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help me a hand

───── ❝ apocalypse au❞ ─────

lower case intended

green smoke pulled over the black hills, making the ever so dark sky glow with toxic waste. one boy with long brown hair, fringe cut just above his eyes and the same brown color residing in his almond eyes, drove along the empty highway. he avoided the craters in the road and tried his hardest to focus his eyes on the horizon, not on the loud static coming from the broken car radio.

he had no idea if there were any life forms except of himself out there. he just passed countless hills and dying forests with a speed limit that could get him in prison. but that was not of any importance at that moment. the world had given up on laws a long time ago and all types of crime had been happening ever since the earth had given up on humanity.

taehyung suddenly stepped on the brake, making the tires screech and fill the eerie silence. with curious eyes he followed the snowy footsteps that lead into the equally snowy forest. it was abnormal to see snow here, since the normal temperature had been high above 30 degrees ever since the smoke had appeared. but the normal climate had gone through some changes so taehyung wasn't surprised to see sudden snow in this region.

he stepped out of the vehicle, curious as to why someone would go into withering woods like this in freezing weather. stuffing his shivering hands into his brown wooly jacket, he shuffled through the snow, keeping a close eye on the foot prints. the male suddenly stopped once he noticed red drops of blood trailing along the steps, as if the owner had been hurt and bleeding the whole way. the trail of blood became darker and darker, larger spots decorating the pearly white snow.

taehyung froze, realizing he had passed multiple small dead animals on his way. they hadn't been stabbed nor strangled so that meant one thing.

the nineteen year old slowly stepped back, now aware that the unknown person he was following was in possession of a gun, a bad thing now the earth had become a lawless empty planet where everyone was trying to survive on their own. he glanced back at the deeper forest and heard rustles mixed with yells coming from there. he took off, back to the safety of his car so he could avoid a battle with an armed guy while the only thing he owned was a small pocketknife.

he started to sprint, passing his old footprints that went the other way until the highway came into sight again. only this time, his car wasn't empty and neither was the forest. he heard footsteps coming from behind him and gunshots echoing through the trees. crows flew out of the woods and into the green sky, foreboding that whatever was closing in, wasn't a good guy.

taehyung saw a small boy sitting in the driver's seat of his car, desperately trying to start the engine it seemed. the brunette cursed at himself for forgetting to lock the car but to his luck, he had taken the keys out of the ignition which were now jiggling in the pocket of his warm jacket.

the smaller boy looked up once he heard footsteps nearing, gunshots resonating in the distance. with fearful doe eyes he watched taehyung run up to the car, yelling something along the lines of "get out of the way", until he was thrown into the passenger seat and the car door was slammed shut.

taehyung nervously kept glancing between the dark forest and the boy while he jammed the keys in the car and started it, the engine roaring which startled both boys.

the car took off, right at the moment someone ran out of the forest, gun in hand, the other chopped off. the man growled in anger and tried shooting the tires, almost hitting one if taehyung hadn't swerved to the side to try avoid them.

"why the fuck is he so angry?", taehyung muttered, stepping onto the gas as the car sped across the empty highway. after enough distance was put between them and the forest, he dared glancing at the quiet boy sitting beside him, squished against the window the same way taehyung had pushed him there.

"and who might you be?", he quickly checked out the other, "pretty boy".

this seemed to startle the boy as he hugged himself, squishing himself even more against the car window, "please don't hurt me". his voice was merely a squeak which amused the older a bit. he reached out his hand and grabbed the pretty boy by the shoulder, shaking him around, "don't be so nervous. i have no intention to hurt you".

"a-are you serious?", the younger looking boy asked, doe eyes widening which were being hidden by dark strands of hair falling into them, "you're not evil?"

"do i look evil?", taehyung retorted, smirking as he glanced at the boy. the boy's nose was scrunched in thought, probably wondering what taehyung wanted to hear incase he accidently pissed off the older.

"that was not a serious question so you don't have to answer", taehyung eventually spoke out, "so what's your name pretty boy?"

"jeongguk", the boy spoke out quietly, "jeon jeongguk".

he nervously fumbled with the strings of his sweater as trees and hills passed by. he felt like he was being stared at and hesitantly glanced over at the older boy beside him who was looking at him with a smile. taehyung averted his eyes back on the empty road, "that's a pretty name for a pretty boy".

pink dusted the younger's cheeks, "thank you", he mumbled out.

"the name's kim taehyung by the way", the brunette spoke, "what were you doing in my car by the way? were you on the run of whoever that angry guy was? what even was his problem anyway?"

jeongguk swallowed harshly and closed his eyes, "i uh am the angry guy's son".

this made taehyung's eyes widen and he quickly glanced over the younger, "what? why would he be after you?"

but taehyung already knew. in this world food was scarce and caring for a child was complete suicide. the angry man had wanted to get rid off jeongguk by leading him into the forest.

"i uh helped him a hand".

taehyung snorted at this, remembering the guy's hand was chopped off.

he placed his hand on jeongguk's thigh, giving it a pat, "i think we'll be great friends pretty boy".

jeongguk stared at the lingering hand on his thigh, "don't make me chop it off", he winked, feeling taehyung quickly pulling back at the speed of light at that comment.

jeongguk laughed.

taehyung smiled at the gleeful sound.

this shitty world suddenly got a whole lot more interesting.