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( FIVE YEARS AGO )

opening the wooden drawer, you grabbed the almost-rusty scissors, suppressing a childish smirk. still gripping the pair of scissors in your dominant hand, you swiftly turned around on the heel of your feet, as you were met with violet's unreadable expression. "are you sure, that this is a good idea?" the blonde raised an eyebrow at you. "not really, but hey- it's this or nothing." shrugging your shoulders and pursing your lips into a thin line, you took a few steps closer to violet, who's expression didn't change one bit.

violet's gaze was now glued to the scissors you were holding, which caused a long sigh to leave your lips. "do you trust me, vi?" crossing your arms over your chest, you had to be careful, so you wouldn't hurt yourself by accident. even rusty, old scissors could be dangerous. "with those scissors?" the blonde answered your question with another question, slightly pointing her finger at the scissors, before violently shaking her head from side to side. "just sit down and let me take care of it."

fourteen-year old you pushed violet, who wasn't much older, down by her shoulders to sit down in the chair, as your grin only grew. ever since the two of you met, you adored vi's long, pale blonde hair, but she didn't feel the same way about it anymore and you noticed. that is why you offered many times to cut it for her, but she always declined in fear of ending up bald or maybe even worse. well, not this time. you wouldn't consider yourself a hairdresser, but you did have some experience from the past.

( PRESENT )

"i think we should talk." at the sudden presence of someone new behind you, you swiftly looked up, a nervous lump appearing in your throat at the sight of violet. "yeah, maybe we should." you stood up from the ground, gulping down. "i know it's not a good time-" she begun, but you decided to cut her off. "i'm pretty sure there won't be a good time for this." you slightly shrugged your shoulders.

"i know i treated you like crap ever since you came back and i wanted to... i'm sorry." rubbing the back of her neck, violet sighed, as she made her way towards you, cutting the distance between the two of you. "you coming back was something i never expected. i just thought you were gone... forever. and now with everything happening, marlon, brody- fuck..."

"i never wanted to leave you guys." you begun, having to raise your voice, so the sound of the pouring rain wouldn't silence you. "i never wanted to leave you, vi. trust me when i say i felt guilty from the moment i started to think about running away." violet's eyes widened at your words and you couldn't help, but feel somewhat relived about finally being able to explain the truth to her.

"i'm not asking for your forgiveness—" averting your eyes, you slowly shook your head from one side to the other, before you were interrupted: "i already forgave you." you replayed violet's words in your head a few times, feeling your heartbeat increase, as you slowly looked up at the blonde with shocked eyes. "w-what?" you managed to stammer out. "i was so angry when you left, but also disappointed..." violet admitted, slowly crossing her arms over her chest and lowering her eyes to the muddy ground. "everyone i've ever cared for before left and i thought you were one of those people."

"then when i was starting to get better— sophie and minnie— i felt so alone." letting out a long sigh, violet was reminded of the bad memories. hesitantly, you took a step closer. you slowly lifted your hands and placed them on top of violet's shoulders, causing her to meet your pleasing eyes. when you noticed the sadness smeared across her face, the only thing you could do was quickly pull her by her shoulders into a tight hug, but violet did not embrace you back. "you never have to feel that way again. i promise." your voice was slightly above a whisper, yet loud enough for violet to hear even with the pouring rain.

it was hard to believe your promise, because could you truly keep it? but violet chose to not overthink this time, glad to have you back, even though she might have a hard time showing it. as the rain soaked both of your clothes even more, violet finally wrapped her arms around you, embracing you back - hiding her face in the crook of your neck, as you placed on of your hands on the back of her head. you could feel your heart skip a beat, as the corners of your lips turned into a soft smile.

( A FEW HOURS LATER )

after the rather chaotic funeral, you decided to not vote, if clementine and aj stay or leave. you only shook your head at that idea, not wanting to take any part in it. meanwhile others like mitch and louis seemed to enjoy the idea, voting for the duo to leave the school, after what aj had done the night before to marlon. when the voting was done, violet and louis chose to tell the results to clem and aj, which were that they had to leave.

standing by the gate, you were leaning against one of the big walls of the front yard, arm crossed over your chest, mindlessly glancing around. you snapped out of your trance, as you noticed both violet and louis approaching the front gate, followed by clementine and aj. you let out a quick sigh, pushing yourself off the wall. "hey." making her way towards you, the blonde simply greeted you, while the others impatiently waited not too far away from the two of you. "hey." you repeated, the tension in the air making everyone at least a little nervous and anxious. but even during the unfortunate situation, you couldn't help, but be glad you and violet finally seemed to be on good terms - your heart swelling with pure joy.

"so we're going to walk clem and aj to the boarders of the safe zone and i was thinking, if you wanna come with us?" violet explained, as you simply nodded in response, unfolding your arms while doing so. throwing a glance over her shoulder, violet gave louis a small, quick nod and he opened the gate, walking out. in silence, you followed the trio, that was walking in front of you. now the five of you were walking through the woods together and the tension in the air only grew thicker with each step. "even though you chose not to vote, i know you didn't want them to leave." breaking the silence, violet whispered to you in a hushed tone. pursing your lips into a thin line, you nodded once again, still too exhausted from the previous events.

"will we get another car?" looking up at clementine with curious eyes, aj asked. "probably not. we got lucky before." clem explained honestly. "so we're walking." aj sighed in defeat, as he looked down at his moving feet. "my shoes are gonna break." aj blurted out. "well, we'll have to hope they hold out." replying, clem kept her gaze on the pathway in front of them, as aj continued to speak. "my feet are gonna bleed again." he almost whined. "we'll tear up a shirt and tie them up, if we have to." letting out a long sigh, clementine objected.

"it's not so bad." louis suddenly added, earning a harsh glare from clem. "i mean, you've done this before. probably pretty good at it by now. almost like going home for you guys." shrugghing his shoulders, louis explained. "you've lived inside walls your whole life. you have no fucking idea what it's like out there." looking over her shoulder at louis, clem hissed, causing the brunette to look away with guilty expression plastered on his face.

looking to your side, you noticed violet coming to a stop, as she looked around the woods. "we're here." at her words, the trio in front of you stopped aswell and turned around to face you. "the road's that way. anything you wanna say before we go?" violet questioned. "i've said plenty." louis admitted, making an eye contact with clementine for a few seconds. "thanks for trying to keep us." nervously playing with his fingers, aj murmured rather quietly. "you're welcome. i wish you could stay." violet simply answered, suppressing an uneasy sigh. "come on, let's just go." rolling his eyes, louis declared, before crossing his arms over his chest. "give us a minute, would you?" giving louis a quick annoyed glare, violet insisted.

"yeah, so do i. i wish we hadn't fucked it up." clementine replied, slightly shaking her head. "you didn't. marlon did. even dead, he's ruining shit." furrowing her brows, violet explained. "jesus, violet. give him some fucking peace." louis demanded, as he uncrossed his arms. "she's right. none of this would have happened, if marlon didn't do what he did." defending violet, you glared at louis, who only scoffed in response. "just stay safe. both of you." violet turned around and begun to walk back to the school. "good luck guys." you gave the duo a small, sad smile, as clem attempted to return it. "thanks, we'll need it."

you were about to follow violet, when louis begun to talk once more, stopping you from doing so. "i must be stupid." he sighed. "i can't leave you unarmed." walking towards aj and clem, he reached inside his coat and pulled out aj's gun. kneeling down, louis handed it to aj, who thankfully nodded in return, before standing up and walking the other way, just like violet did. "i can't believe you took the kid's gun." you let out a long breath, as you walked next to the brunette, who only stared forward with an emotionless expression.

the walk back to school was upsetting and quiet, up until-- "clementine!" aj's desperate calls in the distance made all three of you stop walking and share confused, yet worried looks. without much thinking, you swiftly turned around and begun to quickly walk back to where you came from, violet and even louis following after you. if either clem, aj or both of them were in danger, you were gonna go ahead and try to help them. soon enough, you got to the source of the sound. crouching down, you noticed clem, aj and two other people you've never seen before. as silently as possible, you pulled out your katana, as you tried to make our what they were saying.

"--here's what i'll do. i'll take the little squirt here right now. that way, i'm sure you'll play nice." a man with his back turned to you explained, which made clementine to look at him with wide eyes. that was until she glanced behind the man, noticing you, violet and louis hiding not too far away. "be smart about this, clementine." the unknown woman demanded, while the rest of the conversation between her and clem was too hard to understand. from the corner of your eye, you noticed violet getting her bow and arrow ready, aiming it at the strangers, while you gripped your katana in your hand tighter - knuckles turning pale. squinting your eyes in an attempt to see better, you focused on the women's face.

instantly, you felt your stomach drop, when the realization hit you, but you didn't have any time to process the new, shocking information.

"run!" throwing a look in your direction, clementine suddenly shouted, causing the panic to set in. the three of you quickly shared worried and confused glances, before getting up and running the opposite direction as fast as you could at the moment. you were about to mentally complain about your injury, but the gunshots echoing in the background made you snap out of it and caused you to probably run faster, dodging the tree branches and jumping over stuff on the ground.

when the gates of the school came in your view, you had no idea how much time has passed, but you knew for sure you needed to catch your breath. placing both of your hands on each of your knees, you slightly hunched over, staring wide-eyed at the ground, while heavily breathing. "no, this can't be... she--" you mentally panicked. "y/n?" someone called out your name, but it felt like they were far away. "y/n!" a hand being placed on your forearm caused you to snap out of your thoughts, as you looked up, about to flinch away. instead, you were met with violet's worried expression. "what's wrong? were you hurt?" searching your frame for any injuries, violet questioned. "is your injruy--" "that woman there." you cut her off, loudly gulping down, while still attempting to catch your breath. "i- i think that was my sister."..

( AUTHOR'S NOTE : sooo, how are we feeling about the story so far?? i absolutely love it when you guys leave comments btw, it's so sweet!! )