His bittersweet vampire

Part two.

Bickering as usual, as the two seemed to often do. Marshall Lee had gone for a second cream filled pastry, even after being told not to. "Just one more." He murmured, only to have the top of his hand smacked.

"Marshall Lee, I said no. Quit crashing my party and eating all the treats for my guest's." The prince said sternly, coming off a bit more strict and less nice as he was often seen. He gave a small sigh at seeing the shocked look on the vampire's face. "Fine, take that one. But no more, please." He said quietly yet loud enough to be heard.

The raven haired male took the pastry as he was told he could after some bickering, quietly eating it before he spoke. "Mmh.. what's with you, this evening? So mean." He questioned and said.

Gumball seemed to avoid eye contact but glanced at the other male. "What's with me?" He questioned mockingly. "You, is what's wrong. You come here uninvited, helping yourself to the refreshments I put out for my candy people. Then act as if.." he trailed off, shaking his head and stood up from where he leaned against the table slightly, beginning to walk off. "Forget it." He mumbled.

"No, no! Get back here and talk to me, Bubba." The vampire exclaimed and said to him, following after and went to place a hand on his shoulder, only to be shrugged off. "You can't just start that and not talk to me." He said with a slight pout as he chased after the pink haired male.

The candy prince hadn't gotten all too far before he was stopped, had tried to shrug the other male away but it seemed he couldn't shake the feelings away. He missed him and wanted to have a chance to talk to him, feeling bad for everything that had happened, how they grew rather distant over the last few year's. "..I'm not talking here." He said to him, glancing back slightly.

Marshall Lee was surprised to see the shift in tone from the other, yet when he was told he wasn't going to talk there, he was soon following him upstairs to his bedroom and out onto the balcony where they sat at a small table together. "What's.. going on?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry, Marshall.. I didn't try to be mean to you." Gumball said and apologized. "If I'm being honest, things haven't been the best. Ruling the kingdom isn't easy. It's stressful trying to be a good prince, keeping track of all the candy people and make sure they don't injure themselves." He admit. "I.. that day, I didn't mean to push you away like that." He added in a saddened tone, admitting to how he felt bad about their breakup about two years ago now. Where he had snapped at the vampire's, pushed him away and said he didn't want to see him again nor be with him forsake of his childish behavior. Of course Marshall Lee tended to be a bit childish, despite being over a thousand years old. He enjoyed having fun, making jokes and messing around with the candy people by scaring them or going about making silly pranks. Most on which were harmless. "..I miss having you around." He said quietly.

The vampire was definitely caught off guard by the sudden apology and being told he actually wanted to talk, usually he was pushed away and told he had to leave. But this time he wasn't? What was all that about? He thought to himself and rested an arm on the table, his chin propped up on the palm of his hand as he listened to the candy prince. "I–.. no, I'm sorry, Bubba. It's fine, it really is. You're not the one that needs to apologize." He reassured. "I get that I can be annoying and cause trouble in your kingdom, by messing around and scaring your candy people." He said to him. "I promise I didn't mean to make things more difficult for you. I was only having some fun and.. trying to get your attention." He began. "You tend to overwork yourself and you were my best friend & my boyfriend at the time, of course I wanted to spend time with you rather than watch you work non-stop, running around doing things for your candy people all the time. I'm sorry." He said to him with a small sigh, only to raise an eyebrow at being told he was missed.  "..you miss having me around?" He questioned curiously.

The pink haired male nodded at being questioned. "Yes, I miss having you around Marshall. Of course you're a bit annoying and childish, causing mischief in my kingdom. But it's not the same without you here.. I'm so used to you being around, we were together for centuries on and off." He said with a chuckle, a small attempt to lighten the mood. "Not having you here, is a break of routine and I've done a lot of thinking. I was too harsh on you when I snapped at you, I didn't mean to.. but I was stressed that day and you only added onto it." He admit, moving to stand up and walk over to him. Hesitantly holding his arms out to him, indicating he wanted a hug.

Oh glob, this wasn't something Marshall Lee expected out of his night but surely he wasn't complaining. He sat up when the other male approached him and slowly stood, gently wrapping his arms around the prince and pulled him close. "I missed you too.." he said quietly to him, yet loud enough to be heard as he rested his head against the slightly shorter males shoulder. His arms around his waist as they hugged onto one another. "..is this your way of saying you want to get back together? And be my boyfriend again?" He asked curiously, keeping close to him as they enjoyed the affectionate embrace.

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To be continued..
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