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just a few days went by of the group spending their time walking, hiding, and eating whatever food had left. everything was going smoothly in the short time, yangyang and shotaro making sure to tell them everything they needed to know about their new world.
"so, you remember how i told you we're techinally called the unfound—oh my god," yangyangs sentence was cut short, his eyes lighting up as he spotted a grocery store not too far ahead. his walk got quicker as the others followed.
"i swear if we make one more stop, i might lose it," donghyuck scoffed, brushing his hair away from his face with his hand.
"we've never been outside before," shotaro mumbled, scratching the back of his head apologetically, "sorry."
nari eyed and nudged donghyuck lightly, grabbing his attention. "lighten up."
he shrugged her off as they walked through the doors of the store that looked as if it'd been shut down for years. the two boys they'd met quickly got lost in the aisles as the others took their time.
renjun and nari had found each other while ending up in the same aisle, renjun flashing a slight smile to her before speaking up. "this isn't how you expected hanging out with us would be like, is it?"
nari moved her eyes to him, chuckling lightly before reverting them back to whatever she'd found on the shelves. "not at all. as scary as it is, at least we have each other. i don't know."
"no, i agree. i can't imagine doing anything without those clowns."
the girl chuckled again, just a bit louder than the first time. they stood in silence for a moment before renjun opened his mouth to speak again.
"nari," he called, hesitant. he'd hardly gotten a chance to really get to know this girl, and they definitely did not know each other for long. "how come you didn't wish your mom back?"
she felt her stomach drop at the question. throughout the few days they'd been stuck detached from their own reality, she didn't once think about her mom. "uh, well, she wasn't great. like, at all. i mentioned that briefly but it's way worse than that. she was never, and i mean never, there for me. i was completely invisible to her my entire life. i never had real friends because i didn't know how to create relationships, and bonds, and i didn't know how to love."
"i was never religious, but i remember a kid at school told me he knew i didn't have parents and said i should pray for someone to love me. thinking about it now, that was really fucked up, we were like 7, i think? after he said that, every single night i would sit at my bed and pray to god my mom would wake up one day and just magically love me."
renjun tilted his head slightly, his eyebrows creasing with a soft look as he listened to nari speak.
"it didn't work, clearly," she laughed, "maybe because there was constantly this voice in the back of my head telling me there was a reason she didn't love me, and it's because i was unlovable."
