Archer's POV
"Ok, what's your question?" I asked.
"Would you want to start a relationship with someone?" She asked. "I know that technically you have a girlfriend, but it's been over four years and you have no idea what happened to her."
"Um... I mean I haven't really thought about it, with the way the world is now I don't know if I necessarily want to get in a relationship. You never know what could happen, and loving someone and then watching something bad happen to them... I don't know." I answered.
"What about Carl and Ethan, they make it work, they know the risks of this world, but look at them, they're some of the happiest people on this farm." She said.
I guess that's true... no... I don't guess that's true, it's definitely true.
"Yeah... that's true." I said. "How about you?"
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"Have you thought about starting a relationship with someone?" I asked. "You said you had a boyfriend, but now he's gone. So would you want to start another relationship even knowing what happened to him?"
"Yeah, I would." She answered. "This world is hard, but it's definitely easier when you have someone, even when you know it may not last forever because, as you said, anything could happen."
I guess that makes sense.
"That makes sense... I guess." I said.
"Plus, it's easier to forget about all the bad things going on out there when you have someone." She responded.
"Yeah, I guess so." I said as I shrugged.
Neither of us spoke for a little bit after that, we laid there quietly listening to the others snoring in the other rooms.
"You said you've thought about starting a relationship with someone." I said. "Who?"
"It doesn't matter, I know he's not interested." She said quietly.
"Oh yeah, and why do you think that?" I asked.
When she didn't answer I looked over at her and saw that she had fallen asleep. I rolled my eyes and got off the bed, picking up the game board as I did so. I put the game away and then threw the blanket over her before leaving the room and heading to my house to get some sleep.
Ethan's POV
-Time Skip-
"Ok, I'm gonna go out to the shooting range because I've got a class to teach." I said before kissing Carl's cheek, then getting off our mattress and grabbing my holstered pistol and sheathed sword, then attaching them to my belt and walking over to the door.
"Ok, have fun with that, I'm gonna stay in bed for a while and get some much needed sleep." He said sleepily.
I rolled my eyes and threw a nearby pillow at him, then left and headed over to the shooting range. I could already see the group of five younger kids standing there waiting for me.
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Fight To Live
FanfictionEthan Barton is a teen boy living in a world gone to shit. His mom is the leader of a small group, a group that could fall apart any day. He fights to survive, and for his group to survive, but he also wants to live, and what's a better way to do th...
