I'd Never Eat Your brain

His Name Is Haruno

His name is Haruno.

But was it really important? The black haired boy was all alone, after all. Surrounded by dead bodies and moving corpses, he didn't care much about who he was. Today, the autumn of 2057 is no different, his task is to move on, look for anything helpful such as food, find some shelter for the night, sleep and then repeat. Haruno didn't have any other goal than to survive. Maybe a year ago he'd hope to find somewhere safe, other people, but after such a long time he lost his hopes for that.

He wasn't always like that, of course not. He had a somehow nice family, the boy just doesn't really remember the calm times, being born maybe two years before this whole apocalypse even began. Haruno entered an old gas station, which was probably plundered, but trying never hurt anyone. As he entered, there was almost nothing left, just as he suspected. The boy still decided to look around for at least some leftovers and that's when he heard a noise of something being dragged.

The seventeen-year-old turned around, but before he could grab the shotgun hung on his shoulder the taller creature jumped straight onto him, making him fall. Haruno didn't scream, he knew better than to do that in such open area, instead he shivered, eyes full with fear. However, slowly it occurred to him that the creature was not attempting to tear him apart and eat his brains out. Weird.

Upon a second glance the creature – no, the man – looked like no ordinary zombie. He looked rather dead, that for sure, but he also didn't. His body had countless scars and seemed to be sewn together in many places, he had a slightly bigger wound on his cheek too. The man's clothes were just a bloody hospital gown. Huh.

The zombie just stared, not really up to move. Or maybe it was thinking? No, they don't think. Before Haruno could question the situation more, the creature spoke up in a rather slow and musky manner. "Gior...no?"

'Giorno'? He's probably Italian, assumed the boy, who slowly calmed down. "No, my name's Haruno." But the zombie ignored it, repeating 'Gio' over and over. The human wanted to complain, but then he saw the creature's leg, more precisely ankle. It was clearly open, almost as if it were hanging on the last piece of skin, which was nothing new for the boy to see. "That probably caused the noise just before you jumped.." mumbled Haruno before gently patting the zombie on the shoulders, trying to signal him to get off of him. "If you comply, I could try to help you with your leg, Mister."

The zombie listened to the command and sat next to Haruno who took his weapon and backpack off of his shoulders, then began to rummage through the bag. After a few seconds he found the object he was looking for – a needle and some thread. He thought about disinfecting it with some rubbing alcohol, but decided not to waste it on something not alive. After threading the needle he began sewing the creature's ankle.
What surprised him was the man's reaction. For being a walking corpse he sure did feel pain, apparently, because the moment he began to sew together it's- his?- leg, he began to squirm in visible discomfort and let out a few 'ouch 's. The bigger issue came just as Haruno started pulling on the thread to close the wound. ...wound.

"Ach! No! Giorno meanie!" cried out the zombie, but the black haired boy was more than used to such situations and kept going. The only reaction from his was a murmured "Haruno, not Giorno".

After cutting off the excess thread, the boy could now look better at the man in front of him. He was bigger than him, that's for sure, but it wasn't very hard with Haruno being so fragile-built. The man's hair was black and curly, his eyes just as black- or maybe just very dark brown. Who knows how they looked like when they were alive. Otherwise the man looked... rather handsome, that was sure. But it wasn't the time for such remarks.

Haruno stood up, taking his bag and weapon back onto his back. The zombie followed quickly and looked at his now-sewn-together leg. He seemed happy when he looked at Haruno with a big grin on his face. "Gio! Good!".