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• 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘆 •

karl and i walked down the street just talking about basically nothing. we both had one air pod in and we were listening to a random song by the wallows. we decided to go out for lunch and we preferred to walk because its a nice day. "where are we going to eat, i dont think we decided on that?" karl asked, looking over to me. "well, mcdonalds is right there, and theres a park over there we could eat at." i spoke, pointing to the mcdonalds down the road, then to the park, right beside us.

he nodded and we continued on to the restaurant. the walk was short and went straight in and ordered. after we got our food we went straight to the park. it wasnt crowded, but it wasnt empty either. we sat down on a random bench and started eating our lunch. "are you planning on streaming tonight?" karl asked me before taking a bite of his burger. "yeah, haven't thought about what im gonna stream though," i paused for a moment, thinking of what i could stream. "maybe i can get someone to play roblox with me." karl giggled a bit.

"who would you get to play?" he asked me. i took a sip of my coke and thought. "i dunno, maybe i can get maribeth or celestia on the stream, become friends with them." i joked and smiled. "thats not actually a bad idea." karl nodded.

we sat and ate in silence for about twenty minutes and then just decided to listen to the music and vibe. about 10 minutes after we finished eating, the park erupted in noise, music, chattering, laughter, everything. karl and i looked over to the noise and saw a bunch of children running around and playing. who we suspected to be their parents or siblings accompanied them all. a few kids who were old enough to be there on their own were their too, chasing each other around.

we just continued talking and vibing to the music, until a little kid ran up to us. it was a little boy, probably no older than five. he just started at us for a few minutes. "uhm, hi." karl said to him. the boy just waved at us. "wheres your parents?" he asked the kid. "my mommy and daddy are at work." the kid smiled at us and jumped a bit. "who are you here with then? your babysitter?" i asked the kid, leaning forward.

"no. my auntie!" he exclaimed and pointed to a red haired woman talking to an older looking lady. the kid started bouncing in his place as the red head behind him noticed his yelling. the woman walked over to him and picked him up. "sorry about him. he likes to wander a bit." she said, no looking at us. karl and i both chuckled. "its fine. i like kids." karl spoke. the kid started playing with the womans hair.

she finally looked over at us after the kid started pulling her hair a small bit. "im mari-" she paused for a moment, not finishing her sentence. we all looked at each other in shock, taking in each others appearance. "well, this is one way to meet." i chuckled. she set the kid down on the ground and he sped off without her noticing.

"well, to put it formally, im maribeth." she laughed a bit. "you already know who we are because we're so cool and famous." i joked. "this is kl- where did he go?" maribeth looked around, trying to find the boy that just became usain bolt and sprinted off to the playsets. "hes over there." karl pointed over to the kid throwing sand at the vacant swings. "oh, well thats klaas, hes my brothers son." she called over to him and he sprinted over to her. she knelt down to him and he immediately ran to her arms, knocking maribeth over.

"auntie beth, who are these men?" beth giggled at him. "thats karl and alex." klaas looked up at us and stepped toward karl. he put his hand out, suggesting a high five from karl, but before he could actually give him the high five, klaas hit his knee lightly. "tag!" klaas yelled and ran off.

beth stood up and wiped the dirt off herself. klaas came back for a split second. "c'mon~" he dragged the word out and started jumping, trying to get us to play with him. karl and i both stood up and looked down at him. i then felt a hand on my shoulder and karl and beth stepped back from me. "i guess you're it, alex." beth looked at me and shrugged.

thats when klaas ran, followed by karl and beth.

we all ran around, tagging each other and attempting not to get tagged. klaas was obviously the best at the game, but we still played, besides the fact that we're playing tag with the worlds best tag player.

beth was currently it and she was chasing klaas around a huge tree in the middle of the park. "im gonna get you, you little gremlin." she yelled as she chased him. eventually he ran over to the swing set and hid behind karl. "damn, kid." she huffed, out of breath. beth bolted over the klaas, who was hiding behind karls legs.

"im sorry, karl." she sighed before tagging him and running away from him. karl instantly looked behind him and tagged klaas on the head. karl ran from klaas and immediately ran to hide behind the giant tree. thats when klaas noticed me just standing there. he ran over and stood in front of me. he started tugging on the bottom of my shirt, gesturing me to kneel down to him.

i knelt and he whispered a little plan in my ear. klaas then sped over to karl and did the same thing. karl walked over to me with klaas right beside him. beth came over to us and looked at us suspiciously. "uhm, klaas, what were you whispering to them?" she asked.

thats when the three of us all ran at maribeth. she yelped and tried to escape from us. she was getting away for the most part, but eventually karl caught up to her. he wrapped his arms around her waist and picked her up, dropping to his knees, so klaas and i could get over to the two of them. klaas then dropped to his knees and started attacking beth with tickles as karl held on to her. i joined klaas with tickling her.

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