karl jacobs angst B)

vacation.

Tw: blood, choking, drowning, death.

Camping wasn't really Karl's ideal vacation; but he wasn't complaining. After all he got to hang out with his family and was able to get a break from streaming.

"Karl we need wood for the fire! can you go cut some for us?" His mom asked as she took the remaining wood they had and tossed it into the camp fire.

"Yeah I can! " He happily complied as he grabbed the axe out of thier bag of supplies and ran off towards the woods

Karl stopped shortly after running into the forest only to realize that he was know where near the camp sight. He'd gone way to far than he should've and the camp staff already warned his family about the wild creatures that lived in this exact forest. Though they've never had any bad occurrence's he couldn't shake off the feeling of fear.

Karl gripped his axe tightly and continued to walk to a semi fallen tree not too far from him. moss crawled up the side of the tree as maggots ate away at the rotting bark. Karl scrunched his nose up in disgust before hacking away at it. Despite the tree being partially rotten the wood was perfect for a fire and Karl wasn't complaining. It wasn't until he heard a crunch behind him that me him stop chopping. The twenty-two year old froze mid swing and turned his head shakily.

"Who's there!?" Karl yelled out to nothing.
He gripped his ace tightly and got into a fighting position before slowly walking around checking behind tree's and bushes out of paranoia.

He sighed and turned to continue hacking away at the wood before he saw a bush move. He couldn't believe his eyes. Karl walked stiffly to the bush ready to chop anything that jumped into site. As he looked behind the bush to see a squirrel eating away at the poisonous berries it grew. The rodent squealed and jumped at Karl's free hand; latching onto it with its tiny yet sharp teeth. The boy yelped and dropped his axe on the floor and flung his hand only for the squirrel to fly with it. He spun and grabbed at the squirrel trying to get it to let go of his hand but it seemed to only make it grip onto him more. As blood leaked from the rodents mouth covering most of his palm in blood mixed saliva karl finally wrenched his hand away sending the squirrel flying to the ground before squealing and running away.

Karl held his hand tightly as he blinked back tears. Who knew a squirrel could bite so hard. After a moment of sitting in pain he got up and grabbed his axe.

"After that whole fiasco I should wash my hands.." Karl whimpered to himself as the burning pain in his hand cooled and became sore.

As he walked back to camp he swore he'd never tell his family what happened due to it being embarrassing.
Karl rather say he accidentally cut himself instead saying he was attacked by a tiny rodent.

Once he finally made it back to the sight  he saw his family huddled together by the burning fire making stores.

"AH Karl you're back! We've been wai- wait..where's the would?..OH MY GOD KARL YOU'RE BLEEDING!" Karl's mother shrieked as she dropped the half eaten smore in her Hand and ran to her son.

"What happened!?" She asked worried and she ushered him to the trailer where the sink was.

"I accidentally cut myself while chopping would haha.." Karl laughed nervously as he started washing out his wound.

"How do you accidentally cut yourself karl? Hey these look more like bite marks.. are you sure you cut yourself Karl dear?" His mother analyzed his wound as the blood faded away.

"Ah- yeah! I just didn't slice it was the corners of the axe I swear mom!" Larl explained trying to back up his lie.

"If you say so.." She put ointment on the wound before putting a bandaid on and kissing it better.

"Mom I'm not a little kid anymore." Karl chuckled.

"A mothers kiss can heal anything!" She smiled; the dimples in her cheeks becoming more prominent.

The two giggled and hugged before leaving the trailer and joining the rest at the fire.

Little did they know that the barely noticable droplets of blood karl left behind would lead to something worse than getting bit.

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Stay tuned for part 2 ;]

Lordlilly out ‼️‼️