Left behind
|Jungkook|
Jungkook's onyx coloured eyes were blown wide with shock and fear. His brows were raised, nearly reaching his hairline while his doll like lips were parted as steady breaths left them. Gguk stared past the empty fields of Hershel's farm and focused on the horde of infected marching through it.
"Patricia, kill the lights." Hershel, who was standing in front of Jungkook instructed the woman next to him, making her nod and go turn off the lights.
When Hershel's voice reached his ears, Jungkook snapped out of his small trance. He had never seen a horde this big marching straight towards him, the poor boy was silently panicking. Jungkook shut his parted lips and ran his tongue over the edge of his mouth. He gripped the gun in his hand tighter before forcing his eyes away from the horde.
As Jungkook turned around, he noticed Maggie bringing out a bunch of guns and handing it out to her family.
"It's no use." Daryl said, shaking his head as he looking in between the guns and the infected.
Hershel grabbed a gun before looking up at the group,"You can go if you want."
Jungkook stared at the in disbelief,"You can't actually stay here! Are you crazy?" He exclaimed, gesturing towards the horde of infected coming closer and closer to the house.
"We have guns, we have cars." Hershel shrugged, loading his shotgun.
Andrea nodded, pulling out her own gun and filling it with bullets,"Kill as many as we can and use the cars to lead the rest of them off the farm."
"Are you serious?" Daryl asked, looking at Hershel with raised eyebrows.
Hershel looked at Daryl and Jungkook, determination swirling in his eyes as he spoke,"This is my farm, I'll die in here."
"Alright, it's as good a night as any." Daryl shrugged, reloading his crossbow.
Jungkook stared in between the group in disbelief,"Wait, are you joking? I can't tell if it's a joke or not."
Maggie patted Gguk on the back, shooting him a comforting smile as she walked towards one of the cars,"Come on."
Jungkook blinked owlishly before following after Maggie and Glenn, and climbing into the backseat of the car. Maggie sat at the wheel and began to drive towards the horde of walkers. Jungkook grew confused by her action but something else caught his attention.
The barn was on fire.
Someone had set it on fire in order to attract the infected towards it instead of the house. Jungkook's lips parted in amazement as he watched the wooden structure slowly burn to the ground.
Only when Glenn's and his windows were rolled down, and Glenn shoved his gun outside, shooting the walkers as they drove past, did Jungkook look away from the burning barn.
Jungkook pulled out his gun, gripping it tighter when he noticed his hands were shaking again. He aimed at the infected as Maggie drove past them, ignoring the thin layer of sweat appearing on his skin and the wet strands of hair falling in his face.
For a second Jungkook thought about not shooting, considering that he wasn't that experienced with a gun and he rarely used it, shooting from a driving car was a horrible idea. But seeing the large horde of walkers marching towards Hershel's house and Glenn's fearless face as he shot the infected, Jungkook pulled himself together and started firing at the infected, successfully shooting them in the head and killing them.
Jungkook's head ached from the loud noise coming from of the gun, making him bite down on the side of his cheek and hold his breath.
As Maggie kept driving and they kept shooting, Jungkook noticed that the horde of infected didn't seem to lessen. His eyes glanced over to Hershel's House and his face dropped when he saw the walkers already there. He could hear the distant sound of guns firing and someone screaming.
A sudden though ran through his head, causing Jungkook to stop firing and look towards Glenn.
"Where's my backpack?"
Glenn ignored Jungkook, too focused on killing the walkers to notice the panicked expression on Gguk's face.
"Glenn! Where's my backpack!?" Jungkook shouted, his chest heaving up and down as fear and panic showed their ugly heads.
Glenn jumped at the shouts turning to look at Gguk with wide eyes,"I...Rick put in your room."
Jungkook's eyes widened before he turned towards Maggie, demanding her to stop the car. Maggie looked at him with wide eyes, still not complying because there were a few infected around them.
Jungkook saw that she wasn't about to stop the car, making him reach out and pull the door open himself. Maggie in return, immediately pressed down on the brakes and watched with wide eyes as Jungkook jumped out of the car and dashed towards the main House.
Jungkook panted as he ran, his breaths came out short and shallow while his chest rose and fell rapidly. He could hear Maggie's distant calls for him to come back, but he didn't even glance back or debate on stopping. Gguk ignored the way his thighs ached as he ran or the way his lungs begged him to stop.
Jungkook avoided the walkers trying to grab him, the ones that did get too close, he shot. Gguk's mind didn't comprehend what he was doing- running towards a house surrounded by a horde of walkers. He was too focused on getting back his backpack, or rather the object that was hidden in the front pocket of the bag.
Jungkook almost teared up as he slowly came to a stop, watching in defeat as walkers surrounded the house, flooding inside and making it impossible for him to get in.
Jungkook was filled with grief over the precious object he had lost, making him unaware of his surrounding. Only when an infected grabbed his shoulder, did he turn around and finally hear the snarls all around him.
Jungkook panicked, raising his foot and kicking the infected away. He quickly pulled out his knife and lodged it into another infected's skull, making it fall to the ground lifelessly. Gguk quickly pulled out his knife and ducked out of the way as another infected pounced on him. Unfortunately, he fell back and landed on his ass, giving the infected a perfect opportunity to jump on top of him.
Jungkook grunted and pushed against the weight of the infected, trying to push it off and avoid its rotten teeth. Gguk gagged in disgust as the stench of rotten eggs and blood pierced his nostrils. He could see a inside the mouth of the infected as it snapped its jaws in Jungkook's face, trying to get a bite right out of his cheek.
A loud gunshot shot through Jungkook's ears before the walker on top of him fell limply on his chest. Jungkook was quick to push the body off of him and jump up to his feet.
"Get inside!"
Jungkook snapped his head behind him only to see Lori, Beth and T-Dog sitting in the blue truck. Lori was leaning out of the window, firing her gun and killing the infected surrounding Jungkook.
He spared a one last glance towards Hershel's overrun house and the burning barn before turning around and dashing towards the blue truck.
Jungkook's heart clenched in pain as he jumped in the truck and shut the door behind him before they drove off
A breathy giggle rung through the air as a small boy dashed through the halls of a small apartment. His lips stretched out into a wide grin, showing off his two front bunny teeth while his dark eyes shone with blissful innocence.
The boy released another giggle as he stretched out his hand and ran the tips of his fingers along the wall next to him. A stern voice called out from behind him, telling him to stop running or he'll fall, but the boy ignored it and surged forward.
When he reached the end of the hallway, his eyes zeroed in on a plate of Dasik that sat on top of a tea table. The grin slipped from his chubby face and a mischievous smile lit it up instead.
Quickly changing his direction, the small boy ran towards the cookies, his hand already reached out to grab a handful. The boy squinted his eyes and moved his chubby legs faster once he heard his mother stalk towards him, ready to rip him away from the cookies.
The boy's mouth drooled when the scent of the cookies wafted in his face, nearly making his legs give out. His eyes widened and he reached both hands out, he was about to reach the tab-
Before he could reach the cookies, The bunny boy tripped over his own feet and fell down to the ground. His forehead smacked against the wooden tiles before he could even brace himself.
A small gasp rung out in the apartment followed by a tense silence. The silence was shattered by a throaty wail and choked sobs. The boy slowly looked up, his lower lip trembling as tears gathered in his eyes. The tears escaped the corners of his eyes and rolled down his chubby cheeks.
A pair of arms found their way under his armpits before the sobbing boy was lifted off of the ground and into someone's arms.
"I told you not to run, Jeongguk."
Jeongguk only cried harder, his arms wrapped around his mother's slim neck before he shoved his tear stained face into her chest.
The woman sighed and sat down on a couch in her apartment, placing the boy in her lap. She gently caressed Gguk's back, trying to ease the choked sobs and whimpers. Jeongguk tightened his grip on his mother before he rubbed his snotty nose into her grey sweater.
"Did you just clean your snot on my clothes?" She let out a dramatic gasp, causing the boy's cries to stop for a second.
A muffled snicker came out of the boy before he lifted his blotchy face and looked up at his mom. The woman was young, around 28 or 29. Her skin had a few small blemishes here and there but mostly it was smooth and tan. Her eyes were a light brown colour and her black hair reached her shoulders. Her doll like lips were tilted up into a teasing smile while her kitten like eyes shone with kindness.
A small giggle left Jeongguk's lips and he frantically shook his head, causing his mop of hair to sway from side to side. His chubby face had some red blotches on his face due to crying while his teary eyes remained red and swollen. Some tears had stuck in his dark eyelashes, glowing like small diamonds, while his red cheeks were covered in dry tear stains.
Jungkook's mother reached out and gently wiped away his tears. His nose immediately scrunched up and he leaned away from her touch, instead turning towards the cookies sitting on the table next to them.
The woman smiled and playfully rolled her eyes, she reached out and grabbed a cookie before leaning back,"Here you go, kookie." The woman offered Jeongguk the small treat, receiving a crooked grin in return.
The boy snatched the cookie and stuffed it in his mouth in one go, swallowing without chewing.
"Where's my thank you?" The woman teased, brushing Jeongguk's hair out of his chubby face.
Gguk looked up at her with wide eyes, blinking owlishly. He smiled again, causing his eyes to squint and his bunny teeth to show. Jungkook quickly leaned in and gave his mother a sloppy, wet kiss on her cheek, releasing a small giggle afterward.
The woman smiled at the sight, before noticing that Jeongguk's eyes began to droop and his lips parted to release a loud yawn. Jeongguk quickly blinked away his drowsiness when his eyes zeroed in on an unfamiliar object around his mother's neck.
His small, chubby hand immediately reached out and he grasped the pendant around her neck. Gguk leaned forward, his lips tilting down into a small pout and his eyes squinting as he took the object in.
"It's a compass."
The words slipped past Jeongguk's ears as he continued to play with the necklace, twirling it between his small fingers and nearly shoving the compass into his mouth in order to have a taste. The woman smiled lightly, quickly stopping his from tasting the unfamiliar object. She released a deep sigh and ran her hand through his hair, watching as Gguk released another yawn and leaned his cheek against her chest.
"It used to belong to my great grandmother, she gave it to my grandfather when she was sixty-eight and he carried it for forty-three years," The woman smiled faintly, a hint of nostalgia flashing in her eyes as she caressed Jeongguk's back, lulling him to sleep. Gguk continued to listen to her voice, yet not understanding the meaning of her words, his grip on the compass tightened as he tried to blink away his sleep,"Now It belongs to me and one day...," a smile lit up her youthful face as her gaze drifting towards Jeongguk who slowly shut his eyes, soft snores finally leaving his pink lips,"One day it'll belong to you."
Jungkook's face was blank as he stared out of the window of the blue truck. His mind had completely shut down and the only thing he could focus on was the priceless object he had lost.
Gguk fiddled with his bloody fingers while his teeth chewed on his already raw lip. He released a deep sigh and ran a bloody hand through his caramel coloured hair, staining a few strands red. Jungkook ignored it and continued to count the trees as they drove through an abandoned road.
One.
Two.
Eight.
Probably around 50.
Whoops, I lost count.
Again.
Three
Four
Fift-
"We have to turn around."
That's not a number.
Jungkook looked away from the scenery around him and turned towards Lori as she spoke.
"Straight back to that horde?" T-Dog asked in disbelief, continuing to drive to god knows where.
Jungkook's expression was the one of boredom as he watched them banter about where to go next. Gguk had to agree with Lori, he didn't know about this highway but if it's where their group used to stay, then that's most likely where everyone was heading.
Jungkook had enough of their fighting, his head was already pounding and their loud voices only added to his headache. He released a small breath of annoyance before raising his hand and opening the car's door. T-Dog immediately pressed down on the brakes, causing the car to screech to a halt.
"Are you crazy?!" He exclaimed in shock, staring at Jungkook with wide eyes. Lori looked at him with parted lips and raised brows.
"You have two options, you turn around or you let us out." Jungkook looked T-dog in the eyes as he spoke. His face expressionless and his eyes cold.
"I should do it, you know!" T-Dog yelled, pointing his finger at Jungkook.
For a second, Jungkook debated wether he should latch his teeth onto his finger or not. He decided that turning around and getting out of the car was a better option. But before Gguk could step a foot out of the car, T-Dog stopped him,
"Okay!"
Jungkook looked back at T-Dog, raising his brows challengingly. T-Dog inhaled deeply, pressing his forehead against the steering wheel as he squeezed his eyes shut, thinking.
"T-Dog." Lori whispered softly, looking at him with pleading eyes.
The said man released a deep sigh and looked at them,"Fine! You're out of your goddamn minds!"
Jungkook's lips tilted up into a smug smirk as he got back inside the car and shut the door. He slouched back in his seat, closing his eyes as he felt T-Dog turn the car around and drive to the highway.
"Thank god." Lori muttered in relief, allowing herself to relax as they drove closer to the rest of the group.
"No,"Lori looked at Jungkook as he spoke, his eyes shut and his head leaning against the car's door,"Thank me."
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