Envious Love - GumDog

chapter one - the alluding

Gumball awakes from his 20 minute nap. He goes to check the time by rolling off his bed and moving the mouse on his computer, and the time says "3:45 am". He groans, and gets on the computer. He gets on Elmore Plus, and looks at anybody who is currently on. Nobody. He scrolls through feed, looking at all the things on there he's already seen hours prior. Then, he hears the sound of a DM. He looks at his messages, and his heart skips a beat.

Penny: Hey

Gumball hasn't spoken to her in a really long time, ever since he cut off their relationship. They've been together for about a year before they split apart, and he wonders if it was right to do so. He turns off the computer, and hops into bed. He didn't know what to say. The more he thinks about it, why was she up so late? Almost at 4am? He closes his eyes, and thinks to himself "I worry about it tomorrow. I need sleep."

Waking up at 6pm to get ready for school wasn't the easiest job for Gumball. Staying up till 4am didn't do him much good, since he only had 2 hours of sleep. He slumps down the stairs after getting ready, and lays his head down on the table.

"What's up with you?" Darwin asks.

"I went to bed at 4am," Gumball replies, looking up at him.

"Oh," Their dad places pancakes in front of them and then he sits down on the couch.

"You better eat that before I do." Richard says, turning on the TV. Gumball lifts his head, and sinks his teeth into the pancake. He slowly eats it, and as he finishes it, his phone goes off. He looks at it and notices a message.

HDG: hurry to school

Gumball looks at the phone, then puts it down. He hears the bus roll up, and he gets up slumply to get on. He sits down towards the back, and which Darwin sits next to him.

"Are you going to be okay?" Darwin asks. Gumball looks over at him, then back at the window.

"I'm probably going to fall asleep in class. Could you take notes for me if I do?" Gumball asks

"Yeah, sure. You'll have to do something in return, though,"

"Whatever," The bus stops in front of the school, and everyone gets off. As Gumball walks up the stairs, he feels as if someone is burning a hole in the back of his head. He turns around, but no one seems to be looking at him. He continues into the school building. He looks around for HDG, but he is unable to spot him. He walks around the school, searching for him, but is unable to find him. He sighs, and goes to his class.

Gumball slumps down in his chair. The words being spitted out of Mrs. Simian's mouth didn't go through his head at all, and he didn't want to process it. His eyes are barely staying open, the large bags under his eyes being very apparent to his lack of sleep.

"Gumball, can you give me the answer?" She says. Gumball snaps out of his tired daze, and looks to the front of the room. Simian was looking dead at him, and he just stared at her.

"Nope," Gumball says, resting his head on his hand. Simian sighs.

"You need to pay attention in class more," She says.

"Sorry, I was doing homework from the class until 4am," Gumball is lying. He didn't do much homework from the class to begin with. Darwin knew this as well, but he didn't say anything.

"Darwin, can you confirm this statement?" Simian asks. Gumball turns over to Darwin, and he looks dead at her.

"It is. I only got maybe 6 hours of sleep because he kept waking me up to help him,"