Dead Life (10K Fanfic)

Chapter Two

-H.B's POV

I woke up to me holding on to someone, I looked up and saw that I was holing on to 10K. I blushed, he was pretty cute, I snuggled back into him. He groaned and stirred in his sleep. That was cute. I opened my eyes and he did the same. "How'd you sleep?" He asked in a husky like voice, wow, morning voice.
  "Good, how about you?" He shrugged and unwrapped us.
  "Pretty fair." He sat up and I did to.
  "I think we should've chosen the bed rather than the couch." He chuckled and looked at his legs.
  "Yah, agreed." He looked up at me. "Your leg feeling okay?" I looked at it and placed my hand over it. It stung so I jerked my hand away.
  "Um, I'm guessing no." I said, he chuckled and I giggled, he stood and helped me up. I fell backward and he tried to catch me but I fell from his hands. "Ow!" I yelled, he looked at me.
  "S-sorry, I tried to catch you I just-- I guess my hands are slippery or something." I looked up at him.
  "It's alright, don't worry about it." He handed his hand out to me, I grabbed it and he helped me up. I wrapped my arm around him and he wrapped his arm around me. We got our stuff and headed out into the hall to be met with the rest of the group.
  "Sis!" Charlie hugged my legs and I shared glances with 10K while smiling.
  "Hey Love." I said and wrapped my other arm around her. "How was staying with Addy?" I asked.
  "She braided my hair." I looked at her and smiled.
  "It's pretty." She smiled and Garnett along with Warren walked out of a room.
  "All right, we need to continue on. Would you and Charlie like to come along with us?" Garnett asked, I was wide eyed.
  "Why would you want us to join?" I asked, he eyed me down.
  "You have range weapons, you good with that rifle of yours?" I about answered but Charlie cut in.
  "Really? She can kill a Z with a rubber band and a popcorn cornel." I smiled and sighed.
  "I only did that because I was out of options." I spoke up, 10K chuckled next to me so I looked at him. We smiled at each other and turned back to them.
  "Impressive, we could use you."
  "What about me?" Charlie asked.
  "Oh, she's good at scaring me." 10K spoke up, she gave a sarcastic smile at him and turned back.
  "That can come in handy." Doc noted.
  "I taught her about guns to, don't worry. And I'm never wrong about them, I've been shooting guns since I was 10." I stated, they all shared glances.
  "All right, you guys are in." We started to head down the steps, me and 10K lacking behind because he was helping me walk.

We had finally gotten to they're truck. Charlie sat inside it while I stood against it in the bed of the truck next to 10K. I had my sniper rifle cocked and ready, 10K having his slingshot. "10K."
  "Hm?" He hummed, I sighed.
  "Where are we going?" I asked.
  "Well, were heading to California because Murphy was given an experimental vaccine. He is the only known survivor or a zombie bite, was told he has 8 of them. So we need to get him to the CDC so they can use his blood to make a cure." I was shocked.
  "That arsehole is the cure?" I asked sarcastically, he chuckled and looked at me.
  "Nice censorship." I looked at him confused.
  "Censorship? Oh, no. That's how we say it in Ireland a lot." He laughed and shook his head.
  "Well, it's better than cursing."
  "It technically is." I answered, he shook his head and shot a nearby Z. "Hey 10K, look." I pointed to a billboard that had a guy with only one tooth. I pointed and shot the tooth. "No teeth." He laughed and I looked at him.
  "Nice." He said, the truck stopped so we could get a rest. Murphy said this really long joke/story about a pig named Arnold. At the end, no one laughed.
  "Oh what, to soon?" He spat, I sighed and leaned up against the side of the truck, 10K and Charlie standing next to me.
  "H.B." I turned to Charlie. "Can tell one of your hunting jokes? There the best." Everyone turned to me and I just chuckled.
  "Sure, um. What one do you want to hear?" I asked, she giggled.
  "That deer ones the best."
  "What hunting joke now?" Doc asked.
  "A deer one." I answered.
  "We'll tell it kid, let's see if it's better than Murphy's." Doc resorted.
  "Trust me, it is." Charlie said. "It never fails to make someone laugh." They all pointed there glances back to me.
  "Okay. What's the difference--"
  "Really? A difference joke, mines better." Murphy said.
  "Shut up." Everyone said but me, even Garnett and Warren were listening.
  "What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts?" I asked, they shrugged. "Beer nuts are around 1.75, and deer nuts are just under a buck." Everyone broke out into laughter, even Murphy. Charlie leaned against my leg, laughing her head off. 10K was laughing kinda quietly, I looked at him and smiled.
  "Kid, w-where did y-you h-hear t-that?" Doc said while laughing, they all lowered there laughter.
  "Nowhere, I hunt a lot so I made it up. Didn't expect it to work on my family." They shrugged.
  "Hey, tell that tiger one." Charlie recommended.
  "Um..." Everyone started to agree and push me to say it.
  "Okay, all right." I let out a breath. "A young reporter went to a retirement home to interview an aged but legendary explorer. The reporter asked the old man to tell him the most frightening experience he had ever had. The old explorer said, "Once I was hunting Bengal tigers in the jungles of India. I was on a narrow path and my faithful native gun bearer was behind me. Suddenly, the largest tiger I have ever seen leaped onto the path in front of us. I turned to get my weapon only to find the native had fled. The tiger leapt toward me with a mighty ROARRRR! I soiled myself." Everyone started to laugh. "Wait, I'm not done." They lowered there laughing. "The reporter said, "Under those circumstances, anyone would have done the same." The old explorer said, "No, not then- just now when I went 'ROARRRR!'." Everyone bursted back into laughter, Charlie leaned back on my leg and 10K laughed a bit louder.
  "O-one m-more." Doc laughed out, placing his hands on his knees and continued to laugh.
  "Do that bear hunter one, I laughed so hard at that one." I sighed.
  "Did you hear about the bear hunter? Well, he was out hunting for bears one day, and soon came across a large, trophy sized bear. He raised his rifle and took carful aim. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the bear turned and began to speak to him! "Isn't it better to talk than to shoot? What do you want? Let's negotiate the matter." Said the bear. Lowering his rifle in shock, the hunter thought a second, and then replied, "I want a fur coat." Everyone laughed really hard, I even giggled myself. 10K laughed more and I looked at him.
  "Those, were the best jokes I've ever heard." Garnett said, everyone nodded and we got back in our places in the truck. We headed back off on the road and me and 10K were just chatting.
  "Hey 10K." He looked at me and I pecked his cheek. He was red and he placed his hand lightly over where I had kissed him. He was a bit wide eyed and was grinning with a slightly open mouth. "Thanks, for helping me and everything. You've been great to me." He chuckled, face still the same and his hand over the spot. He soon put his hand down but his face was still red. "Why are you blushing? I'm not cute or anything so you shouldn't be." He looked down while smiling. "Oh my god, you think that do you." He shot his head up.
  "W-wait, is that a good or bad thing?" He asked, I smirked, I liked this boy, yes. I leaned next to his ear as we stopped.
  "You decide." I whispered and pulled away. He was frozen so I jumped out of the back with my leg feeling better. I armed my axe and handed Charlie my machete. She tapped the doorway. "C'mon out mates!" I yelled, a Z charged at us and Charlie kicked it's leg. It fell then she slashed the Z's head in half.
  "I got it." She said, I smiled and motioned for the group to come inside. Once we all got inside, we decided to look around. I teamed up with Cassandra and took top floor. I kept catching her sending me dirty looks, after the millionth time I caught her, I snapped.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked, she scoffed at me.
"Don't get between me and 10K." She spat, wait, wh-- oh.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you guys were a thing. I'll stay away." I said, I've saw this a lot during school so I knew how to handle it. She smiled and nodded.
"Just, don't kiss him. It makes me a little jealous."
"Point taken." We shared a small laugh, nothing really useful was found so we left. Once we got downstairs, we just stood at the steps.
"Boo!" I jumped and saw 10K beside me smiling widely, I hit his arm.
"You arsehole! Don't do that!" I laughed out and he gave me a fake pout.
"I'm sorry." He cooed and stood closer to me. I remembered what Cassandra said. I stepped back and walked over to Murphy who was admiring a bottle of whiskey.
"Got some for me?" I asked and sat next to him, he looked at me.
"You drink?" I smirked. Might as well try and be friends with him.
"I'm from Ireland, pass it." He slid it over with a smile and I downed a bit. "You know, I can down like two bottles of this and stay fully sober?" I informed, his eyes widened.
"Wow, that's pretty cool." He chuckled and I giggled.
"Your pretty cool to be honest." And he was cool, I found him cool because of his power and he was kinda funny.
"Finally someone notices." I laughed and he did to. "Hey, know how to play?" He placed down a certain deck of cards, I smiled.
"Heck yah I do, what's the loser of each round do?" I asked, I honestly didn't care what it was, I was a dare devil.
"Has to kiss the winner on the cheek." I smirked.
"Alright, let's play." He got the cards set up and we agreed no cheating. We started to play, mostly no one paying us attention.

-10K's POV

I've have been sitting on the couch with Doc sitting a little next to me. I looked up when I heard a small laugh and I saw H.B sitting with Murphy. Why? They had a bottle of something and they held cards in hand. I soon saw H.B peck Murphy on the cheek. What?! I grew a bit red with anger. Wait, why was I getting like this? I knew nothing about girls, maybe this doesn't mean anything. Soon Murphy pecked her on the cheek and took a drink of that bottle. Doc saw me. "Kid, you alright?" He asked, I sighed and looked at him.
"Do you not see them?" I pointed to Murphy and H.B when she pecked his cheek. Doc eyes went wide.
"Okay, that's weird. Murphy's like in his 30's." He pointed out. I nodded.

-H.B's POV

"Alright, now the winner gets to kiss the loser wherever." I said for the final round, he smirked.
"I like you kid, your a dare devil. Agreed." We did the round and laid our cards down. Murphy won.
"Nice deck mate, your not drunk are you?" I asked, he chuckled.
"Nope. You still sober miss Irish?" I laughed and nodded. "Alright, my prize." I couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh god, nowhere below the neck." I said, he laughed.
"Good rule." He said and I closed my eyes smiling, holing back a laugh. I felt something hit my neck, he pulled away and I opened my eyes.
"Playing big shot, eh mate?" He chuckled and I held my hand up for a knuckle punch. He accepted and punched it, we put down our hands and I took a drink.
"So how are you and 10K?" He asked as I handed the bottle to him.
"Eh, I'm gonna keep my distance for now. Maybe I can hang with you, you seem cool." He shrugged.
"That'll be fine by me darlin'." I giggled and he chuckled. "Hey, wanna go for a walk?" He asked, I cocked an eyebrow.
"Sure, let me go tell--"
"Nah, let's just go out the back door. I bet no one will even know were gone." I nodded and left my rifle behind, arming my axe. We left out the back door and walked into the woods. "So, how was preZ for ya?" He asked.
"Eh, school, shooting guns, teaching myself survival, normal stuff." He chuckled as we picked up an old path. I knew he was in his 30's even though he had dark grey hair and beard.
"What happened to your parents? If you don't me asking." I sighed.
"Killed in a mass murder, I protected Charlie with my life after that. I was to scared it would happened again so I moved us. Once we were in the airport, this broke out. I always thought it would happen so I kicked an officer in the butt and took his gun." He laughed and we had gotten to a stream. "Hey, want to see something cool?" He nodded so I went over to the stream. I grabbed one rock from inside the water, an another on a hill. I used the one that was under water to draw on the hill one.
"Wow, how do you do that?" He asked from beside me, I handed him the rocks.
"Try it." I said simply. He started to draw on it, making random lines and smiling.
"Alright, we should head back before they freak out that were gone." I nodded so we headed back.

Once we entered through the back door, I was engulfed in tight arms. Everyone was downstairs and Warren along with Garnett and Doc started to snap at Murphy. "Where were you?" The person hugging me said, oh, it's 10K.
"I just went to the stream." I said, he pulled away with hands on my shoulders. He looked into my eyes deeply and I tried to move away from him. "10K, can you uh, let go?" I asked, he just stepped closer. I backed up but my back hit the counter. He still had his hands on my shoulders as he stood closely. I pleaded so badly that somebody would see me and let's say Charlie did. She stormed over to where we were and stomped 10K's foot. He groaned in pain so I slipped away from him. "Thanks Love." I whispered to her.
"I've always wanted to do that, just never had a reason." I just wondered, he to caring where I was, to he was trying something. I sat on the small couch next to Murphy and he smirked. 10K came around and just leaned against a wall. I was tired so I leaned my head on Murphy's shoulder and closed my eyes.

I woke up by hearing movement, I opened my eyes to see 10K walk out the door. It was dark outside and everyone was asleep. I could see outside considering the moon lit everything. I slipped from Murphy and followed 10K, making sure to close the door. I saw him walk into another home so I followed, no Z's were around. I opened the door and saw him sitting on the couch. Face in hands, crying. Why was he crying? I closed the door behind me and walked to him. I kneeled in front of him and placed my hands on his shoulders. He looked up, tears down his cheeks and puffy red eyes. "10K, are you okay?" I whispered, he shook his head and started crying again. I sat down next to him and rubbed his back soothingly. "What happened?"
"I-I had a-a dream a-about m-my pa." He made out, I wrapped my arms around him and he just continued to cry.
"It's okay, it's okay." I cradled him as he cried into me. I cupped his face and wiped the tears away, he looked into my eyes.
"I-I'm sorry, for what I did back there." He said, I sighed.
"It's fine. Let's get back because you need to rest." He nodded and stood. I stood after and we both left the house. Wow, I've never seen him cry before...