Gumball is fifteen weeks, which is four months!
"Oh mi gushhhh, so cute!" Marshall crooned happily making Gumball smile at him in amusement, a soft laugh escaping his lips while Marshall shifted. "You're so big! Daddy isn't happy about that but this Papa is happy about it! So big, so big! I can't wait to see you in five months!"
"You're so stupid sometimes, Marsh!" Gumball choked out from held back laughter before falling into a wild fit of laughter at the other's wide eyed look. The last four weeks had been a breeze, a hiccup in time almost, what with him studying up on all the expectancy of the next five months symptoms, development, and of course excitedly awaiting the next ultrasound. The past four weeks, he also spend a lot of time with the four month old twins, which was actually a delight and amazing all at once.
The twins, Kaitlynn in particular, was enjoying the new sensations and feels of items around her always squealing at a new feel or a bright color from across the room. But with the new feelings of sensations went directly into the twins mouth, Kaitlyn and Asher both, always trying to shove new things into their mouths but a majority of the time of trying to get it in their mouth ended up being a hit in the face with the item. Sometimes she shrieked with joy at the sight of seeing her Uncle Marshall from across the room, rolling over to him if she can do it.
Asher was beginning to do the adorable baby babble, the p and b sounds when he was unhappy with something going on, or not getting enough attention when he would shriek in displeasure. And then when he was happy there was guttural sounds with a whole bunch of J's and K's when he was happy enough and loved to imitate sounds. With this Marshall and Gumball were slowly becoming like a second set of parents to the twins, when they were baby sat, as Flame King and Fionna had a lot of business to do with the other Kingdoms or in their Kingdom but they always found time for the twins. Even if that so happened to be at two in the morning. But with this new developments in the twins, who were going to eventually go into the slightly unpleasant stage of weaning in two months time, Gumball had developed a who new round of mish moshed symptoms as he entered the fourth month of his pregnancy.
For one thing, the tiny bump of last month, had grown into a rather soft curve that pleasantly showed he was most indeed pregnant at the first view. While the nausea let up, finally, he felt like it was traded in for rounds of heartburn and constipation instead of nausea. He did notice an increased blood flow strangely, his gums bleeding a few times and a stuffy nose a lot of the time, which sucked, but he knew it was better than having morning sickness and all the other earlier pregnancy symptoms. But with this soft stomach curve grew Marshall's affection to the bump and his protective side when they left the house.
"Come on, get up I'm hungry!" Gumball spoke again good natured, pushing at Marshall making the vampire sit up with a soft pout at the pink prince. "Do we actually have any left over cookies from last night?"
"We do, I believe." Marshall replied thoughtfully then climbed off the bed, holding his hands out helping Gumball up. "You know, we're gonna have to get you bigger pants if you have to wear my pants and shirts."
"I know!" Gumball sighed patting the soft curve of his stomach and placing a hand on his hip."I'll talk to Peppermint when I get back. Which is also something I need to talk to you about."
"About what?" Marshall asked walking towards the ladder where he picked up Gumball, grunting lightly under the new weight, and floated down a little wobbly but nothing too major. He put Gumball down to get the cookies he'd made from last night, using this time to stall on the talk he knew that was inevitably coming. He walked back in with Gumball sitting on the couch, looking at the door expectantly when Marshall handed him the cookies.
"You know what." Gumball took a bite out of a cookie and patted the seat next to him for Marshall to drop into. When he did Gumball finished his cookie and was reaching for another when he spoke. "I'm four months along now, Marsh. I'm not slim like before and I don't have the tiny baby bump anymore and I'm just going to keep on getting bigger and bigger. I won't be able to go up and down the ladder anymore and I won't be able to do as much anymore - I'll even get so heavy you won't be able to carry me!"
"We'll manage it, Bubs!" Marshall jumped in cutting off any other hopes of Gumball continuing to talk. "I can get stronger and get you up and down, no problem! If anything we can rough it in the living room from now on when you hit five months! I promise, I'll do whatever possible to make you comfortable!"
"But that's the thing, Marshall! I don't want to be comfortable in the living room!" Gumball protested reaching cupping Marshall's face gently, like the vampire had done to him so many times before. "I'm not saying it to be horrible or make you upset, either! But Marshall, we need to be realistic. I have to go back to the Kingdom, I need to get prepared for the coronation in just five months time now, and I need to study and continue to work best I can until the baby comes. I need to move! I can walk around the palace, easily!"And I don't want to leave, I don't. I wish I could rule the kingdom from here and not have to go back."
"That helps in reassurance." Marshall muttered softly then shut his eyes sighing reaching up to cover one of the prince's hands. "I don't want to be apart from you, though. This whole pregnancy, or the remainder, I want to be around for which is something even my dad couldn't do."
The pink prince considered this then pushed himself up, picking up a cookie and then smiled with that familiar, excited sparkle in his eye he got whenever he figured out a new mixture of chemicals. "I think I can arrange something for you, Marsh. Just leave that to me."
"I really, strongly, do not agree with this, Your Highness!" Peppermint Maid repeated herself when she dragged a suitcase into the prince's room staring up at him. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"It is!" Gumball replied with a bright beaming smile. "Marshall wants to be around for the pregnancy, which I also want, and besides no one but us three needs to know his here! And if anyone does find out then oh well! He is a King, after all, it's not to strange for the King to meet with a Prince."
Peppermint Maid absorbed those words, pursing her lips lightly before she spoke. "True but-" The door opened revealing a grinning Marshall, looking like a bad little boy, and he walked over placing his hands on his hips.
"So, I get to stay with his Royal Highness in his bedroom?" Marshall questioned brightly much like Gumball had spoken and it made Peppermint Maid sigh softly to herself before seeing herself out of the room. Marshall took advantage of that by pulling Gumball into a tight hug, his belly pressing against his own flat one.
"Of course you do!" He replied smiling brightly at his boyfriend, his once serious and cloudy mood had given way to a brighter and happier one. He really just couldn't stop smiling or getting ridiculously happy, now could he? He curled his arms up around his shoulders and locked his fingers behind his neck. "Why wouldn't you be staying in my bedroom?"
"I don't know, I kind of expected to be in the guestroom next to this one." Marshall retorted with a wide grin forming when he hugged Gumball a touch tighter but ever so carefully. He didn't know why but he just wanted to avoid any and all pressure on the bump, so even though this hug could be tighter he didn't push it. "It'd be kinky having to sneak from there to the Prince's bedroom~"
"Pshhh!" Gumball laughed hugging himself to Marshall a little tighter. "You wouldn't know kinky if it hit you in the face!" He then leaned up pressing a soft kiss against his boyfriend's lips which was returned in kind along with fingers lightly digging into his waist like he was going to just run away.
"I know kinky plenty, thanks to you~" Marshall purred lightly nipping the top shell of his ear making the pink prince blush lightly. He chuckled when Gumball's phone rang out breaking the moment and he released the prince only to lounge on the pink sheets, winking. "Answer it, I bet it's Fi~"
Gumball rolled his eyes but picked up the phone. "Hello?" He spoke lifting it to his ear, lightly cocking a hip looking up at the ceiling for a moment. Marshall smirked widely as though he already knew he was right and it irked Gumball just a bit.
"Hey! Um, Bubs would you mind watching the twins for a while? Phillip and I have some errands to run but I can't bring the twins with us!" Fionna spoke quickly sounding almost distressed and Gumball blinked then shifted the phone. He looked at Marshall's raised brow like he was saying 'I told you so' and you glared.
"I'm not at Marshall's anymore, we decided since I was getting bigger it was time to go back to the Candy Kingdom until the next five months are up." Gumball replied then crossed an arm over his chest and his elbow rested in his hand. "If you can get Cake to-"
"I'm with Cake now! I'll have her send the twins over to you quickly, so if you see a ginormous cat coming open the window and take the twins for me?" Fionna got out quickly then sighed out tiredly. "I hate being Queen sometimes, I feel like I have no time for the babies anymore! His assistant told me that once this is over we can finally relax at least."
"That's a bonus then! You'll be able to relax afterwards and spend time with the twins!" Gumball replied cheerfully as he could but he could also hear how shaky and hollow it sounded then. Worry overshadowed everything else when he rubbed his belly and noticed, out of the corner of his eye, Marshall sitting up gesturing him to come closer and when he did so he placed a hand on his belly as well, rubbing Gumball's bump like it was genie lamp.
"True! Plus, I'll get to see how big you are~ I was huge at four months, I doubt you're that big! Tell Marshall to take a picture and send it to me!" She ordered then paused as if being spoken too and sighed. "I gotta go, watch the twins for us! We'll be there around eight tonight!"
She hung up before Gumball could say anything when he noticed the large Cake coming towards the castle, shrinking to the size of the castle and stepping very carefully. "Here comes Cake already with the twins." He noted walking to the bedroom window, pushing them open for when she came so she could just slid her hand in with the twins.
"I can't believe we've been babysitting so much!" Marshall lamented looking at his pregnant boyfriend who pouted at him when the hand he predicted came in and he took both twins from her hand and thanked her. She left then probably to follow after Fionna and Flame King.
"I know but at least they're becoming slowly more than sacks of potatoes!" Gumball replied when Marshall stood up walking over and plucked Asher from him, the blue eyed twin staring around the room like he'd never seen it. Kaitlynn rested in his arms, fast asleep, like the trip had been a soothing nursery rhyme that put her to sleep. "And at least only one of the twins is awake."
"True true~" Marshall replied waving his hand then lifted Asher up smiling and the baby flashed a smile right back, babbling excitedly, flashing the dimples he'd inherited from Fionna."Wanna lay with Kaitlynn while I get you some nummies?"
"Nummies? Really? Who am I, Schwabelle and Mortuus?" Gumball shot back playfully when Marshall winked, holding Asher to his chest with his little head on his shoulder when he walked out of the room to get Gumball something to eat. The prince then walked to his bed, placing Kaitlynn down carefully then reaching under his bed to grab the temporary bassinet he kept there for her.
He stood up, piecing it together easily enough, then settled her into the little bassinet where she laid fast asleep and he yawned in agreement laying back against his pillows on the bed. He rubbed his belly, the soft curve like a reminder of the baby there and he wondered why he was just now starting to stretch out, when most women he'd read about started showing a little more in the third month. Maybe his baby was small? It worried but as he rubbed his belly he was sure that the baby within would be just fine when they were born and they'd be perfectly healthy. If he was honest he'd have to admit he never thought up of baby names, or a baby shower, or the baby room which made him strangely bad for a moment or so before it disappeared as quickly as it came.
He couldn't wait until next week when he will be sixteen weeks! Doctor Prince had said that when Gumball hit sixteen weeks, from then to twenty weeks, he'd be able to see the genitals and tell them if it was a boy or girl by then. He felt his chest strangely cramp while his stomach fluttered crazily at this fact, that in just a week or so's time, he'd know what he was having then he'd be able to have the baby shower and the baby room all set up. He'd already discussed it with Marshall and they'd decided to know the gender as soon as possible, Marshall to prove that it was a girl, him to prove him wrong and show it was boy instead. He patted his belly softly and smiled down at it.
"I don't care what gender you are, so long as I get to see you I'm fine with it." Gumball spoke softly to his belly and rubbed up and down softly for a few minutes. He closed his eyes, wondering where Marshall was, when he felt like he was being tugged towards sleep that was all too tempting to give in too especially with Kaitlynn's little baby snores right next to him.
Okay, okay, how bad could closing his eyes for one minute be? Just one minute and then he'd get up...
He jerked with a snort when arms circled him and he gasped with the soft chuckle behind him and how dark the room was. "Wow, I've never gotten that reaction from you before!" Marshall commented from behind him and lightly stroked his stomach softly.
"Marshall! What time is it? Where are the twins?" Gumball asked frantically, not really paying much attention to the soft kisses on his neck. Only when he felt Marshall giving him a hickey did he groan in exasperation. "Marshall, really?"
"Sorry, couldn't help it~" He sang then rubbed his belly once more. "And as for the first question, it is one in the morning, and for the second question Fionna came and got the twins earlier. You surprised us with how hard and how long you slept for."
"What time did I fall asleep around?" Gumball asked rubbing one of his eyes tiredly yawning out and he then blinked a few times. He rolled over finally facing Marshall who was grinning, one of his bedside lamps -He had one on either side of the bed- was on and glowing softly illuminating the back of Marshall.
"Around two o'clock, my dear~ So that's roughly eleven hours you were out for but I'm glad." Marshall replied then stroke the skin under Gumball's eyes lightly, surprising him. "I didn't think those bags would ever go away once they started forming."
"Hey, Marsh, where do you think the baby room will be?" Gumball asked softly when Marshall patted his belly softly. "Or can there be two baby rooms here and one at your home?"
"Don't worry, baby, I got it all covered!" Marshall replied then grinning happily. "I'm having some renovations done on my place as we speak, which is why Fi dropped the twin terrors off here! She and Phillie dear are making an entire renovation of the upper floor, making a room right next to my dresser which won't be disorienting at all!"
He rolled his eyes at that but Gumball blinked softly a few times. "So there's going to definitely be two baby rooms? For here and there?" He asked softly curling his arms around Marshall's neck and his lips twitching into a wide smile slowly.
"Yup! So if we ever go to my place there's a little room for the little monster~!" Marshall replied cheerfully when he was pulling into a rather sudden, surprising kiss. One that made his eyes widen lightly before he smiled and curled his arms around Gumball's waist and closed his eyes.
Gumball pulled away and smiled widely at the vampire, just beaming, as his cheeks flushed to a soft red. "Thank you, you delightful idiot you~"
"You are completely welcome, my beautifully pregnant Prince~" Marshall replied leaning in pecking his cheek and he grinned widely when he was pulled into another rough kiss by the pink prince himself. And, much like before, a conversation was the last thing on the boys mind after that~!