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She looks around and sees Marshall closing his door.
"What are you doing?" Marshall asks her.
"Bubblegum is changing and I didn't want to make her uncomfortable."
"I feel that. You wanna check on Simon with me?" Marshall asks.
"Sure."
They walk downstairs to see Simon in a messy apron, putting cookie dough onto a pan.
"Can I have a scoop of that cookie dough?" Marceline asks.
"If she gets some I get some!" Marshall says quickly.
"Only a little." Simon says.
"Yesss." Marceline says, about to scoop cookie dough out with her finger until it's smacked away from the bowl.
"Not with your finger ! Get a damn spoon." Marshall tells her.
"Harsh." Marceline says, rubbing her hand.
"Here." Simon says, passing them each a spoon. "Not too much though."
They both take a tiny bit and if Simon hadn't picked the bowl up and moved it away from them they would've taken more.
"So, are you guys gonna swim?" Simon asks, nodding at the 3 swimsuits in Marceline's hands.
"Oh I forgot I was holding these. Uhm yeah, Bubblegum is picking out her favorite." Marceline says.
"Yeah and Gumballs putting on the trunks I wanted him to wear." Gumball says smiling.
"I get that you have a unique fashion sense and that it's just like your friends with you but do you really want to wear that pair of trunks?" Simon asks.
"Yes. They are amazing and I'm not friends with Marceline and Bubblegum is Marceline's friend, my only friend here is Gumball and he should expect this stuff by now." Marshall says sitting down at the table.
"Do you wanna go change first since I'm going to be picking from 3 different swimsuits and it won't take too long because I can dress and get undressed fast because I'm just that fuc-freaking cool," Marceline glances at Simon to see if he noticed she was about to say fuck and she sees Simon smiling.
He probably knows. Marceline thinks.
"But you can go first since you've already picked yours out." Marceline finishes.
"Cool." Marshall says standing up and walking to the bathroom.
"So which suits did you pick out fo-" Simon starts asking.
"Wait, hold on. Sorry to interrupt you but I need to talk to you about something before Marshall comes back and before Gumball and Bubblegum come downstairs. So I didn't tell you because I just didn't get the chance yet, actually I was planning on telling you yesterday with pancakes but whatever, I'm pansexual and I've known for maybe a month now and I bought a one-piece swimsuit that has a tony rainbow on the chest and I hadn't worn it but I chose my cutest swimsuits to let Bubblegum choose between and that was one of them and she asked me about it and I forgot that I hadn't told her yet and just said Because I'm pan bro." Marceline takes a second break to fill her lungs up with air again, "Who the hell says that? Like what the fuc-frick? Uhm… what should I do?"
"Thank you for telling me, sweety." Simon says, smiling at her. "Did I ever tell you how I came out to my parents?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Well, I was freshly 18 and ready to tell them. My best friend Betty had been trying to tell me it was the best idea for a couple months. She'd known as soon as I knew just like I knew she was bi and trans and went by She/They pronouns as soon as their feelings were in order. But I told my parents that I was Panromantic and they said they didn't know what that was. I tried to explain it multiple times but they never got it. I don't think they meant anything bad but they just couldn't grasp it I guess. So the next day we went to the movies and I decided the best way to explain it was by telling them that a character was attractive but just not in a sexual way and they were closer to getting it but they still didn't so i stood up and screamed in that theater WHAT THE HELL IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT? I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SEX AND I HAVE NO GENDER PREFERENCE! It was really embarrassing, but they finally got it. There is no one way to come out to people. Sometimes coming out is just embarrassing. Not because you're coming out just because of the circumstances and because my awkwardness probably rubbed off on you." Simon says, putting the cookie sheet in the oven.
"Damn, Simon. You ruined that movie for so many people." Marceline says, laughing.
"Haha, yeah. I ruined it for myself too. Did that help at all?"
"Yeah. You always help, Simon. In one way or another."
"Good!"
"So Simon, are you gonna swim with us?" Marshall asks, walking into the room.
"No, I'm pretty tired and I don't want to bother you kids."
"Alright. Well then why don't you go to bed?" Marceline asks.
"Because I'm making you guys cookies."
"Simon, you chose to do that."
"I know. I just wanted to make you guys cookies though."
Marceline and Marshall both sigh and Gumball walks down the stairs.
" WHOOO! " Marshall whoops at seeing Gumball in the Cat trunks
"I hate them." Gumball says.
"Well that doesn't matter because you have to wear them every time you go swimming! They look amazing on you." Marshall says and Gumball blushes.
"Is Bubblegum not done yet?" Marceline asks.
"She's almost done. When I walked out of Marshall's room I could hear her talking to herself but then I realized she was talking to Marceline but Marceline wasn't there so I knocked on the door to make sure she was okay and she said she was having trouble taking one of the suits off and needed help. I said I'd bet Marceline." Gumball says.
"Oh, okay I'll go help her." Marceline says walking up the stairs.
Marceline knocks on the door to her room to check on Bubblegum.
"Gumball said you needed help, do you still need it?"
"Yes, please."
"Okay. I'm coming in." Marceline opens the door carefully and looks around to find Bubblegum.
"I like the uhm… my favorite was the flowery/rainbow one but I also really liked the bikini so I tried the bikini on again but this time it got stuck. I don't think we're really the same size. My chest is quite a bit bigger than yours."
Flowery/rainbow one? The one-piece? It has rainbows? Marceline thinks.
"Is that where it got stuck? On your chest?" Marceline says gulping.
"At first yes but then I kept messing around with it and it's tangled up in my arm and I'm not sure where to start with getting it off. Could you help me?"
"Oh, of course. Uhm do you have something covering your chest? Or do you need something to cover it- … them-... your chest?" Marceline says, stumbling over her words.
"I'm covered, don't worry about that." Bubblegum says, laughing slightly.
"Alright, I'll try to help." Marceline says, walking over to Bubblegum.
Marceline has Bubblegum sit down while she finds the string to where she can just untie the bow to make it come undone and when she finds it she realizes the strings are all tangled up. The yellow strings are almost impossible to untangle but Marceline has her ways and finally untangled it. She looks at Bubblegum and realizes how close their faces are. She also realizes that Bubblegum's face is the color of her hair, a bubblegum pink.
"Uhm I'm done." Marceline says taking a step away from Bubblegum.
"Haha thanks." Bubblegum says staying still on Marceline's bed.
"Why was the flowery/rainbow suit your favorite? I'll also be honest, I didn't notice the rainbows." Marceline says, picking up the one-piece then putting it down.
"Uhm because I can kind of relate to you? I'm not pansexual but I am-"
"Wait, you like the ladies too? In some form?"
"Haha, yes. I'm a lesbian."
"I've gotta be honest P.B. I did not expect to come out to you tonight and I really didn't expect you to come out tonight."
The girls share a laugh while Bubblegum folds up the yellow bikini.
"Uhm but I'm only out to Gumball so I would appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone." Bubblegum says.
"I promise you," Marceline says, taking a step closer and even going as far as to grab Bubblegum's hands into her own, "I will not say a word to anyone about this."
"Thank you, Marceline. Oh! Simon also knows. I kinda confided in him and came out to him."
"That changes noth- wait . You came out to my dad before me ?"
"Well adoptive dad but yes?"
Marceline never calls Simon her dad, she doesn't like telling me her problems but I can guess it has something to do with the walls her and Gumball built, deciding not to refer to Simon as their father to not make Simon uncomfortable or feel obligated to do anything for them. Bubblegum thinks.
"Wow. I'm not hurt or anything because that would be really shitty of me. I'm just a bit more confused and surprised. Like, I knew Simon has a way with people and getting them to tell him things and him helping them out but really? Wow."
Bubblegum laughs and laughs. Marceline walks out of her room to let Bubblegum change into the flowery one-piece that had tiny rainbows Marceline didn't even notice before.