Dead or Alive

24: At a Loss

No one wanted to speak.

The atmosphere was heavy, crushing all of their souls.

In the fields, they tried to give Yunho a proper funeral. While they couldn't waste their energy digging a hole, they did their best trying to make the surrounding area a nice resting place. The grass is a decent shade of green, and smaller flowers were picked to place around the corpse. The sun was blocked by the clouds, yet the heat is still prominent. It was a painstaking process for many reasons.

Even if majority of the group didn't know Yunho personally, this was still difficult to bare. Especially seeing how affected Mingi is by what happened, again most of them hardy know this person yet they couldn't feel anything other than sympathy. A loss is still a loss.

In the distance, the cities silhouette could be seen. The sky high buildings looked depressing from afar, it was even harder to look at knowing the nightmares that lie within. Along the road, zombies could be spotted, heading in their direction in as a hoard. While they were miles ahead, it was concerning nonetheless.

The sight of the gaping hole in Yunho's chest is something stained in all of their minds. His heart used to be in that spot, and now it was completely see through, they could see inside of Yunho's body. Someone had found an extremely light blanket to place over the body out of respect.

Many tears were shed.

"Wi-will he be okay?" Xion moved away from the burial area to the van where Ravn stood. His voice cracked and his hand moved up to wipe away remaining tears from his face.

"Mingi?" Ravn asked to confirm, getting a nod from Xion. They both stood looking at the taller male who was kneeling on the ground crying over the corpse. "It'll be difficult for now, but I think...I hope he will be fine. He's a tough guy, but Yunho and him were extremely close from what I could tell. To put it in your perspective, it would be like loosing Leedo."

"It just, it happened so fast." Xion muttered, moving his eyes away to the ground. "I didn't...I don't know."

"What?" Ravn tore his gaze away as well, looking at the youngest. "Say whatever you were going to say."

"I was naive I guess." Xion lightheartedly chuckled, his tone was still bland though. "I didn't think people could die so fast. And I guess I never thought I'd witness someone dying, even in this situation."

Ravn pulled Xion into a hug, pressing the younger sternly into his body. Xion cried into Ravn's shoulder for a few minutes before he pulled away. The youngest wiped away his tears again, getting surprised when he felt familiar arms wrap around him from behind. Leedo rested his head on Xion's shoulder.

Almost everyone had dispersed and made their way back to the van. Yeosang and Mingi remained by the corpse for some time before Yeosang pulled the giant away. They said their goodbyes, it would only be worse for them if they stayed there any longer.

"We should all have some water and rehydrate, and probably eat as well." Ravn spoke aloud for everyone to hear, glancing at the former gang members hesitantly.

"We should probably start moving as well, that hoard could catch up soon." Leedo added, detaching himself from Xion and looking over in the direction they came from the night before.

"I'll drive." Yeosang lifted his head up high and was obviously trying to stay strong, his voice very raspy.

"It's fine I can." Ravn objected with a sigh. "I don't think you or Mingi are in the right state of mind to drive, so it's fine."

"You aren't physically well enough to drive." Yeosang argued, though he didn't raise his voice. "At least have Leedo drive instead if it isn't me."