Marceline was strolling through the caves minding her own business.

She found it weird how there were still monsters hidden considering there were new shoe marks on the elevator floors.

They were huge compared to hers.

Marcie picked up a frozen tear from the ground and stepped once again into the elevator to go deeper into the ice levels.

Little did she know, 'Emo phase' was down in the deepest part.

They never knew they had the same nicknames for each other.

But Sebastian was terrified.

There before him, stood a skeleton which looked a lot like Papyrus from Undertale.

It was going for its final attack on him when the boy heard quick footsteps run behind his scrawny and lean build.

He caught a glimpse of a bag being thrown to his side, all types of crystals and rocks falling out before turning his attention to Marceline who was fearlessly fighting off the monster.

They both knew she was at a disadvantage when her blade pierced against her palm, cutting deeply into her skin, ripping at her muscles in the worst places.

She cursed at herself for forgetting her work gloves that day...

Marceline hummed at the pain, tears forming in her eyes when feeling a pulse quicken in her Palms.

She let out a simple sqeak when kicking under the skeleton, finally releasing the blade from her palms and ending the fight with her blade to the monsters head.

Sebastian stared in shock as it crumbled into dust, leaving a single bone which Marceline picked up with her free hand.

"Welp guess this could go in the museum..." She muttered quietly before flinching at Sebastian.

He was stood up and grabbed onto her injured hand "Holy shit we need to get you to Harvey's!"

"Ah sh- Let go it's hurting even more! I don't need to go!" Marceline groaned, throwing herself away from the boy, Sebastian stared at her in what looked like shock and anger.

"What do you mean you don't have to go!? Your skins completely fucking ripped!" He yelled at her, watching closely as she picked up her bag, taking off her zippered sweater in the process.

Marceline began cleaning the wound carefully with some cotton swabs and alcohol, biting onto her sweater to conceal the pain.

She could basically cry right there..

"Why do you care?" She sighed, now wrapping a bandage over her hand and wrist.

Sebastian watched as she tightened the bandages around her arms and wrists with the use of her teeth and free hand.

"I don't? My mom'll just kill me if I leave you like this"

"I'm fine, I've passed out here before anyways, now come here or else Robin will kill me if you come home like that"

Sebastian stared at her weirdly before complying.

Marceline and him weren't the best of friends...

They always teased and insulted each other with everything they could use.

They fought and argued basically everyday, even on social media.

Sebastian, when seeing Mareclines post on the Pelican town page about her new potatoes grown, commented on how the smallest one in the back looked a lot like her.

He had a knack for nitpicking at everything she did while Marceline insulted his pool skills.

Thankfully living in the city gave her opportunities to go to bars and casinos, giving her places to play pool which got her winning most of her games against Sebastian.

Though Arcades were always better than bars..

"Fuck- careful!" Sebastian let out a grunt when the small girl poured the alcohol into his wounds.

They were minor but Robin would've definitely lost her shit at the sight of scratches and bruises all over her child.

"Sorry.." She said quietly.

Sebastian was caught off guard with the apology.

He expected more of a snarky comeback on how stupid he was to go deep into the mines without any type of weapon but it seemed she was too focused to care.

"I think my mom would be more pissed at me than she'd be worried"

Marceline glanced up at him with an uninterested look, going back to cleaning out the small wounds.

"I'm not so sure about that Emo phase, your moms a cool person, my mom used to talk about her a lot when-"

Seb stared at her as she stopped her sentence midway, waiting for an answer back.

"My mom used to talk about her and even now Robin seems pretty nice"

He took the hint and quietly replied.

"I'm not so sure about that, she always goes on Demetrius' fucking side when we argue as if he's the victim, it's so fucking annoying sometimes, and they're always telling to get a job as if being a programmer isn't already a job.. Mom never respects my privacy either"

Honestly Sebastian had no idea why he was telling her all this.

Something told him he had to bring in a conversation in order to cover whatever awkward silence was around the corner.

He just hoped she wouldn't pity him like Sam or Abby did whenever he actually went to rant to them-

"Sebastian I really don't fucking care"

Ok.

He might've wanted a different reaction from pity but he definitely did not expect her to say something so abrupt with his problems.

Seb knew Marceline was blunt and got to the point but he didn't know she'd go this far.

"Like I know that sounds rude but we're barely even friends? And it's not my problem anyways, I'm not gonna be one of those people who go and tell you it's 'all gonna be okay' cause it probably fucking won't unless you do something about it, I can't even fix my own problems so I really don't know why your telling me all this... if you wanted tips then I don't know.. Maybe think about what you say to your parents, whatever comes out your mouth could make you feel even worse the next time you argue, you're only digging yourself into a deeper hole"

He listened to her explanation carefully, surprised with himself for feeling a bit satisfied with her answer.

She was so honest, it was weird but it made so much sense.

There was no reason for Marceline to be pitying him when he had given her nothing but unpleasant meetings, and yet she still gave him advice that might actually solve some relations with his family.

It started off as a snicker, Marceline looked up at him weirdly when Sebastians small chuckling grew into loud cackling.

His laugh ended with a small inhale which sounded a lot like a hiccup.

Marceline was real confused but for some reason she was so irritated at how cute and amazing Sebastians laugh was.

It's been a while since he's laughed so hard...

"Your so fucking weird" He sighed when Marcie finished wrapping his wounds.

"I'm the weird one?" She smirked at him, cocking her eyebrow up at him.

"Yeah.."

They both stood up and slowly made their way up to the surface.

The silence was pretty comfortable for the two, it was strange how calm they both were in each other's presence considering how much they both hated one another.

"You heading home yet?" Sebastian asked as he sat down on the wooden bridge next to Marceline.

She sighed in relief and took her boots and socks off, letting her feet soak into the water.

"Nah, you?"

She stared whilst Sebastian followed her actions, dipping his feet into the water.

Marceline took that as a no.

"Man I'm tired.." He sighed, staring up at the stars which spread all throughout the sky.

"Pshh, welcome to my job" She grinned, taking out a joint and lighting it up in her mouth.

Sebastian stared at her in surprise.

"You had fucking marijuana with you the whole time?"

Marceline chuckled in response "you want?" She asked in a somewhat teasing way, slowly blowing the smoke into Sebastians face.

Sebastian could feel his cheeks heat up at the gesture.

It was unusually flirty and suggestive but he pushed that thought aside.

Abby and Sam only smoked with him occasionally but after both their parents found out they were both too freaked out and stopped.

He took the joint in between his fingers.

Marceline watched him as the smoke blowed out from his nose.

"Impressive" She said with a grin.

"I got a bong" Sebastian handed it back before taking his feet out the water, putting his socks and shoes back on after the water dried off.

Marcie did the same, now following him with her backpack over her shoulders.

"Maru's probably still at the clinic and Mom and Demetrius are still at the saloon, they won't be back for a while"

It was Friday and Sebastian left early after Sam had actually won a game of pool.

He was stressing out that day from an argument he had gotten in with Demetrius.

"I hope your not trying to rape me sir" Marceline said as they entered Sebastians room.

"Shut up" Sebastian sighed with a small grin, pulling out a bong from behind his desk.

"Oh wow.. no wonder you never let anybody behind there" Marcie grinned.

He rolled his eyes at her, taking out a container of weed and a water bottle.

They now sat down at his usual Solarion Chronicles table, Marceline sitting back against Sebastians bed next to him as she watched him pour the water in and gently pack the herb into the bowl, making sure that it wouldn't clog up while they hit.

"You wanna hit first?" Seb handed her his lighter.

Marcie gave him a soft grin before taking up on his offer.

She held the it with one hand, her lips in the mouthpiece whilst slowly circling the edges of the herb.

Sebastian watched her closely, mesmerizes by how easily she inhaled the smoke, eyeing her hand which pulled the slide.

He could feel his cheeks blush when watching over her, it seriously irritated him for it.

He was supposed to hate her.

Marceline blew out the smoke, placing the bong back onto the coffee table and sitting back against the bed.

"You know if you hate being in this house so much, why not go to Sams?" She grinned over to him, Sebastian blowing out the smoke.

"Please, living with Sam would be hell, I'd rather live with you since your never actually home all day" He scoffed, muttering the last few words under his breath.

She had to admit... she didn't expect Sebastian to be so honest with her.

"I mean.. go off but if you plan on staying for a while I suggest paying the bills"

"If there was a way in which I could stay forever I would"

They took turns packing the weed into the bowl, smoking it all.

"Man it really sounds like your trying to confess to me right now" Marceline smirked, elbowing Sebastian softly.

"That's not it" He chuckled.

"Well I'm not sure if there is such a thing, so sucks to suck I guess"

They both shrugged at the same time before staring at each other.

Marceline was first to snort and soon the two were dying in their own fits of laughter.

Even Yoba would've never guessed the two would come together...

Maybe there was something there?

"Ow! Asshole!" Marcie groaned when their heads collided with one another.

"It was your fault!" Sebastian yelled back.

Or maybe there wasn't...