Ellie's Adventure // Ellie x Female Reader// The Last Of Us

Epilogue

Part I

Ellie's P.O.V

"Wait? You two know each other?" The boy who had his gun aimed at Peter's head asks. I slowly nod, not believing my eyes. "We, uhm. Shit, what the fuck? We were kinda?" I look at Y/N so stressed, she immediately takes my signs and talks to her friend. "We dated." I almost choke in my own spit. I cough and Peter looks at me. "It wasn't like, a secret, right?" Peter asks and he pats me on my back. I smile and take away his hand. "No, it wasn't." Peter looks at me and then at Y/N, sensing the tension there is. "Hey,  I think me and him are going to get some water?" Peter says and he looks at the boy. He smiles and both the boys leave. Y/N and I stare at each other for an awkwardly long time.

Y/N breaks the tension and walks closer to me. She opens her arms and I smile, excepting what I hope is a hug. And it's is, thank God! I wrap my arms around her. Y/N buries her face in my neck and I smile. "I missed you." Y/N pulls back from the hug, but we're still so close that our bodies are touching. We stare in each other's eyes and I can't help but get the strong urge to just kiss her on the lips, right there. Ah, fuck it. I go for it. 

My lips touch hers and  Y/N cups my face. For a few seconds, it feels as if we are back in the treehouse again. Kissing without being disturbed, but then I remember that we did get disturbed and just as I do, Y/N pulls back from the kiss and looks down at her shoes. She steps back but keeps her hands on my shoulders. "I can't do this." She says and she moves her hands a bit lower, resting on my upper arm. "What?" Tears form in my eyes. "What do you mean?"  I ask again when Y/N doesn't answer me. "I can't kiss you. Not after what happened." I step back, Y/N arms falling from my arms. "After what happened? Are you blaming me for everything?" I ask and my voice is slowly filling up with anger. "No, I'm not." Y/N says and the way she says it, with such a calm voice. It makes me even angrier. "Then what are you saying?" I ask and Y/N takes a deep breath, as if to prepare for holding her breath longer than a minute. "Imagine we get back together, huh. What would we do? I can't go back to your village and my village isn't too fond of lesbians." I step back from the last sentence. Joel told me about people being discriminated for their sexual orientation back then, before the virus. But I didn't expect that there were still people who thought that way. Like, who really cares about that anymore. "We build our own home, live on our own!" I almost yelled it at her, but it's more a desperate cry. "And make you leave your family, the only family you have?" Y/N walks closer to me again, cupping my face. Tears are now streaming down my face. "I can't make you do that, not just for me" Tears are now also streaming down her face and she puts her head against mine, our foreheads touching. "You are my family." I say

Part II

*Peter's P.O.V*

"I'm Barry by the way." I smile and shake his hand. "Peter." We walk to the little stream and I crouch down, filling my flask and closing it. I hand it to Barry and he gives me his. I fill it as well and stand back up. We exchange flasks and I open mine, taking a big swig from it. Barry sits down on the grass and taps it. I sit down as well and look into the forest. 

We walked for about five minutes to really give the girls some room. We walked into a field where there was a river. We crossed it with a small wooden bridge and walked until we found another stream, at the edge of the forest. "How do you think it's going with them?" Barry asks and I lay down on my back, the grass stroking against my face. "I think they'll be fine. It's not like one killed the other's sister." Barry looks at me and raises an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, that was weird." I say and I carefully take another sip from my flask. "sssttt." Barry says and he points his hand at me. "I wasn't even talk-" Barry cuts me off before I can finish my sentence. He stands up and grabs my hand, pulling me from the grass to my feet. "There is a Clicker, right there." Barry whispers to me so soft I can barely hear it. 

I look at where he is pointing and see it too. I look a bit to the left and see a Bloater. "Barry, we have to go, I think this is a hoard." I say and I now see 6 more, mostly Runners but also a Stalker. We start running but after a few seconds Barry trips. "Fuck! come on, get up!" I scream and I realize I shouldn't have done that. All the Infected look at me asI help Barry up. "We have to go, now!" I say and we run.  Barry staggers after me as I start running. A few seconds later, he's running next to me. But we can barely outrun the Infected. We run over the small bridge, which creeks as we cross it. Before I know it, one of the planks breaks and my leg falls through. I yell at Barry, who spins around and takes his rifle from his shoulder. He runs back to me and aims at the incoming Infected. "We can't fight off that Bloater. Shoot the planks!" I yell but Barry doesn't do it. He shoots the clicker and the stalker, but the runners are too fast. "BARRY!" I yell and Barry finally does what I asked him to. 

Barry shoots the planks and my leg breaks free. He helps me up and we run. Back to the horses and the girls. While running Barry pulls something from his bag and takes out what looks like a pin. He throws it backwards and a few seconds later, an explosion forms behind us. It stops a few Infected but not all of them and the Bloater that is following us is fast. "You don't have any more of those, do you?" I ask and Barry laughs. "No, I'm afraid not." He answers and we cross a corner, finally seeing our horses. "We have to leave, now!" I scream and I see Ellie's face, covered in tears.

Part III

*Ellie's P.O.V*

I look past Y/N and see Peter running around the corner, screaming for us to leave. I don't doubt him for a second and get back on Gaia. Y/N stands still for a few seconds but follows me. She waits for Peter and when he is on his horse, she extends her hand and Peter pulls her up. I help Barry on my horse and we move, leaving the buildings behind us and heading for the fields on the other side. Running away from the direction the Infected are coming from.  We ride our horses over the fields and down the hills until we're out of sight. I stop Gaia and get down. I sit down on the floor, panting from the riding. "We have to get to cover." Peter says and he looks around him. He points at the forest. "It's our best shot." He says and I nod, getting up from the ground and back on my horse. 

We'd been riding through the forest for half an hour when we bumped into a small cabin, surrounded by trees. We got down from our horses and tied them to the trees. I take out my gun and aim it in front of me. I kick in the door and walk in. It is just one, big empty room. No beds, no furniture, nothing. "It's empty." I yell outside. Everybody walks in and looks around. Y/N dumps her stuff on the floor and takes, what looks like a sleeping bag from her backpack. She unrolls it and puts it on the floor, she lays down. And a few minutes later, we're all laying down as well. 

*2 hours later*

*Y/N's P.O.V*

I open my eyes to a dark room. I get up and step out of my sleeping bag. I roll it back up and put it in my bag. I walk to where Barry is sleeping and tap him on his back. "Hey Barry, we have to go." I say and I help him up. He's half asleep so he doesn't understand what's happening and almost falls over when he is on his feet. "Barry, come on." I say and I take his sleeping bag from the floor. I put it in my bag and drag him outside. "Shouldn't we wait for Peter and Ellie to wake up?" Barry asks and he tries to walk back in. "No, we shouldn't." I say and I drag him further from the cabin. "What do you mean?" He asks and he pulls his arm from my grip. "Are you just gonna leave Ellie?" He asks and all I can say is: "it's better for her." I say and I walk away. Barry stays behind a few seconds longer but decides to follow after me.

*4 hours later*                                                                                                                                                            *Ellie's P.O.V*

I wake up in a brightly lit room. I look around me and only see two beds, mine and Peter's. I stand up and run outside, almost tripping over a wooden plank that's sticking out of the floor. I open the door and storm out, turning a circle as soon as I'm outside. "Y/N!" I yell but there is no answer. I fall to my knees, hitting the wet ground, mud splashing to all sides. Behind me, I hear running but it's muted. A voice, that's also muted. Two arms wrapped around me and without thinking about it, I lean my head against a chest, which I presume is Peter's but I can't think straight at the moment so I'm not sure. But I don't really care. All I know is that I'm crying. "She left me, again." I say and the voice is less muted now. "I'm so sorry." Peter says. I don't know how long we stayed like that but it was a long time

*officially the end*