Amazing world of Gumball: The Date

Hiya everyone. This is going to be one of my first romance stories. I know, If you've read my profile I said I wouldn't write them, but I got a request from someone for this story. So I just agreed to writing it. It's basically just about Richard and Nicole going on a date to put it bluntly. Don't give me the credit for this, cuz it wasn't my original idea. So here ya go, and enjoy. Oh, and to let you know, this takes place after that one episode, ' The Treasure'.

Richard couldn't help but feel the guilt slowly erode at him. He was sorry for he mistake he had done, and ever since then, She would simply say to him that everything was alright. She didn't even seem bothered by it; She would even smile in their conversations. Still, it never seemed enough for it to be alright. It was almost inexcusable, what he'd done.

Richard came up with a plan that could help solve this; probably something that wouldn't even be successful, but at least she would know that he was sorry. Because he was so lazy, he waited home for her to finally come back from work, nervously tapping his fingers on his knees. It was more embarrassing to actually do the act itself, when he had thought of it it didn't seem so bad. But now, it was utterly nerve wracking. He watched the clock, by minute by second tick away at the slowly dying time.

" Oh c'mon..." He said to himself, taking a deep breath. The kids were going to be out of school soon; he would pick them up if the car wasn't gone. He was too lazy to walk, so he decided that that plan became dismissed. Richard changed out of his pajamas, and into his preferred clothes that consisted of a yellow dress shirt and dark khaki pants. Once he finished that, he began to watch TV, as mind numbingly boring as it was, it would assist him to kill some time.

From what felt like hours, the kids finally came home, opening the door without any hesitation to just open the door.

" Dad! We're home!" They yelled. He turned to face them.

" Did your mother drive you home?"

" Yep...she's coming right now." Darwin answered, pointing out to the car. Richard felt a cold wave pass over him. His fear had caught up with him now. The kids ran up the stairs, stomping their feet as they raced to their bedroom. It was almost as they read his mind, knowing that he wanted to be alone when he was going to talk to her.

Nicole came into the house and as soon as she had seen his face, she immediately smiled blissfully.

" Hi honey." she said, soon walking past him.

" Nicole, I just want to talk to you." Richard said. Nicole looked at his face while she walked into the kitchen.

" What is it you want to talk about?" she asked, putting up the groceries in the shelves.

" I...I just wanted to apologize...for...well, you know." Richard began nervously, rubbing his arm. Nicole sighed.

" Richard, we've been over this. It's alright." She said idly, placing cans into the cupboards.

" I just want to make up for it. Just saying it's alright doesn't change the fact that I did it." Richard sighed.

" Honey. I already forgive you." Nicole stopped, facing towards him.

" I was just trying to help the kids, and then turns out it wasn't for them and it..it was just all a mistake, I didn't mean to." Richard said.

" I know that already, Richard. You don't need to keep apologizing." She watched his face for a while longer before she sighed. Nicole approached him and gave him a heartily hug.

" I forgive you. Honey, it wasn't your fault. It was the internet." She said, smiling. Then placed a gentle kiss against his lips. Richard at the same time felt relieved and happy. He now finally grew the confidence to ask her the question he wanted to.

" Hey Nicole?" Richard began. Her ears perked up and she looked at him. Whenever she did that, it grew a stir of affection to him.

" What do you think about going on a date?" Richard asked. Nicole sighed and rubbed her forehead.

" I don't know Richard. I have to cook dinner, do the chores— I'm going to be very busy." She let go of him and walked back the counter, continuing to place the cans and boxes onto the shelves.

" C'mon, it'll just be like the old times. When we were younger. Just a nice, laid back restaurant. Just the two of us." He pressured. She began to think of it more, how it would be nice to do it, but she shook her head.

" Not today, Richard. I'm busy."

" I don't want you to work so hard, Nikki." Richard used her nickname, something he hadn't done in a fine 15 years. " Besides, you don't have to do it. You can let the kids clean up for once. And if they make a mess of things, well...we can think of that later." Richard approached her. " You can take a rest from all that work for just a few hours. Nothing much." He wrapped his arms around her waist, trying to slightly seduce her.

" What about the kids, Honey? They're going to be alone..." Nicole added worriedly.

" Aw, they'll be fine. We can call a babysitter." He said. Nicole sighed, still a little nervous and precautionary.

" I don't know..." She said, shaking her head.

" You don't have work tomorrow. So you don't have to go to bed so early. Besides, we'll be back at around 9:00 or before midnight." Richard said, stroking her tail. She gasped and looked at him.

" Promise?" he asked. She kept her eyes on him for a while but then she smiled.

" You always stroked my tail when we were younger...I forgot about that." Nicole said with a scoff.

"I can't help it." Richard shrugged. She giggled slightly and planted a kiss on his cheek. Richard could hear the vibration in her throat that she was purring.

" I forgot also how much I used to like it." She said with a smile. " Fine then...you win. I promise. But I'll have to cook diner first. And you are going to help me." Nicole smiled.

" Alright then. I'll help." Richard said, and let go of her waist. Nicole's smile soon disappeared an then she pointed her finger at him as if she was scolding him.

" And don't you ever call me Nikki. You know I hate that name now." Nicole said with a playful stern look, waving her finger. Richard laughed and put his arms up in mock defense.

" Alright, I won't call you Nikki." He said. Soon, he began to help her boil up the lasagna noodles she had recently bought, and he helped her create the tomato sauce and cook up the Italian sausage. For his first time cooking, it was actually really fun. After a few hours of time, she had finally mingled the ingredients into a deep dish pan, spread mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, and slid it into the oven. She turned on the oven to a total of 400 degrees. She placed the timer on for 50 minutes.

" We're going to have to wait for it to finish cooking— you can't rely on Gumball or Darwin to remember turning off the oven when the timer goes off." Nicole added as she walked away from the kitchen. " Anais is too small to reach the oven doors...so..." She stopped and knelt down at basket, and started gathering clothes.

" I'm going to take a shower. And you should too, when I'm done." Nicole said. She began walking up the stairs, and Richard walked behind her. He couldn't help but remember how beautiful she was. How it was almost like she had grace in every idle movement she did. She smiled and turned to him once she reached the bathroom door.

"Alright..." She said, pecking him on his cheek. She went into the bathroom and closed the door, and Richard walked back down the stairs. He sighed passionately and sat down at the couch. He felt lucky to have such a wonderful wife.

End of first chapter. If you liked it so far, I'll keep writing this, but it's only going to be three chapters. So yeah.