Gumball sat quitely as he ate his burger. His mother had been called out of work to pick him up early as he'd been suspended for two weeks. Luckily she'd stopped at home first to pick him up a set of clean clothes. After he told her that he missed breakfast and lunch she offered to get him a meal at Joyful Burger.

Neither of them spoke, Gumball unsure of what to say.

He was looking down, his ears flat against his head.

He decided he had to say something.

"I...I'm really sorry. I...I don't know what came over me, really I don't! I just...so many things happened that pushed me, further and further to my breaking point, a-a-and when it happened I just had this huge headache and I blacked out! Next thing I know I'm in front of a locker about to attack Anais after having destroyed half the school! I...I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it, really I didn't!"

He started crying.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, I'm not mad at you."

"I know, I know I should have tried to calm down but I-wait w-w-what?"

He looked at her confused.

"You're...y-y-you're not mad at me?" He sniffed.

She wiped his tears then hugged him.

"No, no, of course I'm not. It wasn't your fault. You had no control over it. I should know, I went through the same thing remember."

"Oh yeah, the..the whole mall incident. Was it..was it the same for you? The headache and blackout I mean."

"Mhm. The pain grew and grew until I just snapped and blacked out.

He thought for a moment then chuckled. "I guess we're even more alike than we thought.."

"Yes, though in this case that's not a good thing."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we now know you also posses anger related powers like my own."

"Well yeah but I rarely ever get angry so it's not a problem, right?"

"About that... I found that after I went passed my limit the first time I naturally began to feel angrier a lot easier, as if that part of me had finally been...unlocked."

"Oh, that's...not good..."

"I'm not sure if the same will happen for you though. I'll suppose we'll just have to keep an eye on it. You let me know immediately if you start to feel angrier more often, alright?"

"I will, I promise, I don't wanna risk this happening again..."

His ears fell flat again. "I upset Darwin and Penny and almost attacked Anais! If I get that angry again I could...I could..."

He teared up, whimpering as he imagined what he could have done. "..I could really hurt them..."

She hugged him."Hey, it's alright. It won't happen again, as long as we keep it under control."

"What if...what if they won't forgive me.."

"Aww honey. Anais already has, and I'm sure Darwin and Penny will too when they realise what happened. They know you'd never really mean what you said to them."

"Y-yeah...you're right. I'm sure they will."

He thought for a moment. "Hey Mom?"

"Yes honey?"

"When...when did you go past the limit for the first time?"

"I..I was about your age. I'd had a particularly bad day at school and had arrived home. I got into a pretty heated argument with my parents and eventually I snapped and blacked out. When I came to I was in the middle of town with a bunch of people pinning me down. Apparently I'd gone on a rampage and attacked a bunch of people. I...I felt so guilty..."

Her ears lowered.

"Oh no..I..I'm sorry I brought it up...I didn't mean for you get to upset.."

"Aww, sweetheart you don't need to apologise. You were just curious."

He sighed. "Who knew I had this in me all this time though.."

"Well, I knew it was possible that you did but I didn't know for sure until today. I suppose it's technically a good thing to have my worries confirmed at least.."

She thought for a moment. "Have you...have you ever felt close to going past the limit before?"

"I..."

He looked down hesitating.

"...yes. Once."

"When?"

He hesitated again.

"Honey?"

He looked up shaking slightly and gulped.

"It was...it was when you made me do all that stuff for the chart."

She gasped.

"Waking me up really early every morning, making me climb up and down those stairs with you on my back, fighting a woman over a fish, standing on the roof in a thunderstorm...it was pushing me closer and closer...:

"and then..when you abdoned me in the desert

...it very nearly pushed over. I only managed to calm myself down by comitting cactus genocide."

She couldn't help laugh slightly.

"Thank god I did otherwise...otherwise who knows what might have happened..."

"Oh my god, I...I'm so sorry! I had no idea I was upsetting you that much! You should have told me!"

"I tried to but you wouldn't listen."

"God, I feel terrible for putting you through all that...how...how could I have done that to you..."

She looked down giving a little whimper.

He thought for a moment before hugging her. "Hey, it's okay. I already forgave you for it. You were just trying to help me, I know you'd never intentionally upset me."

She looked up and smiled. "Thanks sweetie." She hugged him back.

They hugged for a while before she let go and sighed. "I don't know what we're gonna do if your anger starts getting worse though...it's bad enough with just me..."

"Actually, I think I might have an idea. One that can help us both out with our anger."

"What's that?"

"Well, a few weeks back on our anniversary night me and Penny were talking about everything we've been through together and she brought up my old gi, suggested I get it out again and learn karate."

She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Gumball, we both know you'll attend the first lesson, get bored and quit."

"Oh, no, I wouldn't be go to lessons. Not paid ones anyway."

"What do you mean...?" She raised her eyebrow.

"Well...I was thinking that perhaps...maybe...you could teach me?"

"What? Me?!"

"Yeah, you're a black belt and you studied with the best! You'd be the perfect teacher!"

"I...I don't know. I've never taught anyone else karate before..."

"Oh come on, please! It'd be a fun and creative way for us to let out our excess anger, it'd be perfect! Not to mention we'd get to spend more time together, something we don't get to do much."

She'd think for a moment, considering what he'd said. It did sound like the perfect tool for their anger..

"So, can we do it? Can we? Please, please, please!"

She smiled seeing how much he genuinely wanted this.

"Oh, alright then, I suppose it's worth a shot!"

"YES! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!"

He'd grin and hug her.

She'd laugh and hug him back. "You're welcome sweetie."

Teaching my son karate? This oughta be fun...