The Walking Dead: Louis x Reader

The New Kids

"Is he gonna be okay?" You inquire.

Ruby examines the small child, "Oh yeah, most definitely! From what I can tell, he's as healthy as a horse." She turns to you and smiles.

"That's impossible," he states, "I'm not a horse."

You and Ruby chuckle at his innocence.
"It's just an expression, hun," Ruby explains warmly, "now what did you say your name was?"

"AJ. What about my friend Clementine? Is she horse healthy?"

You look at him solemnly, "AJ, Ruby said that Clementine got hit in the head and she's pretty hurt. She's asleep right now, and we don't know when she may wake up."

AJ frowns, "Can I go see her?", he pleads.

"Not right now," Ruby tells him, "but we do have someone who goes in every couple of hours to check on her. It shouldn't be too long before she wakes up."

He stomps his foot and crosses his arms, "but I want to see her now."
Ruby looks to you for help.

"Oh, um- AJ, how about you come with me. Do you like music?"

"Yeah, I guess so." His face softens.

You smile fondly, "come with me then, I've got someone for you to meet.

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"Where are we going?" AJ interrogates.

"We are headed to the piano room. I have a friend I'd think you'd like to know."

"What's a piano?"

"Uh, a piano is an instrument that has little key things to hit, and a tiny hammer hits some strings and it makes music, or something," he looks at you in disbelief, "what? I've never had to explain a piano to someone before."

You and AJ walk in silence for a little bit before he speaks up, "so, we're gonna go meet your friend and listen to music. After that Clementine will be awake right?"

The small smile you had alters, "I'm not sure, kiddo, we can only hope."

A few more steps and you begin to hear the soft, out of tune notes being played gently.
"Just down this hall here."
The music grows louder and louder.
You poke your head into the room and gesture for AJ to follow you.

Without looking up from the keys, Louis greets you both charismatically, "Why hello, Mx. (Y/L/N)," he glances towards your direction, "and who's the kid?" He stops playing and turns to face him, smiling the whole time.

You admire how friendly and peaceful he always appears to be. In a world like this, it's hard to be so happy all the time.

"AJ"

"AJ, huh? That's a pretty cool name. I'm Louis." He extended his hand out to him.
AJ hesitantly took his hand. Louis shakes his hand, fast and silly like. AJ laughs, his eyes twinkled with happiness.
You forgot how well Louis was with kids. He was like a big brother to many of the kids here. The way he could light up a room with just his smile said a lot about him.

"Hey, (Y/N), we should play Heart and Soul."

You groan, "again? Don't you know other piano duets?"

He smirks and looks at you almost embarrassed, "no."

You chuckle at him and motion for him to scoot over.
You sit down beside him and he began playing the left hand.
Ruby walks in, but the three of you didn't really notice. You were about to jump in and play the right hand but you and Louis were cut off by Ruby yelling, "what the god damn fuck!"