When Sapnap was nervous he picked on his nails and Karl knew that. That was why he was so confused to why Sapnap would be picking on his nails, while on a relaxing vacation with just the two of them right next to a lake, in a shack that was cozy and cuddly and warm.

It was incredibly severe this evening. Sapnap had placed a few pillows and blankets on the bench on the little front poach and Karl had seen two mugs on the counter and how he knew Sapnap, he would probably be served a fantastic hot chocolate later.

But during all of that Sapnap's level of nervousness seemed to rise more and more.

"Hey, are you okay?", Karl finally asked, taking Sapnaps hands into his so he would stop picking. Sapnap avoided his look, stuttered: "Uhm... Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine"

"You sure?", Karl tried to dig deeper and Sapnap just pulled his hands away, nodding quickly. "Yeah absolutely fine"

Karl hugged him, felt how Sapnap pulled him in closer than he would usually and Karl didn't like how it felt like a goodbye.

"You're not going anywhere, are you?", he asked, one hand coming up to the back of Sapnap's head. "Not if you don't want me to", he replied and Karl could hear him trying not to cry. "Why would I ever want you to leave?"

Sapnap took a deep breath and broke away from the hug, quickly wiped a tear away.

He searched for words and Karl could feel the fear radiate off of him. "Because I like you a lot more than I should and that's really awkward for you, when you have to reject me", he replied, voice trembling.

Karl's eyes widened and Sapnap quickly added: "I can leave, it's no problem. I just thought you should know and actually I wanted to tell you later, when the sunsets over the lake and I'm really sorry and-" "If you don't stop apologizing, I'm gonna kiss you, to shut you up", Karl interrupted him, with a smile.

"You're not mad?" "No, I'm not, I like you like that too", Karl replied and Sapnap teared up again. "Really?", he asked and Karl hugged him. "Aw, yeah I do", he assured him, "Why are you crying?" "I'm really happy", Sapnap sobbed, "You're my favourite person, I wouldn't known what I'd do if you had told me to leave" "Aw, you're so cute", Karl replied in a high voice, cuddling closer to Sapnap, kissing his head.

Only a few minutes later they sat on the bench outside, under the little roof covering the poach, cuddled up between pillows and blankets, with hot chocolate keeping them warm as a rainy clouds partly covered the sunset. Sapnap looked at Karl fondly, heart so full it felt like it was about to explode.

"What are you looking at?" "The prettiest man in the world", Sapnap replied with a smile and Karl blushed, when he saw all the love in Sapnap's gaze.

Gently and slowly he kissed him and Sapnap giggled when they parted, looking away shyly, stirring his hot chocolate with a big smile.