•//forever alone\\• player 230

XIV

this time we started from 001.

001 voted x.

probably his teammates made him change his mind. there were always the same arguments. one girl, 095, started crying saying she wanted to go home, and I understood her. even though I wouldn't die, or at least I hoped so, I was worried about the friends I made here. if they died in front of my eyes I don't know how I would react.

333 came to me «you'll vote for x, right? and do you think that if I do it too she'll forgive me?» he asked «I don't know, in my opinion forgiving you is difficult. you don't even know if he'll give you another chance, I don't think so» he sighed. he should have thought about it before tho. I turned to thanos, who was looking at us full of jealousy. I smiled a little because of it.

120 voted circle.
124 voted circle.
125 voted circle.
222 voted x.
230 voted circle.

my turn came, all my teammates would or had already voted for circle. I stepped forward to press the button.

317 voted x.

I went back, and was immediately disturbed by thanos and nam-gyu «so you really want to meet bad things..» said nam-gyu, but thanos interrupted him before he could go further with the conversation. «I understand that you are scared, and I accept your vote. circle will win anyway, you know? at least you tried. and that threat was not true, i would not let anyone near my señorita»

«but before that we were already planning how to get revenge-» «no nam-su, I was high and I wasn't thinking straight. if you try to touch her I'll break your legs.» «nam-gyu» «yeah, same thing. and by the way I saw you were talking to 333 again, what is it, do you like him?» «thanos, come on. he's asking me about his ex, he wants to win her back.»

the two looked at each other surprised «ohh, and who is the unlucky girl?» they looked at me in a mean way «uhh I don't know, he didn't tell me..»

333 voted x.
380 voted circle.
388 voted x.
390 voted circle.

«come on guys, are you already asking her questions? you seemed depressed when she rejected you earlier.» se-mi said, taking min-su with her. «shut up bitch» nam-gyu replied, pissed off. «hey, don't insult her» I replied, he looked down and fell silent. «she rejected me because she was too embarrassed to say yes» thanos said, proud, I rolled my eyes.

456 voted x.

the last player had arrived. the majority was circle, so we had to stay. damn, that's bad. thanos and nam-gyu cheered, the other 3 of us stood still. I looked around for my friend, she was still there making out with that guy.

«tell me you won't be like her at some point» I looked at se-mi, hoping for what I wanted to hear. «don't worry, I'm not here to find a boyfriend, but to win money. and you, instead?» «I'm not here for a boyfriend either» «what if you'll fall in love with one of the two?» she said looking at the two boys. «It won't happen, trust me.»

in 30 minutes the lights would go out. I saw 001 was already looking at me. probably when the lights went out he would take me with him. se-mi was braiding my hair to pass the time, but I was just thinking about what reward I should give today. what if he got so angry that he would do bad things? I got the shivers.

«you're shivering a little, what's up?» she asked «I'm a bit cold» I lied. she continued with her work and I continued with mine, thinking. I put my mind on hold because I saw thanos staring at me with a smirk and eyes longing for my love. it had never happened to me before, that a boy would seek me so much. and from there I started thinking about him, about our moments, about our conversations..

the lights went out. se-mi and I said goodbye, and I closed my eyes to try to sleep. obviously I couldn't. after about 10 minutes, a voice called me. «geneva, come down.» I got up terrified, and started go down the stairs. it was in fact 001. he grabbed my hand aggressively and we went silently to the door, opening it.

he seemed very angry. arrived, he threw me on the chair. «I told you to join my team, and you gave your spot to a pregnant girl. I also told you to stay away from 230, but you keep talking to him. you've even made friends. you can't even follow one of my orders. the punishment will be harder, much harder.» 3 guards came in and took me to a bedroom, throwing me on the bed.

The 3 were looking at me. «do you want to do things your own way? fine, do it. I won't protect you anymore. goodbye» 001 went out closing the door, and the 3 guards started undressing themselves. I think you can understand what had happened. my screams echoed off the walls, but were inaudible in the main room.

after a certain time that seemed to last a lifetime, I returned to the main room, thrown in by the guards. my thin body was shaking, tears were falling non-stop. someone screamed silently and ran towards me. «where did you go, I was worrying about you. and what happened to you? why are you shaking?»

the person shook me a little, but because of all the screaming from before I had lost my voice a little, and I couldn't speak from fear. «answer me geneva, please..» «geneva, talk to me, tell me, let it all out, anything but please answer me!» «geneva..» those were the person's last words. I took courage and spoke, opening my eyes.