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Chapter 38: "Cheater?"

Clementine walked in the room, wanting someone to talk to. After the surprising and unwanted kiss, she was shaken up, wondering if she should even talk to Millie anymore.

"Louis?" She sighed, soon being met by nothing in the room. "He must've left earlier."

Clementine sat down on the bed, reminiscing of the kiss over and over again. She was confused, surprised, and most of all, worried for their relationship. Clementine felt that she was to blame for not telling Millie about her relationship with Louis sooner.

Suddenly, Clementine heard the door swing open behind her. She whipped her head around to see Louis standing there with his arms crossed and a stern expression on his face. She practically jumped for joy inside as she walked up to him.

She was about to speak when he brushed past her, acting as if she didn't exist. Clem turned around, seeing Louis sitting on the bed with his back facing her.

"Louis?" She worried, stepping closer to his still figure. "Are... you oka--"

"Can you just shut up already?" He snapped. Clem widened her eyes in shock. Louis had never and would never talk to her in that tone. 

"What do you--"

"Shut up, Clem. Just stop talking to me. You know what you did."

"I- I don't get it. What did I do?"

Louis scoffed, standing up and stepping closer to her, making her back up slowly. "You are such a liar, you know that? Don't act like you didn't cheat on me."

"Cheat?!" Clementine sputtered, furrowing her eyebrows in confusion. "Louis, can you tell me what the hell you're talking about?!"

"You kissed Millie, that's what! And you wanna come over to me and act all confused?" Louis fumed, crossing his arms. He shot several glare daggers towards her, showing nothing but disgust in his eyes. Tears already started welling up in Clem's eyes as she looked down.

"Louis, she kissed me!" She bickered, her voice cracking. Hot tears were trickling down her cheeks by now. 

"Yeah, sure. That's what you said with Gabe too. You could've been all over him all that time and just lied to me!"

"Louis, why would I lie? All I want is you. Why do you think I've been rejecting Gabe all the time? To prove you wrong? No. It's because... because I love you." Clem mumbled, reaching for his hand until he jerked his hand out of her grasp.

"...I can't trust you, Clem. Maybe we should take a break since we obviously have no trust in each other." Louis muttered, walking past her once again, colliding her shoulder with his.

Tears gushed down Clementine's face as she heard, practically felt the door slam behind her. That had been the worst fight they had ever gotten into. Now, Clementine believed they would never fix this problem. 

She wiped her tears away, sitting on the bed that used to have Louis' presence.

*** 

Louis stomped outside the gates, disregarding all the shouts behind him.

He started running, killing the first walker he saw. He slammed his knife into the walker's head, making the blood go everywhere, even on him. He panted heavily as the walker fell to his feet, limp.

A rushing wave of emotions fell over him, making him throw the knife on the ground. "Fuck!" He screamed, not caring whether or not he attracted walkers. He fell onto his knees burying his face into his hands. He used to know Clementine enough to know she would never cheat on him, even if there was someone more reliable than him. But after seeing her kiss Millie, he had concluded he thought wrong about her.