Hide 'n' Seek ☆Karlnap☆

☆. ｡.:* 5 - I think I love you *:. ｡.☆

(Karl's POV)
I rolled onto my back and reached for my phone on the nightstand. I was sat there just staring at Nick's contact for 10 minutes straight just trying to find a non-awkward way to explain...

Karl ✨
Hey...
I erase it. "No that sounds weird"

You know earlier...
No. "Oh my god why is this so hard"

Yea, so I may have...
Furious backspace-ing. "This doesn't even matter, it's a text, just write something" I let out an exasperated sigh and just chose to type the first thing that came to mind.

As I was about to tap the keys and type out my message, I got a text.

Nick 💗
Hey Karl 👋
Just wondered if u have seen my hoodie
Also urs is still here at Alex's place

I started freaking out... 'what do I reply?' 'I'm gonna sound dumb' 'I'm so bad at this' I force all the thoughts out of my head, take a breath, and just type out my response...

Karl ✨
Oh yea I was just about to text u actually
I've got ur hoodie right here ahah

Nick 💗
Ok cool thx
How bout we meet up tomorrow
We can exchange hoodies or smthin lmao

Karl ✨
Sure it's a date :)

I- wha- why'd I do that, I didn't even think. I physically facepalm, that's how stupid I feel. "It's a date" what if that makes him not wanna come, I've gotta fix it...

(Nick's POV)
I stared at the screen, faint blush coating my cheeks. "It's a date" that what he wrote, it's right there, plain as day in front of me but it still feels like I'm dreaming. My eyes dart back to the chat as I see the little bubble by Karl's name, it kind of appeared and disappeared a bunch of times, like he wanted to write something but didn't know how. I always found it adorable when he gets all nervous and doesn't know what to say, thinking about it just made me blush again.

(Karl's POV)
This probably looks so strange from Nick's screen, just my chat bubble dipping in and out all the time, eventually I gave up trying to fix my mistake and instead decided to just deal with whatever consequences came from it. I closed the messaging app and opened up Spotify.

Mr Loverman - Ricky Montgomery
-O--------------------------------------

I walked over to my desk and picked up my headphones, I put them on and went back to my bed. I closed my eyes for a bit and just listened to the song playing through my headphones.

★Timeskip next day (Monday)★

(It's an inset day ok, they don't have school today. I totally didn't forget that the weekend is only 2 days long)

(Karl's POV)
I wake up with a smile on my face, I'm meeting up with Nick today to swap hoodies. I got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast, we are gonna meet up at the park about 10 minutes from our school at 12pm it is currently, 10:45. I have some time before I need to leave so I decided to browse instagram. After a while I ended up on Nick's account, just scrolling through his pictures. He looks so happy, smiling and surrounded by me and our friends; it makes me smile too.

★Timeskip 1 hour★

The time drags by slowly, but after about an hour, I decide to start heading over to the park. On my way over it got really cold, I haven't brought a sweater because I was about get my favourite one back from Nick. When I say it's cold, I mean absolutely freezing, I feel like I'm about to get hypothermia or frostbite. I pull Nick's sweatshirt over my head and think to myself 'it's fine i'll just take it off before I get there'. Trust my luck, I forgot.

When I finally arrive, Nick is already here, he's sitting under the big willow tree, back pressed against the bark, facing away from me, he doesn't know i'm here yet. I sort of half skip/half walk over with an eager smile plastered onto my face, I drop down next to him and tap him on the shoulder, he must have been deep in thought or something because he spun round and started... almost hyperventilating.
"WHA- JESUS KARL! you scared the crap outta me" he exclaimed bringing his hand up to his chest to try and calm himself down. I feel so bad he was genuinely terrified. I wrap my arms around him and lean my head against his. "sorry" I whisper "I didn't know you'd get that scared"

(Nick's POV)
I begin to blush, Karl's head was comfortably resting against mine and he was just quietly clinging to me. A short while later I turned round to face him, I looked down to see what he was wearing today and I saw that he had ripped jeans and... wait my hoodie? Don't get me wrong i'm not complaining, he looks adorable in my clothes with his little sweater paws. I blushed *again* and this time he noticed.

(Karl's POV)
Nick turned to look at me, he glances at my outfit and starts blushing, I am a little  confused so I asked.
"why are you blushing?" I giggle nervously. He smirks at me and says...
"you're wearing my sweatshirt"
I look down and facepalm, I've forgotten to take it off,
I kind of, stutter out a response "Sorry... I, well it was cold, and-" He grabs my hands to get my attention
"Karl, it's ok. besides you look cute in my clothes" my face immediately turnes a light shade of crimson so I hide in the long sleeves of the hoodie.
"Hey, you don't have to hide your pretty face from me" This just makes my face heat up even more, if it wasn't for the cold, outside air, I'm fairly sure I would've burst into flames. When I don't move my face from behind the sleeves, Nick starts gently caressing my hair, his fingers trail down my cheek and rest on my chin, he slowly lifts my face until our eyes meet. I subconsciously glanced at his lips, but only for a second. We edge impossibly closer until I can feel his breath on my lips...

Then, he gets a call. It's from his mom, she is checking in to make sure we're ok. While he talks to her on the phone, I just kinda sit there awkwardly scratching the back of my neck. He came and sat back down, the tension from mere minutes ago completely diminished by now.

★Timeskip 2 hours★

(Karl's POV)
It's a little later at this point, about 2:00pm. We're sitting under the tree together just laughing and talking about everything and nothing. It's nice, I feel so calm and happy around him. Now maybe this is the universe's way of telling us it's bored... but:
"AHHH"
"OMG ITS GONNA GET YOU"
*frantic swatting*
"KARL MOVE"
"OUCH! WHAT THE HONK!"

(3rd person POV)
A wasp decided to break up the sweet moment by swooping in and chasing the two boys around the tree. It eventually stung Karl and just flew away, apparently content with its actions.

(Nick's POV)
I hurry over to Karl and sit against the tree with him, he is holding his right hand in his left and has tears in his eyes. I feel bad, it was about to sting me but Karl tried swatting it away and then it just went right for him. I don't know what to do for wasp stings, I know he isn't allergic to them so he's not in any danger. I want to help but I don't know how... suddenly an idea came to me, maybe it's the fact that he is upset. Maybe it's that I don't know what else to do. But I turn so we are facing each other, I take his hand in mine and I quietly asked him where it hurt, he silently points to a spot on the back of his hand and I bring it up to my lips. I kiss his hand softly, then gently lower it back down to rest on his knee.

(Karl's POV)
I wasn't expecting that, he kissed my hand, like actually, he is always so considerate and sweet. I stop crying and just look at him, he looks back at me, lips slightly parted. A smile is tugging at the corners of my mouth and I just giggle. Nick reaches towards my face and wipes away my stray tears then hugs me warmly. I hear him mutter something under his breath as we pull away but I don't think anything of it.

(Nick's POV)
"I think I love you Karl"
I whisper, almost inaudibly as I pull away from the hug. I again move to lean against the tree, reclaiming my position on the right side of my pretty boy. I look at him adoringly and rest my head on his shoulder, he lays his head on mine, just like I did at the sleepover. I'm happy.

So, I know this chapter is kinda late (apologies) I'm back at irl school now instead of online so I didn't have the chance to post earlier :( Either way, I really hope you all had the best day/night. I love you all so incredibly much! tysm for 161 reads :]
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