Sunflower Bath ~ A Karlnap Fanfiction

❛The Wind Carries All The Sound❛

The wind carries all the sound. The pressure makes me crack, tears welling up in my eyes as I run. I can hear them chasing. I can hear the sirens. I can hear everything. From the gasps of people in may way, to the inaudible things like the stares. I can hear and feel all the eyes on me, but I keep running till they can't see me anymore. I can hear the groans of pain from my sister. I can hear the voice of my mother while she was dying. Everything comes at me at once. Why are they chasing me? Do they want me to be there to see my dead relative? Do they want me present so I can pay her medical bill? What do they want from me? Do they want to ask me about my bitch of a father? Do they want to arrest me for nothing? What do they want? Whatever they wish for, I'm not giving it to them. I'm running for miles and never looking back. Because I don't want to talk right now. All of these people are already talking to me in my ear, and it's overwhelming. I don't want to talk right now. And I don't need to.

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I get pulled into the elevator. I ask questions and even raise my voice a little just to get something out of Karl, but the only answer I get is that, 'We are the prey, and there are predators.'  It's not enough, and I don't think it'll ever be enough. He keeps beating around the bush for an unknown reason. I can't help but ask, and I honestly do have the right to ask. This time I grab on his arm, as we go up and up and up. I shake him slightly, begging for anything else. Any other answers.

"Karl! Just tell me!"

"Sapnap it's simple! I've already told you so many times!"

"But it's not enough!"

"Well what's going to be enough?"

I pause at that for a second. What's not enough is him saying the same thing over and over. What's not enough is him repeating the same sentence over and over, with a calm face and settle tone.

"You wanna know what's enough?"

"What?"

"You screaming at me and telling me to shut up. To say it's personal or tell me the truth to my face. And if I keep asking I need you to discipline me again. Because it's all the same! All this time I've accepted the fact that you haven't told me anything, but it gets old! I need you to change! You're too- too..."

"...Too what?"

My brain tries and finds the word, but each letter is scrambled like a puzzle. It needs to piece each letter together to find the answer. And eventually it came to me. And I spoke it into existence with no hesitation.

"You're too loveable! You're too pretty and petite to ever get mad! And you know what, right now it's pissing me off! I can't yell at you for not telling me! Or get mad and storm off to another floor! Because your just so loveable! And I hate it! I hate the fact you're so loveable Karl Jacobs."

He freezes, and I cross my arms waiting for a reply.

"Sapnap- did you just hear what you said?"

"I said that you're so... Loveable. Oh."

I tense up for a second, my anger becoming something so small. I didn't even know I could do that. Say something I was feeling without knowing I was feeling that way. I look back at Karl, wondering what this means now. What does he think of me?

We arrive to the floor. The doors open and show a room I'm not familiar of. Yet I walk into it anyway, leaving Karl speechless in the elevator.

Once I walk out, I am left speechless. I guess we both are at this point.

I run up to the sight. There's a big glass barricade blocking me from falling. I can see the whole town from here. If I look down I can see the tower of houses, which more towers are visible if I look straight too. I'm in awe at the sight. I never thought looking from a bird's eye view would be so.. Magical. It feels like I'm being comforted by the air, which trust me, it sound weird to me to. How could someone be so scared of the heights? I'm glad I'm not.

"Sapnap?..."

I hear a small voice from behind me. I look over my shoulder and see who was expected, Karl. I look back instantly, remembering the elevator.

"Listen, we can talk about whatever that was... later."

"Agreed."

I say, still looking out at the town. Karl giggles and stands next to me.

"Isn't it beautiful? I usually use it for bird watching but in this case it's for emergencies I guess."

"It's... It's loveable."

"Huh?"

Karl looks at me with a raised eyebrow. I almost regret talking for a second, but continue what I started.

"It's loveable, just like you."

I turn to face him, seeing his cheeks and ears turn red.

"S-sapnap!"

I laugh at his reaction, soon bringing my hand up to caress his face. I run my hand on his ear, stopping there. I look into his eyes, and I know they want something. And I want it too, but I never have done it before.

"I'm not good at this Karl."

"Well you could be."

He leans in, wrapping his arms around my neck. Our lips touch for a brief moment, but in that time I am drugged and out into a trance. My heart jumps out of my chest, as butterflies dance in my stomach. Is this... Love? Is this what my mother first felt when she fell in love with my father? Is this what love is supposed to feel like?

Karl backs up, but I lean forward again. We share another chaste kiss. I swear fireworks set off into the air. The world blurs around me, and the focus is on Karl. The spotlight is on Karl. And my world suddenly revolves around Karl. Even when we separate, the feeling never changes.

We back out, me feeling dazed. Karl giggles which makes me smile.

"...Wow! I-"

"Shh!"

Karl shushes me.

"You don't have to say anything."

He hugs me and rests his head on my chest. I hug back tightly. His head facing the window, mine facing the elevator. Suddenly he pushes me away. I raise my eyebrows.

"Karl?"

"Sapnap- I- we need to go!"

"What? What happened? Where are we going!"

"The predator- I saw it! We need to go now-"

He's cut off by the familiar eerie noise. I gasp and instantly plug his ears. He does the same, and we hear the alarm go off, alerting everyone else.

Karl looks panicked, tears welling up in his eyes. I kiss his lips again, trying my best to comfort him. When we back out I tell him, even though he can't hear.

"I love you."

I know he knows what I said, but I also know things are about to change. Things are going to change once we get out of this tower.