𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕪, 𝕎𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 {𝕂𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕟𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕪}

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪-𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥: 𝕆𝕟 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟

ᵀʰᵉ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵖᵃⁱⁿᶠᵘˡ ᵖᵃʳᵗ ᵒᶠ ˡᵉᵃᵛⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ˡᵒᵛᵉ..ⁱˢ ᵏⁿᵒʷⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵒᵘˡᵈ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ʰᵃᵗᵉ ᵗʰᵉᵐ, ᵇᵉᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵐᵉᵃⁿ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ.

Alex leaned his head onto the bus window. It was cold, soothing, and lulled him to sleep occasionally . His dreams stayed the same, empty. There was nothing to dream for, well...almost nothing. He had stormed out, left them behind crying. He had broken their hearts to avoid breaking his own. Was he selfish for this? He had read once that if you truly love someone you'd never leave them...not even if it gets too hard. Yet that's exactly what he did. You had a good reason Alex, he reminded himself. He felt like crying. The bus stopped and he got off, it wasn't even his stop, but he felt that if he stayed any longer he would break. He ran, faster then he should have in this state, tears blurring his vision. He saw a field, empty for the most part, and ran into it letting out the loudest anguished scream he could, and then he continued on.

Ly Mint woke up to knocking on their door at 3am. They grabbed their nearby hammer, for protection obviously, and slowly got out of bed. They looked through the peephole and smiled, placing the hammer on a nearby stand before opening the door. "Alex Quackity, what are you doing at my house at 3am?" They asked, their smile dropped when they saw Alex's face, puffy from crying. "Alex...?" They led him inside, it was freezing and he was hardly wearing a coat. "He cheated" Alex shivered under Ly's arm. "Who? Who cheated?" Ly asked worriedly "Nick...but he didn't mean it...he was drunk like Schlatt" "I see..." Ly said understanding "I just...I couldn't forgive him Ly...I wanted to-" Ly nodded as they placed a blanket around Alex's shoulders and sat him on the couch. "And...we tried to talk it out...but I just told them to go back to the way they were before me and...and I gave them the ring back and I left-" Alex broke down then, sobbing as Ly hugged him. "It's okay...it's okay Alex" Ly hummed worriedly as they patted his head. "I didn't know where else to go Ly..I'm sorry i know it's late-" Ly shook their head "No no honey it's fine." The nickname reminded Alex of Anna mae...that wonderful woman. If he didn't know any better he would think Ly and Anna were related. "Why don't you get some rest okay?" Ly offered their bed but Alex shook his head and took the couch. 

"Hello?" Karl's voice sounded drained. "Hi, um I'm Ly Mint..." Karl sat up "The doctor?" He asked "yep that's uh..me" Ly sounded like they were moving. "well..um Alex is here with me" Ly said awkwardly, they had been more confident in person, but now they seemed to falter. Had Alex told them what happened? Oh of course he did, Karl thought. "He's with you? Is he okay?!" Asked Karl worriedly. Nick walked in and widened his eyes. Karl mouthed "Alex is at Ly Mint's" and Nick almost broke down again. "He's...okay. He's shaken and cold, but he'll be fine. I doubt he'll get a cold" Ly said kindly "oh thank you..." Karl breathed holding his chest. Nick leaned closer listening. "he's really upset..he'll stay here for a few weeks, but I think he just needs time to forgive okay? so...just give him time."  Karl wished he could just show up, declare that he loved Alex and he refused to let him go. Make Alex return to him, no..not only him but to Nick too. He knew Alex still loved Nick, it was clear in the way he said he couldn't forgive Nick. He wanted to, because he loved him, but he couldn't, because he didn't want to get hurt again. "Okay...Okay we can do that" Nick was saying, mostly to himself. "Okay, thank you so much Ly..."Karl said kindly, relieved that his husband was okay. "No problem...I'll try to update you as much as I can" Ly said before they exchanged goodbyes and hung up. Karl reached for Nick and they cuddled. "he's okay..." karl said, voice shaky. "I know..." Nick said. "he's everywhere" Karl whispered as he glanced around the room. Alex's clothes still strewn around the room, Alex's beanies hanging as always...And his smell lingered in the room as it always did. Nick hugged Karl tighter "He'll come back....If he loves us he'll come back" 

They both hoped that was right.