Gumball ran into the school panicking. What if it was too late? He needed to find Darwin.

"Leslie! Do you know where Darwin is?" Gumball asked desperately.

"Oh, you mean the little brat that made my cousin cry?"/p

"He's not- ugh!" Gumball didn't have time to go off on someone else. "Just tell me where he is!"

"I think I saw him run into the boys bathroom."

Without a thank you, Gumball ran into the bathroom, sure enough, finding his brother on the floor crying. He hated it when he cried.

He walked over next to him and kneeled down. "Hey dude, are you alright?"

"N-no...I'm not."

Gumball moved Darwin's face so he could see how bad it was. Darwin's eyes were pure red and there were visible tear stains on his cheeks, he was still crying, but you could tell his cheeks were stained.
Gumballs heart dropped. "How do you feel?"

"I feel...pretty bad about myself." Darwin said, still crying while looking away from Gumball again. "Like a jerk..."

"Hey, it wasn't your fault, she was lying. I found her behind the school eating chocolate immediately after she ran. And plus, Penny told me she was rich. If it makes you feel any better, I yelled at her when I found her behind the school."

"Really? Thank you, I guess that makes me feel a little better." Darwin felt comfortable knowing that when nearly the entire school hates him, he still has a brother that would yell at somebody for him, a brother that would always be there for him, even when he was sad, his brother would never leave his side. Ever.

"But I still feel like it's my fault."

"It's not your fault at all."

"I know, I just- I don't think I can go back out there."

"You're gonna have to." Gumball said softly. He didn't want to tell them this, he knew it would be painful for Darwin. "But everyone's gonna say mean things to me again!"

"No they won't, I won't let them."

"Promise?"

"Of course."

Gumball helped him up and Darwin washed his face to get rid of the tear stains. Sure enough, people made remarks as soon as Darwin walked by, Gumball told them to shut up. Darwin felt like maybe everything would be ok. The feeling didn't last long though.