Not proofread, TODAY WE DIE LIKE MEN. (This is high key my new catchphrase)
Also, thanks tumblr for not showing the gifs I want so idk who the original poster was
District 9 AU ~ Same AU as my Seungmin one, you donât need to read it to understand this, but it gives out more information about District 9
ALSO THIS HAS TRIGGERING TOPICS SO BE WARNED WHEN READING
I wanted to keep it gender neutral, but Iâm not that great of a writer to write it in a POV to keep it gender neutral so... yea. I left it at Noona/Hyung, to cater to both audiences?Â
In this world, after the fall after the world fell apart, all natural life have suffered and waned. Mere grass was a rarity and the people were all herded and separated into different districts. Some districts are insufferable and practically unliveable. People would rather die than live there, there were also districts where the people would just get killed off.Â
The sorting always happens from people gathered from outside the walls or just plucking people from preexisting overcrowding districts. You were fortunate enough to manage to change lines during the sorting. The sorting was chaos as more and more people are herded into the small crowded checkpoint.Â
"Noona/Hyung?" a small voice squeaked, the boy held onto the fabric of your white hoodie tightly. Even though he towered over you, Yang Jeongin was your precious baby brother.
You both were originally sorted into the line for District 9. You heard horror stories about District 9. That particular district was hell on earth. Many of those got sent there, none returned to tell the tale. Rumors had it that it was one of the purging districts where the people will just get killed off with no prior notice, but no one can say for sure. Only god knew.
Your heart dropped to your stomach when both you and Jeongin were sorted out into the District 9 line. You could not let your precious baby brother live through that hell. You promised him a better life after your parents died during the fall.Â
The checkpoint was jam packed with people who still had a hold of their agency. When a large mass of people who still had the ability to feel for themselves knew they were herded towards certain death, certain chaos would arise. Amidst all the screaming, the protests, the pushing and pulling, all the violence and chaos, you managed to slip yourself and Jeongin into a different line to a more favorable district. Any district would be better than District 9.Â
âKeep holding onto me, Innie,â you ordered. The boy nodded following your command as he pressed his body closer to yours, his hands gripping your hoodie tightly.
You both find yourselves near the front of the line as a man stood before you. His face was fully covered by a mask and transparent goggles so only his eyes were shown. On the top of his head, he was wearing a white helmet that matched the rest of his clothing. You gulped when you made notice of the stun baton he had in his hand with his arms crossed.Â
âName?â he asked. His gruff voice was muffled and muted by his mask.
Putting your hand on the small of Jeonginâs back you pushed him forward gently. Jeongin audibly gulped as he side stepped your hand to cower his body further behind you.
âYang Jeongin,â you stated for your brother grabbing his sleeve to pull him forward. You could see the manâs eyes looking at Jeonginâs cowering body as if heâs scrutinizing every nitty bitty details.Â
âPlease,â his eyes landed back on you. âLet my baby brother in.â
The man didnât respond. He merely nodded to the two similarly dressed men behind him. The two men pushed forward and grabbed Jeongin by both his arms. Jeongin wailed in fear and panic as he try to wretch his arms free from the harsh grip.
âNoona/Hyung!â Jeongin wailed, crying out to you.
âItâs ok, Innie,â you murmured trying to consolidate your baby brother. âNoona/Hyung will be right behind you, ok?â
Jeongin sniffled and nodded as he was pulled forward and thrown past the fence gate, the gate closing behind him.
âNoona/Hyung!â Jeongin called out, turning back and reaching for the chain link fence gate that separated the two of you.Â
âMove!â one of the men bellowed out, bringing the stun baton to the fence. It created a loud CRACK due to the electric shock. Jeongin yelped and jumped backward.Â
âKeep going, Innie,â you tried to calm him down. âItâs ok, Iâm going to be right behind you.â
âKeep moving,â another man on Jeonginâs side commanded as he shoved Jeongin forward.Â
Jeongin hesitantly nodded as walked down the path created by stacks of large metal storage crates on either side. He occasionally looked back at you, but the man kept shoving him forward. His heart beat rapidly as his chest constricted painfully from fear and a lump formed in his throat.Â
Jeongin finds himself before a large and wooden gate, a dark oak of sorts that contrasted the various shades of gray surrounding it. The door looked extremely heavy, but the man pulled it open with little effort with one arm and the other gripping Jeonginâs upper arm harshly probably bruising the soft flesh. The man threw Jeongin past the gate as Jeongin fell on the dirt floor with the gate closing behind him. Jeongin fell ungracefully on the floor, his hood fell off during the fall as his white hoodie became brown and dusty from the dirt.Â
Jeongin looked up remaining on the ground. He finds himself at a second checkpoint of sorts. He noticed several people pushing up against each other as the overseers and guards come and attempt further separation to only allow in the most useful. The useless gets discarded. It so cramped and chaotic with all the pushing and pulling that someone actually tripped over Jeonginâs sprawled body. Jeongin quickly stood up and repeatedly bowed, apologizing profusely.Â
âStupid kid,â the fallen man growled out.
âIâm sorry,â Jeongin squeaked as the man trudged away with a disapproving and disgusted grunt. Â
Jeongin quickly backed off to an empty spot along the wall. Jeongin hid his face within his hood as he looked down fiddling with his sweater paws. Jeongin had a tight grip on his bottom lip in between his teeth as he tried to hold back his tears. His heart dropped down to his stomach as panic wracked his body. He was alone in a strange place full of scary people and violence. He wanted, no he needed you as he whimpered. Being in your arms was like medicine, your warmth chased all his maladies away and it felt like the world was disappearing around him as he felt safe and secure in your warm embrace.
His thoughts of you were interrupted by a hand firmly latching on his forearm. Reflexively, Jeongin burst into screams as the dam he put up to hold back his tears burst open and tears flowed down his face freely. Jeongin struggled against the grip as his free hand attempted to pray away the fingers that was holding onto him.Â
âInnie! Innie, Innie. Itâs ok. Innie, itâs me,â the voice called out soothing the frightened boy.Â
âNoona/Hyung?â Jeongin whimpered sniffling as he looked up to the familiar voice.
âIâm here, Innie,â you smiled gently. âIâm right here.â
Jeongin ran into your outstretched arms wrapping his around your frame as he sobbed into your neck. You rubbed circles on his back to calm down your baby brother. You pulled back slightly to cup Jeonginâs face. You looked deep into his glossy red puffy eyes,
âStay strong, baby, ok?â you whispered. âWeâre almost there, Innie, ok?â
Jeongin sniffled nodding into your hands as he wiped his snot away with his sleeve.Â
âCome on, we need to head through that gate,â you reached out for his hand intertwining your fingers with his.
âI know, baby,â you caressed his cheek.
âI donât want to die.â
âIâm not going to let that happen, Innie,â you lifted up your pinky. âI promise.â
Jeongin nodded linking his pinky with yours.
âThere,â you pointed out to the open gate where theyâre allowing people in.
âLead the way, Jeongin,â you whispered to him.
Jeongin nodded in understanding. His tall figure could easily push past people while your smaller frame can stay close behind him. Jeongin gulped as he began pushing past the people. His ears felt clogged as the loud screaming and protest seemed so far away as the open gate leading into the district seemed to glow as if itâs the gates of heaven.Â
âKeep going, Innie,â your voice called out. âIâm right behind you.â
Jeongin could single out your voice from the crowd as it calmed his racing heart. Jeongin yelped in fear as a gunshot rang throughout the air, Jeongin froze at the sight of the overseers who were pulling aside people at random and shooting them between the eyes.
âDonât look, Innie! Just keep going,â you pushed him forward towards the gate away from the scene.
His heart was racing once more as adrenaline pulsed through his veins. He grabbed and pulled at the people before him and shoving them out of the way as Jeongin continue to press forward towards the gate. He ignored their cries, the gunshots, the screams, ignoring everything.
âDonât stop, Innie. Donât stop!â your voice gave him the confidence and adrenaline rush to keep pushing past the people and swallowing his fear.
Jeonginâs heart would skip a beat whenever an overseer would get too close to him. The guards would grab a person next to Jeongin, in front, behind and even those Jeongin shoved aside. With tears flowing down his face, he pushed for the open gate ignoring the many people pushing him with the same goal. He was so close. He was so very close. Once heâs through the gate, heâll be safe.
Jeongin failed to notice that within the chaos, he had been separated from his noona/hyung.
Jeongin exclaimed happily as he was practically home free past the gate. He sprinted down the street as far from the gate as he can as he ducked behind a corner and celebrated with a bright smile.
âWe did it! Noona/Hyung! We made...â Jeongin trailed off turning around not seeing you behind him.Â
âNoona/Hyung?â Jeonginâs voice cracked.
âNOONA/HYUNG!â he screamed out running back towards the gate. The many people barreling in tried to push past him and even grabbing him to prevent him from re-entering the chaos in the checkpoint. Jeongin sobbed as he tossed aside their hands.
âNoona/Hyung!â Jeongin called out as the familiar fear and panic settled back in.
âHas anyone seen my Noona/Hyung?â Jeongin wailed as the people tried to push past him.
They all gazed at him in pity understanding his pain of separation, they too lost someone close to them amidst the chaos. No one could provide aid, nor did they want to. They had to fight for their own survival. After all, it was every man for themselves.
âPlease,â Jeongin sobbed pulling at peopleâs hoods trying to find the familiar face.
Outside the gate, at the checkpoint,
Screams and wails were heard echoing as people were pulled aside being gunned down.
On the cold dirt ground, that is rapidly being tainted and painted red,
You lie there, along with many others,
With hooded eyes and a slack jaw
With a singular bullet hole shot straight in between your eyes.