"Dude! How the HELL!?"
Karl laughed at the man yelling in his headset, they were playing bedwars together and Nick had just died for the fifth time in the same game. "Just like, get better."
"SHUT UPPPPP! THIS ISN'T FAIR!" Nick screamed, getting the cutest giggle out of Karl.
They had been playing for hours, enjoying each other's company the entire time, even if it wasn't in person. Karl secretly wished it was.
"Oh my God, dude it's like 5 am here, I hear birds."
"Shit really? DAMN-" Nick looked at his clock, it was 3 for him, meaning it was indeed 5 in North Carolina. Early as fuck.
"Yea, I have a shoot tomo- wait no- today." He meant a shoot with Jimmy, otherwise known as Mr. Beast online, he had to be at the warehouse at about 1, in 8 hours.
"Damn, dude- go the hell to bed-" Nick laughed, logging off of minecraft. "Don't know about you, but I know I'm sleeping, like, right now." Nick said as he closed out of minecraft, only having discord open again.
The fact he got off so quickly gave Karl the smallest spike of anxiety, he had talked to Nick for like so long tonight that he really didn't want his company to go away. "Wait, uhm-" Karl started talking, thinking about what he was about to ask for a moment before continuing. "Could uh.. Could I stay on call with you..? Again..?" Karl asked a little nervously, it felt weird asking Nick, even if he did this with his other friends all the time. Nick was, somehow, different.
"Oh, yea sure, I don't mind. Just like, let me call you on my cell, I'll be right back-" He then hung up. Karl assumed he was getting ready for bed, so he hung up on the call and did the same. He got up, went to his dresser and changed, then went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
His phone started ringing, but not a normal phone call, facetime. He answered, toothbrush in hand. "Dude- I'm brushing mah teef-" he said, muffled from the toothbrush. That made Nick laugh. He put the phone down to where it looked on Nick's end like he was on the floor looking up at Karl.
"Damn, what a view-" Nick said, in a very slight flirty tone, they joke around like that all the time. "Not even gonna take me on a date first? Sheesh Karl-"
That made Karl laugh, choking on his spit a little. "Oh my god shut the hell up-" He continued brushing his teeth, slightly blushing and smiling.
Nick laughed with him, Karl glanced at the phone and saw that Nick was already laid down, head against the pillow, holding his phone above his face. The things Karl would give to be in the same bed as him right now.
Karl finished brushing his teeth, then washed his face with some water, rubbing it with a towel. He then brushed through his hair and grabbed his phone, walking into his bedroom. He plopped on his bed, bouncing just a little for a second, getting a slightly shocked expression out of Nick, along with a little blush. Karl couldn't tell with the red LEDs that Nick had on in his room.
"Why'd you facetime? Not like I mind- but still." Karl asked, setting the phone up on his bedside table so he could lay on his side without holding his phone, which is exactly what he did.
"Honestly? Misclicked." Nick responded, laying on his side but still holding his phone.
"Oh- I mean we can regular call if you want-"
"No no this is great, I don't mind-" Nick smiled, his face a lot closer to the screen that Karl's was. Karl smiled.
"M'kay, if you say so, nimrod." He smiled, grabbing the light controller from his bedside table, turning the regular lights off and his LEDs on, blue, but not too bright. It looked pretty.
They talked about a few different things, MCC, the fact Nick was going to move in with Dream in a few months, the projects Karl's been working on, ect.
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"You should come see me..." Karl said, face half covered by the blanket he was hugging, eyes shut like he would fall asleep at any moment.
"Oh yea? You wanna see my sexy face that bad?" Nick asked, flirty again. It made Karl blush, noticeable with the contrasting lights. Nick noticed it immediately.
"Well.. what if I do?" Karl asked, opening his eyes and glancing at the phone, seeing Nick smirking just a little, mischievously. That look gave tired Karl the best butterflies in his stomach.
"Yea? That's your only reason? My hot face?" Nick laughed a little, paying attention to the blush barely visible on Karl's cheeks, it kept growing.
"Mhmmmm.." Karl hummed in agreement, shutting his eyes again, he didn't want to look at Nick, it was too embarrassing.
Nick smiled, looking at the pretty boy on his screen, he's so so pretty, he thought to himself. "Well I'd love to see that gorgeous face of yours, too.." Nick said, he sounded so sincere, it made Karl look up at his phone again, a little wide eyed. Did he mean it in the way Karl took it?
"Really..?"
"Mhm.."
They sat in silence, just looking at each other. With the color that Nick had his lights at, red, Karl couldn't tell if he was blushing just as much as he himself was, but Nick could definitely tell how much Karl was blushing. Almost a whole minute went by before Karl spoke.
"Y'know... I meant what I said.." He smiled just a little, his tiredness definitely giving him the confidence boost he needed to be flirty.
"Hm?" Nick hummed in response, he couldn't tell what he meant.
"That uh... you have a sexy face.." There goes the confidence that this bottom boy had, he was hoping Nick would just understand what he meant, he didn't want to have to say it, but he did.
That's when the crimson color started barely showing up on Nick's cheeks, even though his blush was so bright, it barely picked up on camera with his lights. "Oh yea..?" Nick smirked at the boy on the screen once more.
Karl just nodded in response, covering his face completely by the blanket. "You're embarrassing me.." He said, in a whiny tone.
"What if I like you like this..?"
That made his heart skip a fucking beat.
"W-What?" Karl's eyes shot up, looking at the phone, seeing the color of the LEDs had changed to match Karl, blue. He could see just how red the man's face was, it made his stomach turn in the best way.
"You heard me.." Nick smiled, he really enjoyed making Karl act this way, clearly.
Karl stared, looking at the very tired man through his screen. He saw how there were bags under his eyes, how he was barely keeping those eyes open. Suddenly, Karl reached forward and hung up. He felt horrible.
Oh god, oh god no.
Nick was shocked, he grabbed his phone and texted Karl, "Hey, what happened?"
No reply.
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Ur Gonna Wish U Believed Me - Karlnap
RomanceHe didn't know it, but Nick was listening to him 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...
