Oh my apocalypse [YiZhanFF]

Part 10: One more day or more

Yibo was thinking all the time how to cheer Zhan up again, because he knew even if Zhan smiled, it was not a real smile. Besides, he also thought about whether it would be better to spend another night in the safety of this building. After all, they had a long exhausting journey ahead of them, with dangers that they could not now foresee.

Zhan was still standing at the window, watching the struggling dying creature. On the one hand, it pleased him to see it die. But on the other hand, its death struggle was just intense to watch. It tortured itself so much that Zhan felt more and more sorry for it. Because finally he also realized that it only did what is in its nature. Eating!

"You Zhan?"

"Yes?"

"I've been thinking, and I think maybe we should stay here another night. With the dying creature out there in the parking lot and not knowing what else we're going to face on the way to that hotel, maybe we should use the time to gather more strength. Maybe more of them are dying right now and we'll be able to drive during the day soon."

"Mhhh, I see what you mean and I think it might be a good idea if we wait it out before we head out. And as long as this thing hasn't died, it may still be dangerous to us."

"So you'd be in favor of that, too? I mean, that we wait at least one more night?"

"At least?"

"Well, one day or more. I don't know. Right now I just think it would be better to wait. And we'll still get to the hotel before everyone else, I'm sure. Because they're only going in stages and in several groups."

"Well, I'd say we'll definitely stay another night and then we'll see tomorrow. You know, even if they die now, it doesn't mean all of them die. They have to reproduce somehow. So surely not all of them will die. I wonder if they give birth like mammals to living babies, or if they build nests and lay eggs."

"True, I hadn't thought of that."

"I think it would have been good if the explorers had looked around these caves first and explored everything before taking these creatures with them. Then maybe we'd know something about their progeny now, too."

"Mhm. Um Zhan? Can we talk about something else?"

"Sure, what do you want to talk about?"

"You've seen the picture of me and Lee."

"Yeah, and?"

"Well, I was with her for eight months. But I don't think I ever loved her. I mean, I'm sure I didn't love her."

"Yibo, why are you telling me this?"

"I don't know. I just want you to know that."

"Mhhh, I see."

"I know it's unfair to her, but when I think about it, then yes, I never loved her." Yibo felt relieved when he said that.

"I know this. I also had a girlfriend that I dated for 1 year and that's even though I never loved her."

"Oh, um, do you want to tell me more about that?"

"No. There's not much to tell. You better tell me how many supplies we have left. So we know how long we can stay here if need be."

"Okay." Yibo replied. He unpacked everything from the backpack and told Zhan that they still had supplies for three days. Zhan nodded and continued to watch the dying creature.

Yibo went into the bathroom and refilled the water bottles. He looked at himself in the mirror again, thinking about Zhan and how much he wanted Zhan to know that he never loved Lee. And if he thought about it right, he'd never had a stronger feeling for anyone else. Until now. Because now whenever he thinks of Zhan or looks at him, his heart beats faster in his chest and there was also this tingling in his stomach. Could it be that he was falling in love with Zhan?