Painful Words (Fiolee)

20. Home Sweet Home

After almost two weeks of being gone from central Aaa, Fionna and Marshall Lee were finally back. They had dropped off the berries to a very distressed Gumball, and the didn't even explain anything to him. It made him question their attitude a bit, but he didn't bother them. He knew they both were stubborn, and wouldn't budge. 

The mental and psychological pain they had been through had really taken it's toll. Now they were back at the tree house being absolute couch potatoes. However, the usual banter that used to fill the rooms of the blond's home was now gone. Only an occasional grunt could be heard, as one of them rearranged them selves on the couch. Fionna was sucked into playing BMO, while Marshall was napping on the other side. This left a big gap between them, unlike how before the trip they used to almost be glued to each other. In a way the couch symbolized the growing distance between the two. Though it seemed that neither one had the capability of reaching out to the other. So there they sat each sucked into their own little world, trying to ignore the problem.

Bzzt Bzzt, Fionna looked over onto the cluttered coffee table to see her phone vibrating. She let out a lazy yawn, and reached out to it. The depressed adventurer opened her messages to see one from Cake. A bit of happiness fizzled in her heart, her sister must know shes back.

Cake- Hey hun, I'm coming over today with a Cake for you and Marshall! Is that okay?

Fionna- Sure we're not doing anything anyway

Cake- Great be over in twenty

She then put the phone down. 

"Hey Marshall get up Cake's coming in twenty!" she yelled. 

The snoozing vampire instead, rolled over and grunted. He could sleep through a storm, Fionna thought. She got up and went to grab two pans. She stood over him then clashed them together as hard as she could. Marshall Lee yelped as he fell to the floor with a thud. His beady red eyes glared up at her from under his pile of blankets. 

"What...the... HELL!" he screeched. 

Fionna suppressed a small giggle. "I told you Cake's coming, but you were sleeping like a log so...."

Marshall mumbled some incoherent words under his breath. He then got up rushing to the bathroom to put a shirt on. Fionna was looking decent, so she decided to clean up thhe disgusting living room. Marshall came back down in a black tank top and went to go clean the food covered kitchen.  After about ten minutes of cleaning, there was a loud knock on the door. 

"I'll get it." Fionna told Marshall Lee as she climbed down the ladder. She unlocked the door and a peppy Cake instantly pulled her into a bear hug. 

"Hi sugar how are you!" she squealed. 

Fionna faked a smile "I'm great Cakey!"

Cake didn't buy she knew their was something wrong immediately. Her newly heightened maternal instincts went off, and she looked her up and down. Cake took note of her slumped posture, dark eye circles, and a frizzy unkempt hair. 

"There's something wrong isn't there?" Cake said sadly. Fionna's eyes widened "Um no not at all why would you say that." 

Cake let out a breath of air. She'd just have to observe and see. Her baby was like a clam you really had to roast her to open her up. Cake however didn't have that much energy from baking the cake. They walked up the stairs and Cake also noticed that the Vampire King was off too. The gears in her head started to turn, they had been on a adventure for two weeks together, and she knew there is chemistry between them. Could something have thrown that off? She had a call to make, but first the delicious cake she spent three hours baking.