Fallout

The Others

The morning arrived, J found himself sitting in a car. His eyes squinted open as the golden sunlight lit his face and a throbbing pain was present in several parts of his body. He slightly moved, letting out a low groan. It took time for his vision to clear and saw a girl, about the same age as him, bright blonde hair, attractive, and slim. J couldn't process everything that quick as he saw bruises and wounds on his hands and arms. Hands wrapped in bandages with a few faded blood stains and his face with dried blood from cuts. He remembered last night. Was he dead? His eyes met the girl again and J scanned her for a minute or so, finding her unfamiliar.

"Who are you?" J asks staring at her with his chocolate colored eyes, sitting there silently as he waited there for her answer. She turned her head for a glance at J as she continued to drive, "Oh you're awake, I'm Staar.... Feeling better?" She let out a light laugh. His eyes furrowed, he looked at the road ahead of them as they passed houses in a neighborhood. "Am I dead....?" he asked as his eyes dazed off starting to think about everything that has happened. "Uh, no you're very much alive. I um saved you from those monsters last night." she said with a fade smile.

J turned his head and looked at her while she drove. He stared at her face, he now processed everything. He was unable to fully believe that there was another survivor besides him. "I'm....." he says, randomly pausing and sat there quietly for a few seconds, making Staar question on what was going on with him " J, I'm J" he quickly recovers, as he still stared at her... An awkward ass moment comes between them, both sitting there dead-ass silent. A smile appeared on his face which made him look ewwy creepy but the smile was only for the reason of not being alone anymore. He really couldn't believe it. Someone to know, someone to care about, maybe even love, someone to make him happy.

The nervous feeling from before went away and happiness replaced it. Staar continuing on her stare at the road and driving the rest of the way to wherever she was taking him. J widened his eyes due to the awkwardness and let out a deep sigh. Eventually, the car came to a stop by a large house. "Come on I'll introduce you to the others," she says opening the door to the outside of the car. "The others....?" he mumbled as a question to himself. There were others? He wondered if she had been kidding or if she had a bunch of cats back there or something. J didn't know how to feel, there were people so close by and he's been alone for nearly four years. Staar came around the other side to open the door for J, "Thanks but I'm not that injured." he said bluntly. He barely knew her and he's been alone for so long, he wasn't sure if he could even trust anyone.

Staar rolled her eyes as J got out of the car and both heading towards the house. J spotted someone walk past one of the windows inside the house. The two stop in front of the front door, J waiting for Staar to open the door and standing there patiently wondering how much people exactly were 'the others'. They both enter the house, J spotting the others first seeing a man with brown hair about the same height as him. Spotting another girl, brunette you could tell there was a size difference because no offense, she was kind of short. J standing there quietly, finally finding hope, the kind that he needed for so long, his wish of finding other survivors, the wish that finally came true. "Guys this is J I found him in a crushed car." J stood still and stared at the other people. He almost forgot how to act around other people. Everyone's head turned and all their attention on J, though there were only two people in the room. He looked to see the brunette girl confused at first but a very soft smile formed on her face as she held a journal which had drawings of a structure on the pages. At last the male with dark brown hair, it almost looked like he was stunned and shocked by the way his facial expression looked like. "Is everything okay J?" Staar's voice came about as she asks a bit worried, before J looks over to her, "I'm fine" he reassures her, giving Staar a barely noticeable smile.

The sound of a big door shutting close was heard from in the back and a man jogged up the basement stairs with a smile on his face, "Hey guys, check it out, one of the rats was trying to-" he said before looking up and saw J and Staar at the front door. "Oh your uh... back with, something." The male laughed nervously as he strolled into the room, "Staar, you were supposed to get more canned food not a treat for yourself. But that's ok, we're always glad to have another survivor with us." The male spoke again, still with a smile on his face and a shrugged.

Everyone seemed to laugh and smile but rolled their eyes at the same time, reacting to the black haired male's words. "Ugh Hobi I did not gEt a sNaCk for myself, J was in danger and he was on the verge of...dying so I saved-" before she could continue the guy 'Hobi' cut her off, "Sorry did you go to Walmart for the canned food? Because I told you a thousand times before and you still went to target?" he whined questioning Staar. J thought this 'Hobi' guy was being annoying and that he could just freshen up and relax. Staar gave Hobi a glare telling him to stop so she can speak. Hobi raised his eyebrows and let out a little laugh, "Alright alright, you were saying?" Hobi said and sat by the other male as the other girl rolled her eyes. "Okay anyways, Everyone, this is J. And J this is Tae, Ash, and Hoseok" she said pointing out everyone as she said their name and let out a deep sigh before saying Hoseok's name. J nodded his head in the slightest as he raised his hand for a little wave.

"Oh, he has a name, interesting.......So does he talk?" Ash said making a sarcastic remark asking Staar. Tae laughed a little and nudged Ash with a smile while J had an annoyed look on his face, "He does talk, so if you'll excuse me, I'll go freshen up if one of you can show me where your bathroom is?" J said walking a little closer to them before Tae said something, "I'll go ahead and show you." he said standing up and taking J to the bathroom with a shower, toilet, and sink. "Here's a towel and I'll get you some of my clothes. Oh and you'll have to excuse Ash, she can be a smart ass sometimes whether your a stranger or a close friend." Tae said with a smile and handed the towel to J, "Maybe she was just nervous to be around an extremely attractive guy, no offense I mean you and Hoseok are good looking too" J said jokingly as he set the towel down. Tae laughed, "I guess you can lie to yourself because that's fine too but anyways, it's just J?" Tae said mumbling the first part of his sentence. J decided to ignore his remark and answer his question, "Uh yeah just J" he said with a light smile although he slightly lied. He never told anyone his real name, only the people he was close to knew but they still always called him J. Tae nodded. "How about you, just Tae?' J asked and moved the handlebar to the right, water pouring out the shower head. "It's Taehyung but everyone calls me Tae. Anyway, let me go get you some clothes and you're all set." Tae said and left the bathroom. J took his shirt off and scanned himself in the mirror seeing all his bruises and cuts, nothing big. "Wow" J heard Tae's voice again, slightly surprised as he got lost in his thoughts for a bit. J turned and saw Tae with a T-shirt and sweatpants in his hands, "Sorry I'm very gay." Tae shrugged along with exposing his box smile and J on the other hand grinned a bit as he took the clothes "no problem" he added, chuckling a bit. "Take your time" Tae said and closed the door behind him as he left. J shook his head a bit in disbelief while gently smiling and set the clothes onto the counter.

He got undressed and stepped into the shower as the warm water splashed over his body. After he was done, he got dressed and headed back to where they all were before. J entered the living room to see Ash still sitting on the couch, writing in her journal and the others arguing about what they are going to have for dinner in the kitchen. "NO, I WANT MACARONI FOR DINNER." J heard Hoseok's voice in the kitchen "No let's have chicken salad." Staar yelled, "EW no that's white people food," Hoseok said with a laugh as they continued to argue about dinner. (Please don't take offense to this if you're white, it's just a joke)

J walked on over to the living room and sat by Ash, "What are you writing?" J asked as he scanned her writing about a news story, "I'm writing what you call letters" she said sarcastically. "Haha very funny, I think I know that but what are you writing about?" He rolled his eyes at her sarcastic remark. Ash sighed, "I'm writing a fake news story. A girl named Staar came back with a very attractive guy and yet again successfully didn't go to Walmart but Target." she said with a small smile on her face as she continued to write her fake news story. "What's the point in that? No one is around to read that plus, the news isn't even that big" J said shrugging as if it were stupid. He didn't get why someone would write a news story about something that doesn't matter in the world, especially if there is no one left in it. "Ugh, I used-" Before Ash could respond, Hoseok and the others came into the living room announcing something, "So it is decided that we are having macaroni for dinner," Hoseok said with a big smile on his face as Staar and Tae frowned as they rolled their eyes at him.