It was about three in the morning, the beginning of the thirty-sixth week of pregnancy when Gumball woke from feeling uncomfortable and he treid shifting, tried getting comfortable to the point he moved out of Marshall's arms and stretching out but when he couldn't relieve the pressure in his lower back he moaned softly before rolling out of bed as best as he could then waddled to his bathroom to go to the bathroom, figuring that's what he needed to do but much like before which the doctor said would happen, nothing happened and he was accompanied by a constipated feeling that Gumball was beginning to despise. He sighed as staying in the bathroom for some time hoping to be able to go or relieve himself in some way which he ached to do but he couldn't and it was the most frustratingly upsetting thing in the entire world to the prince then.
The ache, however dull as it was, was beginning to swell making him want to punch his lower back or lean against something sharp for the pain to go away. He sighed gently letting his head fall back as he shut his eyes leaning against the sink then straightened his head moving his hand down his large stomach softly and stroked the top curve with his thumb gently as he stood there. The doctor had said it would be any day now-literally!- so Gumball and Marshall had been prepared for when the baby came, always tense and alert but life went on normally without any sign of labor or the pregnancy ending.
He'd been embarrassed yesterday when the baby had kicked his bladder hard and he'd ended up wetting his pant which made Marshall panic thinking Gumball's water had somehow broke and he'd cried and screamed that he'd wet himself, then hid himself in the bathroom for about two hours before he had the courage to come out and when he did Marshall comforted him which ended up in the most crazily hot sex session of the entire pregnancy. A soft blush coated Gumball's cheeks as a little smile tugged at his lips only to be short lived by a wave of dull pressure that made Gumball frown before he was hit with a wave of fatigue but the pressure refused to let him sleep.
He sighed then walked out of the bathroom looking at Marshall's sleeping form before walking out of the room to the living room styled room just down the hall, to which he turned the t.v on turning the volume down low and he grabbed a heating pad-thank Glob- setting up a pillow for him to lean against then turned the heating pad on and leaned against it sighing softly but the pressure remained. Gumball wasn't even aware he had fallen asleep when a strange wetness moved across his pants, like a watery liquid making his eyes open reluctantly as he sat up a bit only to regret it as a wave of sharp, aching pain crashed through Gumball when he realized there was no urine smell that would suggest he wet his pants which only meant-
"Marshall!" Gumball screamed out loudly as a wave of pain moved of Gumball again as he groaned. He managed to get up but the pain doubled nearly making him scream as he gritted his teeth hard, somehow managing to get to the hall leaning against it as a straining urge moved through him but he fought it back as best as he could before leaning against the wall panting then moved to his room as quick as possible slamming the door open and moving over to Marshall shaking him hard. "Get the flip up Marshall Lee!"
"What?!" Marshall jerked up right with panicked eyes as he looked at Gumball who whimpered softly pressing a hand against his stomach moaning as another wave of pain moved through him. "Bubba? What's wrong?"
"Marshall, my-my water broke." The prince whimpered out with tears pricking at his eyes with the pain that seemed to just shine from his violet eyes at Marshall. The vampire's eyes widened as he stared at Gumball when the realization finally sank in the baby was coming and coming NOW. With that Marshall got up throwing on a plaid button up shirt over his black tank top, picked up the now in labor prince and dashed for the door like the entire room was on fire.
Marshall was sitting outside the room staring at the door intensely as he pressed his pale hands to his mouth softly like he was cupping his words that ached to fly from his lips inside. It'd been a solid five hours since Gumball went into labor, screams, curses and threats spilled from the pink prince in those five hours until they deemed that Gumball couldn't manually push the baby out because one, the baby had no real birth canal and two, the baby was in the wrong position that if he were to give birth naturally the baby would come out feet first so it was decided that Gumball go in for an immediate C-section.
It'd been twenty minutes since Gumball went in for the C-section driving Marshall insane making him want to scream with impatience and some part of him wanted to demand that they let him in so he could be with Gumball, which he could be but the prince weakly requested Marshall wait outside because he didn't want the vampire to see him get cut open making Marshall understand-a bit- but now he was sitting there agitatedly waiting for the prince to come out. Fionna, Cake and Flame Prince were on the way but since Fionna herself had given birth about two weeks ago-shockingly- to a baby boy, they had troubles getting out of the house but they were coming now and should be here any moment.
That was an hour ago. Marshall bent his head to move his fingers through his hair as he blew out a shaky breath when the door of the operating room opened, a little cluster of nurses, male and female, moved out with a little body that was already marked as a screamer between them making Marshall's lips twitch a bit. That was his child, already, screaming to the world his arrival and life. He stood up when the doctor walked out and Marshall rubbed his surprisingly sweat palms against his jeans roughly as he looked at the doctors almost blank face were it not for the little gleam in his eye.
"Marshall Lee, Prince Gumball is going to be in recovery in a few moments, if you wish to come with me to see him." The doctor said with a little humor and Marshall, of course, nodded like an insane person then floated after the doctor quickly to a recovery room that was empty but not even five minutes later was Gumball rolled in, looking tired and a little pained in his bed but his violet eyes lit up immediately when they landed on Marshall.
"Marshi!" Gumball chirped making Marshall a bit irritated with the nickname that seemed to come out of nowhere but grinned at the slightly loopy prince. "That's your new nickname! Marshi!"
"Fine then, it matches Bubba, perfectly." Marshall said with a large grin looking at Gumball who narrowed his eyes but grinned back holding his pink hand out to Marshall.
"We got a baby. A baby, Marshall. Then a wedding and honeymoon. Wow, we move sooo fast don't we?" Gumball then proceeded to break down into loud giggles but smiled happily at Marshall anyhow as he laid out seeming to come to his senses a little more but Marshall had to admit he was liking the prince loopy.
"That we do. Now here's the question, is the child a boy or girl? And what shall we name this child?" Marshall said thoughtfully as he floated over placing his hand in Gumball's making the prince beam brightly at him making him chuckle a bit.
"I've thought of a name for if it's a girl or boy already, so I think you'll like the name." Gumball confidently said grinning still when the door opened and gone was all loopy Gumball, for he stiffened up seeming to sober up immediately as the nurse walked across the room holding a small little bundle in her arms only to promptly give the bundle to Gumball showing him where to support the small body then smiled before taking her leave. Before Marshall could sneak a peek Gumball's tears sparkled with tears the slid down his flushed cheeks as he looked down.
"What is it? Is there something wrong? Did something happen to it? Is there a deformity or something?" Marshall shot out the questions quickly only for Gumball to hand over the bundle and when Marshall looked down, frantically, he felt his panic go cold as his eyes widened softly. The baby was all kinds of perfect, there was soft pink skin but not bright like the prince's but with a soft little under tone of gray but not gaudy but a perfect blend of the color making it sort of dull, the baby had long little lashes already that fluttered open to reveal soft colored red-violet eyes that were bright with curiosity it seemed with a little shock of dark hair. "Oh." He finally breathed out looking at the baby like he couldn't honestly look away at that moment.
"I know. Beautiful isn't he." Gumball put emphasis on the 'he' part making Marshall blink only to move the blanket gently and peek down having his mind finally grasp why there was so much implement on the 'he' of the sentence then smiled.
"He is, very beautiful. He's perfect." Marshall sounded like he was being choked as he floated over to Gumball sitting next t the prince when he moved over, the baby still held in Marshall's hands securely."What's the name gonna be though?"
"Like I said, I already have a name picked out. I decided to keep your last name for him, seeing as it just fits the first name perfectly."Gumball said smiling lovingly at the baby that looked up at him only to have his cute little lips turn up into a little baby smile. "His name is Jaxton Lee Tristan Abadeer."
"Sounds like you just stole half of my name." Marshall joked but the name truly fit, it was long but one of a kind it seemed yet perfect for the small person who let out soft cooing noises.
"The doctor said my breasts will fade when the time comes to ween Jaxton off breast milk onto formula." Gumball said softly as his fingers reached out caressing his son's silky soft cheek as a little hand moved up grabbing his thumb tight with his little tiny hand. "He truly is perfect. He's everything that could've been imagine, he's like a perfect combination of the both of us."
"Of course he is. But I see a little more of you in him than me." Marshall said smiling a bit chuckling softly when Jaxton reached out letting out another coo, managing to get his little arms out of the blanket with his small hand reached for Marshall's, who offered his pointer finger to the baby who grabbed it rather happily.
"No, it's even. He has your soft gray undertone, your dark hair and even your pointed ears, see? You've contributed just as much as me when it comes to him and he's still utterly perfect.' Gumball said softly smiling then leaned his head against Marshall's shoulder. "I love you Marshall."
"I love you too, Gumball." Marshall immediately replied when Jaxton out a little baby yawn so cute the pair broke into laughs at the adorableness before Gumball grabbed Marshall's cheek turning his head towards the prince who smiled all the same.
"I love you, very much. Just as much as I love Jaxton." Gumball said before pressing his lips to Marshall's softly yet deeply as his cheeks flushed but the little cry, clear as a bell, from Jaxton pulled the pair from the kiss and Gumball seemed to just instinctively move his hospital shirt out of the way letting the baby grab right onto his breast and Jaxton suckled happily away. Then Gumball let out a soft, shaky breath, then grinned at Marshall. "So, when's the wedding?"