."I'm Finn!" He says, his smile wide and his eyes bright. "And this is Jake!" He points at the dog next to him, who is currently sweating and heaving due to the fact they both ran up the royal stairs. "And we want to be your knights!"

"Aaawww yeah, you tell her Finn!" Jake said, quickly catching his breath when he spots Lady Rainicorn. She giggles and Jake smoothly slides over, and starts a conversation with her.

"So what do you say Princess Bubblegum? We're totally righteous and love adventure! If you need a monster slain, we're so down to fight!" He beams again, and you flinch at his bright demeanor. You're so used to sarcastic smiles and dark chuckles that looking at this boy so full energy and joy is so refreshing it hurts.

"Sure Finn, I'll make you my knight," you tell him, and pat his head. He blushes at the contact, and you squeal on the inside, thinking his embarrassed face is adorable for some reason. "But first you must prove yourself. Go to the grasslands beyond the hills and slay the stone golem that lives underneath the giant oak tree. He keeps eating my people. To prove that you have slain him, bring me his pinky toe from his left foot. I need the it for an experiment."

"Oh yeah! Let's go Jake!" He says, running down the stairs. Jake winks at Lady Rainicorn and promises to call her later, and she giggles.

"He's a cutie, huh Lady?"

"네, 그는 미남 강아지야" she says in her language.

"No, not Jake! Although he's very adorable as well. But, I was talking about the human. And he's the last human, can you believe it?"

"그는 매우 귀여운 아이입니다, " She agrees. "정말로 할 믿고 그 괴물을 죽일 수 있습니까?"

"Oh yes," you say. "I have full faith in him."

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When Finn came back riding on Jake with the pinky toe of the Golem, the Candy Kingdom throws a party in honor of Finn and Jake. You dance and laugh, and drink so much punch, you have to go pee four times in the entire night. Finn is silly and funny, and talking to him is relaxing. He tells you he barely turned twelve, and you hug him until he's red, (which honestly doesn't take long, he's so easily embarrassed.) When the party dies down, the pair leave, and Finn takes your hand and kisses it.

"Oh, heehee," you giggle. "That's a very old tradition Finn, how do you know it?"

"My mom told me that you have to kiss the hands of Royals."

"Mom? I thought you-"

"Jake's family found me on a pooped leaf."

"Ah. That makes sense," you laugh, and realize that Finn is still holding your hand. You slide it away awkwardly. "Well, good night Finn."

"Good night Princess," he sighs, and your guards close the doors.

"I think he's crushing on me," you tell Lady Rainicorn, and she laughs elegantly, but loudly as your face turns red.

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You still wear her shirt.

Every night, when you go to bed, and it's time to take a break from your duties, you put the shirt she wore when you were thirteen and she dropped by for the first time.

"What?" she chuckled, smiling a half smile.

"Oh, uh, I was just admiring your shirt," you say, blushing and looking down at the floor.

"This old thing? It's a band shirt from this old band with bad ass songs."

"It's really nice."

"You want it?" She asks.

You stay quite and turn back to your desk,finishing some science notes. When the shirt lands on your head you're not really surprised, and you turn around to thank her but stop at the sight of her without her shirt, in just her bra while she strums her bass-guitar.

"Marceline, aren't you cold?"

"Nah. It's kinda hot today anyways," she says casually, and your stomach twists into a knot. Suddenly your skin is on fire.

"I should take a shower," you tell Marceline and get up from your desk.

"All right kid, I should get going anyways. It was nice seeing you again. Count on me coming over more often," she smiles, and hugs you. Earlier you were the one hugging her. But for some reason you hesitate to touch her skin, you feel as if you'll burst, your heart is beating so fast. And when you wrap your arms around her, a new sensation rises from the pit of your stomach.

The hug feels like it lasted forever, but it was only a few seconds.

She leaves and in the bathroom you imagine things that have never crossed your mind.

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Finn comes to the Candy Kingdom almost every day for a month. Every day you hear of another act of kindness or heroism about him. Lady Rainicorn starts dating Jake, and you see less of her, and more of Finn.

"Hey PB," he says excitedly as he does a back flip.

"Well, hello Finn," you smile and look up from your current project. "How have you been?"

"I fought a duck today! He won though..." Finn pouts, and you laugh.

"How can you lose against a duck?"

"He was tough!"

"Anyways, Finn, could you please keep an eye on my project? I need to get something from my room."

"Yes Princess!" Finn exclaims, saluting.

"You're so silly Finn..." you say as you walk out the lab.

When you walk into your room, you completely forget why you came in here. You look around, searching for a clue that might remind you why you were in your sleeping quarters, but nothing comes to mind. You shrug, and leave your room, and when you're halfway back to your lab, you remember why you went to your room. You sprint back, open your closet, and grab a box that has a lock of Marceline's hair. You hold it, and feel the silkiness, stare at the inky black, and smell it. You always do this when you have trouble working on an experiment. And this one is definitely going nowhere.

You're so focused on the lock of hair that you don't realize your balcony door is semi open, or a letter containing your name on it. The letter is on your desk, but the wind grabs it and sends it off without you even noticing. Years later, losing that letter will explain a lot of things. For instance, your sudden need to be silly and throw constant parties and never being alone. Your crush on Finn later on. Your anger at Marceline, and her aloofness.

But right now all you can think of is Marceline's hair between your fingers and about how much you miss her.

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"Finn, what did you do?" You nearly yell as you see him.

"Uh, I was jumping and I spilled the potion on me," he said, blushing furiously. His skin had turned gray and orange horns were bursting from his hat. "I'm sorry princess, I'll leave now!"

You hug him and pat his head. "Don't worry about it silly, I'll fix you up right now," you say, and get to work on your experiment. He smiles and jumps, saying 'thank you thank you' and you marvel at his energy. He's such a cutie patootie, and you find yourself wishing you were his age.

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Sorry for the really short chapter!

Also, I hope no one gives me flames about PB liking Finn that way, because it was basically canon until the end of 'Too Young'

Sorry about the horrible Korean! I used google translate. She says this:

"He's a very handsome dog"

"Oh yes, He's a very cute child."

"Do you really believe he can slay the monster?"

Also, I put in an easter egg (I think it's pretty obvious.) The first person who guesses it gets their username as another easter egg in the next chapter!