Dangerous fellows, Ethan X Reader

'mall' Chapter 7

Before I could open the doors to leave a shadowy figure grabbed me and pulled me back. Caught of guard I fell to the floor, the figure took no time to waste and immediately pounced on me.

My crowbar was out of my reach as it dropped to the floor when I was thrown. I looked at the person, I couldn't figure out who it was. I shoved the person of me and they fell off, they looked as if they were enchanted for a moment and then snapped back to reality.

I went to grab my crowbar but the figure pounced again. This time is grabbed one of my daggers and held it to my neck so I couldn't get of the floor. I must admit this person is smart and sly, although all I'm trying to figure out is who it is and why they're attacking me. I looked at the person on top of me and to be honest it resembled ******** but I couldn't assume that, besides the person I'm thinking of didn't show any signs of being this strong.

"Who are you?" I asked calmly. Surprisingly I was quite calm and not panicked at all. The figure looked confused at how I wasn't freaking out, but it just shook its head.

"well if your not going to tell me who you are atleast let me know what your goal is by doing this, do you want me dead, are you a theif trying to rob me, etc." I asked.

The figure shook it's head again and went to speak but then hesitated. I took a chance at the persons hesitation and grabbed the dagger with my hand. The blade dug into my hand and started to bleed, but I didn't care. I used the figures shock at my action to quickly change our positions. Now I was the one holding the dagger to its neck.

"well that backfired on you now didn't it?" I said. The figure looked away, I just got up and held out my hand to it. The figure hesitated and looked at my hand, I realised I was holding out the hand that was pouring of blood. I switched the hands and the figure took it, I pulled them up off the floor.

"well it was nice to meet ya" I said and went to open the doors. The figure tried to grab me again but this time I turned around quickly and held the scruff of their shirt. I held their face close to mine, I looked at them and I could tell they weren't panicked at all, almost as if they were excited?

"I'm giving you a chance to live, do not try and grab me again" I said coldly to them. I then threw them back to the floor and stormed out the doors. I looked at the chained gate ahead of me, I knew I could climb over it easily but the problem was that the zombies would spot me and gather below. I stood in front of the gate and thought for a moment.

Then I heard footsteps behind me, I reached for my dagger. The person was behind me and I immediately held my dagger to their neck.

"woah please calm down!" Lawrence said.

"oh hi Lawrence" I said cheerfully. I took my dagger away from his neck and placed it back in my belt.

"Are you leaving?" Lawrence said, I swear I could hear sadness in his voice.

"yeah I would just be an extra mouth to feed if I joined the group and its hard enough for you guys as it is" I replied.

"But where will you go?" he asked.

"I never stick in one place, so it's hard to say" I answered. "But I'm sure I'll be around"

"fine, but be careful" he said.

"will do" I said back and ruffled his hair. He blushed intensely even at my slight touch, I waved him a goodbye and he waved back. I quickly scaled the wall and jumped down.

I immediately ran down the street, carefully ducking behind cars and bushes. I ended up in the house at then end of the street. Its windows were actually fine, I opened the door and shut it quietly. I had my crowbar on guard just in case. Luckily the house was empty but it seems this house had already been raded.

Although that didn't matter to me as I wouldn't stay long. I thought about what the others said back at there meeting, they would definitely die when they got to the mall. Wait, Ethan is supposed to be going with them. You face palmed and sighed knowing you would also head there just to watch and lookout for them.

You fell onto the bed and curled up into a ball, sadly you got to used to being with Ethan and now you don't even want to be away from him. You don't understand why you want to be near him so much, it was the same in high school. You always wanted to be near him and hated when other people came near him.

At first I thought I was just overprotective since he was my only friend, but now I know it's different. Then it hit me, I like him. Now everything made sense! I like him, thats why I'm always so protective of him, that why I always want to be near him, it's why I can't resist him. But now that I know this, what am I going to do...