Hello my dearies!

The Finnal Chapter Is here, I hope you all have enjoyed my was fun to write. I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas.

Just to be safe: Fair warning that some topics being announced in this chapter may make people uncomfortable, those topics include: Claustrophobia, and homosexuality.

I don't own any of the characters from Adventure Time, they belong to Cartoon Network.

Chapter 3: Talk it out

Prince Gumball was in a mental state of survival mode he needed to get out now. His eyes, unfocused, darted frantically around the elevator, desperately trying to search for a way out of this confined space. He began to take shorter and shorter breaths as the room appeared to get tighter and tighter. The idea of riding in an elevator from earlier made him nervous enough, he didn't know why he agreed when something like this could have happened. He must have gotten cocky to think his claustrophobia wouldn't kick in. Stupid, He was so stupid. Now that the fact they were stuck sinked in, Gumball was having a full blown panic attack. Gumball started pressing random buttons on the pannel and then continuously pounded hard on the elevators metal door again.

"-all, Gu-" It took him a while to notice that someone was trying to talk to him. Gumball blinked a few times and looked up at Marshall who was currently floating eye level to him with his hands out, like he was debating or not to pull the prince away. "Bubba, please... calm down. Your hands are-" The prince looked down at his hands shakily, as he tried to catch some of his breath. The Prince let out a gasp. His hands were slightly bleeding and he saw purple brusies and bumps forming on his knuckles from banging so hard. "Hey say something, are you ok?" The vampire leaned in and gumball shoved forcefully him back on to the floor "Your too close!" He yelled. The prince slowly sat down on the cold floor and checked his watch, five-nineteen, he's been trapped and was banging for over ten hole minutes.

Gumball looked at his hands again. They were starting to really hurt. At least he was stopped before he broke any bones. Gumball looked up from his hands and over at Marshall lee. The Vampire was still on the floor from being pushed looking shocked by the princes behavior. Gumball began to feel guilty, he didn't mean to have an outburst, this situation was probably just as stressful for Marshall as it was for him. Gumball scooted over to marshall and was about to apologies for his unprincely behavior, but before he could speak-"So what's your favorite thing to bake" the vampire had asked him that.

"Excuse Me?"

"Look man, your obviously claustrophobic, so it's best to distract you from the problem"

baffled by the vampire he decided to answer the ridiculous question anyways "I don't see how this will work, but if you must know I enjoy baking apple turnovers"

"why?"

"Well because there glob'n good ok."

Satisfied with the princes response Marshall quickly asked another out of the blue question.

"Would you rather date for the week, Ice Queen or Magic Woman"

"What kind of question is that?"

"It's not a serious question gum wad"

"Hmmm let me think..Neither"

Marshall rolled his eyes "well you have to choose"

"No I don't!"

"how come, it's just a silly question bro"

"Well I'm just not interested in girls"

There was a pause and then Marshall burst out laughing. "it's just a game bubba it's not as if your decision matters in the real world."

Gumball huffed in annoyance, Marshall obviously wasn't going to let this go "Fine I guess if I had to choose it would be Magic Woman, cause at least she has a heater in her house."

"Hehe ok so what's-" Gumball put his hand over Marshall's mouth and pouted. "Marshy it's my turn to ask a question." Marshall licked Gumball hand that was over his mouth making the prince squeal and pull it back in disgust as Marshall giggled "Aww how cute, you used my old nickname for once"

Gumball blushed not noticing he in fact did and diverted his eyes. Gumball thought for a bit and finally decided on a question.

"Ok. What was the weirdest place you ever preformed at?"

Marshall sat up and crossed his legs as he pondered the question. "I guess my Cousins 450th birthday party. I was unprepared for the type of music she wanted me to play. So I had to adjust quickly and change a lot of good lyrics to what she wanted to hear. Plus everyone invited was dressed like a clock or a piece of fruit so it was really weird."

Gumball nodded and instinctively checked his watch at the mention of a clock... Five-twenty-six. "We need to get out of here" he whispered to himself. Gumball was starting to sweat a bit as he watched the seconds tick away. Marshall lee noticed and gently grabbed Gumballs wrist. Gumball stiffened and Marshall undid the buckle and took the watch off of the princes wrist. Impulses took over and Gumball latched on to Marshall's hand trying to get the watch back. Marshall paused for a second before speaking slowly to Gumball. "There's no need to keep looking at this, it's only giving you toxic thoughts." Understanding the Vampires words Gumball let go and Marshall put the watch in his back pocket. "It'll be ok, there probably trying to fix it as we speak."

"Why are you so optimistic about this." Asked Gumball. Marshall went silent at the question and Gumball thought he did something wrong. Hesitantly Marshall spoke. " I'm only telling you this because I trust you won't tell anyone else. Especially Ice Queen." Gumball locked eyes with Marshall, noting how serious he looked and nodded. Gumball wasn't sure why he would even go talk to Ice Queen. But dicided not to ask and put that question in the back of his mind. Marshall scratched the back of his head nervously not sure were to start. The vampire king wasn't one to open up his past to people. Especially if that person was one of his ex's. Not sure how to approach it any other way he began his tale with Simone.

"When I was young, a little after the war happened, I met a woman. You may all know her now as ice queen, but I knew her as Simone." Marshall herd a small gasp come from Gumball. Marshall continued a bit more of a softer voice. "She was like a mother to me. Always protecting me and looking out for me. That was until she begun to continuously use the crowns power. I know it was to protect me, but it began to make her forget things." Marshall went quiet and looked at his hands in his lap, almost like he forgot that he was talking. Gumball patiently waited for him to continue. Marshall seemed a bit out of it.

Gumball knew Marshall was slow and closed himself off when it came to talking about past tragedies. But the longer the silence between them continued, the more Gumball started to think back to their situation. How they were trapped, with no way out. Not wanting to have another panic attack, Gumball edged over to Marshall and placed a hand on his shoulder slightly getting his attention. "So you were talking about ice queen." Marshall snapped out of his dazed state and looked over at Prince Gumball next to him. "Er ya"

"When I was young and ice queen had a bit of her sanity left, Earth was entering a new age. To me everything was scary and new. Things that looked harmless found kill you. Often times things got so hectic that Simone would hide me in old cars or mail boxes as she went to fight. She would tell me not to come out until she said so, often leaving me with nothing. It was terrifying, being alone in a cramped space. What was even more terrifying is that there was always a chance Simone wouldn't come back for me. Sometimes I would spend days waiting in an old windowless van. Eventually she would come back but one day she didn't. I was left for a full week in a crate. I left when I realized she wasn't coming back, and that if i didn't move fast I would most likely die from starvation."

Gumball wasn't sure what to say. Marshall had just poured some of his past out to him and Gumball wasn't sure what to say. So instead of speaking the candy prince awkwardly wrapped his arms around him and gave him a hug. Marshall went stiff not expecting the prince to hug him. But soon decided to loosen up and lighten the mood. "Hey Bubba you can let go now, after all isn't it cramped enough in here?" Gumball let go and blushed, not wanting the prince to feel sad or embarrassed anymore marshall decided to tell another story to the prince. "So uh, did I ever tell you about the time I made fionna my servant"

Meanwhile on the eighteenth floor, Breakfast Prince had just finished his big speech. The guest applauded him and bargain to feast on the provided meal. After seeing that everyone was satisfied with the service Breakfast Prince had decided it was a good time to relief himself in the bathroom. The prince got down from the podium and walked over to the elevators. He didn't want to use the Bathroom here, he wanted to use the bathroom in his private office, so that he could quickly call his little brother to see how the rest of the kingdom was doing. Breakfast Prince pressed the 'up' arrow on the panel and waited for the elevator to arrive.

A full minute went by and he pressed it again. The Prince began to tap his foot as he waited and felt like something was off. The elevator must be malfunctioning. This was annoying, he thought the engineer fixed any problems before the grand opening. Breakfast prince didn't know much about Elevator Maintenance so he called over some Guards. "Guards 7, 3, and 12, I need your assistance!" In a matter of seconds the prince was greeted with his best men.

Three Maple syrup bottle arrived at the princes aid and quickly begain to poke and prod him see if he was injured or in trouble. Breakfeat Prince told them the current situation and they begain to see if the problem could be quickly fixed without calling an expensive professional. Two of the guards began to pry open the doors to see what was wrong with the lift. The other bottle went up the stairs with the prince to see if it was a technological malfunction. They had to work fast just before people started to gossip about Breakfeat Princes money going to waist on this place. Or before anyone with a physical disability needed to leave.

"And that's where the myth about garlic originated from." Marshall finished. Gumball laughed at the joke, he couldn't believe it was that simple. Marshall was laughing with him and the two were having fun. In a way Prince Gumball was grateful he wasn't alone in this elevator situation, he would of never calmed down this much if it was only him. Marshall lee was a good distraction, and kept his mind going, instead of repetitively thinking about how they were trapped. It was awkward though at times, cause the story telling game they were playing turned into more of an embarrassing pun off between the two.

Prince Gumball had honestly forgotten how much fun they used to have, in fact he wondered why he even broke up with the vampire all those years ago. Gumball knew it was for a selfish reason, he got too busy. Things in the kingdom got stressful and Marshall was too clingy, messing up his schedule. He wondered if the two could ever have something special again...if he would even feel those feelings of attraction towards marshall ever again. Maybe why they were here he could try something out.

"Can I ask you for a favor?"

Marshall stooped laughing and sat up straight, smiling and nodding. "Sure dude go on."

"Is it possible.. Could you..."

"Come on Bubba whats the favor?

"Can you kiss me?"

Overjoyed with his guards Breakfast prince was able to find the problem. There was a wire that was placed in the wrong port, this caused the elevator to shut down after a few uses. It would be an easy two minute fix. All he had to do was go to the floor the elevator was stuck on and reconnect the prince went down to his monitor system, the elevator was currently on the sixteenth floor. He had to work fast. According to the weight monitor there were people in the broken elevator

Marshall's smile dropped and he stood up and walked to the other side of the elevator taking in a deep breath. "look man you got to stop this" Gumball was confused at the response. "Doing what? What am I doing?" Marshall gave him an annoyed look. "One minute you flirt the next you critics me for flirting back." "Yes but I thought-" Marshall placed a hand through his dark locks yanking them as he continued, voice rising out of frustration. "When ever I try to come on to you, you shoot me down. And now you want to kiss me? You think I'm just some whore madly in love with you? You think that's ok to ask."

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to see"

"See what? If you were still in to me?

"Yes"

"Well obviously not if you need a kiss to see if you like someone."

"Look Marshall I didn't mean to offend you"

"You mess me up, do you know what it's like to love someone who doesn't love you back for so long."

"No but-"

"And once you accept they don't like you back, that person asks for a kiss?"

Gumball acted on pure adrenaline and grabbed the front of Marshall's shirt pushing him against the elevator walls. Before Marshall could protest or even process what was going on, Gumball turned his head to the left and leaned in, passionately locked lips with the vampire king.

Stunned Marshall found himself closing his eyes and kissing back. After a few seconds the two broke apart when they herd a gasp. Turning around Gumball was met with open elevator doors and a shocked Breakfast prince. "Well looks like you two had fun while locked up." One of the guards with Breakfast Prince remarked.

Prince Gumball let go of Marshall and ran out of the elevator embarrassed of his actions. Marshall on the other hand slid to the floor of the lift, he was confused as prince went up to the vampire and helped him up and out of the elevator. He looked over the king and asked "So are you two dating or was the prince just a bit horny?"

"I don't know"

Marshall flew past the guards and away from Breakfast Prince. He quickly spotted the pink prince. He went up to Prince Gumball who was currently sitting with another one of the syrup guards who was checking his blood pressure. "Hey can I talk to gumgum alone?" The syrup bottle nodded and left the two alone. "So, are we a thing? Or did you seriously feel nothing after forcing a kiss on me?" Gumball looked guilty and tried to think of How to respond. "I'm sorry, I didn't know what came over me."

"You didn't answer my question"

gumball took in a breath and looked Marshall in the eyes. "Yes, but only if you want to be. I won't force you into a relationship with me."

Marshall lee smiled and sat down next to the candy prince. "Guess I get to call you boyfriend again"

"After that we got out, we were given some water and we each got a ride home as well as a gift basket."

"On the ride home I asked Gumball if we should tell people about it or not, last time we tried to keep it a secret until we knew the time was right."

"I thought that it would be more healthy to not keep it a secret this time around"

Fionna mused at what she was just told and didn't know really what to say. She had no idea what to think of her previous crush being in a relationship with her best bro. She looked over at Marshall who was currently holding on to Gumballs hand. Not wanting to make things awkward with silence she wanted conformation on her question earlier "So you guys were late cause Gumballs claustrophobic, why didn't you guys just say that?" Gumball blushed, not knowing why he told fionna their tale."I wanted to tell you the full story"

"Were's our food anyway?" Asked Marshall lee.

Right on cue there waiter came in with there food. The trio smiled in delight and got there utensils.

"Alright! Let's eat!"

The end

This final chapter felt a bit messy to me, but I wanted to finish before New Years. I hope it didn't to feel to rushed. Also thanks to those who read and reviewed. If there's enough interest I may write more Adventure time story's in the future. Have a happy new year everyone. I hope you all enjoyed this.