LOVE + LAST= a soulmate. || rua

Warmth | pt.2

"AAH!"

The girl shrieked and accidentally let go of her flashlight. She raised up the bat in attempt of knock him out.

When she saw him flinch and closed his eyes then blocked his face in case she really hit him with the bat.

Ryujin examined his face while tightly gripping the bat above her head.

His face and hands shows his pale and discolored skin. He has non-human like blue eyes with dark eyebags around it. You can see how messy his hair is under the hood.

Her gaze went down to his body and saw that his shirt was stained with some things that looks like smoke stains. His hoodie was full of dirt. His pants was somehow ripped and burnt.

She did notice that he doesn't have blood all over his body.

She raised her brows, shock still evident in her face and looked at his face.

"Um." She started.

The boy looked at her with a straight face wearing innocent eyes despite looking like he just came back alive from the dead-

Ryujin breathed heavily while they had a little staring contest until she broke it.

She gulped as she slowly let go of the bat and and held it by her side when she realizes that the latter wasn't attacking her.

He's a zombie, Ryujin. What are you doing?

Her eyes went back to him and saw him fiddling his fingers.

But he looks safe?

She shook off her thoughts and cleared her throat.

The boy looked at her and tilted his head slowly.

"How did you...um get in here?" She stuttered and pursed her lips.

He blinked his eyes and stared at her.

"So, you're not gonna hurt me. Right?" She asked again and swayed in nervousness.

"Urgh..argh..ughhr" He groaned that made Ryujin step back.

"What is that suppose to mean?" She shielded herself with her hands.

He looked up to ceiling and to the floor then to the side then looked back at her.

Easily dazed and confused.

But what surprised Ryujin was when he slowly shook his head.

She nodded as slow as how he shook his head to match the vibe.

"O..kay. That's nice to hear- see then." Ryujin corrected herself.

"So you understand me..." Ryujin held her chin and thought for a bit.

"Can you walk?" She asked as he looked at his body.

He gently tried to stand up and held the barrel for support. But to his dismay, the barrel slid as he let go of the grip that resulted him to fall down to his face.

Ryujin slapped a hand over her mouth when she saw him froze with his face still on the ground.

"A-are you okay?" She said trying to not let any chuckle slip out of her mouth.

He used his strength lift his face off the ground as you can hear his bones crack.

"You need help?" Ryujin snorted to keep her laugh.

She watched him struggle to help himself stand up and Ryujin can't handle the sight of him struggling for 3 minutes already.

Ryujin slowly walked towards him as he flinched from the sudden action and backed off when she came near.

"I'm not gonna hurt you. I'll help you stand up." She explained and held his arm.

She can't feel how cold his body was since he's wearing a thick hoodie but she sure felt the chills when their hands accidentally brushed with each other.

Ryujin succeeded making him stand up but he was still kinda wobbly and Ryujin was on his side for support.

She slowly let go of him and finally he stood up straight and looked at her.

The first thoughts that came in her mind is that he is TALL. It's not like it is the first time she saw someone this tall but judging on how he behaved earlier, it was the opposite on what she expected.

Ryujin saw how his hood fell from his head. She took this chance to see what he really looks like.

He has black long hair with see through bangs. A pointy nose, plump and pale lips, long eyelashes, pretty-shaped eyebrows, and semi-big eyes.

He felt her stares and brought his hands up to check his head. He felt the hood went off and quickly put it back on.

Ryujin can't help but to be curious on what his name was. But knowing he's a zombie, he can't talk.

Her eyes shifted to the embroidery of his hoodie by the hood that she didn't noticed before.

"Is your name Choi?" Ryujin said.

He looked at her and scrunched his eyebrows. He nodded then later on, shook his head.

Now, its time for Ryujin to scruch her eyebrows. "You nodded then..." She shook her head imitating him with a confused face.

The latter let out a small groan and made a thin smile. But it disappeared in a flash.

Ryujin hesitated to say it. "I'm just gonna call you Choi."

She snapped her fingers and started walking around the cabin while Choi stayed standing and watch her ponder.

"It stopped raining." Ryujin said taking a peek at the window.

She turned around and looked at him. "Choi, do you want to take a walk?"

Ryujin peeked outside the door to check if there are zombies around and opened it slightly when its all clear.

"You see that place?"

Choi scooted closer to the door and went out on his own.

"Hey." Ryujin whisper-shouted.

He turned around and looked at her.

"I haven't even explained it to you yet." She tsked. "You see that place over there? That's a store with so many foods. And me." She pointed at her stomach. "I'm hungry. And I need food."

"You know like nyam nyam?" She made a munching sound as Choi looked at her weirdly.

Suddenly, it started raining again. The two watched the skies roar while the lightning thundered.

"Hey-"

Choi groaned and forced himself through the door and ran back to the place where he was hiding earlier.

"What happened to him?" Ryujin closed the door and locked it. She walked towards Choi and found him cuddling himself at the corners.

"Are you okay?" She asked hesitantly.

"Urrghh..uRgH.."

The only response she gets...as always.

Ryujin tried to stay up all night to look out for Choi since she still doesn't trust him that much.

The thought of him being a zombie flew out of her mind and waited for him to fall asleep. Watching him stare at nothing for hours and eventually, Ryujin got tired and fell deep into slumber.

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