Glowing Hearts :: Karlnapity

Chapter 4

'God I feel so stupid...' Sapnap thought to himself following behind Dream and George, who were then following behind Karl. He had brought our little group across the courtyard to the gymnasium. 

"And over here is the gymnasium, which you are required to go to at least two times a week," Karl says while pointing at the large building ahead of them. Like everywhere else on campus, the fields were nice and kept. 

"What the fuck are you on about???" Tommy yelled from the back of the group; Tubbo swiftly knocks him in the back of the head. They start to back and forth but Sapnap chooses to ignore them and focus on the issue ahead of him. In a moment, everything seemed to go in slow-mo for him. Karl turned around to look at the group; the sun made his ocean eyes sparkle, his fluffy brown locks floating in the wind, and his smile... shining brighter than the sun that circled their earth. 

"Fuck..." He muttered under his breath, which earned two very confused glances from his best friends. 

"You good man?" Dream asked concerned, Sapnap felt his face burn and quickly pushed past the two. 

"Yeah... I'm good..." He continued to follow behind Karl as they entered the gymnasium, making sure that he kept a decent distance behind him. He took a deep breath to try to calm his heart down that was pounding out of his chest. 'There's no way I could feel this strongly about someone I just met...' Karl stops in front of a door and knocks on it. 

"Mr. Techno? I have the Freshmen here on a tour if you want to introduce yourself," Karl yells slightly outside the door. We here shuffling inside the room and the sound of clacking hooves inside. The door suddenly flies open and stood in the doorway was a species Sapnap thought he would see working at school. In the doorway stood a tall figure that was wearing gold jewelry and had his hair in a long pink braid behind him. Behind the glasses that sat on his snout, he raised an eyebrow. 

"A Piglin?" The words had already slipped from Tommy's mouth who then slapped his hand on his mouth. Everyone was taken aback except for Karl. The Piglin species don't exactly have a good rep; on the news, you often see how the Piglin start rebellions against the government and it usually ends in genocide. 

Mr. Techno sighs while running his hand over his snout. "Yes. I am a Piglin. No, I am not involved with genocide. Does that mean I like the government? No." He scans his eyes over us and steps back into his room, "Males meet every Monday and Wednesday, females meet every Tuesday and Thursday, non-binary or genderfluid can meet on any of the days. Friday is for makeup work. Good day." With that, he slams the door. 

Karl slowly turns to all of us and awkwardly laughs. "He uh, he'll grow on you guys eventually," he says and makes eye contact with Sapnap who smirked at him. They stare for a few more seconds, Karl noticed the slight hue of red in his brown eyes. 'Why are they so hypnotizing,' Karl thought to himself. 

He didn't want to stop staring. So he didn't. Karl focused his energy and time came to a halt. "Sapnap..." He felt his face heat up and his heartbeat quicken. He observed how his shirt was tight around his arms and chest, muscles showing through ever so slightly. In his smirk, you could see the point of his canine above the light stubble that grew on his chin. Karl wanted to get closer but feared that they would notice that Karl somehow transported a few inches closer to Sapnap when he unfreezes time. "I hope that you're different..." Karl says to himself, he unfocuses and time continues as normal. 

"Yeah, he seems like a real lovable guy..." Tommy mutters while crossing his arms. 

"Don't be so rude, Bro," Tubbo scolds while shaking his head. Karl shakes his thoughts away and claps his hands together.