•Marshall•

"There they are!" Cake shouts as she points in the distance.

We all look at where she is pointing to see Finn and Fionna running towards us.

It was agreed that we'd all meet them in front of the tree house so we'd all be waiting for them when they got back.

It's Valentine's Day, and Finn and Fionna are back just as promised.

Unfortunately, it's the afternoon, but still that's enough time to celebrate Valentine's Day with Fionna, so I've got nothing to complain about.

When they approach us, Finn and Fionna immediately put down their large backpacks and pant.

"You guys have no idea how far that trip was..." Finn says as he pants.

"Bonnibel and I do," Gumball puts in. "We've been there before."

"Then you know how exhausting it is traveling up and down the Crystal Mountains..." Fionna groans as she pants along with her brother.

Man, they look beat. All the more reason why I'm going to give Fionna a very nice, relaxing, and romantic Valentine's Day.

Just the two of us.

Alone.

The thought of being alone with Fionna on the most romantic day of the year sends pleasant shivers down my spine.

"I know it must've been exhausting traveling all the way up those mountains to help clean up a village and then climb all the way back down. We're just all glad you two made it home safely," Cake says, and Jake nods in agreement.

Fionna looks at her sister, looking confused. "What village?"

"Um... you know... the village you and Finn went to help clean up after a monster attacked it... It was the whole reason you traveled to the Crystal Mountains in the first place...," Flame Princess explains. "Ring a bell...?"

Finn nudges Fionna and her eyes widen. "Oh...! That village...! Of course!" she says before she lightly face-palms herself. "Sorry, I'm just so tired..."

Huh. Weird.

"I bet you are! Which is why you both should be spending today with your significant others!" Jake points out. "You know what? Why don't we all do that? Good idea? Great idea! I've got reservations with Lady at this fancy restaurant so..."

"Wow. You certainly don't sound excited that it's Valentine's Day at all...," Marceline says sarcastically before she drops the sarcasm. "But, actually, Jake's right! Bonnibel and I are planning on participating in some activities that we don't want you guys around for."

I cover my ears. "Please stop there. I don't need to be scarred for life. Thanks!"

Marceline rolls her eyes as Bubblegum blushes. I uncover my ears and stick my tongue out at my sister.

"Wow. Mature, Marshall," she says as she rolls her eyes again.

"Ugh! Can we all just go and leave each other alone to spend Valentine's Day with our girlfriends and boyfriends? Not that I don't enjoy you guys' company, but I'm not looking to make out with any of you," Finn says before he sends Flame Princess a wink. She immediately turns redder than she usually is.

"I agree with Finn," Cake says before she begins to leave in the direction of the Candy Kingdom, no doubt where Lord M is. "Bye now! We'll all see each other tomorrow!"

Jake begins to follow, probably because Lady R is waiting at the Candy Kingdom also. "Peace, my peeps! Don't hold up, because daddy's gonna be getting lucky tonight!"

And then he and Cake are gone.

"I think I just threw up in my mouth a little," Finn says with a sick look on his face.

"You're not alone," Fionna says, a sick look on her face as well.

I wrap an arm around Fionna's shoulders. "Come on, Fi, let's go. I've got something special planned," I tell her with a smile, because I really do.

Fionna raises an eyebrow at me as I lead her away and towards Marceline and I's cave. Luckily, Marcy will be with PB tonight at the Candy Kingdom, probably spending the rest of Valentine's Day in Bubblegum's bedroom but I won't elaborate any further on that because ew.

And I am going to stop thinking about nasty things like that and start thinking about my Valentine's Day with Fionna before I barf!

"And what exactly do you have planned for us, Mr. Abadeer?" Fionna's voice thankfully distracts me. I smirk at her.

"Why would I tell you? That'd just ruin the surprise, and you know how I am about surprises."

Fionna giggles and rolls her eyes playfully. "Yes, I am very aware that you take your surprises very seriously," she says and I laugh, agreeing with her. To me, no surprise is too important.

And, with what I have planned for her, today is very important to me and I really hope she loves it.

Soon, we arrive at Marceline and I's cave before we enter and approach the door of Marceline and I's house.

I place my hands on Fionna's shoulders. "Wait here for a second. I've got to make sure of something before you go inside," I tell her with a smile. She gives me a look.

"I don't know what you're planning, Lee, but you're starting to scare me," she says playfully as she laughs.

"Don't worry," I wink at her before I open the door slightly so she still can't see inside. "You're gonna love it!" Then I disappear inside before I close the door.

While Finn and Fionna were gone for three days, I spent most of the time planning the perfect romantic Valentine's Day date for me and Fionna.

Gumball had helped me make the food, so I definitely have to thank him later for that. The rest I did by myself.

I moved all the furniture and placed the kitchen table in the middle of the room and scattered rose petals all around it and candles all over the room for romantic effect. I also made sure I'd remember to dim the lights and light all the candles. Luckily, I remembered everything, and so far all seems good.

I know the rose petals and candles are cliche, but I honestly don't care. I really want to show Fionna how much I care about her, and this seems like the perfect way to do it.

"Alright, you can come in now!" I call to Fionna.

A second later, the door opens and Fionna's eyes widen when she looks into the room.

She takes one look at the entire setup and gasps. "Marshall... it's beautiful... Did you do all this?" She steps inside the house and closes the door.

I nod. "Yep! This was all done by yours truly. Except for the food. Gumball did the food and I helped," I explain before I scratch the back of my neck awkwardly. "I just wanted tonight to be perfect, seeing as it's our very first Valentine's Day together as a couple."

Fionna's beautiful face turns bright red as she approaches me. "Well, mission accomplished. This is perfect. The scene... the food... the candles... the petals...," she says before she wraps her arms around my neck. "But you know what really makes it perfect? Being able to share it with you. There's no one else in this universe that I'd want to be spending Valentine's Day with like this but you."

I feel my face heat up at her words. "The feeling is extremely mutual," I say before I gesture at the table. "Care to sit and dine?"

Fionna smiles. "I'd love to," she says before she pulls out her chair and sits. I do the same before we begin eating.

"You know," Fionna says before she chews and swallows, "this reminds me of our first date. It's almost exactly like it, except we're inside this time."

I nod. "Yeah. I wanted to remind you of the day we officially became a thing. It's also the best day of my life, so I wanted to remind myself as well," I explain.

Fionna blushes again, and just like that I fall in love with her even more. Her blush is absolutely adorable and one of the many things I love about her.

Good glob, Marshall, you've really got it bad for this girl.

I mean, I know I've NEVER felt this for anyone else before in my entire immortal life! That's one of the reasons I know Fionna is the one for me.

She completes me, as corny and cliche as that sounds.

Fionna's voice drags me down from my day dream about her and back to earth. "Marshall... is that really the best day of your life? Like, your entire life? You're hundreds of years old, so if it is, that's... that's really saying something."

I smile at her. "I'd be lying if I said it wasn't," I say before I lean forward and clasp Fionna's hands in my own. "Fionna, I know I've probably told you this dozens of times before, but that doesn't mean it isn't any less true. I am so deeply in love with you, I don't even know where to start. It feels so right and perfect being with you like this... I've never felt anything like it in the hundreds of years that I've lived. It's all you, all the time, Fi. You have no idea how completely crazy you make me. You're always on my mind and, if I'm being honest, I love that you are. I know that we just started dating, and this may feel too soon for you, but... it feels all too right for me."

Man, I really hope I didn't freak her out! That's the absolute last thing I need.

This feeling... I've had this feeling ever since I realized I was in love with Fionna, and all the times since I've been around her, it still hasn't gone away. At first I thought it was just nervousness or butterflies in my stomach or something like that.

But, as time goes on, I think I'm beginning to realize what this feeling really is.

I've heard other Vampires discuss it from time to time, and they all explained it just the same; happy, nervous, loving, and giddy all at the exact same time. It's a feeling of belonging and rightness, a feeling of something that's supposed to be. It's such an amazing feeling, you never want it to go away and you feel it whenever you're around that one person.

And that's exactly how I feel whenever I'm around Fionna.

Marceline told me about it, about when the feeling for her first showed up right after she and Bubblegum got back together. She also told me how she was freaked out that she didn't feel it sooner with PB, but after getting back together with PB, then realized why.

It's a feeling every Vampire is supposed to feel once in their immortal lives.

It's the feeling every Vampire feels when they're near their mate--the one they're supposed to be with forever.

There's also something a Vampire's supposed to do to their mate after they get the feeling, but I'm not sure if I'll be doing that tonight. However, if things go how I want them to, I just might be able to do it.

I've thought about what it'd be like when I got the feeling and who I'd get it with. And now, I can't seem to think about anything else! It feels so right, like Marceline said it would.

I just really hope Fionna doesn't think it's too soon. I don't want to rush her into anything she isn't comfortable with.

"The thing is, Marshall," Fionna speaks up before she swallows. "I don't feel like this is too soon at all. I feel like this is right. This feels so right; I'm just so in love with you and it feels right. I can't explain it exactly... it just feels right. You're on my mind too, Marshall. And you make me just as crazy as I make you. You're always on my mind as well, and I like that you are. Even with dating Flame Prince and after that brief thing with Gumball, I can honestly say I've never felt anything even close to what I feel with you whenever you're near me. I just... I guess I just know we're right for each other. I can feel we are."

I nearly let out a sigh of relief, thanking God that she feels the same way.

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"That was really good, Marshall," Fionna says as she wipes her mouth with her napkin after the both of us have finished eating. "Really good."

I smile. "I'm glad you loved it. That was my intention," I say before I hold up my hand. "But, the surprises don't stop there."

Fionna raises an eyebrow. "Oh really?"

I nod. "Yes, really. What kind of boyfriend would I be if I stopped here? Cheap, I tell you. Horrible." I laugh, and Fionna laughs along with me.

"But, seriously," I say before I reach behind my chair and grab my axe guitar and position myself to play it, "the cheesy romanticness is only just beginning."

Fionna smiles. "You going to play me a song?"

"No, I'm going to play you an incredibly cheesy, cliche, and romantic song."

Fionna snorts. "So sorry! My mistake," she says as she playfully rolls her eyes. I simply give her a look in return.

"Prepare to have your pants romanced off," I say as I place my fingers on the stings of the guitar, "because now Marshall's turning up the heat."

Fionna smiles again before I give her a genuine smile back, hoping this smile tells her how much I love her.

"Whenever I hear this song, I automatically think of you, so I knew I had to learn to play it so I could play it for you and therefore achieve a whole new level of cheesiness that's never before been witnessed," I say as I stare lovingly at the person I know I'm meant to be with. "So, all that being said, this song goes out to you, Fi, to show you just how in love with you I am and will always be."

Fionna sits patiently, her entire face red as she blushes, as I get the rhythm of the familiar song in my head and eventually let the words flow through my fingers and from my mouth.

"What would I do without your smart mouth, drawing me in and you kicking me out?

Got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down.

What's going on in that beautiful mind?

I'm on your magical, mystery ride.

And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright.

My head's under water but I'm breathing fine.

You're crazy and I'm out of my mind."

Then I pause for just a second as I look meaningfully at Fionna, who is watching me in complete and utter silence, not daring to say a word.

I continue.

"'Cause all of me loves all of you.

Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.

Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you.

You're my end and my beginning.

Even when I lose I'm winning.

'Cause I give you all of me.

And you give me all of you, oh.

How many times do I have to tell you?

Even when you're crying, you're beautiful too.

The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood.

You're my downfall, you're my muse.

My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues.

I can't stop singing, it's ringing in my head for you.

My head's under water but I'm breathing fine.

You're crazy and I'm out of my mind.

'Cause all of me loves all of you.

Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.

Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you.

You're my end and my beginning.

Even when I lose I'm winning.

'Cause I give you all of me.

And you give me all of you, oh.

Give me all of you!

Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts.

Risking it all, though it's hard.

'Cause all of me loves all of you.

Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.

Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you.

You're my end and my beginning.

Even when I lose I'm winning.

'Cause I give you all of me.

And you give me all of you.

I give you all of me.

And you give me all of you, oh."

When I finish singing, I stop playing my axe guitar as well and look to Fionna for her reaction.

She just sits there, a blank expression on her face, unmoving.

I frown. "What? Was it too cheesy? Well, that was the point, but if you didn't like it, I get it. I could always play you something else; I know a lot of--"

But I am cut off before I can say anything else.

"Shut up," Fionna says before she grabs the front of my shirt and pulls me into a kiss.

I stop thinking about anything the moment Fionna kisses me. I immediately kiss back, putting just as much passion into it as Fionna is, if not more.

Every time Fionna kisses me, I feel like I'm about to explode, but in a good way.

No.

In a great way.

And this kiss is no different. I feel just as much love and passion in this kiss as in any of the other kisses Fionna and I shared.

I move away to give Fionna a chance to breathe, but she surprises me by pulling me back into her.

"Do you have any idea," Fionna whispers as we kiss, "how much of a turn on you are when you do stuff like that? Seriously, Marshall, you drive me insane."

Well, I wasn't going for sexy as much as I was going for romantic when I sang to her, but either way works for me.

Especially if one of those ways gets me laid.

I mentally roll my eyes at myself for thinking that.

Good God, Marshall, get your perverted mind out of the gutter! Fionna probably only said what she said to get you hot and bothered.

Well, it's certainly working, that's for sure.

Eventually, some time during our make out session, Fionna and I migrate from the table to the couch in the living room. I gently lay her down on the couch before I get on top of her, being careful not to put too much weight on her.

With our bodies this close together, I can feel myself getting hot, my body now begging me to do something I've wanted to do with Fionna for awhile now.

But does she even want to do that? Is she ready?

Finn told me she was, but I'd rather hear it from her just to be extra sure.

I stop kissing Fionna and pull back, breathing heavily and a little annoyed at the loss of contact even though I know it's necessary right now.

Fionna pulls back too, looking me in my eyes.

I swallow, giving myself a second to calm down a bit. And just as I open my mouth to ask if she wants to go any further, she speaks up.

"Marshall," Fionna says, breathing heavily as well. "I want to... um... I want to..." She turns bright red.

I motion for her to go on.

"Um... I want to... er...," She curses. "Man, I already sound ridiculous..."

I gently trace my fingers down her face soothingly. "What are you trying to say, bunny?"

Fionna takes a deep breath before she speaks only two words.

"Tier 15."

My eyes widen before I blink. "I'm sorry, what?"

Fionna takes a breath again. "I... I want to experience Tier 15, Marsh. With you," She swallows nervously. "Now. Like, right now."

My eyes widen even wider. "You... you want to have sex?" I whisper. She really wants the same thing I do?

"No, Marshall, I want to go to the moon with you," she says sarcastically before she grows serious. "Yes, Marsh, I want to have sex. I... I'm ready. B-But only if you want to...!"

I respond immediately. "Of course I want to! You have no idea how long I've wanted to!" I say way too eagerly. "Er, I mean, I'm not a perv, I swear--"

Fionna giggles. "It's fine, I get it."

"As much as I want to, are you sure you want to?" I ask carefully. "Like, absolutely sure? Are you completely ready? Because I can wait as long as you want me to; I'd wait for eternity if I had to. I don't want you to do this just because you think I might want to, I want you do this because you love me and you're ready."

Fionna looks away from me as she continues to blush. "I-I'm ready. Really, I am. I'm sure of it. It's just, I'm a virgin, you know, and therefore I'm inexperienced with this kind of thing... I just want to prepare you in case I'm horrible," she mumbles, and I can tell saying that just makes her feel embarrassed.

"Hey," I whisper, gently grabbing her chin and making her look at me again. "I'm happy you're a virgin. That means you've never done this before with anyone, that no other guy knows you like that, that no one's ever had the pleasure of doing that with you. It means I'm the first ever. And that means something to me. So, I'm happy you haven't experienced it yet, and if you had I'd still be happy; all I really care about is getting to experience it with you. Even if you're horrible, which I highly doubt, that won't change how I feel about you at all. I'll be in just the same amount of love with you as I was before. Okay?"

"I know, but you've been with many other girls before me... I'm just afraid that I won't measure up, as ridiculous as that sounds..."

I can't believe she thinks I won't love being with her. She's sweet, smart, amazing, and to top it all off, she's by far the most attractive girl I've ever dated. And I certainly never cared about any of those girls a third as much as I care about Fionna.

Fionna's it for me. And I'm perfectly happy with that; I wouldn't have it any other way.

"That was a long time ago, and those girls meant nothing to me, as mean as that sounds. It's the truth, though. Compared to you, they're nothing. And, I know for sure, that I'm going to love being with you way more than I ever liked being with them, even if you're inexperienced," I say truthfully before I smirk. "Now, is that what you wanted to hear?"

Fionna laughs. "If you mean it."

"I do, Fi. I really do."

Fionna smirks back. "Then, yeah. That's definitely what I wanted to hear. It makes me feel better about my odds too," she says with a giggle.

I snort. "Good," I say before I lean in, our lips brushing against one another. "I'm going to make you feel just like you make me feel; completely in love."

And then we're kissing again, now with even more passion.

I feel the room get about a hundred degrees hotter as Fionna and I continue to kiss. I suddenly feel Fionna's hands slowly move up my body and under my shirt before she runs them lightly down my front, causing me to shiver and moan in pleasure.

I gently trace my tongue along her bottom lip, asking for an entrance. Fionna immediately opens her mouth and allows me to explore it for the very first time.

Then I hear a satisfied moan leave Fionna and feel myself getting turned on even more.

The way she smells... the way she touches me... the way her body feels against mine... the way she moans...

It's driving me insane.

I suddenly feel Fionna shift a little underneath me, causing her thigh to rub slightly against the lower part of my abdomen, very near the part of my body that is feeling the most pleasure.

That causes me to moan loudly and kiss Fionna harder. Just a few touches and she has me wanting to rip off all her clothes and take her right here.

Before our session gets any more heated, I pick Fionna up bridal-style and carry her upstairs to my room.

Once we are in my bed, the temperature picks up and we continue our passionate display.

Of course, I'll make sure we'll use protection; we definitely don't need Fionna getting knocked up any time soon.

Cake and Jake would kill me. Finn would probably kill me too.

Just because he gave me permission to sleep with his sister, doesn't mean he gave me permission to get her pregnant.

"I love you, Fionna," I whisper to her somewhere in our passionate love-making.

I feel Fionna shiver in pleasure underneath me.

"I love you too, Marshall."