Glowing Hearts :: Karlnapity

Chapter 7

Karl shut the door behind, heart beating out of his chest. He pressed his ear to the door gently, trying to hear their conversation, but it was no use. It was too muffled to make out anything. The brunette sighed and began walking down the hallway to his own room. 'What was he talking about when he said he can't have anything to himself,' he wondered trying to think back to when they went to high school together. 

"I wonder if Eret knows anything..." Karl whispered to himself when he reached his dorm room. Underneath the door, he could see a bright red glow, this was a sign for him to knock. "It's me, Karl, am I good to come in?" The red light from under the door disappeared and a deep voice called back to him. 

"Yup, you're good!" Karl opened the door to his dorm; on the right was his side of the room that had his manga bookshelf and video game posters. On the left was his roommate's side of the room, Eret. Eret has a very interesting hobby, and that is taking photos with film and then developing it in a darkroom. He had a whole setup of currents, lights, and a table that had all his supplies. His favorite subject to take photos of was people; more specifically unique species. 

"How was your final tour before the school year?" He asked Karl, not looking away from his newly finished photos of Puffy and me. The theme for that little photoshoot was flowers, so we were wearing flower crowns and were covered in loose flowers. I sat on my bed and watched him organizing his equipment. 

"It went great! It was the most interesting group I have ever had, I don't anything comes close," He explains the Eret shaking his head thinking about it. Eret nods to let me know he was listening. "Yeah, I think that there is a species from that tour you would enjoy taking pictures of." Eret finally turns to look at Karl and his face lit up. 

"Really?" He asked taking a step towards Karl. 

Karl nods and continues. "Yeah, his name is Ranboo. He's about 7-foot and is for sure half-ender, but I couldn't tell what the other half of him was. The thing is he is half black and half white," He explained excitedly. Eret smiles brightly hearing about his new model and grabs a notebook off his desk.

"And you said his name is Ranboo, he's a first-year correct?" He asks Karl as he is writing some information down. 

"Yeah, he's a first-year," Karl answers. There was a few moments of silence before Karl decided to ask him questions about Quackity. "Hey, Eret, there's been something bothering me lately," he says while scratching the back of his neck. Eret may have an uncontrollable passion for photography, but he will always be there to help those closest to him. He throws the notebook onto his bed and kneels in front of Karl. 

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asks in a gentle voice looking up at Karl. Even though they had been ex's for at least a year now, he still gets flustered at this type of interaction. He takes a deep breath and looks back at Eret. 

"Remember when you dated Quackity when you were a Sophomore and him and I were Freshmen?" Eret leaned back on his heels and raised a brow at his roommate. 

"Uh, yeah, what's this about?" Karl felt bad bringing it up because it was in the past, but maybe knowing would help him know what's wrong with Quackity. 

"How come you broke up with him, it wasn't because of me, right?" Eret furrowed his brows and got up and sat on their own bed crossing their arms. 

"What's this about?" They questioned. 

"Ah, I saw him on campus today and the thought made me curious is all," Karl lied, but he also didn't want to cause more trouble for Sapnap. 

"Listen, I can tell you're lying," Eret pointed out making Karl blush and feel guilty. "But I won't make a big deal out of it this time, just don't get yourself into trouble okay? I need a verbal agreement."