo kiss and smiled brightly. He kissed Gumball's forehead lovingly and stroked his messy hair.
"Your...bucket sex list?" Gumball repeated slowly looking at the vampire with wide eyes, his cheeks hot still. Marshall grinned widely sitting on the couch and patting next to him for Gumball to sit as well. The pink prince did, carefully, eye Marshall almost shiftily like he or the other would pound one an other's bones or something.
"I have a bucket list, baby." Marshall began grinning widely, almost perversely, his eyes glinting. "One, was in your bed the first time we did it. The second, in my kitchen, the third was on the beach. My fourth is on your balcony at the kingdom, my other is in your kitchen late at night and in one of your many living rooms." He stopped to sigh, his cheeks flushed and he grinned pressing his hands against his cheeks. "So many rooms to have the sweet sweet sexy time with you and so much time we have~"
Gumball was positively red by this point, his earlier tears seemed stupid but now he squirmed and felt absolutely embarrassed. "Are you being flipping serious, Marshall?" He asked with embarrassment coloring his tone and Marshall grinned again.
"Yup!" He beamed placing his hands on his waist, twisting his torso at Gumball and nodding."You're too sexy for your own good, Bubs. Like right now!"
"Ri-Right now?" Gumball stuttered out leaning away slightly, his cheeks burning, when Marshall leaned forward grinning widely like a wolf almost. Gumball shifted away a little more with Marshall breaking down and laughing wildly like a hyena.
"You're too precious, Bubs! To freaking precious!" Marshall howled then threw his arms around Gumball yanking the pink prince ot his chest, laughing still. "I love you so much! Oh my Glow, this is so damn flipping perfect!"
Gumball blinked a few times then scowled at Marshall from under his lashes and the vampire grinned. "You're so stupid, Marshall Lee." Gumball snapped but without any heat or malicious undertones. He couldn't stop it but his lips twitched up into a smile slowly.
"You love me, perverted stupidity and all!" Marshall chirped then kiss the top of Gumball's head and smiled. "You feeling better now? Hungry at all?"
Gumball's let out a rather loud, angry snarl that made Marshall laugh standing up easily as the pink prince let him go. "I want eggs!" Gumball replied watching the vampire smile while walking out of the room.
Gumball decided to slump into the couch, turning the TV on and settling on the news. It was Wednesday morning, Monday going by in that blur and the beach had taken up most of Tuesday, it was easy to forget it was the middle of the week. But when he did acknowledge that it was Wednesday it left him with only two more days as he had to get back to his home Saturday morning. He didn't want to leave! Sure he loved being a prince and all, but he loved being here with Marshall and just slacking off for once. He crossed his legs, much like Marshall had done the night before and he felt a bit childish but he ignored it and watched the TV. He been so into the TV that he didn't realized twenty minutes had gone by when Marshall walked in with a rather big plate of eggs and his stomach snarled in response to it.
"Here ya go!" Marshall smiled handing Gumball the plate and watched the prince dig into the pile of eggs on his plate ravenously. "Am I not feeding you enough? I have been told to keep a Gumball properly fed on the hour on the dot."
"Shut up!" Gumball mumbled around the food in his mouth, covering it when he spoke playfully. He swallowed and went back to eating quickly when Marshall smiled brightly at him like Gumball was just a cute little baby that needed to be fed and then blinked.
"Do you want some water?" Marshall asked getting a nod in response when he floated to the kitchen grabbing a cup from his cabinet, getting the water pitcher from the fridge pouring it in. His phone vibrated in his back pocket and he then cursed at the bad timing. He put the water out and pulled his phone out to see one bright text notification waiting for him and he slid his thumb across the screen and looked at the text.
Fi: Marshall! Doctor Prince just called me to tell you he's been calling your cell phone!
Mar: Sorry sorry! Gumball woke up and had a near breakdown cause he thought I left him.
Fi: Awww, I hope you make him feel better!
Mar: I am! I gave him a bunch of scrambled eggs, which he is close to finishing off, and a cup of water I was going to give him before you texted.
Fi: Ohhhh, that makes sense! Hey, by the way Doctor Prince wanted me to tell you at least he got the test results back from Gumball's blood work.
Mar: Oh yeah? And what were they? Oh, by the way, I hate how you made me get the blood. Now I feel guilty!
Fi: Oh shut it, Doctor Prince stuck the needle in and you just took the vials to him. Stop being such a bubble blowing baby!
Mar: Are you sure you're supposed to be married and the mother of twins? Because that comment was very childish, my lady.
Fi: Shut it.
Mar: Officially shut. Now, what did Doctor Prince have to say about Gumball.
Fi: Oh yeah! Right, well he said there's no diseases or anything serious.
Mar: Oh thank God! So, what's wrong?
Fi: Well, you're gonna have to talk further on Gumball about what he did the other day. But you might want to sit down when I tell you this.
Mar: Okay I'm sitting. Tell me this news that's going to completely blow my mind!
Fi: Well, you're also going to have to tell Gumball as well, my dude. This is some life altering stuff I'm gonna be telling you my friend!
Mar: What. Is. It. Fionna?
Fi: Gumball's pregnant. Three weeks pregnant to be specific.
Fi: Mar Mar?
Fi: Well, Glob damn it. Let me know how it goes, Marshall Lee, or there'll be hell to pay!