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A week passed. Then another. It was only till Karl had 5 days left that he realized he had to leave. He had to break the news to Sapnap.
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“But why? I- I don’t understand- Don’t you like staying with us?” Sapnap asked, his face full of hurt. “Yes! Yes, of course I do! It’s just.. family. I’m going to live with my family,” Karl lied, sighing in relief as Sapnap nodded his head slowly. “So are you ever going to come back? To visit us, I mean.” Karl had braced himself for this exact question, yet still couldn’t hold back the tears welling in his eyes as he answered. “Screw it,” he thought. “I know you won’t believe me, but since I have the chance to, I’m going to tell the truth. I’m a time traveler. And I traveled back here, 2015, to save my whole family from being burned in a fire.” “I- I believe you,” Sapnap said, unfazed. “You- you do? You don’t think this is a joke or prank? How can you possibly-“ “I just.. know. Now go save your family.”
This wasn’t how Karl had wanted to part with Sapnap; both of them silently crying in the kitchen, illuminated only by the moonlight. As he slowly walked through the door, he looked back and said his last goodbye. “Goodbye, Sapnap. I’m just... sorry. That I couldn’t- Couldn’t have loved you.” “Couldn’t have loved.... You loved me?”
“I still do.”