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Forty-Five

"Okay beautiful, I'm going to start my stream in a minute," Karl smiled at me, "you're sure you don't mind?"

"Of course I don't mind," I giggled, "I'll be downstairs so I don't distract you. Have fun, my love."

"You can stay in here," Karl offered.

"I know, but your stream has never really seen me before so I want to ease into them seeing me," I explained, "we're not publicly in a relationship yet."

"Does that bother you?" Karl asked.

"No, it's our business, not anyone else's. I just don't want people to start rumors or something because they see me on your stream, without us being able to tell the truth first," I shrugged, "does that make sense?"

"Of course it does," Karl smiled, "we tell the internet when we choose to tell the internet."

He leaned down and pressed his lips to mine for a moment before he pulled back and got off of his bed to get ready for his stream. I grabbed my laptop and made my way downstairs to the kitchen.

"What's up?" Bailey asked as he rinsed his plate from whatever he was eating before.

"Karl just started streaming so I'm going to make some cookies," I smiled.

"Okay, you're moving in," Bailey laughed, "do I get to eat some?"

"Of course you do," I laughed.

Bailey left the kitchen and I adjusted the volume on my headphones, wanting to make sure I could fully hear everything Karl was saying. He didn't know I was watching his stream, but I honestly watch them every time I can and he just doesn't know that. He's just adorable. Even when he's just yelling "what the honk" repeatedly.

"Where's Ava? Wasn't she supposed to be over this weekend," Karl read from his chat with a wide smile on his face, "Princess is here, she's downstairs with Bailey, I think."

I smiled at the mention of my name, and Karl's nickname for me that he specifically uses when he streams, and went back to what I was doing. He doesn't call me Princess in person, but that's exclusively what he calls me on stream. I carefully folded in some chocolate chips into the cookie batter, doing my best to make sure there would be a prime ratio of chocolate chips to cookie when I was done.

"Are you and Ava dating yet?" Karl read from his chat, his cheeks beginning to burn with a blush, "y-yeah, we are. We haven't been dating for very long, we just haven't said it online yet. I hope she doesn't find out I said that and get mad at me for saying that online without her permission," Karl laughed, "but Princess is just the best thing to ever happen to me and I want everyone to know that. I think I could definitely love her."

Did he just- what did he just say? Excuse me sir, can you freaking repeat that please...

I tried not to think about it and went back to crafting perfect cookies before I placed the tray in the oven. I set a timer on my phone and leaned against the counter to watch his stream until the cookies were done. He was playing Among Us with Dream, Chris, Chandler, and a few other friends that I didn't really know. I recognized some of their voices from other streams, but I hadn't met them yet. No matter what he played, he was adorable while he did it, he was trying so hard to strategize and complete all the tasks while also avoiding getting killed. He's adorable. And honestly he was very good at Among Us, expert strats. It was kind of annoying how good he was at this game.

The timer went off and I checked the cookies, smiling before I pulled out the tray and turned off the oven. I filled a small cup with milk and grabbed a plate for a few of the cookies. I wasn't going to bring him all of them, but I wanted Karl to be able to enjoy some of them while they were still warm.