Chapter 8: Dream

The two boys fell asleep in each others arms that night, but completely oblivious to the large green eyes watching them from the shadows of the room.


Gumball was in the black abyss of his death. Everywhere was black, but for two glowing lights. One was a swirling blue and white, while the other was dark reds and browns, both reminding him of portals from video games he plays with Darwin. A dark shape stood in front of him, blocking the portals, all he could see was the bright eyes of the unknown man or woman. The left eye was a bright blood red just like the red portal on the left side of the black abyss, while the other was a gentle blue.

"Who are you?" Gumball asked, his voice quivering.

"You are not yet dead now are you boy." The voice that shifted from a males to a females in a mater of seconds before repeating the pattern said more of a statement than a question. Gumball could tell that this person knew more than what the world had to offer.

Gumball blinked, "What?" He asked.

"You are a feline I see." The eyes were now behind him and the portals were gone. He felt a warm hand on his tail and a burning but freezing other hand on his ears. "You have the tail and ears of one Gumball."

He jumped out of the grip, "H-how do you know my name? Where am I?"

The eyes rolled and the unknown thing answered, "I know many things boy. I was once a innocent mortal like yourself. But now I'm just a poor-happy soul that lives in this wondrous place!" The voice changed from a growling deep to a happy angelic voice in the few words that he-she said.

"Uh…okay. Who are you?" Gumball asked.

"I am known as 'Ruler of the Universe' and my name is Galaxy and Universe." She-he said. Gumball was getting the hint that the female side was more controlling.

"Where are we?" He asked.

"That, my friend, is a wonderful question! We are at the gates of life and death. You were supposed to be entering the death gates but…you have extra lives like any other feline."

"Oh…why are you trapped here?" Gumball asked.

"Well, I was here when your planet was made. So before the dawn of time. I am the ruler and guardian of the gates of heaven, hell, death, life and any other gate or way. I was assigned here to make sure that everyone got sent to their respective places." Galaxy said bitterly.

"Huh, that sounds boring. Were do I go?" He asked the guardian.

Galaxy narrowed their eyes, "I believe you go to the life gate. But…I must take one of your nine lives…"

A ball of red glowed in the dark cavern, outlining the creatures figure. One side of their face was a male wolf-boy and the other was a female wolf-girl, the blue eye was the female and the red was the male. The males side had vicious fangs sticking out of the black lips, and had a small red horn sticking out of the short black hair. The other half (the females half) had a light blue rounded horn poking out of her shoulder length white hair. Her wolf ears -that sat beside each horn- were both different colors, the left being a dark brown and the right being a light gray.

The body was the same way, half male and half female. The wolf tail wasn't only one, but two. One brown and the other a light gray. They wore a outfit Gumball had never seen before, the females side was a long blue gown that covered her right foot and the males side was black armored pants, combat boots, and a thick black shirt. Galaxy wore a collar that had spikes on the males side and small diamonds on the girls side, in the center of the collar dropped a tear shaped crystal that was swimming with red on the left and blue-white on the right.

"Have a nice life Gumball…be ware of-" Then the light hit him, taking his first life.

Gumball's eyes flew open and he stared at the ceiling above him. He was panting heavily and could feel the sweat on his neck and back. He looked around the room carefully and saw that Darwin was curled under the blankets and nearly laying completely on him. Gumball huffed and looked at the alarm clock by the bed, it read; 4:42. He groaned and plopped his head onto the pillows. Why'd he have to have a nightmare? Oh, probably because he had died not to long ago. Duh. Darwin moaned and shifted so that his head lay on Gumball's collarbone.

Gumball smiled and petted Darwin's soft orange hair. Darwin sighed and wrapped his legs around Gumball's right leg and hugged his waist tightly. Gumball let a small giggle escape his lips as Darwin's fingers touched his sides. Another giggle slid out as Darwin did it again and moaned. Darwin's eyes flickered open and he looked around and saw Gumball staring at him with a small smile and a little purr vibrating him.

"What?" Darwin asked quietly.

"Nothing…" Gumball said quickly and looked away. "It's almost five."

"Huh, wonder why I woke up so early-" A loud yawn escaped Darwin's lips.

"I dunno, I woke up at four-forty. And-" He quickly clamped his lips shut as Darwin's fingers tickled his side, causing him to jump and force a giggle down his throat.

Darwin raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong with you?"

"N-nothing." Gumball's eyes flickered over to Darwin's fingertips on his side.

"Oh…I see," Darwin smiled knowingly. "You're ticklish huh?"

"N-no. Never," Gumball flushed.

"Oh? And why do you do this…?" Darwin asked and purposely running his fingers across Gumball's side and waist line.

Gumball jumped and another giggle was forced out, "S-stop it!"

"Why should I?" Darwin mussed and his fingers danced across Gumball's stomach.

The boy giggled and pulled away, "C-cause! Pe-people are t-trying to s-s-sleep!"

"So?" Darwin asked.

"S-so what?" Gumball asked as Darwin tackled his stomach with a full on tickle tackle.

Gumball gasped through his laughter. And his face flushed as he curled into a ball, trying to escape Darwin's tickles. "N-no f-fair!"

Darwin just giggled like a school girl and tickled Gumball. Gumball's ears were twitching and turning at every touch Darwin made with Gumball's skin. Gumball's tail flicked around and curled in with Gumball's legs which he was trying to push Darwin away with.

"Oh yeah? Well, g-guess what I-I've g-got p-planned for y-y-you!" Gumball said between fits of laughter. He raised his arm and tackled Darwin's side with his hand, tickling back.

Darwin giggled uncontrollably as this happened and squirmed away. "No!"

The two boys continued this routine for a while before Gumball complained that his sides hurt. Darwin agreed and they had stopped. Darwin stared lovingly at Gumball who just smiled at him. Gumball leaned forwards first and his lips brushed Darwin's, he stayed there for a minute before hungrily closing the small space between them. Darwin linked his arms around Gumball's neck and pulled the bigger boy closer. Gumball gripped Darwin's small waist and ran his tongue along Darwin's bottom lip. Darwin obliged and opened his mouth. Gumball's tongue darted in and they wrestled for dominance, Gumball becoming the champion. Darwin smiled into the sweet kiss and ran his hands through Gumball's hair. Gumball moaned and it made their kiss that much more delicious to Darwin. They pulled apart only for Gumball to kiss and nuzzle Darwin's neck, and to fall onto the bed with Gumball on top of the smaller boy. Darwin gritted his teeth and hugged Gumball closer to him (if that was even possible). Gumball moved back to Darwin's swollen lips and attacked them again. Darwin slipped his hands under Gumball's shirt and softly ran his nails down Gumball's back. Gumball arched his back and his purring increased vaguely and he bit Darwin's lower lip.

Darwin groaned and ran his nails down his back again. Gumball arched once more, and pulled away. He looked at Darwin curiously and shook his head with a small chuckle before leaning down and kissing Darwin's collar bone. He trailed soft kisses up to Darwin's jaw and landed and soft kiss on his lips. Darwin shifted underneath Gumball who tightened his grip on Darwin's waist. Yup, Darwin admits he's the girl in this relationship. He wasn't doing a thing! Darwin (somehow) flipped him and Gumball, he cradled his waist and smiled down as Gumball stared at him shocked.

"When'd you get that kind of strength?" He asked.

"Oh, you know, swimming gives you upper arm and leg strength." Darwin shrugged and kissed Gumball's forehead.

Darwin climbed off of Gumball and stared at Gumball's waving tail and listened to his soft purring. It was all very calming to him. Gumball was kinda annoyed, he didn't know what he was doing. Or what he was even planning, yet thinking? Right, Gumball doesn't think. That's right. He rolled his eyes and Darwin cocked his head in confusion. Gumball just smiled closed his eyes. Darwin giggled quietly to himself and crawled over to his boyfriends side and curled up, his back facing the cold wall behind him and Gumball on his right. He pulled Gumball down and onto his back quickly so that he could snuggle into his side and hug him.

They hugged and giggled for only half an hour before the alarm clock beeped. Gumball yelped and jumped off the bed and landed on his hands and feet. It was the plus of being a cat, your instincts always kicked in when you needed them. His tail was slightly fluffed and his ears were pinned back. His pupils had gotten larger as he glanced at the loud alarm clock and slapped his forehead in exaggeration. 'Stupid Gumball, why'd you freak out like that? Oh, probably because of the…you know…dream of my death!' His thoughts screamed at him.

"What was that for?" Darwin asked, leaping off the ladder and hitting the floor, but not near as gracefully as Gumball had, he lost his balance and fell onto Gumball.

"Be careful Darwin," Gumball said. He helped Darwin get off of him. "I don't know why I did that, It just…scared me. I wasn't expecting it."

"Huh. Well, I've got to get ready for school. I dunno if you can or are coming so…yeah." Darwin walked over to the dresser and pulled out a lime green shirt and dark blue swim trunks.

"School? No! I…" Gumball sighed when Darwin raised an eyebrow. "I'll go to school."

"Great! Get dressed and I'm gonna go take a shower, you can next." Darwin smiled and left the room.

Gumball groaned as he got off of the floor and walked over to his dresser. He pulled out new blue boxers, a exact replica of his bloodied sweater, and his jeans that rolled up and had a tan inside. His usual outfit. Gumball then gathered a towel and sat on the desk in their room. The room was so real he felt like he was losing another life to Galaxy/Universe. Just the thought of it's name sent shivers down his spine. The woman/man was about a foot or two taller than himself and had stuck her arm out and the hot ball of death formed in her hands as she had tooken one of his nine lives.

"Okay Gumball! You can take a shower now!" Darwin shouted before entering the room wearing his chosen outfit and white socks covered his feet.

"O-okay, thanks Darwin." Gumball said and pecked him on the check when he took his leave.


Hopefully you guys like this chapter, I'm not completely pleased with it but...It'll have to do.

R/R!