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I remember a time when i use to wake up for school
I would get up, wash my face, and brush my teeth after that my mom would make me breakfast
But i could never finish it
I never really had much time to in the past
Now times were way harder then what they were when i was younger
"Tae baby wake up!" My mother said to me it was twelve in the morning when she woke me up that night she looked as if she seen a ghost
"M-mama? What's going on why am i waking up i have school tomorrow" she didn't waste anytime getting me dressed we didn't pack anything either
"Taeyeon! Open this door" i heard from the front door it sounded like our neighbor mr choi
"Taehyung dont you open that door you hear me" she said with so much fear in her voice
Yet i was too young to understand what was going on at the moment
Then i heard him screaming
My heart started to race i wanted to open that door to see what was happening but my mother pulled me away and we left out of the window
"Im gonna only say this once so you listen here" i nodded waiting for what she has to say
"If you see anyone that looks strange run and dont look back dont even let them get close because they'll bite you and take you away from me" i still couldn't tell what she meant by that
I was terrified
We all were especially since it was only the beginning to the end
Our home was no longer ours
People started to get sick badly to the point there was no cure
The world started changing
It wasn't just the animals that brought this about
This was humanity's fault
The ones who started this war without finishing it
Our execution
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"Tae honey we have to train" my mom said that was a new common thing between us she taught me things that i didn't know that i needed to know
Like how to kill a man or how to set up traps
I even learned how to hunt my own food and fight with my hands if my weapon wasn't present
It wasn't supposed to be like this
I never wanted this
I wanted to live my life like a normal kid which was impossible since i could possibly die at any moment
"Your thinking about that again aren't you" she said snapping me out of my trance "thinking like that gets you killed"
"I can't help it my childhood was taken from me so how could i not want to be a normal kid!" I said teary eyed i hated that things became so fucked up
My mother got close to me grabbing me by the collar of my shirt "your not a normal kid so stop thinking you are! This isn't about who becomes prom king anymore it's real life suck it up!" She yelled clearly angry at me
Im tired of holding everything in
Im tired of being strong each second of the day
The world ended at a time I wasn't ready and now it's my fault because i dont even want to adapt to this shit!
"When i die you're going to have to live through this! Your going to have to survive to the end but thinking like that makes you soft!" She yelled again angering me with such stupid talk
"Your not going to die i wont let that happen so stop saying that! We'll make it to the end together" after i said that complete silence came about
There was something she was hiding from me
Something big
She pulled up her sleeve revealing a bloody bite instantly my heart stops because once you bit by one of those things there's no turning back "y-you can't, no no no m-mom we can fix this w-we could just cut off the infected flesh" i rambled yet she sighed pulling her arm away
"We dont have time for that, this is where we depart baby i know it wasn't supposed to be like this but things happen for a reason it's just my time to go came earlier than expected" she laughed bitterly i could feel the pain coming from her I always could tell when she was suffering
I wanted to protest to say that maybe it would be best if i got bitten too or instead but she would never allow that talk "w-what do you want me to do"
She looked up with a smile on her face as she caressed my cheek for what was going to be the last time
Shit this is going to be hard
"Shoot me taehyung"
I hated this part my heart wouldn't be able to take something like that neither would it if she turned into a monster right before my eyes
So i nodded grabbing my gun out of my backpack pointing it towards her forehead
She didn't cry nor did she change my mind and it was killing me "remember i love you my little tiger" she said shakily holding back the tears she didn't want to
She had to be strong
We both did
"I love you too mama a-and i promise I'll make it no matter what" after that was said she closed her eyes preparing for the afterlife
But I couldn't do it
Instead i pulled away crying the hardest i have in years "what are you doing?! Dont back away from this we made a deal that if any of us gets bit the other will end their life"
"Do you hear your fucking self! This shit is sick you can't really expect me, your son by the way to end your life! I-Im not ready to let you go"
"I dont want this to happen either but you have to! So st-" she dropped to the ground coughing up what looked like blood veins under her skin turning black and that's when i knew the virus was starting to spread
"D-do it now!" She said but i was hesitant she didn't deserve a death like this
"SHOOT ME NOW"
Bang
The bullet pierced her skulled killing her instantly as i dropped to my knees wondering did i really just do what i did
Next thing you know i was screaming at the heavens which didn't help with my situation she still wouldn't come back no matter how much i called out to her
After all my grieving i buried her in a field with pretty flowers surrounding her yet my mind couldn't process everything that just happened
I was on my own now
No one to baby me anymore or tell me to get my shit together when it got scattered everywhere
Alone
But that didn't make things hard because we prepared for this, now it was my turn to go through with the promise we made with one another
I will live to the end even if i lose my mind during the trip there
I'll live for her
