Ur Gonna Wish U Believed Me - Karlnap

Chapter 1: Sleepy Talk

Some Notes, before you read :)

Hi! This is gonna be a long one, so stay in your seats! Above is the song that inspired not only the title, but the entire plot of this story going forward. There will be trigger warnings in each chapter as they are needed, in the same format as this note is, so make sure to keep an eye out for those. As always, this is also on my ao3 ( @Jup1t3__r ) and my tiktok ( @karl.notf0undd ) will have sneak peaks and updates on this story, along with the others I write in the future. 

Anyways, I'm done taking up your time, Happy Reading! <3

It wasn't unusual for Karl to sleep on call with his friends.

Being the person he was, he always wanted comfort from others, no matter where he was. That's why he was here, with his phone in his hands, thumb hovering over the "call" button on a contact in his phone

The day had gone ok, he streamed with George, Dream, Alex, a few other people. Simple Jackbox stream, lots of laughs, as usual.

Then why was he so unhappy right now?

He had a great day, his bed was comfy, his friends hung out with him today, it wasn't like he was alone in the world or anything.

"Hello...?"

Karl flinched at the sudden speaking of a tired man on his phone, he was lost in his train of thought, he hadn't even realized he pressed the button.

"Oh- Hey Nick."

"Bro, it's like... 1? You ok?"

He looked at his phone, up in the top left where it displayed the small clock. It was 1:13 am, certainly early. That made him feel horrible. He could tell he woke his friend up, it made him feel bad for disturbing him. He never called anyone this late, not even George, one of his best friends. He always called at about 10 pm if he planned on sleeping on call with someone, not ever this late.

"Karl?"

He looked at the screen, setting the phone down on his bed, sniffling just a little, he hadn't even realized he was crying. Where did all these emotions come from? "Sorry- sorry. I uhm-" He tried his very best to not sound like he had tears running down his cheeks as he turned to the side, a hand under his pillow, the other hugging his blanket. "Do you uhm.. you think I could sleep on call with you..?"

"What? Uh.. I mean yea, I don't mind- Are you okay?" Nick replied, that was when Karl realized he had never actually done this with Nick before, stayed on call while he slept. He did it with George a lot, Dream sometimes, and Alex, but never Nick.

"Uhm, yea.. I think so.." Karl said, lying

"You wanna talk about it?"

Karl had to think about that for a second, going through his thoughts from earlier one more time before he responded. "Yea, if uh- unless you wanna go back to bed, sorry.."

"No no it's fine man, don't worry, I'm all ears." Nick sounded so sincere.

Why did it ache in his chest when he was called 'man'?

"I don't even know what's wrong..." Karl sniffled again, Nick could definitely tell he was crying now, he was going to think he was pathetic, huh?

"Did anything happen today?"

That made him a bit happier, the way Nick sounded so concerned, it made his cheeks warm and his stomach did summersaults.

Oh no.

"N-No, I don't think so, I had a really, really good day.."

"Well, how about the rest of the week? Anything at all? I won't judge you.." Nick's voice started to get quieter, almost like he was right next to Karl in bed, laying with him, listening to what the brunette had to say.

There's no frickin way.

"No, not at all... I just, all of a sudden got hit with so many sad emotions..." Karl confessed, he truly didn't have any idea why he was feeling this way, up until a few moments ago, that is.

"Well I'm always here to listen if anything happens..." Karl could hear the man's smile through his phone, his sincereness, the kindness in his voice, how he was extremely close to his phone, almost at a whisper.

"Yea, I know..."

"You wanna try going to sleep?"

Karl stayed silent, thinking over every thing that he was feeling at the moment.

"Hun?"

"Huh?" Karl went wide eyed, his cheeks turning bright red, thankfully Nick couldn't see. He stared straight at the phone screen, wide eyed. Did he hear the ravenette correctly?

"I asked if you wanna try sleeping, dummy.." Nick laughed a little, that's when Karl realized Nick had said 'huh' not 'hun'. His mind was playing tricks on him.

"Oh, u-uhm, yea.. I think so.." He was in fact getting really tired, his eyes getting heavy, having just cried didn't help either. He pulled a hand up, touching his cheeks, they were warm to the touch.

"Alright, I won't leave, don't worry.. I'll be here all night." Nick sounded tired, he also sounded so kind, so nice.

"M'kay.. Thanks, Nick.." Karl smiled a little, the butterflies in his stomach returning once again.

"Yea, of course." Karl could then hear the man shift around in what he assumed was his bed, since Karl had just woken the man up in the middle of the night.

He stayed put, looking at the wall across the room, laying in complete and comfortable silence as the both of them tried to go back to bed, well, Nick tried to go back to bed, Karl was trying for the first time tonight.

Time went by slower than usual, but Karl couldn't tell. All he knew was he figured out why he was feeling this way, why he was upset, who made him upset.

He didn't know it, but Nick was listening to him up until Karl spoke up again, maybe 6 minutes later. The brunette was drifting off to sleep, so he couldn't have said this on purpose... right?

"Love you, Nick..." Karl had mumbled, before he snored just a small bit. 

Thank you so much for reading! If there were any mistakes in spelling or grammar please let me know, I have dyslexia! Updates will most likely be every 3-7 days, if I can actually stay consistent with something for once in my life lmao

Anyways, can't wait for the next chapter! I'm so excited for this fic. 

Love you guys! 

Jupiter out.

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