(I made Carl a real jerk. And I feel kinda bad. But don't worry-- he'll become nicer at the end!)
Summary
Carl hates you, it's quite obvious. The problem is, you don't hate him. Not even in the slightest. You don't even like him. You love him. Are your feelings secretly returned? Or is it just an unrequited love?
Setting - Prison
Word Count - 1349
You were napping peacefully, when someone decided to jerk you awake. You were having a good dream too.
A dream that your parents were alive again, and that the dead weren't walking. You wished that the dream wouldn't end, but nothing lasts forever, now does it?
When you opened your eyes you were met with the blinding sight of the sun. You had fallen asleep outside on the grass. You quickly stretched your arms and looked up at your intruder.
"Hey, (Y/N)? Oh, good your awake. Rick wants you to go on a run with Carl. We're running out of food for Judith." You squinted trying to see who was speaking.
After shading your eyes from the sun, you could see it was Beth that had woke you. "Alright.. When?" You sighed.
Carl didn't like you; but you liked him. You've never done anything to irritate him either. So, you didn't understand what made him dislike you so much.
He never talked to you. But, when he did, he would either insult you, or yell at you for making a simple mistake.
It really hurt, to know that the person you were in love with, didn't even care to get to know you, and decided right away, on their own, to act like a jerk.
You were so deep into thought that you didn't even hear Beth yelling to get your attention.
"(Y/N)! You okay? Hello?!" You were startled back to reality when Beth shook your shoulders roughly.
"Ah.. I'm fine. Sorry. I was just spacing out again.." You replied.
"Well, Rick wants you to go right now. So you should probably run before Carl comes over here. Don't want him getting mad at you, do you?" She snickered.
You groaned and stood up dusting of your dark blue jeans. Beth knew of your little "crush" on Carl. She would always tease you about it, but you didn't really mind too much.
You quickly jogged to your cell and grabbed your bag. You snatched your knife from the bed, and your gun from the small desk in the corner. When you quickly walked to the gate, you saw Carl waiting for you, clearly annoyed.
"What took you so long? I don't want to wait for you." He said looking at you with pure irritation.
"I was asleep, before Beth told me that I had to go on a run. I also had to grab my stuff. Sorry.." You mumbled.
He sighed in frustration,"Whatever, let's just go already."
You quickly complied, following him into the trees. There was total silence the whole time. Until you decided to speak up.
"Carl?" You whispered.
"What." He said in monotone.
You didn't know what to say. You didn't actually expect him to answer you. You just wanted the awkward silence to go away.
After a few silent moments, you just decided to say what's on your mind. "What did I do wrong?"
He looked at you briefly, but turned back ahead of him. "What do you mean?" He didn't actually sound to curious to know the answer.
"You seem to dislike me. Very much so, actually. I just wanted to know what I did to upset you." You said in a soft tone.
"You didn't do anything. I --" He was cut off by a loud snarl from behind you.
Something grabbed your shoulder and you froze, recognizing the face of the blood covered walker that was about to bite into your neck. You couldn't move. You only flinched when a loud gunshot rang throughout the air, startling you.
"What the hell were you thinking?! You could of died just now!" You looked up and saw Carl glaring at you.
"I'm fine, let's keep going." You said looking at the ground again. You didn't want to think about anything right now.
"You're not fine! Why did you let it almost kill you!" He yelled.
"I'm sorry." You mumbled.
"Is that all you have to say! You almost get killed, and all you have to say is sorry? You should of seen how close it was to biting your neck! Are you really that weak?" He was now blowing up at you.
You struggled to hold the tears in when he finished yelling. You didn't respond to him.
"This is why I fuckin' hate you! You don't listen! You're always so close to getting killed.." He whispered the last part.
The tears had fallen a long time ago, and now you were full on sobbing. You were weak. You knew that. But, you didn't need him to tell you that. You saw him open his mouth to say something when you cut him off.
"That walker was my mom.. I haven't seen her since I was seven. She left my step dad because he abused her. Everyday. She left me alone with him because she didn't care about me. He raped me once, a few months before the dead started coming back to life. I ran away from home afterwards. You honestly don't give a fuck about other people's feelings do you.." You ran away before you could see the look of concern on his face.
You ran through the woods until you finally found a small abandoned cabin. You walked in and looked around, cautious for any walkers.
There was a small couch in the middle of the room. You laid on it closing your eyes. You didn't think of Carl. You didn't think of your mom or your dad. You didn't think of anything. You just closed your eyes and fell asleep.
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It has been a few months since you ran away from Carl. You were counting.
You decided to go back to the prison, but there was nobody there... It was completely empty except for the walkers that were roaming the place.
You had to leave the prison quietly, careful not to attract walkers. You sighed and kept on walking hoping to find something. Something that would give you hope.
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It had only been a few days since you found out the prison was a lost cause; but you finally found a place to stay at.
The people at the large gate looked at you suspiciously. They held up their guns to your head, probably assuming you were a walker.
Although, you probably looked like shit right now. Dirt covered your body. You couldn't even imagine what your face looked like.
You quickly raised your hands by your head. "W-wait..! Don't shoot. I'm not dead!"
After a few questions they let you in. There were a lot of people in front of you, probably checking to see who it was. You were looking at them with a little bit of fear, when one person caught your eye.
You gasped in surprise. "C-carl..? Is that you?" Tears brimmed your eyes.
Have you finally found the group?
He looked at you in surprise. "(Y/N)?"
He ran so quickly that you didn't even notice him picking you up in his arms. You really wanted to hug him back. But you also knew that you shouldn't.
"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I didn't mean anything I said to you. It just came out before I could stop it. Please don't stay mad at me. I looked for you almost everyday. I missed you so much. I could never hate you. It was stupid of me to think that I could. Don't leave me again, please. I love you too much to lose you.." He hugged you tightly kissing the top of your head gently.
You easily forgave him, and hugged him back not wanting to let go ever again.
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