Backstage •KarlNap•

6 • Mistake • 6

They kept yelling back and forth at each other until Nick got pissed off and started walking away, "Nick...?" I turned to look at him, "Hangout with Alex, I don't care anymore." He replied, I looked at Alex who was waiting for me to follow him back to the others. "Uhm..." I looked at Alex and back at Nick who was now getting further, I hated making decisions, especially under pressure.

I bit my lip and held my breath as I started trotting in the direction of Nick, "KARL!" I heard Alex's voice from behind but I kept walking, ignoring his attempt to make me stop. I felt his hand on my shoulder yanking be back causing me to lose my balance releasing a yelp.

Alex turned me to face him, "Karl? Why are you going with him, you don't need to." He questions oblivious to me and Nick's relationship. "I don't need to, but I want to," I mumbled regretting it soon after, afraid of Alex's reaction.

"Karl...Just come on." He grabbed my wrist and I yanked it away, he shot me an angered, yet shocked look, "Alex, no!" I shouted at him, upset at his behavior. "Why!? We came so far to see you and you're pushing us away!" he shouted back, "Because I don't want him to be upset with me! And you said last month that you're coming to the UK to see Niki, and now that I'm here, you just want to hang out with me, go with her and I'll see you tomorrow!" I looked to the side crossing my arms over my stomach 

"But I want to hang out with you Karl...!" He moved closer to me, "Why, just go with Niki!" I looked back at him and he cupped my face, staring into my eyes, "Because I love you, Karl." I turned bright red as he leaned closer to me. I tried to move away but his grasp was too strong and he connected our lips, I put my hands on his chest pushing him but he kept our lips locked onto each other. 

"Karl...?" I could hear a familiar voice from behind me. Alex let go of me to look at who it was, his face turning into a cold glare. My heart was racing and I started panicking, I turned and looked at the person to see Nick staring at me with his jaw dropped, his eyebrows furrowed as he tried to comprehend what he just witnessed. 

Tears started filling my eyes as I ran into him wrapping my arms around him. "Nick! Nick, please! I-It's not what i-" Before I could finish I burst into tears, sobbing, repeating Nick's name through the tears. He grabbed my arms and threw them off him, causing me to fall onto the floor.

I made a whimper as I covered my face with my hands. "Whatever we had is over." Nick scoffed as he angrily looked down at me. "N-Nick...I'm so sorry, please... I didn-" I tried to reach for him, but my vision was blurred with tears, but I could see his outline slowly fade away.

I felt Alex's hand on my shoulder helping me up but I pushed him away once I got to my feet, "DON'T TOUCH ME!" I yelled before sobbing again. "Karl..." He gently put his hand forwards towards me but I ignored it, "You ruined everything..." I rubbed my eyes clearing my vision. 

"What do you mean...?" He questioned as he stepped a bit closer, "Y-You k-...and I love N-Ni...And now he hates me..." I could barely speak, sobs interrupting me. "Alex wrapped his arms around me and I collapsed, him supporting me while quietly hushing me as an attempt to calm me down.

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We made it back to my apartment where we sat on the couch for a while. "What happened..?" I looked over at him as he was looking at me with a bit of worry in his eyes. I sighed, "so... Me and Nick were somewhat 'dating' in a way and he was going to leave the UK soon and I wanted to spend today with him but then you got upset and he got upset too then you...you know and he saw..." I choked back the tears knowing I can't cry twice.

Alex gasped, "I'm so sorry...I just...thought you'd feel the same way..." he chuckled sadly and I brought my legs to my chest. "Well...I did like you for a while, but then I met Nick... And now we're in this whole mess." I looked down and he scooted closer to me, crossing his legs facing me. "Well...Now that he's gone...do I have a chance...?" He grinned and I shot him a disgusted look. 

"Sorry...WHAT?" I backed away from him and he tilted his head, "What's wrong?" He asked, how could he be so oblivious?  "What do you mean what's wrong? I'm not giving up so easily on him, plus, you think I can move on that quickly?" I barked back at him and he just shrugged, "Here, I'll help you get through it, we'll do it together." He replied grabbing my hand. I pulled it away and walked into my bedroom, "Karl...I-I'm sorry!" He walked up to my door but I shut it before he could walk in, "Go to the hotel." I grumbled as I flopped on my gaming chair. I heard a sigh before footsteps becoming more distant.

I looked at my desk to see a familiar black hoodie with checkered sleeves. I smiled and I took off my sweater and put it on, enjoying the vanilla and pine scent I had started to grow extremely fond of. I put the hood over my head and laid on my bed curled into a ball, already missing the warmth of Nick holding me.

In the morning was the concert and I have a backstage pass, that'll be my chance to explain everything to him.

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(I'm not proud of this chapter one bit so I might re-make it some other day)