It's a Give and Take World | Zhongchi

The Fall of Humanity

Mind the warnings. The story includes child abuse and gore/violence themes.
There will be 10 chapters.

Humans change. Humans alter.

Humans order. Humans obey.

Humans fear. Humans love.

Humans-

Humans rise and they fall down.

Humans fall down.

We all fall down.

•••

Ajax used to live in a peaceful town.

We all fell.

A town where almost no one carried a worry or two over their simple heads. The climate was always a little warm and never too harsh on the crops. The forest nearby had different animal breeds living in cohabitation, and the lake that's splitting the town in two made a great irrigation source. Starvation was an unfamiliar term to the town folk, and when their bellies were full, everyone's focus would shift towards entertainment. They would sing and dance, sometimes celebrate all night long just because they can.

Truly, it was peaceful. Too peaceful that time to time a minority, mostly old and conspiracist ones, would get worried about this seemingly eternal happiness. They were nothing but a small group of humans in the end, they did nothing to deserve such joy and a carefree life like this. Nothing like this would come without a price. Everyone knew that, but no one worried. No one cared.

As there was seemingly no price, and no one would go out of their ways for a speculation.

A man, a father tried to warn the others about the upcoming fall, he really did, but when a man finds happiness with no requirements attached, it was not possible to convince him back.

Thus, the father was silenced.

His words were dead, and it all fell silent on uncaring ears.

•••

"Dad," the boy is just six years old. He knows how to talk and how to walk, but his little brain couldn't grasp the concept of give and take. He would obviously assume this happiness was a gift, or a blessing, depending on the narrative. But the father still tries. His stories would depict a warrior, and how he earned his eternal happiness after saving the world.

The warrior devotes his life for something no one else attempts to, and then he gets rewarded.

He gives his life away and takes the world's happiness all for himself. The world would never know.

"Hello, dear." HIs arms open and Ajax's most comfortable place in the whole world, his father's cozy chest is now out in the open, waiting to get hugged. He runs to his father without thinking twice and gives him a huge hug. His small arms aren't able to fully embrace his father's broad body, Ajax huffs in return, which makes an adorable sight in his father's eyes.

"Did I wake you up, dear? I'm sorry." Ajax's father apologizes with a heartfelt laugh. It is all for his son, all his work and his so called conspiracy. He knoes this happiness wouldn't last, but he wants it to last. For his son. "Is your daddy too noisy or are your ears too sensitive?"

"'Re not," Ajax murmurs. He has just woken up, and the moon is still hanging from the cloudless sky. Ajax's sleep time is not over yet. "Am sleepy."

"Sleep then, dear." A hand starts caressing Ajax's messy hair.

"Can't sleep," Ajax blinks with teary, sleepy eyes. Maybe he is doing it intentionally, because his father could never look at those eyes and say no. He sighs, very well aware of what Ajax is asking for him. His little project would have to wait until his dear boy is asleep once more.