"Bird boy." (Karl x reader)

- The Realization - Chapt.6

It was still the middle of the day when you and Karl decided to trudge along the cities roads together. It was quite hot you can to realize as the scorching heat caused you to fan yourself every so often. Karl took a notice to it. "Deary, what are you doing?" You took a deep breath in before exhaling dramatically. "It's too hot out..." you reluctantly and breathlessly admitted, He looked forward to Arma that had taken the liberty of flying ahead of you both incase of sudden attacks.

He walked forward, seemingly occupied by thought. It wasn't usual to see Karl quiet... but what do you care? He's basically kidnapped you, kind of. "My, deary. Would you be interested in telling me what your wish is?" He pondered. You stood in silence, a long silence. You didn't really know but it wasn't like you were some psychopathic murder who just wanted some fun, no. You knew you wanted something, you just hadn't figured it out yet.

Shrugging your shoulders and letting out a soft hum. "I don't really know." You said out loud, he looked over with his eyes and smirked. "What? Are you some kill thrill?" You narrowed your eyes, more like he was a kill thrill... you shook your head a sighed. "No you bird brain. I just don't know." You heard him chuckle at your insult before smiling. You thought for a moment, would he kill you if you asked what his wish was. "Hey Karl?" He turned his head, he has a wide grin on. This was the first time since your meeting that you had said his name. "Yes, (Y/N)?" He smirked back, his eyes half lidded as we waited for your response.

"What's your wish?" You watched his smile falter and you readied for the worst but he just laughed. "Oh! Well, deary. My wish is to have an infinite energy source!" He said with a content tone. Your eyebrows furrowed. "But why? You seem fine and energized enough." You hoped you weren't prodding too much into his personal life and you were about to apologize but he started speaking. "Well, even though I do have the energy even the most fit could wish for, it comes with a cost."

He paused and sighed before letting his arms hang. "I'm only sentient because of a magic stored within my home. Without it, I'd simply turn into a regular statue." He confessed as he kept his eyes looking ahead, not showing any known emotion. "The more I'm away the weaker the magic gets. It's already happening, but with this wish I can travel the world!" He threw his hands up in a cheer as a large smile consumed his face in glee. You tilted your head at the new knowledge and admired him with a smile of your own.

You both continued your walk with a nice conversation but it was later interrupted by Arma soaring down to Karl's shoulder. You both looked at it before looking ahead of you. Straight ahead was a small brown child with a top hat seeming to be causing no disruptions whatsoever, but Karl went towards him anyways. You sluggishly followed along, hoping you wouldn't have to see guts today. You stood a few feet away as Karl began speaking with the boy, he had asked Karl if he had any spare change. Odd. You moved closer to them only to swing yourself back as Karl whipped out Arma straight at his top hat. With a shrill shriek from the boy the chase began.

You quickly followed Karl as he started chasing the poor boy who seemed to be mocking him whilst running. You stifled a laugh at the nastiness of the situation, you ran up many stairs and you both came across a metal beam. Following behind Karl you had to stop yourself as he hugged the metal beam. "Scared a' heights?" The British boy asked in curiosity and smugness. "Oh, no. I've just felt a sudden attraction to this beam here." Karl argued back as the boy ran with a laugh. Jumping over Karl you looked down at him, with a remorseful look you laughed at him but reached your hand towards him. "Cmon. We can't lose the chase!" You said in an upbeat voice.

He took your hand slowly and stood up, just as you turned around you felt two shaky arms wrap around your waist. Stiffening you heard a soft shaking sound and turned your head up to see Karl's worried smile and wide eyes, you could feel his legs wobbling as you went. "Karl, don't put all your weight on me. You're gonna make us fall!" The moment you mentioned falling his hands tightened around you for more support, you shuttered and continued to the end of the beam with him holding on for dear life. Once you both made it safely to the other side he stood quite still for a moment, in thought and still holding onto you.

"Bird boy? Bird boy are you okay?" You question as you tapped his hands. Seeming to snap out of it he quickly put his hands up and chuckled nervously. "I'm quite alright deary. Now, shall we continue?" You gave a sly smile and nodded. "Let's go."

After a while of chasing the short stubby British man you had both cornered him at a junk yard. Karl ran ahead of you to catch up and corner the poor boy, you, however didn't really care for such a confrontation as you kind of wondered off to the side. You would tune into the conversation every now and then but something Karl said had caught your attention, something about his parents falling fate to pirates and falling down stairs. You shook your head as you walked closer to him, thankfully standing far enough to where you wouldn't be hit as he hit the boy far, he literally went across a whole junk yard and would probably face fatal injuries.

You stood there, a bit shocked at what he had just done. Your mouth agape before feeling a hand on your chin, slowly closing your jaw for you. You shook your head and looked him in the eyes, he looked back and gave his eerily creepy smile but you somehow could tell he meant it genuinely. Before any words could be spoken he took your hand and started leading you away from the dump.

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You flopped down on the couch, your face hitting a dusty pillow as Karl sat next to you. You groaned into the pillow before turning and laying on ur back, "God, I missed this." You said dramatically as a cool breeze from the slightly working AC blew through the house. You heard Karl chuckle before he got back up towards the kitchen. The moments from days ago replayed in your head, his close proximity was deafening..

You quickly hopped to your feet with a flushed face and set your sword on the ground. "Catch!" You heard your familiar companions voice, just as you turned towards him to ask what he meant you were smacked in the face by a bag of chips. The bag slowly rolled off your face as if it were a cartoon, you stared daggers into him as he nervously shrugged. You tooled one stepped forwards before angrily chasing him around the house with some fits of laughter.

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You both sat on the couch, yawning. It was quite burning, the wifi didn't really work in the city so there was no way to entertain yourselves. Looking at the battery power clock across the room, it read 1:45. You were drowsy and annoyed at the commotion you heard from a ways away. Feeling arma landing on your head you smiled, this bird was full of tricks. The lights flickered off as Karl walked from the kitchen to the living room where you were, filling the space next to you he stretched his non-existent joints.

(KARL POV)
It was a while in silence before I heard soft snores come from my companion, it was quite relaxing. I closed my eyes, ready for a long night as I rarely ever slept. I can feel my power draining slowly by the second but my thinking was interrupted by their head lightly landing on my shoulder. Looking at them with wide eyes I saw their sleeping form in the dark, they were definitely tired out. I sighed and smiled at them before arma got off  their head to lay on the head of the couch. I laughed lightly at this before turning my attention back to his friend.

Maybe they weren't so bad after all...

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Hey guys! I'm sorry I have been absent. Things happened but I'm getting batter and getting help! I hope to upload more often as I know the LOT and ENDZONE community get like NO content. Please forgive me and as always, thank you for reading!
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