Not Just A Monster || Sweet Home

3| Found my safe heaven... I think?

( This is Min Soo-Nico )

As I slowly opened my eyes, I felt an overwhelming sense of weakness coursing through my entire body. I tried to move, but my muscles were unresponsive as if they were weighed down by some invisible force. As I tried to sit up, I realized that I was lying in something wet, the coolness of which seeped through my clothes and made my skin prickle with discomfort.

Gasping for air, I drew in deep breaths, as if I had been deprived of oxygen for a long time. The air felt cool but not entirely clean, and I tasted a metallic flavor in my mouth, similar to the one I remembered from my nosebleeds. However, as soon as I tried to breathe again, a sharp pain shot through my chest, making me gasp in agony.

I squeezed my eyes shut, I probably looked like a ghost from how much blood loss I was lying in my puddle. wondering why I didn't die? Maybe It was because I passed the golden hour since I didn't get to turn.

I didn't know how long I was out for but looking towards the building I caught on fire I saw that it was all ablaze. I didn't remember the flashback I had when I fell out of the window. Well, more like I was crashed into it.

I sighed closing my eyes, but then that made me remember the speed monster thinking were that bitch run off too? He's going to get payback if I ever see him again even if I had turned into a monster by that time.

I would have an advantage even though I'm still in the process of monsterization. Thinking of monsters I remembered they were all around here not all but mostly some of them eat people. Like the tongue one that got burnt up. I shivered at the thought. Getting up for the hundredth time today I soon didn't feel any pain. As if it all disappeared.

Inspecting my clothes they were torn and the thread of my sweater was clawed up and stained by the monsters and my blood. I was covered in it from head to toe. And I didn't have any other clothes, to wear in my duffel bag. I was out almost on everything, I needed to repack, real soon. It was around late afternoon judging by the sun.

I still had time to search for the things I needed but not for long, I had to be Conservative. Since I've never been out on a run in the daytime. I walked away from the burning building down the street where the monsters were. The most dangerous ones I studied had to be around somewhere.

Not knowing I had to be careful of my surroundings, seeing cars all banged up with dints in the and the widow's glass shattered some were even flipped upside down.

But the thing that disturbed me the most was dead bodies lying on the ground. The smell was awful knowing they were Decaying their flesh coming off as flies flew around there was no telling what other things lay inside.

It made me want to puke so I turned my head not able to look anymore at the gross sight. My stomach felt nauseated knowing the familiar sensation going up my throat not able to hold it back.

It came up, as it was nothing but water and my stomach lining. I had bent over placing my hands on my knees. Hacking it all up. When I was done I spit the rest of it out as my eyes watered tears rolling down my cheeks.

Wiping them away I stood up straight and moved on, wondering where I was going to sleep for the night. And possibly stay if it wasn't run over with monsters. I forgot about my knife because I couldn't find it anywhere when I first woke up. So I was defenseless if I had to run up one, which wasn't good.

As I heard growling, and other inhuman noises. Some of the monsters talked but just only a few words. They would repeat it in a low tone dragging out the last Syllable. Sounding like a snake, I scratched my face as it felt itchy. Ash and dried blood were caked up on it and got down to my nails. Not that I cared I wasn't a nail girl.

It would be nice if I had a shower, a cold one I imagined scrubbing off all this nasty mess off my tan skin. I haven't had one in a while. I thought as I was up ahead going to the Convenience store I always went to at night. It was seven-eleven, before going in I checked through the windows to make sure nothing was in there.

I waited but didn't see anything out of the ordinary not like there was much of normal anymore. I opened the door as the bell rang above me. I cringed at the loud sound. If there weren't any monsters around they would be now. Searching down The isles of different Varieties of snack food. I picked out most of the stuff that was in plastic bags not caring if there were expired.

Some of my favorites were kimchi instant noodles, triangle Kimbap, and Pocky of different flavors. I grabbed it all letting it fall into my duffel bag. When I was done with that I went near the Refrigerated section and took all the water and green teas they had seen most of the stuff  With some kind of milk beverage that had Spoiled smelling bad.

I plugged my nose, and also stuffed my drinks in my bag to accept one, and took out a triangle kimbap unwrapping it I sat down and began to chow down on the delicious seaweed rice food.

Then taking a sip of my water, It coded my throat after it was dry and irritated from all the smoke and fumes I inhaled. Relaxing my body I slumped down lying down on one of the shelves that was behind me.

I gazed up ahead looking right outside noticing that building I saw on the rooftop. It looked mostly vacant from what I could tell.  Except for the eye monster but it was probably gone by now.

I had a deep feeling in my gut to go there, I didn't know why. I always looked at the place when I was on the rooftop I had drawled it once without thinking about it. I would stay here but it provided little protection and I could easily be seen I couldn't stay in the back of the store their water probably didn't work half of the Convenience store bathrooms always had something wrong with them.

Deciding on that's where I was going to go because it's better than nothing plus it wasn't that far of a walk I could be there in less than half an hour that being thirty minutes. The sky was beginning to set, it a pinkish-orange color as the clouds grew into a dark purple I wish I had a camera so I could take a pic to see this world still had something beautiful to look at.

I frowned realizing this was actually how the world going to be now people turning into hideous monsters that wanted to terrorize and eat whatever if it had a heartbeat. And it's just not the monsters you have to worry about it's the people. They're probably gangs for those who have survived and killed others for what they have and robbed them of it after they died.

I shook my head in shame but that's what a world like this does to you it changes you for the worse or if you were lucky better if you aren't scared. But if you aren't scared you ain't human. I got that off The Maze Runner a quote from Alby one of my personal favorites.

It's kinda like this world now if you think about it. I don't know why but I kinda laughed knowing something like this wouldn't have ever happened oh the Irony right? I was completely wrong.

I guess karma is a bitch, for thinking that way, signing I ate one more of the first things I gobbled down. I had to stop myself from eating everything before I made myself puke again from not having been eating in a couple of days.

Getting up I took a long sip of my water before putting it back in my bag. Swinging it over my shoulder I gripped the strap as if was a little heavier but not so much that I would have to drag it with my weak ass body.

To green roof apartments, that would be a sight to see. I was kinda Chubby for nineteen years my parents always told me to thin down and stop eating so much but I never listened to them.

They didn't know what it was like to be a severely bullied teenager. Getting called a fat pig and having candy thrown at you in school. But they tried their best to understand and only wanted what was best for me but it wasn't good enough.

But now I regret everything I said to them and everything I did. My lips dowsed into a frown at the memories I began to think I was stuck in my head again letting the memories go I began my way to green roof apartments to see what was in store for me there.