Chapter Five: I'll always be there for you
Blossom and Buttercup hovered in the air in shock as they were trying to fathom the words that just come out of their sister's mouth. "Fuck this," Buttercup said, "I'm outta here. You do what you want, Bubbles. I'm not helping you anymore. If Him hurts you, rapes you, tries to kill you, or gets you pregnant, I don't fucking care. In fact, I hope he leaves you for someone else and plays you like he always has in the past because that's what he fucking does. He's a VILLAIN, and he's only going to want someone of the same nature. Have fun being an oblivious idiot." "And YOU have fun getting GangGreen banged!" Bubbles shouted so loudly that it shook her sisters straight out of the window.
She collapsed into her bed and cried, grabbing Octie at once. She couldn't believe the things that Buttercup had said to her. Bubbles was already self-conscious about being "not sexy" enough, and comparing her to someone like Sedusa made her blood run cold, and she didn't even want to think about Him being with a woman like that...maybe then he would truly turn "pure evil", and lose the sensitive side that only showed when he was around Bubbles. The blonde looked at herself in the mirror. She felt so ugly and inadequate. She was delicately beautiful and sexy, however, she wasn't every man's cup of tea, being that some guys wanted that typical "hooker/knockout" kind of look on a gal. And well, that wasn't Bubbles. The only one besides Sedusa that she could think of that had that kind of look to her was Ms. Bellum, and everybody knew that her sweet ass belonged to the Mayor.
The other part of what Buttercup said really fucked with her, too. Was he just using her as part of his evil schemes? She didn't want to think about it. She couldn't, but...it did raise questions. Him hadn't been totally open about "liking" Bubbles in the past, he had just hinted at it. But had all of his advances, and dare she say, the sexual ones...everything that went on last night? Was that just part of a scheme that meant more to Him than Bubbles ever could?
She collapsed onto her bed and sobbed once again, clutching her beloved octopus. "Oh Octie," she said, "What am I going to do? What do I even say to Him when we meet again...if we ever do? I'm so scared I'll never see him again and that he just used me...I feel so disgusting!" Poor Bubbles cried herself into exhaustion, becoming so weak with heartache that she began to close her eyes and doze off.
Him could sense that there was something wrong with Bubbles yet again. He had slept half the day due to his own hangover, but he couldn't relax when he knew there was something wrong with his sweet angel. Him teleported over to the Utonium residence, not caring whether the Professor was home or not, hovering outside the room of the girls. The window had been smashed open; he didn't want to think about why but he could give a guess. It had to have something to do with Buttercup. He just shook the thought off and took a closer look. Bubbles was all alone, appearing to be asleep. He hovered over, rushing to her as quick as he could, to make sure that she wasn't sick or worse. He conjured invisibility, and looked directly into her face...it was tear stained, and her hair was a mess. Even in her light state of sleep, her lip was quivering as if she was going to cry again. Him couldn't take it anymore. He turned off his invisibilty and climbed in bed next to his princess, wrapping his arms around her, resting his chin on her shoulder. "Don't cry baby, please..." he whispered, shakily himself. Bubbles woke up, and although she loved the feeling of being cuddled, she really wasn't in the mood to see Him right now after what Buttercup had told her. "Go away," she says, "You probably don't even really want to see me...you just want to mess with me again like you always do." And she turned away and started crying harder, gripping Octie. "But Bubbles," Him said, being completely sincere with her, "If I didn't want to see you, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be risking the Professor catching me, seeing me in my full form, if I didn't want to be here with you right now." Bubbles sniffled, her back still turned to Him. "Buttercup said you were just using me in your schemes and that you always have been...and that if you wanted a girl you'd go for someone like Sedusa." She began crying even harder. Him quickly moved to the other side that Bubbles was turned and cupped her chin in his hand. "Darling," he said, looking right into her eyes, "The reason I was "using" you and always picking on you over the years...is because I love you. Whenever there's something wrong with you and you hug Octie, I always take his form so I can be there, right in your arms. I have to make sure you're ok because you mean everything to me." And with that, a single tear slid down his cheek. Bubbles was in shock. "And as for a girl like Sedusa," Him said, not breaking his gaze with Bubbles, "She's not even worth my words or my time." Bubbles didn't know what to say back. She was so reassured and happy that all she could do was have tears stream down her face all over again. "Now what do you say we move Octie out of the way, just for the night...after all, it's been me the whole time all along." Bubbles gladly moved her stuffed Octopus aside, and Him moved his way into Bubbles's arms, loving the comforting feeling of her gentle, sweet hugs. "Hee-hee-hee!" Bubbles giggled, loving him laying on her and giving her a big, teddy bear hug, "I must admit, you're definitely cuter than Octie...no offense Octie." She looked over at her currently inanimate stuffed Octopus, who, well, just "looked" at her. "Oh, and I have to tell you something else," Bubbles said, grabbing Him's face gently with both her palms. "What's that, princess?" "I love you too sweetie pie." She kissed him softly and gently on the lips, completely innocent, and hugging him so hard he had to catch his breath as she held him close. Him felt his heart swell as he was being squeezed tight by Bubbles, it was adorable and yet intense how strong she was, holding on just that tight to express her love. "She's my everything." he thought to himself as they fell asleep together, all their negative and worrysome thoughts laid to rest. As they held eachother and their love came to fruition, they had unknowingly created the most precious bond that could ever be held between two people.