Gumball finally arrived at school, his fur and clothes thoroughly soaked.

He took a deep breath to calm down and compose himself before he headed inside.

The feline shook his fur, drying it as well as he could, though this caused it to explode and puff up.

"...Great..." He sighed.

Wet and annoyed Gumball walked over to his locker, where Darwin and Anais were waiting for him.

The young rabbit covered her mouth, trying to hold back her laughter as she saw the state Gumball was in. The sight was too much for her however and she burst out laughing.

"What on earth happened to you dude?" Darwin asked.

"I walked. It started raining. Plus I ran all the way, so I'm sweaty too." The feline replied bluntly.

"Why? Couldn't Mrs Mom give you a lift?"

"Ugh, don't get me started on Mom." He scoffed as he began to smooth his fur back down.

"Why? What happened?" Anais asked, finally regaining her composure.

"She got mad at me for missing the bus cause I slept in and said I have to go to bed a half six now."

"Half six!? That's earlier than I go to bed!" She exclaimed.

"i know! It's so humiliating! And unfaIr!"

"Did you tell her why you were up so late?"

"I tried to but she kept interrupting me. It escalated into a huge argument and I...kinda snapped at her."

"Really!?" Darwin gasped. "She must have been furious!"

"Yeah, she demanded I leave and made me walk. We shouted some more, and well...let's just say we aren't on speaking terms right now."

"Oh no, that's awful dude!" The fish replied as he squeezed his paw.

Gumball crossed his arms. "Meh, I don't care. I'm better off without her anyway."

"Gumball! " His sister exclaimed. "You don't mean that!"

"Yes, I do! She's stupid, annoying, stubborn and...and I hate her!"

"But Gumball-" Anais began before Darwin placed a fin on her shoulder.

"Don't bother sis. He's just a little angry at her right now. I'm sure by the time we get home he'll have cooled down enough to go and apologize to her."

Anais thought about this, before eventually sighing. "...alright. Just...promise you'll apologize to her when we get home, okay?" She turned and asked Gumball.

The kitten hesitated. "...I'll think about it."

"I guess that's good enough..." She sighed. "So, you gonna do anything about your clothes?"

"What do you mean?"

"They're soaking wet. You can't go walking around in them like that."

"What else am I supposed to do? Go naked?"

"What, no! Just go to the bathroom and dry them with the hand dryer!"

"...Oh ...yeah...why didn't I think of that? Saves me from sitting in wet clothes all morning..." He thought out loud before turning and smiling at her. Thanks, sis."

"Any time. You'd uh, better go now before class starts."

"How long do I have?"

"Uh, about 10 minutes." She replied glancing at the clock.

"Huh, guess I run faster when I'm angry...WAIT 10 minutes!? We need to get to the bathroom now otherwise we'll be late for class! Come on!" The feline exclaimed as he grabbed his brother's fin, beginning to drag him toward the bathroom.

"Oh, okay, don't say goodbye to me then. Not as if I matter..." Anais crossed her arms and looked away. pretending to be upset.

"Wha-oh, er sorry!" He stopped and turned to her with a grin. "I hope you have a terrible day sis! See you never!" He waved.

The bunny couldn't help but grin back. "You too Gumball, you too..." She chuckled. "See you at break!" She waved as she turned and headed to class with her books.

"Seeya!" Darwin called out, before getting dragged away by Gumball.

The two of them hurried towards the bathroom, Gumball dripping water as he walked.

As Darwin studied Gumball he had to stifle a laugh. His clothes were soaking wet, his eyes were narrow as he wore an annoyed expression on his face, his ears were pinned against his head and his tail was clearly wagging in annoyance.

"What's so funny?" Gumball asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing."The fish waved his fin dismissively.

"Come on, tell me!"

"It's just...you look so adorable when you're annoyed like this!" He giggled.

"What? How is this cute?"

"Your expression, the way you have your ears pinned back and the way you're waging your tail! I don't why, but...b-b-but it's just making me laugh!"

"I'm glad you find my misery so funny.." The feline rolled his eyes.

"Awww, come on dude, don't be like that!" The fish playfully punched him. "Where's your sense of humour?"

"I'm not really in the mood to laugh right now..."

"Awwwww, is someone a wittle gwumpypuss right now?" Darwin teased, squeezing his brother's cheek.

"Stop it dude, your not gonna make me laugh..." A weak smile formed on the kitten's face before he quickly looked away.

"Oh really? Then why did I just see you smile?!" Darwin grinned.

"That wasn't a smile, that was an...involuntary lip spasm!"

"Sure, sure...you just don't wanna admit that I almost made you laugh."

"No, you didn't! Not even close."

"Did too!" Darwin teased, before playfully nudging him. "Come on, just gimme a small chuckle! Just one!"

"No, stop it Darwin! I'm not gonna laugh!" Gumball insisted whilst the smile on his face grew bigger.

"Come on, you know you want to!"

"No I don't!" He stopped and crossed his arms. "You can tease and prod all you want, but I'm not gonna budge!"

"Oh really? In that case I guess I'm gonna have to use my ultimate weapon!" " His brother exclaimed before leaping forward and beginning to tickle his armpits from behind.

"AHHHHH, N-NO !" The feline squealed in surprise as he burst out laughing. "Ahhahahahahaha! Ahhahahahahahahaha! S-stop, please! Ahhahahahahaha! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He squealed and squirmed through his tears of laughter.

"Not until you submit and admit I was right!" His brother smirked as he continued his onslaught.

"O-okay, okay, you win! You were right! Now s-stop. please!" Gumball begged through his laughter.

"Mmmm...I suppose that's good enough." Darwin chuckled, letting Gumball go.

The feline took a moment to catch his breath before looking up and smiling at Darwin. "Thanks, dude, I really needed that." He chuckled.

"Naw, there's no need to thank me! I was just cheering up my bro, like any good brother would!" The fish smiled, glad to have raised his brother's spirits.

The two continued walking toward the bathroom, Gumball now smiling again. Okay, so the day had gotten off to a bit of a rocky start, but he was starting to feel a little better again now. Hopefully he'd be able to enjoy the rest of the day before he had to go home and face his Mom again.

Finally, the two made it to the bathroom. They opened the door and went inside only to find the dryer taped off with a sign over it, explaining that it was currently out of order until Rocky got around to fixing it.

"aaaaand, the dryer's broken, Because of course, it is." Gumball sighed.

"I guess you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way then." Darwin shrugged.

"Alright. You mind looking away?"

"...Sure..." The fish rolled his eyes and turned away from Gumball, who then stripped off all of his clothes. He began twisting each piece of clothing over the sink to get as much water as he could out of them.

"Come on dude, we only have a few minutes left til class!" Darwin complained as he tapped his foot impatiently.

"Ugh, they're still damp though..."

"I mean, that's good enough for now. At least they aren't dripping wet."

"Yeah, I suppose so." The feline shrugged. "Well, we'd better head to class. Time to bored as heck."

Gumball headed toward the door, about to leave.

"Woah, woah, woah, dude stop!" Darwin hurriedly stopped him.

"What?" The kitten asked confused.

"Do you wanna go to class naked?"

"Huh?" He looked down and gasped, his face turning red. "Oh right.."

The feline hurriedly went to pick up his underwear from next to the sink and found they were caught on the tap.

"What the- oh come on!"

He growled in annoyance, beginning to tug on them in an attempt to get them loose.

"Let go of my underwear you stupid. piece. of-"

He gave them a hard tug and suddenly a loud rip was heard as the underwear ripped in half. The force of his pull sent him stumbling back through the door and onto the floor in the hallway, still completely naked.

"Oww..." Gumball held his head in pain. He slowly got back up off the floor.

As he lowered his paw he looked around and saw a bunch of students, including most of his female classmates, talking in the corridor.

"Hey, everyone look! Gumball's naked!" Masami called out as she glanced over and noticed him.

The kitten looked down and gasped, his face turning a deep red as he'd momentarily forgotten he had no clothes on.

Everyone began to point and laugh at him, with a few whistles also being heard. Humiliated and annoyed, the feline grabbed his ripped underwear off the floor and ran back into the bathroom.

As he stormed in Darwin saw him blushing and sighed. "People saw you naked didn't they?"

"Yup." He replied bluntly. "and now I have to go without underwear, which is gonna be really uncomfortable!"

"Well, it's better than that one time where you were going around in just underwear."

"They were swimming trunks."

"Close enough." The fish shrugged.

Gumball sighed and began to slip on his pants. "Everything just seems to keep going wrong for me today for some reason. I mean, what did I do to deserve all this!?"

Darwin thought for a moment. "Maybe all your good luck ran out again?"

"No, I haven't done anything particularly lucky recently. And can you stop bringing that up? That entire day is one bad memory I'd rather not relive."

"Sorry." Darwin shrugged.

As he finished slipping on his sweater Gumball paused and took a deep breath. "It's okay. Let's just get through the rest of today, okay?"

"Alright. Come on, let's get to class before we're late."

The feline nodded and followed Darwin out. He stuffed his paws into his pockets, thinking about everything that had happened to today. So much for him feeling a little better. He'd argued and fallen out with his Mom, had to walk to school, gotten soaked, had to dry his clothes by hand cause the dryer was broken, had ripped his underwear, and had humiliated himself in front of his classmates. All before school had even properly begun.

However annoyed he was though, there was one thought in the back of his mind reassuring him, preventing him from getting any more annoyed than he already was.

Surely things couldn't get any worse, right?