The Mating Run by Leeka

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Victor, sprawled on his beanbag, looks at me with a hint of curiosity.

“Lost your sense of humor, Alina?” he quips, his voice cutting through the stillness.

glance at him, a bitter taste lingering in my mouth. “Do you even know what happened out there? What we had to do to survive?”

Victor shrugs, a nonchalant gesture that stirs a simmering anger within me. “Survival, adaptation – it’s all part of the game, Alina. You should learn to embrace

it.”

I clench my fists, frustration bubbling beneath the surface. “Embrace it? You act like it’s some kind of thrilling adventure. We’re out there fighting for our lives, and all you care about is your privilege.”

Victor leans forward, his smirk replaced by a cold glint in his eyes. “Privilege or not, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re all playing the same game. Some just play it smarter.”

The tension in the shack thickens, a palpable force that hangs in the air. The moonlight casts long shadows, accentuating the divide between us. I take a deep breath, my anger simmering beneath the surface.

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“You think it’s a game, Victor? A game with rules that only favor you?”

Victor smiles, points at the corner of the shack where a camera is directed at

“Why don’t we ask the audience?”

I shake my head, a bitter smile playing on my lips.

“Fuck you.”

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I can’t shake off the frustration that coils within me, a serpent ready to strike. The moonlight seeps through the windows, casting a cold glow on the scattered remnants of my earlier outburst.

I pace the limited space, the confined walls of the shack closing in on me. The what–ifs, the maybes – they echo in my mind like a haunting refrain. I glance at Victor, lounging on his bed with an air of indifference, and the anger resurfaces.

Without a word, I start tearing through the shack once more. Plates crash to the floor, and gadgets are thrown haphazardly. Victor grumbles, his irritation. evident, but he doesn’t move to stop me. The shack becomes a canvas for my rage, a chaotic display of frustration.

“Relax, Alina,” Victor mutters, his voice tinged with annoyance. “Someone’s going to find us soon, and this will all be over.”

I

His words only fuel my anger. I turn to him, my eyes burning with intensity. “Find us? This isn’t a game, Victor. We’re not waiting for rescue. We’re fighting for survival, and your privilege blinds you to that!”

Victor rolls his eyes, an exasperated sigh escaping his lips.

yada, yada. If you’re going to act all crazy, can you at least be quiet

shack, with its illusions and confines, bears the

magazine with casual disinterest. The sound of pages turning becomes a backdrop to my destructive symphony. The shack, once a haven of illusions, now stands

random object, hurling it

magazine, annoyance etched

space, frustration coiling within

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a target for my wrath. Without a word, I snatch it from him and start tearing through its pages. The sound of paper ripping echoes through the shack, a symphony of defiance.

eyes narrowing in irritation. “Seriously, Alina? If you’re going to

frustration, its pages torn and scattered

within.

change anything?” Victor grumbles,

defiant look, tearing another page with a satisfying rip. “Mayber not, but it feels

or not, you’re just making a mess for no

forest.”

my anger. I tear through the magazine with renewed vigor, the sound of paper tearing becoming a mantra of rebellion. The shack, with its

of frustration and resignation in his voice. “You’re being

torn page into the air.

not, tearing my things won’t change

a mix of frustration and a desperate need to reclaim a sense of control. The moonlight

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as if my rebellion is nothing more than a minor inconvenience. “You’re really making a fuss over nothing, Alina.”

of resentment and frustration. The memories of the outside world, the unforgiving forest, linger like shadows in the corners of my mind. I find myself trapped in a

moonlit darkness, surfaces in

quiet breaths, the desperate attempts to remain unseen. Survival, in those moments, boiled down to a primal instinct –

and tension

a play in my mind. The Hider, elusive and cunning, was a fleeting ally in the dance of survival. Yet, alliances are ephemeral in the harsh reality of the Mating Run. Trust, a fragile commodity, shattered like glass when

laden with the weight. of survival, the primal fear of becoming prey. I recall the heartbeat, the rush of

of survival versus comfort. While I grappled with the fear of being hunted, Victor reclined in his haven, shielded from the brutal

forest, witness to a silent clash, becomes a silent graveyard. The memory carries the weight of a life extinguished, a casualty

made, the lives lost, and the desperation that defines the Mating

his sanctuary. The memories of struggle and death clash with the image of him indulging in the comforts of

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forest, he feasted

sheltered existence.

burn that threatens to erupt. The shack, with its illusions of safety, becomes a trigger for the resentment that festers. Ther contrast between the struggles outside and the comfort within

on the landscape of my memory, a testament to the choices made in desperation. The forest, with its secrets and shadows, becomes a

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