mcyt || one shots

hero || karl

knowing a secret has its perks, but seeing your partner lose himself because of it isn't one

tw // death

a/n : updating because finally wifi isnt poop. also, happy eid mubarak !

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the day was late, and he still wasn't here.

it was usual, no more did i feel too worried about his whereabouts. still, i awaited his arrival in the library, fiddling with the torn novels and journals filled with historical records with his handwriting.

i always assumed what he did was heroic, changing events of the past or future for the betterment of the present.

though, the question "name a happy hero" always stuck in my brain.

i shook the thought from my head as the portal shimmered purple, particles moving all around. i stood from the stone floor, a small smile playing at my lips.

a figure stumbled out of the portal, breath heaving with a hand clutched strongly on its head.

"i am never getting used to that." the man let out, eyes finally making their way over to mine.

"hey." i said, smirking as his eyes lit up at the sight of me. i'm never gonna get used to that.

"y/n!" he ran up to me, lifting me off the floor.

his goggles bounced up and down, together with his hair. he was sticky with sweat, but it didn't matter to me. everything after was a haze, as i got lost in the moment of pure joy and love.

silly me, i thought.

this is what heroes do. i cant stop him, that would make me the villain.

nothing bad was ever going to happen, and if it did, he'd solve it. after all, he was a hero. and heroes always get the ending they deserve.

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"karl."

i didnt understand what was happening.

his eyes were wild, grabbing at everything in his sight only to throw it back on to the floor. i would've called it a temper tantrum, if it weren't for his incoherent mumbles filled with panic.

"i cant-" one of the cut off sentences he managed to breath out. "it's not-" said another.

they didn't make sense, and as panicked as he was i was too.

i called for quackity, the only alternative i had in my mind. i didn't want to, as it made me feel helpless, but it was selfish to not try to help him.

"what is it?" for what felt like decades of watching horror unfold, a beanie came in sight. finally, i thought. i looked at him helplessly, only shaking my head slightly as a sign to tell him i had no idea what was going on.

he rushed to karl, me just noticing sapnap followed along. i didn't mind, because when karl had finally calmed down in the arms of quackity, his touch comforted me instead.

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"did he tell you anything?" i started, leg bouncing up and down.

i decided to visit quackity, concerned about my partner. sapnap lived with him too, what with being fiancées and all.

"im sorry, hermosa," quackity answered, earning a sigh from me. "however he's been acting with you, no difference with us."

sapnap handed me a cup of tea, his lips tight in a comforting smile. i just blinked, feeling desperate for an explanation. we sat in silence, all immersed into our own thoughts.