Technological Terror | kim sunwoo

Chapter 16

Sunwoo's body bloomed into stiffness, and so did mine. Our expression had surprise splattered on them, we laggardly backed away, as they outnumbered us. The blonde female took a side glance at me, taking note of the droids nearing our way. "Get in unless you want to be their next test subject." She demanded, not sparing a glance at us anymore. Her followers which were mostly biceped men walked behind her internal of the building. Sunwoo lowered his melee, and so did I. "Let's get inside, even if we get cornered I can work something out." He reassured, motioning me inside from my shoulders.

"For the record, we have no plans to get rid of you, if we wanted to do that we would have done it already." She stated, I could hear a grin in her tone. However, even when she declared peace, Sunwoo refused to break the lock between my hand and his. "All of a sudden?" I dropped a question, my eyebrow was cocked. "I owe you, even if you had done some physical damage to me, I did the same. We were nothing but sheep to him anyways." She grimaced as she spoke, emphasizing the nothing with abhorrence. A grin of mine attempted to announce itself on my lips, to which I held back. Sunwoo acknowledged it, an exhausted smile was implaced on his lips.

"This station is filled with survivors, each one of us work together to find the wanted amount of resources, for example, you, back then. You knew a place of resources, to which we raided by the way. We scavenge everything, even if it will be one percent useful." She explained thoroughly in the lounge, gesticulating with her hands. A thin line was announced on her small, round face. "I apologize for not becoming your guide throughout the station today, but I'm very busy at the moment." She showed her respects, to which I answered with an it's fine. When she turned her heel to leave, I called out with a wait. She hummed, stopping in her tracks. "What's your name?" I asked, she shook her head with a wide grin. "I don't give my name out, if you want to refer to me with a name though, then it would be AX." She waved her fingers, abandoning the room. "She is a leader?" Sunwoo whispered, inclining down with slight amusement. "Her aura is all over the place." I commented on the sharp featured girl with admiration.

In a few seconds, a blonde haired guy with royal blue highlights approached us. "Hey, you, I remember you. You are the pipe girl?" A man no taller than 5'9 asked, he indicated with his index finger at me, seemingly somewhat enthusiastic. "Pipe girl?" Sunwoo relented, his head being cloudy. "The girl back at the subway?" The man specified, asking once more. "Oh, yeah. That was me." I answered his question, to which he tittered to. "That's cool, I'm Eric. I'll be your guide for today." He explained, extending his hand for me to greet, to which I took, a beam blooming on my face. Sunwoo stuffed his pockets with his hand, rolling his orbs.

"This room is specified for scavenging missions alone, see that big screen? This whole thing represents the locations we are approaching in detail." He gesticulated with his arms into how big the screen was, to which I found interesting. "On that table, we determine the approach with the help of... Juyeon.." His tone died out in confusion at the male whom was shedding his machete a bit too aggressively. However, at last, he waved at us. Which seemed somewhat insincere. "Our ammunition, melees, basically all of our defense is in this room right there. The armory. Only certain members can access it, everyone is allowed to access it in emergencies though." Eric explained furthermore, gazing at Sunwoo and I, whom's eyes were all over the place. "Are some members not trusted?" I asked, commenting on the specified members allowed access. Eric shook his head in denial. "It's just that we don't want to waste sacred resources, if we didn't trust eachother we wouldn't be standing here at this moment." Eric answered my question with more detail, to which I slowly nodded to.

"Our next stop is the cafeteria, all of our food sources are here." Eric announced, a smell of freshly baked pastries trickled in my nostrils. "Our professional cook is Sangyeon, he organizes all of our food, including meal times." Sangyeon leaned on the counter, his hands were powdered with flour, his sleeves were rolled and a welcoming smile was planted on his lips. "Hello, I have heard of your arrival, I was baking for today so consider yourself lucky." Sangyeon welcomed us, chuckling at the last sentence. "I'm Y/n, and this is-" Sunwoo cut me off, putting an end to my sentence. "Sunwoo." He dropped his name carelessly, with spiritless eyes that refused to blink. I pressed my lips against eachother, batting my eyelashes a few times. I cleared my throat, Sangyeon seemed somewhat surprised, but he didn't display it. "Hello everyone, I am Sunwoo! Nice to meet you, Sangyeon." I said on behalf of Sunwoo, indicating at him with both of my hands. "What she said." Sunwoo said, gazing at his nails. "Very well, dinner time will be in 30 minutes. Eric, take them to the rest area." Sangyeon nodded for a while before speaking. Eric nodded to his command.

"Your room is located here, room 12." Eric handed Sunwoo the key, before quickly abandoning the floor we were in. Sunwoo let out an enormous sigh, jingling the keys whilst attempted to open the door.

"What are you so annoyed with?" I asked, viewing our shared room, which gave off a vintage vibe. A bed was located in the middle of the room, king sized to be exact. A small window for what I assume is for ventilation above the bed and a sepia light illuminating on the rest of the typically furnished room. "All of them are so annoying, did you see the way they looked at you?" He tossed his bag on the sofa implaced near the bed. "The way they looked at me?" I repeated, not getting what he meant. "Love at first sight written all over their faces, you can't see it, but I do." He spoke with annoyance in his tone, furrowing his eyebrows into a frown. I placed my bag next to his, approaching him. "You're jealous of them?" I asked, dusting off his shoulder, his arms were immediately enrobed around my waist loosely. "What. Am I not allowed to be protective over my girlfriend?" He asked, I inched my face back, astounded. "Girlfriend?" I repeated in astonishment. "Yes, girlfriend. I know you have a thing for me." He lowered his voice, nearing his face. His eyes were locked with mine teasingly. I could sense a tint of red blooming on my cheeks. Sunwoo's smile faded away, his eyes were fixated on my lips and his face was enclosing space filling between us. He implaced his soft, plump lips on mine, brushing tenderly. Flutters dominated my whole body, my arms that were wrapped around his neck stiffened. He parted his lips with mine, yet his forehead remained glued to mine. He fully let go when he planted a peck on my lips.

I coughed, attempting get rid of the redness on my cheek and the embarrassment. "Why do they have one sofa only?" I asked, trying to change the topic, Sunwoo laughed. "Because they know you'll be sitting on my lap or something."