~The Will to Survive~ (Super soldier) Male reader x Clementine.

Chapter: 18 Voted Out

The three of you make it outside to the courtyard to see Aasim talking to Willy who was crying on the steps. You couldn't help but be saddened by this. Seeing as the kids here really cared about Marlon. But, you quickly brushed those feelings aside, remembering the shit that Marlon did. You continue to walk over to the funeral with Clem and AJ. You then noticed that AJ was a few feet away, staring at a puddle of dried blood. Marlons blood. You looked over to Clementine who was watching him with a worried expression. She then looked at you with the same expression. You gave her a quick smile then walked over to AJ and placed your hand on his shoulder.
"I did that." AJ said, referring to Marlons blood.
You then looked at Clem who was right next to AJ now. She seemed saddened by what AJ said. Then she looked at you with an even sadder expression. You gave her a calm and reassuring look, letting her know that it was gonna be alright.
"Come on, AJ. Let's go." You said to him.
The three of you then finish walking over to the funeral. And everyone there seemed full of emotions. Ruby has just placed a flower on Brodys grave and Rosie was sitting in front of Marlons grave, whimpering. The three of you had just walked up to the group and everyone turned their heads to you with hateful eyes. You just stared back, not intimidated in the least, but you know they weren't really that upset with you. They were upset with AJ.
"Oh, god, they're here." Aasim said.
"So what. They knew Brody, didn't they?" Violet replied with a defensive tone.
"Yeah but, Marlon-." Is all Omar could say before Violet interrupted.
"Just leave them alone." Violet said.
"Shit." Louis said. You looked over at Louis and thoughts of what he said to you yesterday started filling your mind. When he said that you couldn't protect anyone, not even your girlfriend, Sadie. You started getting angry from this and you balled your fists tightly. Clementine took notice of this.
"Y/N, you alright?" Clementine asked.
"What? Oh, y-yeah I'm fine." You replied, loosening your fists.
"Are you sure? It seemed like you got mad just now." She said to you. She then saw who you were looking at. When she noticed that you were looking at Louis, she started getting mad too, remembering what he said last night.
"I completely understand, Y/N. Louis has no right to say that about you." She said while grabbing your hand.
"He had no right to even mention her." You replied.
Clementine tightened her grip on your hand. You look into her eyes and she's giving you a sympathetic look. You weakly smiled at her and gripped her hand back. She began to blush from this, realizing that the two of you were now holding hands. But you both decided to let go, realizing that you had to take part in the funeral.
"Clem?" AJ said.
"What?" Clementine replied.
"Why do people have funerals?" He asked.
"Well, to say goodbye to someone you've lost." Clementine answered.
You started remembering all of the personal funerals that many families had back in The Battle Hardened. All of friends and comrades that you had lost in the war. Also the hardest one. With Sadie's funeral, it was hosted by her older brother, Devin, who held a grudge against you for not protecting her in the battle. He initially didn't want you to attend it and even got hostile when you showed up. But, General Reed was there and pretty much ordered him to let you attend. But you told General Reed that it was alright and that you wouldn't be there for long. You went up to Sadie's grave, placed some flowers on it, said a few words and was done. But this for some reason made Devin even more mad.

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"Hey!" Devin shouted to you.
"Yes?" You calmly replied back.
"So that's it?! She was your girlfriend who loved you with all her heart and you just place some flowers down?" Devin furiously said.
"I said a few words as well, but they weren't worth saying out loud to everyone. It was personal." You replied back, still as calm as ever.
"You little punk. So you think your words to her weren't worth saying out loud?" He angrily replied.
"That's right." You said to him, staring directly into his eyes. Devin was fuming at this point. He started getting closer to you looking to attack.
"Corporal! Stand down, that's an order." General Reed said to Devin. Devin completely ignored him and kept walking towards you. He then tried to swing at you. But at the last second, you disappeared. He wondered where you were. Then, he looked down. You moved too quickly for him to see and you were laying on your back in front of him. You then swept his leg, causing him to fall backwards. But before he could hit the ground, you had already gotten back on your feet and grabbed his hand, stopping his fall. You then let go, causing him to land on his ass.
"Why you-." Is all he said before he got distracted by your expression. You were bending over, looking straight at him. Your eyes were completely glossed over and glowing bright blue and your face was blank. Devin just stared at you with fear for a few seconds. Then he realized a drip of water hit the ground right in front of him. He then looked back up to see your eyes back to normal and now were crying.
"You know. This isn't the kind of thing you should be doing at your own sisters funeral." You said to him, tears falling from your eyes.
"Sadie, she believed in compassion and friendship. Not this." You added. You then stood up straight and started walking away. Devin just stood up but didn't do anything else. He was just staring at you with wide eyes. Probably still a bit scared. But also maybe realizing that what you said was true, but you didn't care.
"I'll be in my quarters, don't bother me." You said to the others. Even General Reed complied with your demand. But it was out of respect, because he knew what state of mind you were in with Sadie dying barely 2 days before the funeral. As you walked back to your quarters, you had the words that you said at Sadie's grave repeating over and over again.
"I'll love you, always." You repeated in your mind.
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