Because You Are Love (Karlnap)

Chapter 56 - You are not alone

"It needs more salt."

"Well, we don't have more salt."

"But it needs salt."

Sapnap let out a defeated sigh, a dry laugh soon following. He and Karl were in the midst of making dinner, using their hotel room's kitchenette to its full potential. They had purchased all the ingredients to make guacamole and dinner from the farmers market; however, they didn't think about the utensils and supplies they'd need.

Upon realizing this, Sapnap had gone out to his car to get his knife, while Karl had scoured through all the drawers in search of salt and pepper packets. Even so, the task of making dinner seemed to be much greater than either of them were anticipating.

"Sap, do you love me?" Karl asked in a whine, abandoning his station and making his way over to Sapnap, resting his head on his shoulder from behind.

"Do I really need to answer that?" Sapnap asked back, his voice borderline a scoff.

"Can we please just order food? We're really bad chefs." Karl's tone was cavity sweet, like if he were as nice as possible, maybe Sapnap would agree.

Sapnap sighed, leaning against Karl's chest. He set down his pocket knife, which really shouldn't have been used to cut tomatoes anyway, seeing that it was just squishing them from how dull it was. Sapnap turned his face to the side, kissing Karl's temple. As soon as he felt Sapnap's lips on his skin, Karl lifted his forehead off Sapnap's shoulder so he could look at him.

"Please." Karl asked again, wrapping his arms around Sapnap's chest.

"Take out sounds good." Sapnap answered. Even though he tried to sound a bit reluctant- seeing that Karl made such a fuss about wanting to make guacamole, he was actually quite relieved they could give up.

"My boyfriend is the best." Karl said, kissing the side of Sapnap's head three times in a row before he pulled away. Sapnap turned around, finding himself a bit disappointed that the warmth growing between them had already faded away.

"You were just cuddling me to get the answer you wanted." Sapnap said in disbelief, watching Karl pull out his phone and sit in a chair by the window.

"It's not my fault you're easy to persuade." Karl teased, looking over his shoulder with his hand already pulled up to cover his smile.

Sapnap began walking towards Karl, a look of fear flashing across Karl's face. Sapnap lunged forward just before Karl could stand and run away from him. Sapnap grabbed Karl's hand as soon as he began laughing, pulling it away from his face.

"Stop hiding my favorite thing in the world." Sapnap said, taking the opportunity to admire Karl's smile without an obstructed view.

"Oh my god, shut up." Karl deflected, rolling his eyes and looking away. Sapnap stayed leaned over Karl, grabbing his other hand as well.

"What? You think I'm lying? Oh, I see. You're fishing for compliments again." Sapnap laughed, continuing to lean over Karl, trying to get him to look at him.

"So what if I am?" Karl asked, his face reddening but his eyes still looking away from Sapnap.

"Do I not compliment you enough?" Sapnap asked, loosening his grip a bit. "Like, I'm being serious. Would you like it if I complimented you more?" Sapnap fully released Karl's hands, instead gently holding Karl's cheek, encouraging him to face him.

"I don't want to ask you to compliment me, it defeats the purpose-"

"I compliment you all day in my head. I think about how beautiful you are, how happy you make me, how cute your hair looks when the wind messes it up a little. I've kept them to myself because, I don't know, I didn't want to be too much. Tell me it's not too much and I'll let you know every compliment that crosses my mind." Sapnap explained, his eyes finally locking with Karl's once he made his request.