Let me tell you something about walking for five hours straight.
It is not pleasant.
And I was never a hike person to begin with.But what makes it even worse,is the fact that we are not talking to each other.Like at all.I tried to start a conversation two hours earlier but he just hushed me and kept walking.Asshole.It's like the one second he is smiling and the next is like I'm his nemesis and has been forced to walk with me.Is he bipolar or something?
I don't like dead silence.It makes me feel uncomfortable.But it doesn't seem to bother Elias at any means.Hell,I'd even say he likes it.For him,it's just easier not to talk.But the Resistance is at other side of the country,and we will probably have to talk at some point.It's not like he can ignore me forever.Right?
I search my backpack for my cap and when I finally find it,I put it on.He glances at me,and then looks back forward.
"What you have something with hats?"I ask and I receive another glance,and a sigh."Jesus do you wake up on the wrong side of the bed every day?"I ask irritated and run a hand through my hair after I remove my cap for a second.
We enter another neighbourhood,with small wrecked houses,and some cars here and there.On the sidewalk there was a small pink bike,with some barely visible tiny butterfly stickers.But the bike had so much dry blood on it,I almost thought it was red and not pink.I exhaled sharply,horrified by the thought of a little girl being murdered on her bike with her last moments on a bike she loved that turned out to be her personal death bed.
I don't even realize how long I',m been staring at it,as still as a stone,until I hear a voice shouting my name.I look up to Elias comes closer to me.
"You okay?"He asks with his eyebrows closer together,creating two wrinkles between them.
"Yeah it's just that..look at that bike..a little girl was riding that bike once,and now she's gone.Just like that.It's sad."I say and he sighs.
"Our whole existence is sad.All you have to do is not think about it too much."He tells me and moves towards an alley.
"Is that what you are doing?"I ask and walk behind him."Do you shut it all out and-"
"Shit!"He wispers and pulls me in the shadows of the alley provided by the walls.I suppress a shiver created by the sudden coldness of the wall.I'm about to ask him why he did that,but a bunch of ear piercing sounds answer my question.Oh fuck.
I close my eyes and try to slow my breathing.But the feeling of a body glued on mine distracts me.A lot.I open my eyes looking right in his.I can now see much more details of his face even though we are surrounded by darkness.I can see his thick eyelashes,which I am very jealous of right now,his eyes darker than holes filled with shadows,and his black hair are currently falling on his forehead his cap lying on the ground next to us.I look at his nose and-oh!He has freckles!They are so faded though I almost don't see them.But his lips are the big deal.Full and smooth,slightly open at the moment.It's probably the thing people first look at when they stare at someone so attractive.
HAYLEY!
I close my eyes again and try to stop thinking..whatever this is that I'm thinking.I open my eyes but his are still looking directly at mine.He turns his head away from me,trying to see if they have left without moving,as they might still be around.I wonder what he's thinking.
His hands are on my waist,sending a tickling feeling up my spine.I can feel his cool long fingers pressing against my skin with his other hand on the wall under my hand without even realising I've been holding equally as much his arm.
I don't know how long we have been hiding here,but he looks down trying to concentrate on the sounds around us,and he looks once more before taking a step back.
"Okay I think we're safe.But please be quiet."He wispers at me and I nod my head in agreement.I'm pretty sure this was a discreet way of him telling me to shut up and not bother him but I decide to not ask about it.
We quickly pass one house after the other,worried that a Corpse might pop out and eat our brains.He moves so quickly that sometimes I have to run a bit to keep up with him.
Jesus Elias,slow down!We aren't all so tall like you!You're moving like a freaking giraffe!
"Just a little bit longer and we'll arrive at Jo's house."
I guess that friend of his is named Jo.
"Damn it.Elias look at this."I say and point at a warning written on the wall.
'Trespassing!You will be shot on sight!'
"Should I be worried about a psycho shouting me?"I question.
"Oh no I don't think he's gonna shoot us.Don't worry."
Too late.I'm already worried.
"You don't think?Oh that's perfect."I ironically say and he hushes me again.Fine!But I didn't survive all this just to be killed by a psycho with a shotgun.
"There."He says and points at a house at the end of the street.As we get closer thought,I hear a gunshot passing right next to me.
"Shit!"He shouts and we hide behind an old car.
"This ain't your property pal!Get out!"Jo shouts at us and starts shooting again.
"O he won't shoot us,you said.Don't worry,you said!"I quote his words from earlier.In a much angrier tone though.
"Not the time!"He tells me before looking behind his shoulder."JO!It's Elias for God's sake!"Elias shouts back and the shooting stops.
"Even worse!"Jo says and continues.
"Elias what the hell did you do to him?!"I hiss at Elias.
"I might have stole his motorcycle.And maybe punched him.But I had my reasons!"He says with a guilty look.
"I'm gonna kill you!"I shout at Elias.But Jo must have thought I was talking to him because he started shooting at my side this time.
"Oh for the love of God stop!"I say but nothing.
"Jo stop acting like a bitch and stop fucking shooting!"Elias shouts and gets up.
"Elias!"I shout at the thought of him being shot,but nothing happens.I reluctantly get up and look where this Jo must be.Huh.He's older than I expected.His hair are a little bit grey at the roots,with some wrinkles up his forehead.
Elias starts walking to his direction and I do the same.
"The fuck man?"Elias opens his hands questioning.
"Hey you can't blame me!"He tells him and they hug for a second.I stare at them confused and I shake my head slowly.First he gets shoot at by him and then he hugs him.And they say girls are weird.
"Who's this?You finally managed to get a girlfriend?"He mocks and Elias chuckles.
"You're an idiot."He chuckles and puts his hands in his pockets before getting them out again."She's not my girlfriend.I have to get her somewhere.That's it.Jo this is Hayley,Heyley this is Jo."
"Yeah I can see that."I say and he puts down his gun.
"Sorry 'bout the hole shouting thing."He apologises and I nodd my head.
"Damn man.You're getting old."Elias mocks Jo as we walk further into the house and he slaps the back of his head.Elias is always so grumpy and quiet it's a little weird to see him this loosen up.
"Easy.It's gonna happen to you too."He chuckles but gets more serious a minute later."Now,why don't we get you guys something to eat,rest for the night and tomorrow morning,we can talk about why you're here."
Well,sounds good to me.We deserve some relaxing don't we?
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Game of survival
Adventure《Who's in your shadows? Who's ready to play? Are we the hunters? Or are we the pray? There's no surrender, And there's no escape.. Are we the hunters? Or are...
