Marshall's P.O.V.
I leaned against the wall of the castle, waiting for Fi to show up. Sure enough, after a few minutes, I heard footsteps.
"Uh... wait, I changed my mind, let's bail." Fionna whispered furiously. I, of course, with my vampire hearing, could hear every word.
"No retreat, Fionna!" There was a rustle of fabric, and Fionna was dragged around the corner by Bubba.
"Hi, Fi." I said awkwardly.
"Oh! Um, hi..." She replied in a small voice. Bubba elbowed her in the ribs, and she jumped. "I-I want to apologise for earlier. I was way outta line, and I'm sorry, and I don't want to lose your friendship, Marshall."
'Friendzoned,' I thought bitterly.
Bubba glared at her, and she swallowed. "I should've given you a chance before I shot you down, and I sure as heck shouldn't have been half so mean about it. I'm really sorry, Marshy." Her eyes bored into me.
What was I meant to say? 'Oh, it's okay? I should never have tried to express feelings I've been bottling up for several years?' Hell no.
"What do you want outta me, Fionna?" I stared at her. "I poured out my heart to you, and you ground it up into little meaty hunks and spat on it. Quite frankly- stealing from an old song here- I love you too much to ever start liking you, so don't expect me to be your friend. You can't expect me to be a friend to you, Fionna, when I wanna be so much more than that."
She raised her head, and I saw tears brimming on her lashes. "Listen, I'm trying to apologise here, Marshall! Stop being so-so... bitter! I know I screwed up, and I'm trying to fix it!" She yelled, taking me off guard.
"You can't 'fix it', Fionna!" I retorted. "There's only one way I can see this working out, and that's- mmph!"
I was cut off as she dived forward, wrapping her arms around my neck and kissing me. 'What the...' I thought dazedly. After a few seconds, I slowly brought my hands up to touch her back.
This caused the instant reaction of Fionna springing backwards, her face bright red. We stared at each other, speechless, for a moment, before she slapped me across the face and took off.
"Well," Bubba said, "That went better than expected."