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karl is sitting cross-legged in the driver's seat of his car, tapping his fingers together in his lap whilst he stares across the centre console at sapnap, who is currently rushing some homework he didn't finish.

he looks tired and karl can't help but want to know how much sleep he got. simultaneously, karl doesn't want sapnap to feel babied, so he resists the urge to question him. instead, he asks, "when's it due?"

the ravenette mumbles, "first lesson," but doesn't allow himself to be distracted by conversation. he keeps his head down, scribbling away at questions with a slight glare to his eyes.

karl picks his phone up from his lap to check the time. he'd had a feeling they may end up being late if sapnap takes too long, but he checks to find they still have a good few minutes of time before school will start. it's a pleasant surprise, since sapnap has a tendency to never be on time for anything. he also has a snapchat from george, asking where they are, so he quickly replies that they're still in the car before pocketing his phone.

as soon as karl feels his stomach stir he knows he is about to be questioned. the rumbling sound that follows is expected and sapnap looks up from his work to glance over at the brunette. "have you eaten?"

karl shakes his head as casually as he can muster up when sapnap's eyeing him like he is. "not yet but i'm not really hungry," he dismisses. he holds their eye contact so it doesn't look like he's avoiding the topic.

sapnap hums at him, unsure, and karl holds back an eye roll as the ravenette boy reaches forward to unzip his backpack from where it is between his legs. he pulls out a plastic container of apple slices and passes them wordlessly to karl.

"i'm not going to eat your lunch," karl refuses, trying to pass the fruit back but being ultimately ignored as sapnap picks his pencil back up. karl glances down to see he is on the final question.

"we can share them, for breakfast," sapnap bargains, and karl gives in because he knows he won't get away with arguing against the food. so the pair eat in silence as they snack through the small container. karl admittedly has less than his boyfriend does, but he does eat a few just to make the other boy happy.

sapnap finishes his worksheet right as they finish the fruit, putting the paper and container back in his backpack before the pair of them finally make their way out of the car. school still hasn't started, so the pair of them silently know to head towards george's locker, where their group always meet in the morning.

sapnap reaches out as they walk, grabbing karl's hand and squeezing it in his own. "i'm already tired and the day's only just started," he comments, weaving through people in the school hallway.

since sapnap brought up the conversation, karl no longer feels guilty about asking, "have you been taking your meds?" he looks over to see sapnap dismissively shaking his head and asks, "why?"

"i told you," he shrugs, "they make me sad."

karl sighs silently to himself, spotting the rest of their group. "we have to talk about this later, alright?" he tells the ravenette, squeezing their hands together again.