Only You - Karlnap (ft DNF)

5 - Meetup stream

(A/N: this one's gonna be a bit longer, but it makes up for the last three short-ish chapters. Tons of Karlnap :D)

The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon at this point in time, and Karl was due to wake up at any moment now. Dream, George and Sapnap had just eaten their quick leftovers of macaroni from yesterday and now they were simply just chilling out downstairs.

"Karl's been sleeping for quite a while," George commented. "I'll go get him or else he won't be able to sleep tonight." As he left his seat, Sapnap grabbed his arm. 

"No, I can do it. You should go and spend quality time with your lovely Dream," he bantered.

Dream cocked his head to one side. "Come on here, George," he sang, patting his thigh while laughing.

"No way I'm sitting on your lap, Dream," he emphasized with a smile.

Sensing that the attention had diverted from him, Sapnap stole away upstairs to his room and pulled the door open.

Karl was curled up on the bed, chest rising and falling peacefully. "C'mon, man, you have to wake up," whispered Sapnap. He put a hand on his shoulder and shook it slightly. It worked, as Karl began to stir.

"What is it... Nick...." kicking the sheets off, Karl stretched his arms, hitting Sapnap by accident. However, neither of them seemed to notice.

"Sorry for waking you up, but if you keep sleeping you won't be able to tonight." He patted Karl's back for some extra wake-up kick.

He slid himself off of Sapnap's bed and stood up completely. At full height his friend was taller than him, so he had to look up slightly. "Do you need food? Dream, George and I've eaten while you were knocked out."

"I'm not hungry, so maybe later..." he paced around and settled down onto Sapnap's desk chair. "Wait, I've got an idea. We can stream! The viewers don't know that I've come to visit," he suggested.

"What are we gonna do, then??"

"I don't know, maybe we could see what the chat wants us to do," said Karl. "More importantly, how are we going to surprise them?"

"Jump out of my wardrobe or something. I love hiding in there and scaring Dream or George but they're used to it by now."

"OK," he agreed, giving Sapnap a quick hug before retreating into the wardrobe. Karl glanced around and sat himself in amongst Nick's sweaters and hoodies which had been hung up. The entire space smelt of Sapnap, overwhelming Karl in a good way. The slight hint of his cologne mixed in slightly with what was possibly shampoo.

He probably shouldn't have given Sap that hug, he thought. Sure, he loved giving others physical affection but he knew that Sapnap wasn't big on jumping straight to that point without warming up, you know.

Ahh well. He had over a month to spend here. That would be plenty of time.

"Hey guys, welcome to the stream," he heard Sapnap say enthusiastically. "Let's wait for some more viewers to join."

Karl remained inside the wardrobe, cocooned by the soft fabrics of his friend's clothes. It felt like a big warm hug. 

"Okay, we... I meant I, I don't know why I said we, but I don't have a plan for today so why not let the chat tell me what to do!" He listened carefully as Sapnap spoke. "Shut up, chat. A man can make mistakes. There's nobody else here. Karl? Why would he be here? We deadass live like a million hours away."

Karl took this as his cue and leapt out of the wardrobe with jazz hands. "Ta-daa! By the way, that fact is temporarily incorrect."

The chat burst with celebration at the mere sight of Karl. "Karlnap is back together, and this is canon," Sapnap said proudly with a warm look at him.