Dangerous fellows, Ethan X Reader

'Alone' Chapter 1

I ran through the streets, panting at my lack of breathe. I quickly slid under a fence, a fence I'm all to familiar to by now.

I quickened my pace as I saw my 'home'. It wasn't really my home, since the apocalypse started I darted from house to house making sure not to stay more then 2 days and to keep moving.

I slowed my pace as I entered the house, the place was ok, if ok meant broken windows and blood everywhere. You knew it was risky to stay in a place with such a wide opening but you know all the other houses up this street were the same and you have no time, or breath to find a safer option.

But you knew as well that as long as you didn't make a noise there was no reason to be scared, zombies are attracted to noise. You sighed and collapsed to the floor. You had been running all day yet you weren't able to scavenge anything. 'what should I do, I'm low on food. Sure I rarely eat alot but I need even a little to keep alive' you thought to yourself. You remembered as you were running you passed by a grocery shop.

'I suppose its worth a shot' you thought again. 'But I should do it tommorow, it's already evening and I'm worn out' you sighed and headed upstairs to a bedroom. You placed your bag onto a chair and plomped down onto the bed. As you lied there you thought back to the past, the simpler times.

FLASHBACK

You were in class, you were writing down your notes while listening to the teacher. You sighed, 'today is so boring' you thought to yourself. You looked at the empty seat next to you, it belonged to your good friend Ethan.

Ethan was a baseball maniac, he was obsessed with the sport. You always laughed at how serious he took it but you also found it admiring, he put so much hard work and effort into it. And right now you had no clue where he was. You weren't worried as he usually overslept and was late to class most of the time.

But that leaves the question, who were you? Now you weren't a sporty maniac or a brainy nerd. You were sort of in the middle. You were smart, had a love to watch sport (although you mostly did it for Ethan when he came over). But you always wondered why Ethan decided you 2 were perfect to be friends.

You were quiet, a bit rude, scratch that, very rude! And you were in no way a social butterfly like him. So why? This question always pondered and hopped around in your mind, you decided you would ask him today, if he showed up that is.

Before you could continue thinking a large banging snatched you from your thoughts, it wasn't surprising as your school tended to have alot of bullies and trouble makers. But then you heard screaming and the tearing of flesh. Suddenly people were banging on your door, although they didn't act like people, nor look much like human anymore. The teacher opened the door preparing to give the students a lecture about behaviour

But before she could say a word the student sunk it's teeth into her shoulder, we all looked shocked but then more raced into the classroom infecting everyone at such a rapid pace. You being an actual smart person didn't stare like an idiot waiting to be killed, you jumped from your seat and ran into the hallway dodging zombie hands trying to grab you.

You ran and ran but just encountered more and more zombies, it was a massacre. There were screams, bloodshed everywhere you looked, every classroom, every closet. You didn't know what to do, you just knew you had to keep moving. The only way you would survive is if you didn't stay put.

You eventually managed to exit the school by hopping out of a window on the ground floor but it cost you some bruises and alot of cuts. You ran until you got home, you locked your bedroom door and closed your curtains. You shut your eyes, those zombies were terrifying and unlike the movies they were so fast.

You immediately thought of your only friend, Ethan. You panicked at the thought of him arriving late to school just to be ripped to shreds as soon as he entered. You picked up your phone, you saw there was no signal but that didn't bother you. You opened your draws and got out you trusty device.

You never actually learned what it's called but all you needed to know was that you could call and text without WiFi because of it. You immediately plugged it into your phone and called Ethan. It went straight to voicemail, your voice cracked at the sound of his voice "hi its Ethan please leave a message" the voicemail called out.

You decided to pack your bags and head to his house, your hopes were that he overslept and still hasn't woken up. You packed food, water, your now WiFi thingy, a portable charger and your phone. You put on a leather jacket and set out. Ethans house was about a 20 minute walk from your house.

But as you looked out onto the street your realised it would take alot longer, the streets were filled with zombies. You ducked behind cars and bushes trying to avoid them, you crept down behind a crashed car, it's radio still blaring. You realised it was attracting the zombies toward you, but before you could try to walk away the radio said "this new virus is spreading rapidly, what we know so far is it turns you into a practical zombie and you crave human flesh. We also know that if your bitten you will also turn, if you are bitten the bite will take 1 hour before it finally turns you into a zombie "

The radio shut off, this was valuable information you needed, you realised you stalled to long and zombies had reached the car. You called yourself an idiot for not grabbing a knife or something to use as a weapon. Before you could think anymore a zombie noticed you and went in for a bite. Due to reflexes your arms went to immediately cover your face. You awaited the pain of the bite to strike but it never did. You looked and saw the zombie couldn't bite through your leather jacket.

You got up and shoved it away, you knew hand to hand combat very well and decided to just put up a fight, while you knew it was stupid to fight with your fists, what other choice did you have. You got up and punched all the other zombies away, you ran and ran for ages.

TIME SKIP

You finally reached Ethans House, you practically slammed open the door. You ran upstairs to Ethans room. "Ethan!" you yelled, your voice scratchy from being dry. "Ethan!" you called out again. You looked around downstairs and realised there's broken window's and furniture is everywhere. You feel more panicked, you backed up from Ethans door then body slammed into it.

You eyes searched every square inch of the room but to no avail. You saw no sign of him and you noticed his room was trashed. Chairs fallen over, plant smashed, bed in shambles. You assumed the worst and began to tear up. Your only friend, only person you could trust was gone. You heard your 'mothers' words as you sank to the floor. "Boys don't cry so man up!" your mother and father were rather abusive and wanted you to have the best future so you could earn them loads of money.

You wiped your tears and got up. You made quite the scene and knew zombies would come back in here any second due to your yelling.

From that point on you began to survive, your kept moving, ransacked houses and stores. You also never gave up on Ethan, you knew he was strong. Before you left his room that day you noticed his baseball bat was gone. That indicated to you that he was able to escape with a weapon. Because of this you called him everyday, you always teared up to the sound of his voice from the voicemail.

END OF FLASHBACK

you lied still on the bed, your thoughts rushing through your head, all about Ethan. You realised it was time to make your daily call to him. Even tho every time it led straight to voicemail you had hope. And it was nice to hear his voice, you connected your device and sat on the floor you called Ethan. But instead of it going right to voicemail, it rang.

You were so surprised, it rang, this meant he was alive. Maybe it rang because he just got signal, maybe because he was able to charge it. Whatever the reason you smiled,knowing your friend was alive....