There's no scream no gasp no voice in the ceiling telling us we did well just silence the kind that feels personal. Like the room is watching us collapse and savoring every second Karan hasn't moved in minutes. He's staring at the floor like there's a body still there i know there isn't because I'm still holding it.
Varun's head rests in my lap, blood painting my thighs, his hair sticky and warm against my palm his hand
I keep wrapping mine around it like maybe... maybe I'll feel a twitch
A pulse
A miracle but nothing comes he really did it he really left.
For me. Why?
Why would anyone do that?
Why would someone look at me the girl who breaks everything she touches and say, "You're worth dying for"?
"Karan..."
My voice is nothing Thin Empty Cracked he doesn't look at me
He just sits there knees pulled in Eyes stuck on a spot where blood's beginning to dry i don't ask if he's okay because of course he's not.
Neither of us is and neither of us knows how to begin grieving the boy who just shattered himself in front of us.
"Why him?" I whisper "Why not me?"
Karan lifts his head Barely His eyes are red-rimmed, but dry
"He always gave more than he had," he says, voice rough "One day... it was going to catch up to him"
"But I never asked for this"
"I know"
"I never wanted to be saved"
"I know"
I look at him "Then why didn't you stop him?"
His silence punches me in the chest
"You could've" I say
"I tried" he whispers
"No you didn't You froze"
His jaw tightens and then something cold flashes in his eyes "I knew he wouldn't let anyone else take the bullet" he says bitterly "Not you Not me Varun made up his mind the moment that gun showed up"
"So that's it?" I snap "We just let the good ones die?"
"I don't have the answers Monami."
I break Finally
My fists pound the floor My screams die in my throat
He's gone.
Varun is gone , my childhood bestfriend is gone
And the room isn't even pretending to wait anymore
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> FINAL TASK INITIATED
REMAINING PLAYERS: 2
LOCATION: THE CONFESSION ROOM
OBJECTIVE: UNLOCK THE EXIT.
WARNING: TRUTH IS A WEAPON.
AND YOU'RE OUT OF SHIELDS.
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The gun is gone the pedestal gone
Even Varun's body fades into nothingness like the room doesn't even want us to mourn properly
It's just us now
Me
Karan
And the room The walls pull back like curtains revealing a new chamber it looks like a church no pews. No altar. Just a single chair in the center And behind it a locked door with two glowing red handprints
One for me
One for Karan
Karan looks at me. I look away We step in together
The door seals behind us.
The final task begins.
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Phewww i have my exam tomorrow still writing this instead of studying 😭😂
Wish me luck 🤞
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