If everything I love turned to dust {TWDG LOUIS x CLEMENTINE/CLOUIS}

5

Warning: this chapter gets a bit intense for some readers. Skip this chapter if you want.

I wake up, expecting the cold ground of the basement, but instead I find myself in the arms of someone. I open my eyes to see that it's Louis. Dried tears are on his face, and he's looking ahead, he hasn't noticed me. I feel warm on his arms. My leg hurts like shit, but there's another pain I've never felt before.
"Clem?" Louis' voice is soft and gentle. He lays me down on a comfortable couch.
"Wh.... what happened?" I attempt my best at speech.
"Marlon.. he..." Louis never stutters.. "he's gone now. It doesn't matter what he did." His voice cracks and turn around.
"He's gone?"
"Your boy.. AJ called us. Said he'd heard you scream. We came as fast as we could.." Louis punches the wall, very uncharacteristically.
"He was being eaten by a walker Brody and you were unconscious on the floor next to him. When I saw you, I told everyone to step back, and I killed Brody and..." he punches the wall harder. I see a bit of blood dripping from his knuckles.

"I took you to the infirmary where ruby looked after you." He punches the wall again. Now, the wall is stained with his blood, and his knuckles are bleeding much more.
"You broke your leg and—" he cuts himself off. He punches the wall, harder than anytime before, and blood splashed on the wallpaper, spilling from his knuckles.
I try to tell him to stop, but it comes out as a groan.
He looks at me with sad eyes.
"How did Brody die?" He asked.

"Marlon. He... punch her to death." I cough.
Louis eyes widen before he shuts them tight. He turns around and drives his fist at the wall one last time. Blood covers his fingers and hand, and he's breathing hard, but he doesn't sit down or relax.

"I-I... I thought Marlon was my FUCKING FRIEND." He shouts before pinching the wall again. With every punch, the wall gets redder and his breathing becomes heavier.
"But it turn out I didn't even KNOW what a FUCKING MONSTER HE WAS." He yells and then pounds the wall one last time before collapsing.

"Clem.. he.. do you remember anything?" He asks quietly. I shake my head. He gets up and dips one of his fingers on his left hand into the pool of blood on his right one. He kneels in front of me and reaches for the side of my neck. He rubs the blood across a small space and then stops. I want to ask him why, but I'm too focused on the fact that my neck hurts when I touch it. And then I come to a realisation, and almost pass out again.

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I stayed with the school for a few days. They were disorganised and many of them blamed me for what happened. Violet stepped up to be the one in control, which was a good move; she was smart and agile, exactly what a leader should be. She tried her best but the group was still crumbling beneath her feet.

Everyday Louis would leave the school to hunt, and if I woke early, I was alone in the room for hours at a time. Sometimes AJ would come in to say hi, but I was alone for a lot of the time, not being able to do anything because of my leg.

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I wake up slowly, eyes drifting open, and I see Louis sitting on the bed opposite me. Worry swims in his eyes.
"Clem.. I need to ask you something.. why did Marlon attack Brody?" He says quietly.
I try to remember, but it's a blur. And then it hits. My eyes widen.

"He-He traded Sophie and Minnie to raiders... in exchange for safety. And he was going to trade us too! That's what Brody told me, and then M-Marlon.. he attacked both of us."
I spill, not pausing to talk.
"No. No, it can't be! Sophie and Minnie were k-killed by walkers!"
"That's What Marlon wanted you to believe.
How do you not understand that he's a manipulative asshole?!"

"He was my best friend!" Louis says loudly, "my best friend for years! And it turns out he punched his friend to death, attacked my girlfriend, traded his other friends in for humself!? Do you expect me to just believe that?!"
I close my eyes. Cold seeps into my skin. A storm is coming.
I open my eyes again.
"My life is in your hands, Louis. Please, make the right choice." I say weakly. I've never had this feeling before, of depending on someone else with your life completely. It's too new to me.
"I will. I promise." He says quietly, obviously regretting his lash out at me.
I feel my hand being taken by his, and I feel his fingers folding around mine. He kisses me, and then leaves, and I feel the cold again. I look at the window and see that's it's completely being showered on by light.
The cold in my skin means a storm, and I know it.

A/N:
G'day. The next chapter coming out later today, look forward to that if you wanna keep reading, but I'm an absolute noob at romance, so I don't see much reason you'd want to.
* cough cough *
Anyways, keep on surviving guys.