DISCLAIMER: this has been in my drafts for ages and ages and it sucks but I needed something to post and also i've been struggling a lot with my endo so :))))
I don't clarify gender in my one shots, but for the purpose of this one, Y/N is a female. I apologise if you aren't a female and reading this, but it has to be this way because I am a female and my pain was assumed to be period pain, which is what Y/N's is.
You groan, lifting your head off the pillow. The sunlight is streaming in through the open curtains, heating your skin. Today's going to be scorching. A sudden pain erupts through your abdomen, and you clutch it and groan again. You haven't had a bad day since last week, and that was when Addy was sick and you could rest. But today, today is the day you were leaving the house and continuing to travel to California.
You look around the empty room, noting the bags stacked by the door. You heard the chatter from the others coming from the kitchen, laughter ringing through. You try to pull yourself up to walk over to them, but the pain worsens.
Pre-apocalypse, you had been to countless doctors and hospital visits were frequent. All that you got were countless medications. None of them worked. You had tried cutting foods out of your diet, but nothing stopped the pain. The diagnosis you received every time were wrong and nothing could work. Every single health professional dismissed it as period cramps, but you knew that it wasn't. Until a doctor had diagnosed you with chronic stomach pain, which had no cure and no cause. You hadn't had many bad pains once you had joined the group, until last week and now today.
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Trying a couple more times to pull yourself up, you give up with a frustrated noise. You lay back and close your eyes, hoping that it leaves.
'Hey! Come on, Y/N, we gotta go.'
You open your eyes to see Addy looking down on you, Doc by her side. Doc waves to you.
'Okay. Can I just be alone for a few minutes?'
The two nod and leave the room, closing the door behind them. You pull yourself up, trying to ignore the pain and letting a few tears fall. Only Addy and Warren know of your illness, but you don't want to bother them today. You have gotten through so much on your own.
You manage to pull yourself up, still clutching the middle of your stomach in pain. However, you composed yourself with a deep breath and took your arms away. You had survived this far in the apocalypse, you can survive the pain that you have had for years.
All of a sudden, you hear screaming and gunshots coming from the kitchen. You spring into action, picking up your bag and your sword in one swift movement. You run into the hallway, the rest of the group running toward you. They pick up the bags by the front door and Addy pushes you out, Warren closing the door behind all of you. From behind the wood, you can hear the telltale groans.
'What happened?' You ask, in shock.
Addy laughs tiredly. 'Mack forgot to shut the door.'
Mack laughs with her, nudging her slightly. 'Hey! Not my fault, you should have reminded me.'
Warren laughs with them. 'Everyone all good?'
The group responds positively, and we all catch our breath for a few seconds. Then, Warren walks toward the truck, all of you following like ducklings. Warren and Murphy got into the front seats, Cassandra and Mack in the back seats, leaving Addy, 10k and you in the truck bed. You didn't mind as your conversations with Addy often got too loud and giggly for everybody else, and you were usually sent to the truck bed anyway.
