Fionna's POV:
I ran home in a rush, and I attempted to outrun Cake even. I just wanted to be alone with my thoughts for a while.
"Girl, you need-" Cake took a deep breath, "-to slow down and tell me what happened!"
I finally stopped, outside of the Candy Kingdom gates and into the first row of trees, falling to my knees, and I realized there were tears streaming down my face.
Cake fell by me in a huff, "Tell me what happened, Fi."
That was Marshall's nickname for me, and I sobbed again, leaning on Cake's shoulder.
"Th-they wouldn't s-stop fighting, and then th-they w-wanted me to choose between them!" I finally got out.
"Aw my poor baby, that isn't right and all, but you probably shouldn't have ran out of there," She held me securely.
I nodded and sucked it up a little before replying, "Yeah, but Gumball rejected me multiple times and now suddenly he's jealous of Marshall hanging out with me? I mean, really, why was he so desperate to get Marshall away from me?"
Cake was silent for a few seconds before answering, "Well, did you ever think that maybe now that you're older, Gumball might want to date you now?"
"That's bunk," I muttered.
Cake nodded and wiped the tears from my eyes and answered, "But that's the kind of person Gumball is, he believes you're more mature now." She continued, "But it still wouldn't be best if you went for him, baby, in the past he broke your heart multiple times."
I thought for a moment, "What about Marshall? Why would he make me choose between him and Gumball?"
"He.." Cake paused, "He's the possessive type, and plus he doesn't get along with Gumball."
"Possessive type..?" I questioned.
"Yeah, hun, he knows Gumball's interested and he obviously likes you," She smiles at me.
"Oh.. Well," I could feel my face growing a bright red.
I took a large gulp, wiping the residue of tears off my cheeks and stood up, "Let's go adventuring Cake! I want to get this off my mind."
"Are you sure, baby? It's getting pretty late," She looked at me questionably.
"Mhmm, as sure as Gob," I announced before running into the woods.
"Hun! Your dress!" She yelled.
"Cake, lump this dress!" I yelled back angrily, in search of an adventure.
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Marshall's POV
I watched her from a distance, unsure if I should apologize or wait it out. I heard there whole conversation, and I was somewhat glad that Cake didn't want Fi dating Gumball.
At the same time, I think in a sense, I was devastated she ran out like that.
I need to apologize, but how?
Alright, don't get worked up about this, Marshall. I thought to myself. Just say.. I'm sorry that.. I hurt your feelings? No, no, that's overused.
"Gah! This is bunk!" I yelled angrily and floated down to kick a tree.
How am I supposed to tell Fi that I love her now? How am I supposed to hope that she would love a creature like me now?
"I see you're in a bit of a rut," I heard Gumball's voice yell from behind me.
"What do you want?" I spat at him and he jumped back, a disappointed look on his face.
"To tell the truth, I know that I'm never going to win Fi over. It wasn't right of me to interrupt," He apologized. I wasn't buying it.
"Yeah? So what do you want?" I asked, anger light in my voice.
"I'd like to help you, actually. I know how Fionna ticks I guess you might say, I've made a potion that specifically works on her," He mumbled the last part under his breath.
"You.. What?" I said angrier than before.
I saw where this was going. He set this whole thing up so that he could use Fionna as his little experiment.
"No, no, no, that must have came out wrong," He sighed and continued, "Look, I want Fi to be happy. It's quite obvious that you could do that."
"And?" I asked.
"Well, what this potion does is it keeps one particular emotion logged into Fionna's brain. So, once you know that she is feeling love for you, you give her the potion, that feeling never goes away. You would have true love," He paused, "I suggest you take a dosage too, I'm sure I could whip some up for you."
"But.. Why are you helping me?" I was a bit suspicious.
He smirked, "I guess you could say I've grown a certain respect for you, Marshall Lee."
I smiled sadly back at him, "But how will I know when Fi loves me? If she ever loves me?" I asked.
"You'll know," he smiled, before handing me a vile of a light purple liquid.
In the next instant, I was left outside of the Candy Kingdom alone. Ha, how do I always manage to end up alone?
I glanced down at the vile. Maybe I won't be alone for too long.
