It's the year 20XX and I'm right now soaking wet and getting scolded by Will. "Kid seriously what were you thinking? You have a injured arm which could get infected and you look like you could just sick any moment," He scolded while Vic helped me reapply the bandages on my arm and forehead. Emily, Jason and Carmel were left taking care of Kai who was now awake and full of energy.
It was sad though, he woke up asked for Val and the others who weren't with us. He then cried for a little but they managed to distract him which I'm extremely grateful for. I hadn't said a word in awhile and Joel tried to get me to say something, at least one word but I didn't have the energy for it. In the end, he just sat beside me and accepted that I wouldn't say anything.
"I mean you're only eighteen dude so you can't call Rino a kid. He's sixteen and so are all of us actually," Joel said while watching Vic bandage really closely. "You understand what I mean, right? He should have tried not get soaked in the rain. Anyways we're leaving tomorrow afternoon, we need a lot of rest if we have to move to another town from here."
I nodded numbly and took my hand away from Vic. She gave me a small sympathetical smile and got up, "Get some food and sleep, it's going to be a long way from here." I nodded once again and just laid in one of the sleeping bags I had brought over earlier. I felt entirely numb, not a single pain mentally or physically. I closed my eyes and memories of the past few months flooded my mind. I regret leaving them behind but I'm sticking to my decision.
I really miss Aria's nightly fights with Joel, talking about Joel he seems so quiet without her. I miss Alex's weird jokes and his laughter when he plays with Kai. I miss Rosh's sign lessons which was always so fun. And more importantly I miss Val and everything about him. We have so much memories together, I mean all of us like when we would go on supply runs.
"Seriously Joel, again?" I yelled as we ran with zombies on our tail. "It's funny though, right?" Joel asked while we were chased by glittery zombies. Yup, glitter. Glitter was involved in this prank and it involved balloons too. Alex and Aria ran ahead of us so we couldn't hear what they were saying but man was that a great time.
Or like the time when Kai said his first words, I'm still sulking about that. Kai is so smart that he said his first word when he was eight months. His first words were Al which you readers already know is what he calls Val. On the next month, he started crawling which gave everyone a big thing to worry about.
My eyes watered when I thought about the promise, the promise that Val made to me when Kai first called me papa. "I'll only ask you to be mine if Kai allows it so let's wait till he's five, I promise you that I'll always keep loving you and I'll ask you to be mine." He promised and that was the first time he mentioned he loved me.
"You love me?" I asked as my eyes widened big. He blushed and nodded making my heart do cartwheels which I wish I could do. "I love you too," I kissed him and that was the night that I felt like I was finally not alone but now I feel so alone. I sat up quickly and turned to my friends who both looked like they were deep in thought.
Maybe all this was a mistake? I should probably go back right or should I stay with Kai? I can handle him over to them and come back for him, right? "Hey, you okay?" Joel asked and Vic stared at me too. I thought for a little longer on what I should do but I didn't know what to do. "Was this a mistake?" I finally spoke after hours, my voice was weak like how I felt. "Maybe we should have done what Lexi said, I regret it all now."
Vic placed a hand on my shoulder and sat beside me. "We can go back if you want, I also regret coming here." Vic said truthfully and I nodded, turning to Joel. "We can go back, I need to Aria something." Joel blushed a little which we noticed but said nothing of. "I have a confession to make as well," Vic said nervously and I just smiled. They were finally realizing their true feelings.
"Let's make our decision, we leave with them and leave this town tomorrow to safety, we would never be able to see any of our friends again. Or we go back to our friends, try to stop the creature and try to stay alive but risk the safety of Kai." Joel said the obvious options out loud. "We could leave Kai with them and go back, if we die at least Kai will have someone to take care of him."
"We need to make a decision before tomorrow, what do you think, Rino?" Joel asked me, it was a tough decision and but I had an answer in mind already.