Gumball is ten weeks pregnant, which three months!
Edit: Expect this stupid little phrase up above to be repeated for six chapters! (Ugh, this even seems annoying to myself, but oh well.)
"Hey, baby! Did you know that now that you're officially in the third month, being ten weeks and all, that now that you're rocking that baby bump there's some cool shit going on with the development and everything!" Marshall called up to Gumball who was pulling on his shirt, lamenting at the loss of not being able to wear jeans as they were becoming snug but pulled on a pair of Marshall's sweat pants instead. He walked to the ladder and carefully climbed down, jumping just a touch off the last run, then turned to face Marshall.
"Oh yeah? And what is going on with the sweat infant in my dear pseudo womb?" Gumball asked with a touch of playful sarcasm making Marshall scowl playfully, almost like the roles had been swapped for a moment. But Gumball being the scientist he was he had to know and was definitely curious.
"Well, according to the book that Doctor Prince gave me, that the genitals are starting to form at this point." Marshall read carefully while Gumball sat next to him, resting his hands then his chin on the vampire's shoulder looking at the book. "And it says that the sensory development is continuing and that the baby will start to hear muffled sounds?"
Gumball shared a rather wide eyed look with Marshall before both looked at the book again."He can hear us?" Gumball asked when his hand dropped to his stomach rubbing the little bump instinctively.
"That he can apparently!" Marshall remarked incredulously then grinned at the pink prince."And that also means I can talk to your belly without sounding stupid! And playing my ukulele I gave you!"
"I wouldn't expect any less for this child to enjoy music~" Gumball playfully replied when Marshall suddenly got a rather thoughtful look and he blinked looking at Marshall. "What is it? What're you thinking about?"
"You truly can read me like a book!" Marshall sighed like it was a bad thing then grinned playfully again before getting only slightly serious. "But do you think if we have sex it'll be like an X rated bouncy house in there? And if not it makes me a little...embarrassed to know the baby can hear cause you are awfully loud, Bubs."
Gumball shoved at Marshall's shoulder making the vampire snicker softly and he rolled his eyes at that. "I doubt the baby would..."He trailed off then looking at Marshall, a blush starting in his cheeks when he considered this and then squirmed. "I could be quieter."
"I don't think so, Bubs!" Marshall playfully sang waving a hand limply grinning widely. "You sound like a cat in in heat mixed with someone being torture almost. But it's so arousing just thinking about it!" Marshall had a light blush on his cheeks, covering them with his hands and squirmed in a way Gumball did. "Get my horses running, that's what ya do!"
"Shut up!" Gumball snapped reaching out punching the vampire's upper arm blushing fiercely then standing up but smiled at him. "I sure as hell hope this baby isn't a thing like you, Marshall Lee. I'll be ripping my hair out if he is."
"SHE will be Daddy's little mini me~!" Marshall replied cockily making the pink haired male roll his eyes when Marshall stood up. "Now you're eyes, I hope this baby gets. It'd be amazing! I got El Diablo eyes, very even."
"'The devil' eyes? Did you just use that in the completely wrong context?" Gumball replied putting his hands on his hips when Marshall laughed. "Besides, you're eyes are not ghoulish! I love your eyes just perfectly, not everyone gets to walk around with scarlet irises." He lightly stroked the skin under Marshall's eye. "I hope he has this exact color."
"Genes, my darling prince." Marshall replied grabbing the finger under his eye then holding the hand tightly, sliding one arm around Gumball's waist pulling him closer. "I feel as excited as a kid before Christmas! I can't wait to this little monster is out of you and I can prove you right that it'll be a girl!"
"Shut up!" Gumball replied then looked down at his vibrating phone and then nudged Marshall's cheeks. "We gotta get going, dressed and all that jazz. The coronation was moved to today, instead of four weeks ago because the twins have been developing so quick and there was some other problems with the date."
"So is this like a last minute coronation?" Marshall asked when Gumball walked around the couch towards the ladder. "It's sort of like a last minute wedding you know!" He caught Gumball's eye roll, a signature thing he always did with the vampire.
"Come on and let's get dressed already! The sooner we go the sooner we can get back home!" Gumball called down to Marshall when he got up into the bedroom, making it Marshall's turn to roll his eyes. The pink prince stopped in front of Marshall's mirror, taking a few moments before the vampire got up there, to stare at his stomach.
The bump wasn't anything huge, not like Fionna's had been in the third month, but he was sticking out with a soft tiny curve. If someone were to stand in front of him they'd never notice with his shirts but to the side and with the right fitting clothes the bump stuck out just a fraction of an inch from his body, it seemed, like his stomach was swelling. He rubbed a hand over the small bump rather lovingly, rubbing up and down for a moment before he heard Marshall drifting upwards and he turned to the closet. He was ready for the coronation to be over already but it would be practice for when his own coronation in six months time now.
"Look at that baby bump!" Fionna squealed making many around her chuckle, the coronation finished with many civilians of the Flame Kingdom invited to take in the crowning of their new King and Queen, along with the introduction of the new, three month old Prince and Princess. But the fact she squealed was very unlike what a Queen would do but it amused many only because she was Fionna! She could quite literally melt hearts with her golden blonde hair and large blue eyes, probably why Flame Prince- er, Flame King loved her so much now.
"Fi, that isn't very Queenly!" Marshall falsely scolded wagging a finger at the blonde. Kaitlynn rested in his arms, kicking rather hard against his arm showing her new found strength and she waved her hands happily. She was the Princess of rolling onto her tummy and she loved, absolutely, loved being on her tummy more than her little brother who whined and cried when left on his tummy for too long but he too was mastering rolling over excellently.
He grinned then when Fionna did and Kaitlynn, looking up at this, broke into her own wide happy smile. "Now now, King Marshall! You shouldn't scold me on the matters of Queenly behavior when you don't act very Kingly yourself!" Fionna replied in a fake scolding tone when Asher squirmed in his mother's arms softly with a sigh like he was utterly bored.
"How's the pool doing though?" He asked only to suck his lips in, strangely, holding his breath when Gumball stilled at this. He did the only thing he could and held his hands out for Kaitlynn, which Marshall did gladly only for him, Flame King and Fionna to step backwards.
"What. Pool." Gumball then got out through gritted teeth glaring at his boyfriend with malice, which was strange sight on the Candy Prince. He always held Kaitlynn when he got angry which, while it seems like the thing a person would never do, holding the gold eyed baby girl kept his hands busy and he couldn't begin to punch Marshall or anything of the sorts as he was overly aware of the baby in his arms.
"We-Well, PG, there's kin-kinda a pool on your pregnancy!" Fionna stuttered out under the angry stare of the Candy Prince who scowled. "It's innocent! I swear! It's just on the gender of the baby! Just on who-who thinks it'll be a boy or girl! Completely innocent!"
"Yeah, Bubs! I would never let something like this happen unless it was completely and utterly okay!" Marshall jumped in looking rather nervous of his boyfriend, his eyes wide and Gumball huffed turning on his heel walking away with the little Princess in his arms still. "Aw, baby! I'm sorry!"
"How mad do you think he'll be?" Fionna asked softly looking at Marshall who was staring after the Prince and sighed moving his hands through his hair. He did this one more time before putting his hands on his hips and lightly tapped his foot gently as if this required a lot of thought.
"Well, with you not mad. When I take him home he'll be incredibly pissed with me, as those hormones act as some kind of emphasize with those emotions. So he'll be pissed at me the most for the time being." Marshall sighed out scratching his temple looking at the new Queen beside him then rubbed the back of his neck. "I bet he'll be pissed at me for a pretty long while seeing as being pregnant has made it easier for him to hold grudges longer. Probably not a symptom of pregnancy but with his emotions getting slowly more sporadic so have the grudge holdings."
"Oh just ask this one," Fionna gestured to Flame King who raised a brow at her. "Phillip says that I held the worst and most petty kind of grudges in the beginning of the pregnancy with the twins!"
"It was true! She one time held a grudge for two weeks because I brought her the wrong kind of ice cream!" Flame King protested staring at his wife who just rolled her eyes in response, dismissing it easily enough. Marshall noted her crown was rather simple silver, spiked slightly with a single sapphire stone in the front spike. Dainty and elaborate for her. Flame King had a gold crown with the same spike to it with a deep red ruby in the front spike, much like Fionna's but much more fitting for a King.
"Psh." Fionna rolled her eyes once more, something her daughter will no doubt inherit from her mother. "I asked for vanilla and he brought me chocolate. Who wouldn't get mad at that?"
"But no one holds a grudge for two weeks over the wrong kind of ice cream!" Flame King moaned out like he was being tortured over this when he took Asher from her easily enough."I'm not gonna fight over this, I'm going to show off Prince Asher."
"Fine!" Fionna huffed like it was a big deal and, because the ring Gumball made him, she pecked his cheek softly making him smile. He then dissolved into the people with Asher going wide eyed once like he was being dragged into something horrible and it made Fionna smile softly. "You're gonna make a good Dad, Marsh."
"Bubs told you his nickname for me?" Marshall asked in response to the familiar nickname and she nodded softly grinning. "But I hope to be a good Dad. I hope deeply I'll be good enough as Bubs, who's going to end up being the better Dad I can tell."
"You'll be super good as well!" Fionna nudged him happily then smiled up at him with confidence. "You will, Marshall Lee! You'll be an awesome Dad and I'll be there to tell you 'I told you so' when you're kid calls you an awesome Dad!"
Marshall blinked a few times then smiled softly at the blonde. "Thanks, Fi."