Gumball stormed out of the Principal's office.
He'd tried to explain what had happened but Principal Brown just wouldn't listen to him and given him a weeks after school detention.
He realised it was now recess, though he'd already missed most of it.
He sat down on a bench, not even caring that it was still wet.
His stomach grumbled and he realised he hadn't had breakfast this morning and was subsequently really hungry.
"Just gotta survive til lunch..."
"Hey Gumball!"
He heard a voice which immediately made him feel better just by it's presence.
"Hey Penny."
"What's wrong? You look pretty miserable."
"Just having a bad morning that's all."
"Oh no, how so?"
"Missed breakfast, missed the bus and got wet, got detention because of someone's drawing and got sent to the Principal's office."
"Oof, pretty rough."
He'd scoff. "You don't say.."
"Hey, don't scoff at me!"
"Well, when you state the flipping obvious it's hard not too."
She frowned. "Just because you're in a bad mood, that doesn't give you the right to take it out on me!"
"Just because I scoffed doesn't give you the right to yell at and annoy me even more!"
She stood up turning red.
"What's wrong with you!?"
"What's wrong with me!? You're the one yelling at me over nothing!" He stood up to stomping his foot.
"Stop being such a jerk! This isn't like you!"
"I'm the jerk!? You're the one getting all angry over nothing!"
"Gumball, you're being riddiculous! Just listen to yourself, you're overreacting!"
"I'm overreacting!? You're the one having a hissy fit!"
"Yeah, because you're being completely unreasonable!"
"Says the one annoyed over me scoffing I mean listen to yourself!
"No, you listen, you-"
He snapped and slapped her before yelling."Just shut up! Just shut the hell up!"
His paws immediately snapped to his mouth and his eyes widened when he realised what he'd done.
She teared up and started shaking as she held her cheek.
"O--O-Oh my god...Penny, I-I-I...I'm so sorry! I didn't mean!"
He tried to touch her shoulder but she turned into her medusa form and hissed causing him to jump back.
"Stay away from me! I don't want anything to do with you, you arrogant, selfish jerk!"
She turned and started walking away angrily.
"No, Penny wait! Please!"
She continued walking not listening to him.
He started to cry. "PLEASE! PENNY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO-"
She'd go inside.
He sit back down and started to cry into his paws.
As if things weren't bad enough, now I've gone and upset Penny. What is wrong with me!?
He clenched his fist. He'd now gone from simply annoyed to mad. At himself, and the universe.
Why? Why was the universe being so cruel to him? What had done to deserve this? And why was he now actively making it worse for himself?
Penny was right asking what was wrong with them.
The bell for the end of recess rang and he went inside, kicking a football as hard as he could as he walked past.
