Our Awkwardness

Chapter 11

Ten minutes after they got inside the mall Dray was bored of it. Don't get him wrong, he just doesn't find joy in being among a lot of people so he kept himself busy the only way he knew how, which was constantly looking at his phone or looking at Gumball. He didn't expect the one moment he looked at his phone Gumball would do something stupid.

They were in the middle of the mall and they seemed to have a skateboard promotion. The group decided to take a look because apparently Gumball was a "skater" , Dray didn't believe that. They had a small area where people who wanted to try the skateboards out would skate so Gumball wanted to try one out too. He did know how to skate of course but mistakes happen right? Gumball tends to be a bit dramatic at times and at that moment, it wasn't the right time or the right place. He got onto a board and skated around. It went smoothly.... Till he somehow left the small skating area and went to the slippery mall tiles. He lost control over the board and slipped then fell into the mall fountain. He was embarrassed. Then the board kept rolling and made a fat guy on the other side of the fountain fall.

Dray looked up from his phone at the sound of water splashing and a man crying. "What the heck happened?" He turned to look at Gumball who was slowly getting out of the fountain dripping wet. He crept to the others and passed them slowly. "Gumball are you running away?" Carrie asked out loud. "SHHH! yes Carrie, I am! Why don't you say it louder I don't think everyone heard you!" Gumball yelled in a whisper. He continued to slowly run away while the three followed behind him. " can't you Go a day without causing some sort of disaster?" Carrie asked again. Dray just followed while holding in a laugh. He never gets bored of being around Gumball. He bit down on his thumb trying not to laugh too hard because what he was seeing right in front of him was just too funny. Gumball looked like a wet cat and was running like a constipated penguin! ' God! If I say that out loud he'll get mad'.

Then all of a sudden Gumball slipped from the water that was dripping from his clothes. He fell so dramatically that Dray laughed so hard. "Ok that was pretty funny " Carrie said while chuckling with Darwin. " Glad that you're enjoying yourselves!" Gumball grumbled as he rubbed his butt. Dray walked up to him a tear dripping past his cheek underneath the shades. " come on, let me help you up!" Gumball got up and shook himself to get the water to stop dripping but it was no use. "We could go to the clothes store nearby and get a towel or something." Darwin suggested. They started to walk in the direction of the store but Dray grabbed Gumball. They stopped. " How about I take care of Gumball and you guys continue having fun in the mall?" Dray suggested as he pulled Gumball closer. "Wait what?" Gumball asked. " are you sure? How?" Darwin asked. " You don't need to know how Darwin, just leave it to me." Dray responded with a small smile making it seem like he just wanted to help but what he wanted was to just steal Gumball away and this was a clear chance. " but..." Before Darwin could continue Dray dragged Gumball away. "Have fun!" He disappeared.

"They're totally dating." Carrie said bluntly. " Carrie!" Darwin yelled a little. " what?! It's so obvious Darwin come on, why are you in denial?" Darwin covered his face. " Because if they really are dating then.... I owe Anais a lot of money" he said in defeat. "You Watterson's always have drama, I swear." Carrie said as she dragged Darwin in the opposite direction.

Meanwhile with those two, Gumball was confused. He looked up at the taller boy. "Where are we going? In case you forgot, I'm wet down here!" Gumball stated making Dray stop in his tracks. He turned around and smiled at Gumball " what did say?" Gumball raised an eyebrow. "I said I'm.... " he stopped talking soon as he realized what he had said. His cheeks flushed red. "Agh! You pervert! I didn't mean it like that!!" Gumball used his free hand that wasn't held to punch Dray on the arm. Dray laughed and continued to walk. "You should watch what you say.... Anyway I'm taking you to my parents' store. We'll dry you up there" dray led the way to his family's hotdog store. " I didn't know your family had a store in the mall." Gumball saw the store ahead. " yeah it's pretty recent, they're only going to use the food trucks for events and stuff" Dray explained as he led Gumball into the back of the store. It smelled Hella nice when they passed the kitchen.

In the staff only room Dray handed Gumball a dry towel and his own work uniform. It wasn't anything fancy, it was just a dress shirt and some black pants. "Who's clothes are these?" Gumball asked eyeing the clothes. "They're mine, I wear them when I help out at the store sometimes" Gumball lifted the dress shirt. "Did you forget about our size difference? This is basically a dress to me!" He changed into it anyway. ' this is just insulting, how tall is this guy ' Gumball thought to himself. " I need to take off my pants" Gumball looked at Dray. "So? Go ahead" Dray said. "Are you just going to sit in this room and watch me change?" Dray leaned against the door " what's there to hide? And besides, the dress shirt is long enough." Gumball just grumbled ' he has no shame!' He thought that as he took off the pants.

Later after drying himself off Gumball just sat there on a chair and sighed. " this day is turning out to be more tiresome than I expected" Dray walked up to him. " why aren't you drying your hair" he asked while feeling through Gumball's hair. " I just did." Dray took the towel. " you're still damp, give me the towel I'll do it for you" He walked behind Gumball and started to dry him but Gumball key moving his head. Dray held Gumball's jaw and neck. " Stop moving your head, it makes it hard to dry you." Gumball stayed quiet. ' this is starting to make me feel weird. Why's he holding my neck like this?' Finally Dray finished and tossed the towel to a table nearby. He moved his hand away from Gumball's neck. Gumball sighed a little bit that little relief was short lived. Dray traced his fingers along side Gumball's neck till he softly held his ears. " why are you shivering?" Dray asked. ' why wouldn't I be when you're touching me like that?! I can't see his face but I bet he's smirking right now, I can hear it in his voice!' Gumball thought to himself. His head was then tilted up to look at Dray. Said boy leaned down to close the distance between them " are your ears sensitive?" Still no response. Gumball gripped the sides of the chair he was sitting on as Dray leaned in closer.

As their lips finally met Gumball started to relax. They shared a sweet kiss but gentle as it may , both the boys hearts were pounding loud enough that they were sure the sounds filled the room. But alas they were interrupted by the door swinging open. " Drayson! You cannot just bring people into the back of the store, only staff are suppo....... " the person stopped talking as the situation registered in their head. Dray and Gumball were shook. For the first time Gumball saw Dray turn red in embarrassment. " M - mom!!" Dray yelled out. Dray's mother stood at the door with her mouth hanging open. " Gumball?!" She was surprised. She started to point in the two's direction. " were you two just... Just now you were...." Here shocked expression slowly turned into a sly smirk. " oh my! I should have knocked. Hihihi! Let me just leave you two be, please continue. I'll let it slide just this once!" She said while trying to find the door knob. Once she found it she slowly closed the door while giggling. Once the door closed Gumball turned to Dray. He was rubbing his eyes under his shades then proceeded to sigh.

"Well... Be prepared for you mom finding out. I bet my mom is already calling her as we speak." There was silence. " you want something to eat while we wait for your clothes to dry?" Dray asked while walking to the door. " mmm ... Yeah! I could go for one of your big juicy hotdogs right now" Gumball said patting his belly. Dray suddenly stopped after Gumball said that. He turned around with a smirk on His face. " Gumball, you should watch what you ask for or you might just get it!" Gumball blushed. " stop it! That's not what I meant!! You're going to make me lose my appetite!! " Dray laughed. " then stop talking to me like that." Dray left the staff room.