//soulmates\\ karlnap

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"Use the sleeves on my sweater, let's have an adventure." Karl sung as he passed through the bedroom, sweeping up Willow into his arms. "It's too coooolllllddd for you here, now." He sang loudly from the living room. "Eat your food, apricot."

So well we were in New York for a few hours Willow had eaten three and a half apricots and then puked them up all over the kitchen floor the second we came back. I slowly got out of bed, the wooden floor boards creaking under my feet. "Good morning." I greeted, coming up behind Karl and kissing his neck a couple times.

"Good morning." He said happily, turning around and pecking my lips before sliding across the floor to the tiny laundry room.

I took the hot coffee mug off the counter he'd made me. "You're happy." I stated, sitting on the couch and leaning into a pillow.

"I am."

"And why is that?"

"Because my amazing boyfriend is here and my cat isn't dead and my birthday is in two days and my amazing boyfriend is going to move here and you have a basketball game today."

"Who's your amazing boyfriend? He sounds amazing." I wrapped my fingers around his belt loop and pulled him down onto my lap.

"Well it's not you, you're my mediocre boyfriend."

"Fuck you."

He laughed and kissed my lips. "Kidding! Love you bayyybeee."

"You better."

"How are you?" Karl asked as he parked the car in the parking lot of the hotel.

"I feel like I'm going to throw up."

"Hey." He reached over and grabbed my hand. I scrunched my nose and looked at him. "I'm sure it'll be great, don't stress it. There's referees and an audience, no one would do anything with that many people there."

Coming out was one thing but coming out on TV in front of millions was another. I was worried someone would... Do something to me for being gay, most likely beat me up or some shit. "Thank you." I forced and smile and unbuckled my seatbelt, leaning across the seat to kiss the corner of his mouth. "I love you, I'll see you in a bit."

"Bye, have fun."

"Thanks mommy." I smirked and closed the door as he laughed, heading onto the bus.

"I knew you were fruity." Someone yelled from the back of the bus after I got on.

"I know all of you are closeted gays, shut the fuck up."

The whole bus erupted with laughter.

The game felt really quick, it was already forty two to sixty, us winning. There twenty three left and I had the ball. I dribbled it across the court, my shoes squeaking as I dodged a guy almost as tall as me, keeping the ball in control and shooting. The ball went in and I grinned. "That's for you." I pointed at the camera, winking. I could hear Karl's laughter in my head, see his bright smile and curious eyes. After I got dropped off at the hotel I took an Uber to the apple store. "I have an order for Nick Armstrong." I told the bored looking woman at the front desk.

"Thanks for shopping." She said as I grabbed the bag. I went across the street to the jewelry store.

"Great job!" Karl exclaimed as I walked through the door, setting the bags down on the counter just in time to catch him as he ran into my arms. "You won, right?"

I nodded and laughed, kissing him slowly. "How have you been?" I asked as he slid out of my arms onto the ground.

"Amazing, what's in there?" He pointed into the bags on the counter.

I picked up the bags. "It's a surprise." He pouted but went back to the couch so I could hide them somewhere, that place ended up being under the bed. When I came back into the living room he was squirming and running his forearm over his chest. "What's happening?" I sat beside him.

He sat on my lap, straddling my thighs and staring at me. "Hi." He moved his face into the crook of my neck, moving my hands onto the hem of his shirt. I kissed his jaw.

"What are you doing, baby?" He whined a little and moved my hands up to just below his chest. I ran my thumb over the underside of his clothed boob. "Ohhh, I see." I pulled off his shirt, making him smile. "This?" I slipped my hand into his bra, feeling his hard bud against my middle finger.

His cheeks flushed and he hid back in the crook of my neck. "Yes please."

I reached my hand around to his hand, messing around with the clasp until it finally came undone. "God I love everything about you." I whispered into his ear as I pulled off his black bra, throwing it onto the coffee table. I ran my fingers over his breasts, I even leaned my head down and lightly bit his nipple before running my tongue over it, making his breathing become shaky. "Is this okay?" I asked after moving so he was lying down on the couch and I was on top of him.

He nodded vigorously and pulled off my shirt. I went back to his boobs, placing kisses in between them before sucking on the skin. I left a hickey on his left one before licking his right and running my thumb over his bud in a circle motioned. He replaced my hands as I untied his shorts and slid them off, exposing black underwear that matched his bra. I looked up to see his eyes closed as he squeezed his tits.

"Why are you so perfect?" I asked quietly, crawling back up to him and kissing his lips passionately. "Can I kiss your thighs?"

"Please do." He begged, stretching his neck back up to kiss me again before I moved back down, spreading his legs apart and diving my head down to suck on his thighs. He wove his one hand through my hair, the other still pleasuring his breasts.

When I was done he had two hickeys on his chest and four on his thighs, two on each. "I love you." I told Karl as I helped him put his bra back on.

"You're good at that." He replied, hugging me. I could feel his heart beating.

There was a loud knock on the door as we were eating dinner on the couch, watching Never Have I Ever. I got up and went to answer, Delilah was standing at the door, her hands on her hips and a scowl on her face. "You changed your lock."

"We had to because the door broke." I let her in.

"I have your gift." Delilah told Karl who had paused the TV, she sat down in my spot and I took both our plates to the kitchen, washing them and putting the in the dishwasher while Karl opened the bag.

Karl gasped as I was coming out, he pulled out a black corset and set it next to me. "Thank you, Deeds." He said happily, hugging her.

"It better fit your fucking small waist." Delilah said. I laughed and sat next to Karl.

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