A/N: Hey! This ship never left my mind for the past few years that I saw Carrie and Gumball together... Anyway, lemons will always find its way into my fics. Enjoy! Oh, and all characters will be humanoids! Oh, and they'll be in their late teens.
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It was a rainy, saturday, afternoon in Elmore. A certain blue-haired boy was sulking in his room.
"Hey, are you still hung up on Penny rejecting you?" A dark skinned boy, wearing an orange hoodie, spoke.
"No, I'm not." The blue haired boy said while curling up to ball and trying to hide his sobs.
The tanned boy wearing an orange jacket sighed. "Gumball... Don't worry, dude." He said, comforting the one known as Gumball.
"Leave me be, Darwin." Gumball said, as he clenched his blankets tighter. Darwin sighed again and left their room. In that time, a lot of things filled the young teen's mind, but only one word was repeated. 'Why'.
FLASHBACK
It was already after the Elmore High graduation ceremony. A blue haired boy ran towards the middle of the crowd towards a reddish orange haired girl. "Penny!" Gumball cried out in exhaustion. "Will you please be my girlfriend!" He shouted, causing the surrounding people to look. Penny gave Gumball a confused look. "What are you talking about?" She asked, making the boy give the same dumbfounded look. "I'm already dating Tobias. And besides, although we kinda dated for a while back in junior high, we were only kids." She said, shattering the boys heart into tiny pieces. "But we can still be friends." She gave him an awkward smile. "I see... Sorry for taking your time." Gumball said with a blank expression with dead eyes as he turned around and walked away.
As he did so, the people started to murmur. The crowd soon disappeared one-by-one as he walked back home. Soon, as he reached the playground, it has started raining. The same blank expression was on his face as he sat down on the bench. Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours. The rain stopped and the moon lit the dark playground. "I guess I'll go home now." He said to himself as he gently got up and started walking again. A few moments of walking, his house was already in sight. He opened the door to meet his family who were already at the door. "Dude, what took you so long?" Darwin asked. Gumball just gave a blank gaze and walked towards his room. "Gumball, are you alright? You're completely drenched!" Their mother asked with complete concern. Gumball gave a half-smile. "I'm fine. I just want to get some sleep" he said plainly.
"Alright, dear. But dry yourself first, okay? I don't want you to catch a cold." Nicole said. "Okay..." Gumball replied as he quietly walked up the stairs. "What's wrong with him?" Richard asked. "He got rejected by Penny earlier." Anais answered. "Oh, yeah. A lot of people were gossiping about it." Darwin added. "Darwin, please be a dear and cheer your brother up." Nicole said. "Yes, mrs. Mom." Darwin said as he gave a salute. Darwin ran up the stairs and opened the door to see Gumball's graduation uniform that's soaking wet was left on the floor. Darwin grabbed it and placed it on the laundry basket. He walked towards a quietly sulking Gumball.
END OF FLASHBACK
"DId you manage to cheer him up?" Nicole asked. Darwin shook his head and made the family sighed. "I sure wish there was someone who could help him..." Anais said. "Yeah..." Darwin said in agreement. "Oh, what about that Carrie girl? Isn't she one of your friends?" Nicole asked Darwin. Darwin blushed at the mention of her name. "Y-Yeah..." He said while rubbing his arm awkwardly. Anais swiftly went to her mother's side and whispered into her ear.
"O-oh... Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned..." Nicole awkwardly spoke while rubbing the back of her neck. "No-no. It's fine. I'll call her." Darwin said in a somewhat nervous tone as he grabbed his phone from his pocket. He swiped fit for a few moments then hesitated from calling. Anais noticing this, she tapped the call button. "I-I-I was about to do it..." he screamed. *CLICK* "Hello? Who's this?" A voice answered the call.
"H-hey... Carrie... It's me, Darwin." He awkwardly spoke. "O-oh. Hi Darwin. Sorry, I just got a new phone." She spoke the same tone as Darwin. Awkward. "So... What can I help you with?" She asked. "Uh... Could you come to our house to cheer Gumball up?" He replied. There was a momentary silence. "Hello?" Darwin spoke. "A-ah. Right. Gumball. Sure." She said as she hung up. Suddenly, a knock came from the door.
Richard opened the door to see a shoulder length, whith haired girl, wearing a plain white shirt with a pair of ripped jeans. "H-hi, mister Watterson." She greeted. "That was quick. Come on in." He gestured her to come in. The two walked towards the rest of the family who were sitted in the dining area. "H-hi... Carrie..." Darwin nervously greeted her. "Hi..." the two shared an awkward silence.
"Ahem." Nicole cleared her throat, getting the pair's attention. "Could you possibly help Gumball?" Nicole asked. "I know that it's in the middle of the night but..." Nicole worriedly spoke. "It's fine, mrs. Watterson. Ghosts are nocturnal. Rather, we don't even need sleep." She reassured her. Nicole sighed from relief and let out a smile. "Gumball's upstairs. Darwin, be a dear and go with her." She requested. "Sure, mrs. Mom." He nervously got up. "Right this way." Darwin, still nervous. Carrie followed suit.
"Sorry for suddenly calling you." Darwin said as they went up the stairs. "It's fine... How are you and Rachel?" She said. "Oh. We're doing fine, surprisingly." He said in a less awkward, more happy tone. "Can't wait to be Tobias' brother-in-law, huh." She teased. "Nah. It's not that... It's just..." Darwin stopped as they reached Gumball's bedroom. "He's in there." He said. Carrie nodded as she walked towards the door. She knocked on the door. "Gumaball? It's me, Carrie. Could we talk?" She spoke through the door. A moment of silence filled the atmosphere. "I'll... leave you to it." Darwin said as he went back downstairs.
Momentarily, the doorknob twisted and the door opened, revealing a half-naked Gumball. His body was already quite muscular as he has been going to the gym for a few years. Carrie blushed at the sight of Gumball's body. "Come in." He said. Carrie walked inside the bedroom. Nicole renovated the house so that all three siblings had their separate rooms. Gumball's, in particular, looked decent enough. Some weights beside a full body mirror and a bookshelf filled with mostly comics. Gumball sat on his bed and rested his head on his palm as he looked at Carrie. "I still can't believe that ghosts are able to generate legs. Much less have a solid body." He said. "Oh. That only works on some cases. I happened to solidify my body because I met a witch that can let me do so at will." She replied to him. Gumball smiled. "Interesting." He muttered, making Carrie confused.
"Enough about me. How you holding up from the rejection?" She asked. "I'm over it. I just kept thinking... What if it was because I wasn't serious enough... Wasn't smart enough... That I can't stabalize my relationships." He sighed. Carrie walked towards Gumball, who hid his face in his palms. She squated down held Gumball's shoulder. "Hey. It's okay. Just accept yourself, alright? It's not because of you that you can't have a stable raltionship. It's just that you chose wrong." She said, trying to console him.
He lookee at her, deep in her eyes. He moved her bangs to show the eye she hides. She has one grey, and the one she hides in her bangs is blue. Carrie blushed and movee his hand slowly away from her face. "What?" She asked, not making eye contact. "Nothing. It's just that I didn't notice before..." he stopped. "Notice...? What?" She asked again, now looking at him. "Nevermind. Thanks for cheering me up, Carrie." He smiled at her. Gumball got up as Carrie did, too. "Well... I should go..." she said as she made her way to the door. Gumball walked behind her and hugged her. She blushed and was about to talk but... "Thanks again. You're really a great friend." He whispered in her ear.
Gumball let go of Carrie and she turned around, petting him as she smiled. But because Gumball was taller than her, she had to to tiptoe. She walked out of the door and to the rest of the Wattersons. "Is he okay?" Nicole asked worriedly. Carrie nodded as she smiled. "Thank you." Nicole said as she shook Carrie's hand. Carrie teleported out of the Watterson Residence.
A/N: Hey! I'm not dead yet, okay? Anyway. Hoped you guys enjoyed. I put my personality on the high school grad Gumball. I hope that's fine with you guys. Don't forget to follow and and leave me some ideas for chapters to come! :)