ℑ𝔫 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔡𝔦𝔬𝔱 // daybreak fanfic // rewriting

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖎𝖝

𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕤 ℙ𝕆𝕍

I sit there, on the cold floor of the mall, looking at the other side of the gate, and think. There are a lot of things on my mind. First of all, how does Michelle know Armenian? Second, why was she so mad that Wesley locked me up here? I mean it pisses me off, I really tried to give him a second chance. But from their perspective, it's actually really logical not to trust me. Then why does she? I mean she didn't say that specifically but she was fighting over me with Wesley. I hear footsteps and I figure it could be Wesley again. "What do you want?" I asked, visibly pissed off again. I can hear him sitting down so I look up. Michelle?! What is she doing here? "Sorry, I thought you were Wesley." I laugh a bit, she must think I'm so pathetic. "He can be such a prick, sorry about him. I'll get him to get you out." She said. "Why?" She shrugs. "Why not?" I look to the ground. "Cause I'm your enemy? You cant trust me." I can feel her looking at me, so I look up and our eyes meet, this time, I actually feel pretty calm. It's relaxing to know that someone is on my side for once. "You are not, I wouldn't believe for a second that you are. I get why you wanted the mall for yourself, I get why you hate Wesley. You saved my life, and I didn't even get to thank you properly. You are a good guy Eli, I can see that." I feel like my mind just went completely blank, I just look at her and she looks at me. I can't form a single sentence. There is so much I want to say but I can't bring myself to do so. "Does your side have any shops with food?" She asks after a moment. I shake my head. "Here, I would make something better but it wouldn't fit through the holes." She says and I notice a sandwich that she is pulling through one of the holes. "Thanks." I smile at her and begin to get lost in her eyes again. "Michelle you won't believe it!" Angelica disturbs that moment with yelling. Michelle turns around as well as I do, we see Angelica running toward us. "That idiot thought ghouile bites turn you! And he tried to chop his hand off! And the worse part, he didn't make it and chopped off his finger." We just sit there, I'm trying to process everything she said. Ghoulie bites don't turn you? "They don't turn you?" I ask confused. Michelle turns back at me and pulls up the sleeve of her hoodie. There are tons of bites on her hand, I look at Angelica and she also shows me her arm, it's in a similar state to Michelles. What the hell have those two been through? "So let me get this straight." Michelle says while turning at Angelica and pulling her sleeve back down. "That idiot, chopped his FINGER off while trying to chop off his hand?" "Yep." Michelle sighs and lays down on the ground. "Why are we surouded by assholes?" She asks looking at Angelica. "Not everything can be perfect." Michelle closes her eyes and giggles. "His finger. While trying to get the whole hand off. Oh lord, I cant." She continues to laugh and after a moment, she gets up. "I'll be back, imma go and make sure he doesn't bleed out." She says as she looks at me and walks to the men's room. She can even take care of wounds like that? She is so cool. I lay down on the floor like she did before and begin to think more, so much has happened for the past few hours. I found Michelle, I let people into my mall for the first time, and we fought Baron Triumph. I thought that maybe we would be a team, and I wouldn't be alone anymore. That may be, for the first time in my life people would like me. But I guess I was wrong again, I'm so stupid even getting my hopes up, who would ever like a knockoff like me? I'm seriously so pathetic thinking like that. I lay there for another like thirty minutes. Then I hear footsteps again. This time it isn't just Michelle, It's all of them. "Sit down, I'll bring you some food and a drink so you don't pass out again." Michelle says while sitting Josh down with Wesley's help, then she walks off. I sit up. "You seriously managed to do that to yourself?" I laugh at Josh. "Shut up Eli, I don't get why Michelle trusts you, especially with this attitude." Wesley says with the most bitchy voice and looks away. "She said we should check his temperature, in case he will get an infection." Angelica said and ignored me and Wesley fighting. Wesley puts his hand on Joshes forehead. "He is warm, I can't tell if it's normal or not." At that moment, Michelle is back. She handed over a can of Pepsi and some sweets to Josh. "That will help?" Wesley says, obviously doubting her. "Yep, he needs to get more sugar in his blood so he doesn't pass out again, is he warmer?" She asks. "I cant tell." "Idiot." She says and puts her hand on Joshes forehead. "Yeah, this isn't normal, but it could be just the shock. Josh eat and drink and then we will get you to bed, okay?" He nods while he sips some pepsi. "We should find something comfortable for him, I wonder if there are any beds here." "There is a mattress shop, it's not far from the food aisle, you just turn right from KFC." I say I know this mall like my own shoes. I probably wouldn't help if it was Wesley, maybe that kinda makes me a prick. If I want his trust, I should act that way. "Great, we will get him there, thank you." Josh almost passes out again and falls to the ground. "It's getting dark, we all need rest. Wesley, can you carry him?" Angelica asks this time. He just nods and picks up Josh like a prince picks up a princess in a movie. They all walk away. I wonder if they would take care of me like that? Probably not.

It's been like half an hour, I'm pretty sure that they went to sleep. I don't want to go away from the gate, it makes me feel more alone. I get up and go to some sports shop where they have yoga matrasses. I pick one and also some towels since there are no blankets here. I walk back slowly and look around the mall. It's so empty here, I remember how it used to look when the world was normal. I can feel my eyes watering over the thought of how lonely I have been. I was bored most of the days, or sad. I secretly hoped someone nice would come here and I wouldn't have to be alone anymore. And when someone finally did, one of them cut me off. I don't want to fall asleep alone anymore, wondering if things could be different and if it's my fault that no one cares about me. Maybe if I acted better back in the normal world, I could have had a tribe or at least a group. Maybe there was no way in avoiding this, maybe I'm unlovable. I get closer to the gate and spot something on the ground on the other side. I can also hear voices, two girls' voices. "So, what are we watching?" I can finally understand something as I get closer. When I'm almost at the gate I can finally clearly see what is the thing on the ground. It's a mattress from some bed, with a blanket on it. Under that blanket are Angelica and Michelle. Michelle has a laptop on her lamp and she is scrolling through something. "What are you doing here?" I ask as I place the yoga mattress on the floor. They both look at me. "We thought you might get lonely overnight, so we decided to sleep here." "Well Michelle decided, I just don't want to sleep alone." Michelle and Angelica say. Did she really think of that? She thought of me and how I could feel? Why would they care? They could sleep in a big comfy bed instead of this. "Oh..." I let out and sit down. "I don't feel like watching a movie, could you tell some story instead?" Angelica asks. "What kind of story?" "Hmm, something from your life? Or you could sing if you can." Michelle puts the laptop down and Angelica cuddles her. "What is your preference, Eli? I can do both." Michelle asks me. "I don't quite care, it's up to Angelica." Angelica yawns and thinks for a bit. "Sing, I don't think I could pay attention to a story right now, and I really want to hear something." I lay down and put the towel over me. The yoga mattress is pretty thin and my back hurts after a minute. Luckily it's not that cold here. "What should I sing?" "You can choose." "Uhh, okayy." They both get comfortable and Michelle begins to sing. Wow. Her voice is so beautiful, she is singing some slow song I've never heard before. "All my emotions feel like explosions when you are around..." Hah, that's relatable. I lay there and listen carefully to every lyric she sings. I need to find this song so it can remind me of her. Her voice gets quieter and I assume that Angelica is falling asleep already. She finishes singing and kisses Angelica on the forehead. "You are like a proper family at this point." I whisper. "Yeah, well I never really had a proper family so this is nice." "Your singing is nice." I make myself say, I feel so embarrassed saying that, but I want her to know. "Thank you." She says and even though I can't see her, I can tell that she is smiling, I'm too. "Why did you decide to sleep here?" I ask. "As I said, I thought you could feel lonely." "Why do you care though?" I ask, maybe a bit harshly and I instantly regret that. "You are not alone anymore idiot, well of course you have Mavis, but you know." I sigh. "There is no Mavis, I guess I was just so lonely I made her up, also I wanted to look cool." She yawns and half-asleep answers me. "You are cool even without her... goodnight King of the mall." She giggles as he says the last four words. "Goodnight."