(L/F/C) = Least favourite color!
(F/C) = Favourite color!
(F/T)= Favourite toy!
After checking on everyone I decided to talk to Clem about the plan and if we needed anything else when suddenly, the doors of the admin building suddenly burst open. Me and Violet looked at Willy and Aasim, who were arguing about something.
"Because your boring and your idea is stupid!" Willy yelled, Aasim just rolled his eyes.
"Oh? I'm being stupid? Your the one that can't think straight, if you could hear yourself-"
"Guys what the fuck?" Violet yelled, looking at the two in frustration. She stood up, Willy turned to me and Clem.
"Violet told us to work on the traps together. But Aasim won't listen to anything I say!" Willy explained, I awkwardly looked at Willy and Aasim.
"That doesn't mean you need to scream at each other.." Louis replied, Walking up to the group. Aasim glared at him.
"Stay out of this. I have an idea for duffle bags filled with bricks, we drop them on the raiders, if they get into the admin building.. Willy here wants to use a giant idiotic swinging log, to take out one raider at most. It's completely stupid!" Aasim explained, crossing his arms.
"Your stupid!"
"Your being childish!"
"I am not! I'm trying to help!"
"So help! And stop arguing!"
"Aasim is right, we should use his brick trap. It sounds more practical." Clem spoke, cutting off their arguing.
"Mine is too!" Willy defended.
"No it isn't! It's exactly the kind of thing a child would think up, especially a child who has no idea what he's up against-" Suddenly Willy pulled back his hand and punched Aasim in the stomach. My eyes widened.
"What the shit?!" Violet yelled, she was also in shock. Willy quickly realized what he did and he ran off, I looked at Aasim.
"Woah.. are you okay?" I asked, Aasim nodded walking past us.
"Yeah fine.. shit!" Aasim cursed, holding his stomach. He walked over to the couches to sit down.
"Christ, we'll all kill each other before the raiders even get the fuckin' chance." Violet mumbled, Louis let out a sigh.
"Right, what we need is something to break the tension." Louis spoke, we turned and walked to the couch area, and we all followed. He sat on the chair next to Aasim.
"Hey buddie, hows it hanging?" Louis asked in a joking manner.
"Dude. Fuck off." Aasim snapped, Louis just shrugged off his words. I sat on the ground next to Clem.
"Sulking in the corner isn't gonna help us fight off the raiders.. or turn that frown upside down Louis added, Aasim looked like he was going to stab Louis.
"You get more annoying everyday." Aasim snapped.
"Regardless.. I've come up with a plan to make everyone feel better. And that plan is a game." Louis pulled out the deck of cards, Violet looked at them awkwardly.
"Uh we haven't played a game in weeks.. since that night with Marlon.." Violet spoke, Louis began to shuffle the cards, and Aj and Tenn walked over to join us, Aj sat next to me and I gave his head a pat. Louis looked at Aasim and smirked.
"I mean, if you want to ask Ruby to come play... I don't mind waiting." Louis gestured to Ruby who Aasim was staring at, Aasim sent him a death glare.
"Shut up dude! I swear to god." Aasim hissed, looking away from him, Violet looked at him curiously.
"You've got a crush on Ruby?" Violet asked, and he stayed silent. Aj looked up at Louis.
"What are we playing?" He asked, Louis smiled at him.
"Truth or dare!" He announced. I raised an eyebrow.
"You know you don't use cards in truth or dare right?" I asked Louis, he grinned at me.
"You do in this version. Everyone gets a card, highest card gets to ask, lowest card has to answer." Louis explained, I nodded. He handed Clem the deck first, which she passed to Me, I grabbed a card then passed it to Aj. I looked at my card. 'The five of spades..' I looked at everyone's card, luckily I didn't have the lowest, but sadly Clem did. Violet has the highest, she chuckled to herself.
"This should be good.. let's see..." She thought for a bit before getting one.
"Truth. Marry-Fuck-Kill-"
"Vi!" Tenn objected, Violet rolled her eyes.
"Fine! Marry-FLIP-Kill." She corrected, I chuckled.
"(Y/N), Aasim, Or James.. that guy who saved you." Violet listed, my eyes widened when she said my name. I looked at Clem.
"Oh my god.." Clem muttered.
"Gotta answer, them's the rules." Louis smirked, Clem sighed.
"Mmm lets see.. I would marry.. (Y/N) of course." Clem answered, my cheeks flared up and I froze.
"Well you two are very close, so it makes sense." Violet replied, I smiled.
"Well, I also think I'd make a great and loyal wife!" I defended, Clem nodded. I don't know why, but when she picked me I felt happy.
"I would um.. flip.." Clem began.
"Flip! Flip! Flip! Flip!..." Louis cheered, Aj joining him.
"James." Clem answered, Violet gave her a weird look.
"That's an interesting choice.." Violet told, Louis looked at Clem.
"Funny, you pronounce "horrifying" differently then I do." Louis added.
"Didn't you say he wore skin? Like human skin? I wonder if he'd take it off to.. you know what? Never mind." Violet cringed at the thought, I rolled my eyes and laughed.
"But if I could choose multiple people I'd definitely choose (Y/N) again." Clem smiled, I felt my face turn red again.
"Oh oh! Damn. Your lucky huh (Y/N)?" Louis joked, I felt like my face might explode.
"I think (Y/N) get it guys." Violet laughed, I looked at Clem and she smiled at me. I smiled back.
"So that means your killing..." Louis began, Tenn's face brightened.
"This is amazing!" He smiled, we all looked at Aasim.
"Aasim!" Violet yelled out, Aasim let out a sigh.
"Oh thank god.." he muttered, Louis raised an eyebrow.
"What? You'd rather die then marry or flip Clem?" Louis asked, Aasim looked at Clem, flustered.
"I Uh..- n-no! I didn't mean it like that!" He stuttered, I chuckled and smiled.
"This is great, were laughing were bonding! It's a nice break from thinking about homicidal assholes sneaking into our homes to kidnap us." Louis smiled, Violet glared at him.
"Not when you bring it up..." She hissed, Louis shuffled the deck again.
"Time for round two!" He took a card and handed Clem the deck, She took another one and handed the deck to me, I took a card then handed it to Aj. I flipped mine over. '10 of diamonds...' I looked at everyone's cards and I was safe. Aasim has the low card while Clem had the high one.
"I win!" Clem cheered, Aasim pouted seeing that he lost.
"And poor Aasim loses." Louis added. Clem smirked.
"Definitely a dare." She spoke, Aasim sighed.
"Ohh okay.. do your worst." He raised an eyebrow at Clem. Clem looked at her options and smirked when one came to her head.
"You have to ask Ruby... for a kiss." Clem spoke, I chuckled.
"Seriously..!" Aasim objected, clearly flustered again.
"The most legitimate of dares." Louis added, Aasim looked at Ruby and stood up, clearly not wanting to do it. He walked up to Ruby and we all watched. we couldn't hear them speaking. we watched as Ruby smacked Aasim across the face. I cringed at the thought of that slap and everyone broke into laughter. I laughed along with them. Aasim walked back to the group, a red mark on his face. He looked away from us in embarrassment.
"Well, I think we all learned something about our good friend Aasim today, mainly that he has no romantic charm whatsoever." Louis smirked, Aasim gave him another death glare.
"Shut. Up." He snapped, Louis just ignored him.
"Look sharp y'all! It's time for round three!" Louis called out, handing the deck to Clem, I grabbed a card and passed it on. I looked at my card and I frowned. 'The ace of hearts...' I looked around and noticed that Louis had the high card and I had the lowest. Louis raised an eyebrow at me.
"I got it." He began, I raised an eyebrow at him.
"We've been pretty hard on poor Aasim here, teasing him about sweet Ruby.. seems like it's fair if we mercilessly tease someone else about unrequited love... so (Y/N).. anyone here you like-like?" Louis asked, everyone's eyes were on me. I feared this question but I knew I had to answer.
"Seriously.. like-like? What are you six?" Violet asked.
"Seven, thank you." Louis defended.
"Well uh.. yeah. There is someone." I spoke, Louis grinned.
"Oh ho! Who is it?!" He quickly asked, my cheeks turning a bit pink. There's is no way i could say it because, I didn't exactly know myself, but I knew it did.
"Pfft I'm not saying." I defended, my face pink from embarrassment.
"That wasn't in the question anyway." Clem agreed, I nodded. I tried to get over my embarrassment and the cards went around again. I grabbed one and looked at it. 'Jack of hearts' I looked around and Aasim had the high card and Tenn had the low card.
"Aasim! You got the high card, and the loser is.. Tennessee." Louis spoke, Aasim immediately knew his truth or dare.
"What's something you've never told anyone because you were afraid they'd make fun of you?" He asked. 'Woah that's a pretty deep question' Tenn thought for a second.
"I.. um.. I think... I think walkers won't always be around.. they'll.. go away someday. 'Cause the world goes in cycles, right? Ice age.. Stone Age... some other ages. So it's like that, this age will end, and another one will start." Tenn replied, everyone had a frown on their face.
"An age without walkers.." I muttered.
"Like it used to be.." Clem added, Tenn smiled at me and Clem.
"It'll be better." He finished, everyone looked at Tenn, and he seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"Why is everyone looking at me like that..? Did I ruin the game..?" He quickly asked, I shook my head.
"Tenn.. that's so sweet. I never thought about it like that.." I smiled, Clem nodded.
"Yeah. I agree with (Y/N).. that's a really beautiful way to look at it." She added, Tenn looked at us, with a big smile. I almost felt like I would start tearing up. Aj looked down though, and Tenn noticed this.
"Aj? What's wrong?" He asked, Aj looked up at everyone.
"I..I just don't know what it's like.. all of you do.. but I don't.. I don't remember a time before monsters.." Aj spoke, my heart sank. I pulled him into a side hug. Louis looked at Aj.
"You know what little dude? It's okay that you don't. Believe me, the world before this one was pretty shitty." He spoke, Aj smiled and felt a bit better. He hugged me back and I smiled. Clem gave Louis a quick nod and he nodded back.
"Anddd that feels like a good place to call it!" Everyone began to stand up and go to their respective places.
"We should finish up our work anyway, it's getting dark." Violet added, She looked at Ruby who was approaching the group.
"You on lookout?" Violet asked, Ruby nodded.
"Yup! (Y/N)'s got it after me." She answered, Aj looked at Ruby eagerly.
"Can I come?" He asked, she nodded.
"Of course you can little guy." Ruby smiled, Aj stood up and walked with Ruby towards the wall. Me, Clem, and Louis looked towards the door of the admin building where we noticed Willy sitting. Aasim walked up to him.
"Hey." Aasim spoke.
"Hey." Willy replied. It was silent for a second before Aasim continued.
"You maybe wanna help me with the brick trap?" He asked, Willy nodded giving him a smile.
"Yeah, I've got some ideas!" Willy told.
"Cool, I'm sure they'll help." Aasim nodded, they both stood up and began to walk inside.
"Sorry I punched you.."
"It's okay.. it was a pretty good punch." I chuckled and Violet stood up.
"I'm headed to the bell tower, I want to check our defences on the back before bed." She spoke, I nodded.
"Would you like some help?" I asked, she smiled at me.
"Sure if you want." She replied, Louis looked me.
"You could always help me instead!" He quickly added, He stood up.
"I'm on piano duty!" He announced, we all looked at him with a 'really' look.
"What? I gotta get in some practice before one of you decides to chop it into firewood." He defended, me and Clem both stood up.
"I've got a project I want to try.. but I need a second person." He added, he and Violet began to walk off. I looked at Clem.
"So, (Y/N). You maybe wanna hangout a bit then?" She asked, I turned to her and smiled.
"Sure! I'd love to Clem." I nodded, we both began to walk around the courtyard together.
I smiled and me and Clem walked around the courtyard, we checked the walls to see if any of the barbed wire had fallen off. We walked in silence, it wasn't awkward, it was actually really calming, are hands brushing against each other's every once and a while. We stopped near the the graveyard and smiled at each other.
"The wall looks good, the barbed wire is staying up." I spoke, Clem nodded.
"Yup, it looks great actually." She smiled, we walked out of the graveyard.
"Let's check outside before we say it's okay, it's best to check both sides." She added, I nodded. We walked to the gate, giving Ruby and Aj a wave before walking out. We began to walk around the wall in silence. I looked up at the trees and smiled.
"You know how to climb trees (Y/N)?" She asked, I looked at her and shrugged.
"I little.. I used to climb trees when I was younger, but it's been a while." I replied, she smiled.
"Why don't we climb some?" She walked up to a tree and stepped on one of the lower branches, testing if it was climbable.
"Well.. I um.. I'm not sure.." I chuckled, Clem grabbed my hand.
"Come on (Y/N). I'll help you." She chuckled, I looked at her hand in mine and blushed.
"Alright I'll climb up first just to check if the top branches are sturdy enough." She began to climb the tree and I watched, I bit nervous because it's been a while since I climbed one, but Clem was an expert at it.
"Have you done this before?" I asked, Clem nodded, and scooted on top of one of the thicker branches.
"Yeah, I used to have a treehouse when I was younger." She replied, she looked at me.
"You coming up?" She asked, I looked at the tree and nodded.
"I'll uh.. try." I let out a sigh, and grabbed a branch, pulling myself onto the first stick, I began to slowly climb up the tree, being careful not to scratch myself on the bark. I eventually made it to the branch Clem sat on, but in decently less time. Clem helped me sit and I adjusted myself so I sat comfortably. I smiled.
"I made it." I grinned, Clem nodded.
"I knew to you could." She gave me a thumbs up. We sat in silence again, listening to the leaves blow above us.
"So.." Clem began.
"Why don't we play a game?" I asked, Clem looked at me curiously.
"Sure, what game?" She asked, I thought for a second.
"How about, we say something about ourselves and the other has to say if it's true or false. The other person can ask as many questions as they like." I smiled, Clem nodded.
"Sure, sounds fun. I'll go first." She volunteered, she thought for a second then smiled.
"I've met a famous baseball player." She spoke, I crossed my arms.
"Hmm. Was it before the walkers or during?" I asked.
"During, I was by myself at the time." She answered.
"Is he still alive?" I asked.
"Not sure. I hope." I thought for a moment. 'I mean.. it's not COMPLETELY impossible..' I looked at her face and her expression didn't change.
"I'm gonna say.. false." I smiled, she shook her head. My eyes widened.
"Woah really? That's really awesome." I laughed, she smiled.
"Yeah, I had no idea he was a famous baseball player until he told me. He was great with a baseball bat too." She explained, I nodded.
"Your turn." She gestured to me. I thought for a little bit. I couldn't really think of anything.
"Uh.. my favourite color is.. (L/F/C)." I smiled, Clem raised her eyebrow.
"False." She quickly said, I looked at her confused.
"Back we me you and Aj first got here, you said that your favourite color was (F/C), which was also your grandma's favourite." She reminded, I suddenly remembered that she was right.
"Ohh yeah.. haha. I'll go again. That was kinda lame." I laughed, she smiled at me.
"When I was younger, I fractured my wrist tripping on a garbage can." I spoke, Clem laughed.
"Mmm how old were you?" She asked, I thought for a second.
"I think I just turned 7.." I remembered.
"Which wrist?" She asked, I held up my right hand and she began to think.
"Mm I think it's.. true." She spoke, I nodded.
"Yup! I was an idiot. I was running around playing with my (F/T), and my mom called me in for lunch, I turned to look at her and tripped over the garbage can we had in our back yard. I tried to stop myself with my hands, but ended up slamming my right hand on the sidewalk. God.. I've never seen my mom run out to me so quickly before." I explained in between fits of laughter. Clem was also laughing. After we both calmed down and took some breaths, Clem decided to go again.
"My hat was given to me when I was born." She spoke.
"Hmm was it like right away when you were born?" I asked. She nodded. I had a feeling she was lying.
"I think I remember you telling me that your dad gave it to you.. but not when you were a baby. So I'm gonna say false." I answered. She nodded.
"Your right, before the apocalypse my parents went on a trip. My dad let me barrow it for when he was out on the trip, but.. I ended up keeping it because well.. that when everything started." She frowned. I gave her a quick pat and she smiled again. It was my turn again but I didn't know what to say for mine. I suddenly had a really bold idea, I decided to tell Clem how I feel.
"So um.. my last one is.." I began to blush, was I sure I could even do this? I shook my head, I knew I could.
"I have.. a crush on you.. true or false?" I asked, Clems eyes widened. I looked away so she couldn't see my face. Clem put her hand on my shoulder, and I looked at her, still trying to hide my blush. Clem laughed.
"True! I mean, Your face gives it away!" She laughed, I continued to blush harder.
"O-Okay..! I got it..!" I quickly said, Clem stopped laughing and gave me a smile.
"Well.. I like you too (Y/N). Like.. as more of a friend too. I know at first I was a little harsh on you when we first met.. it was just because I needed to protect Aj, and I had lost so many people before that so I had really bad trust issues.. but when Aj loves you just as much as he loved me, I knew I could trust you, and so I began falling for you. I just didn't have the right time to tell you." She confessed, my heart swelled up with pride, I was so happy she loved me back.
"Well I Uh.. I've loved you ever since I met you Clem.." I admitted, she turned to me with a smile. I placed my hand on top of hers and she wrapped our fingers together. She then leaned closer to me and I leaned back, and soon enough we were kissing. I slowly wrapped my arms around Clem as we kissed. I knew this is exactly what I wanted, and what she wanted too. We both broke the kiss when we realized we both needed air. We both smiled at each other, our hands intertwined. I was about to say something when a voice called out.
"(Y/N)? You out here?" Ruby's voice called out. My eyes widened. I was sad, I didn't want this to end.
"I'll come with you." Clem smiled, placing a kiss on my forehead, I blushed a bit.
"Really..?" I asked, she nodded. We both began to make our way down the tree, I managed to get down first then Clem followed after. She immediately grabbed my hand and we began walking back to the entrance together, She placed one last kiss on my cheek as we walked.
This was the best day ever...