Infected x reader where the reader knew/ was dating Kasper pre-Infected
(This could be angst or fluff up to you (—ᴗ—)
Honey, My Heart Still Beats For You Even Though You Don't Feel It
Internet Findings: I feed Infected fans again, here's your glitched out loser boyyyyyyy. Anywhooo, I went kinda hurt/comfort angst fluff thing? I had an idea alright [END SEARCH]
It was always just you and him, truly.
You were lounging on Kasper's bed, phone in hand as he typed absentmindedly on his computer. Faint music played from his speakers as the clicks and snickers of his voice broke through the song. "Hey babe, check this out." You huffed, making a show as you got off from the admittedly comfortable position you were in and went over to his computer. Your hand on his shoulder, your eyes squinting at the computer screen as a bunch of lights and pop ups displayed. Just what was he...? You asked him what he wanted to show you, prompting a barely stifled laugh from your boyfriend.
"Just a sec, give it some timeeeee." Kasper leaned into your hold of him, mouse clicks in quick succession before a flashy title pulled at the middle of his screen. You and me bby always and FOREVERRRRR ❤ flashed in bright text, as a slide show of places you've both been to, and Kasper got snapshots of blurred by. The time you both went to the ice cream shop and the way Kasper's ice cream almost fell on his sneakers twice came up, you two playing video games... All saved on his computer for him (and yourself) to see again and again.
You didn't even feel the tears weld up in your eyes as the slideshow stopped, Kasper looking back at you with a dumb grin on his lips. "Like it? Wanted to make you something special for us being together so long now." A pause, before the faintest of pinks covered his cheeks. He was actually flustered over this, him getting up from his chair and pulling you in close for a hug. You couldn't help but beam wide at his question, shaking him around as you hugged back with a lovestruck laugh. Liked it? You loved it! It felt like him, if you even explain it away.
You grazed kisses to his face, sputtering flustered "Wait- babe this is so unfair-!" And "I- you know I can't take your kisses- ACK" from Kasper as more of your love poured. He was joking around of course, his hands bleeding warmth to where they rested on your hips.
It was so good, it was just you and him, and you couldn't think of anything else.
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So much fucking pink.
You only heard from others about the change Kasper had, how he was way more hyper but sluggish all at the same time. He was so different from the person who would call you late at night just to say he completed a boss he was working towards in his game, or just to check up on you if your sleep was betrayed from nightmares. He was present, he was there and you were always there for him. You almost couldn't believe it the day he didn't call you, and that day turned into weeks... And then it seemed like everything fell apart after that.
When you did eventually did see your boyfriend after worrying so much about if he was ok, he seemed so... So out of it. His eyes held nothing that you've seen before, no warmth or light of someone who's alive, no it felt dead. Bags permanently rested underneath, he just looked so much more zapped out of who he was with the change to his appearance.. Among others, like did he seriously find the time to dye the ends of his hair pink and green?!? There was still some sort of person buried deep inside him, and it pained you to still see the glimpses of who he was.
Not to mention the sickly ooze that dripped from his nose in irregular intervals, splotchy and gross from being contained for so long. It wasn't even the worst of it either, because not only was his mind warped beyond what you felt like you're already broken heart could comprehend, but he didn't even recognize his own name. Kasper, how you'd sing it to the moon with how much that very same name filled your thoughts, but now what replaced it was the husk of a man named Infected.
You told yourself that maybe it wasn't you and him against everything like you thought it was.
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"y0u f4m0us?" The familiar buzz of his voice echoed out to you, your eyes instinctively turning to meet his face despite the loss of being able to recognize you that Kasper Infected displayed. You shook your head, asking a bit timidly why he thought of you as "famous". "You didn't think of yourself as famous. "cuz y0u'r3 1n th4t m0v13 1 liek w4tch1ng XP" Infected said it just a bit too casually for your liking, your stomach churning as he mentioned a "movie" you didn't know if he was really referring to.
The elevator moved on without a care in the world to your unease, before you shook your head and asked him what he was talking about, albeit way too sweet then you probably intended. He just shook it off, and dug in his pocket for a cracked phone case, typing some things down and smiling as if he didn't just potentially spark memories from you again that you didn't even know if he remember the gravity of it.
The flash of his screen to your face, and then a few brief seconds before a slideshow started to unfold in your vision. "dunn0 h0w th1s g0t on h3r3 but 1t's so sw4gggggg XD" Infected laughed as the title screen popped up, the words You and me bby always and FOREVERRRRR ❤ coming in short notice as the pictures of places you and Kasper visited came and went. You never knew he downloaded it on his phone, you didn't even know he had it for this long.
The twitches of a barely suppressed smile came on your lips, as you told him that it was a very cute thing he showed you, and he beamed so wide, it almost reminded you of your boyfriend again.
Maybe deep down he still remembered you after all.
