June 5th, 2023
Dear Dad,
It's been a while. I don't know if you can ever find this letter, or if you're still alive to read it. Maybe you're already dead and I'll meet you soon on the other side.
I really hope nothing happened to you.
I don't have much time left. I've been infected since yesterday, and I don't know how long I can hold on and not go completely crazy.
I won't cry about how much it hurts, or how it feels to be bitten, it's of no use now.
But before I completely lose myself, I want to tell you all the things that I've been holding back.
First of all, You're the best father anyone could ask for. And even though I never said it out loud, I respect you a lot. I love you a lot too.
Though it still doesn't mean I want to be like you and join your company. haahaa
Please take care of yourself and everyone else too.
Forgive me for I couldn't be the son you deserved.
Love you dad,
Your stupid son
Ali
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Dear mom,
Before you start being angry at me for writing to dad first, I'll tell you, you're the one I love and miss the most.
Promise.
Now that that's settled, let's start our talks huh.
How long has it been since I saw you? It's been a while, hasn't it?
I should've listened to your advice, and come back home years ago. Even if I didn't want to join dad's company, I should've just stayed at home and enjoyed your cooking.
Even about my obsession over Aarvi, I should've listened to you all and let go of it.
But I guess it's been too late now. It took a while for your son to understand everything and grow up, and when I finally did, even the world went to shit.
Can't believe your stupid God listened to my childhood wish of living in an apocalypse to make life interesting seriously.
What kind of God does that, right?
Sorry about that.
Well all things aside, take care of yourself mom.
Ohh, and don't let Eva run around like crazy, and be stupid like her brother now. She might cry a little when she finds out, but I know you can handle everything. After all, you're the best.
Love you mom.
Your lovely son
Ali
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Dear Eva,
I heard you've grown taller since the last time I saw you. Is the hostel food really suiting you that much? Or were you just lying to us on the phone.
Well whatever it is, you're still shorter than me. So I can still beat your head if you give mom any trouble.
I know I was an idiot and kind of a bully to you all these years, it took a freaking apocalypse and losing a chunk of meat, for me to realize that. So do forgive me for that.
But you should also know that I do love ya a lot.
So don't you dare grow up to be an idiot like me, kid. And do look after our parents for me, or I'll haunt you even if I become a ghost.
Ohh and before I forget, you won the bet, I'll agree, you got all the smart genes between us.
Be obedient and take care of yourself.
Your best big brother
Ali
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Dear Liv
I hope you made it back to your family. And that you're safe and sound with your parents.
There are a lot of things that I want to say to you. Things that I've been thinking about for days now. But now that I picked up the pen and started writing, there's nothing that comes to mind.
So I'll just try to make it short and simple, I'm sorry for all the hurt that I caused you. For not respecting you and your feelings, for not responding rightly, or ignoring you all these years.
I really was a blind fool.
I didn't deserve you. And now I probably would never get a chance to say this face to face to you ever again.
So do know, that if there's a next life somewhere, a next chance somehow - then this time I'd choose you.
Thanks for everything you've done for me. And sorry that I couldn't do anything for you.
Your ̶̶f̶̶r̶̶i̶̶e̶̶n̶̶d̶̶ lover
Ali
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Hi Shiva
Hahaaha
Yeah, I'm coming to follow you to the afterlife buddy.
It's only been around two months and so much has happened since your death.
After you died, that day, a wave of energy went across entire earth, destroying everything in its path and throwing the entire world in shambles. Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, whatever calamity you can think of, it happened somewhere on that day.
Maybe someone was really pissed off on your death and punished the entire earth for it.
Jokes aside, all kinds of electronics and magnetic things are useless now. That means no cars, mobiles or movies. You would've hated this world.
But it ain't all bad, real shit started happening a little later.
After some time passed, people started going crazy. The dead started coming back to life and biting and killing other people. It all became a freaking zombie apocalypse in just a month, can you believe that?
People are fighting, killing and bashing each other for no reason.
I'm sure You would've loved This part.
You also would've survived and thrived in a world like this. And here I am. Beaten by an idiot and bitten by some random roadside zombie.
You wanna know how it feels after being bitten. Sometimes I feel like my whole body is numb, and then suddenly it would start itching like crazy. Sometimes it's like I'm burning with fever and then suddenly I'd start shaking in the cold for no reason. All my thoughts and senses are messed up, it's so fucking annoying.
But don't worry about me, I won't go down until I kill that bastard.
You'd bash me up, if I didn't even take your revenge right.
What else, hmmm, ohh that.
Remember how you used to tell me that love hurts, and I would just joke about it. Or say I'm different. Well guess what, I understand now. It does hurt. A freaking lot.
Aarvi chose to save that bastard. She stopped me from killing him, and if that wasn't enough, she stood silent when those guys kicked me out of the shelter building.
Why don't these girls ever understand our feelings man. Be it your Shweta and Kajal or my Aarvi - Why do they just have to do their own things and not care about how it would affect those around them.
Fucking bitches all of em.
Well there's nothing else to tell you. Besides that I found that bastard Kevin's brother, and I'm going to use him to lure that guy out and kill him.
And then I'd kill myself. I don't wanna roam around like a zombie. That dried up pale dead look is so not my style right.
So wait for me
Your friend
Ali
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A/N - Shiva died on 7th of April. These events are two months after that. You'll know what happened in this time in next chapters.