All Of Us Are Dead

Part 16

 I walked down the cold street, arms wrapped around my body as tightly as possible to protect my already freezing body from the temperature that decided to come at me with readied fists.  I could feel myself beginning to fully slip away from the humanity that still rested in my body, not a lot.. but enough to keep me human for a while longer.

I marched quietly down the sidewalk, humming softly before stopping and picking up a blue bike that was laying on the sidewalk. Sighing, I sat myself on top of the seat and began peddling silently, enjoying the silence that lingered around aside from the growls and hisses that came from nowhere, due to the sound of the bike. I looked around while I drove around, acknowledging the crashed cars and dead bodies that littered the roads and grassy yards around me.

My head was beginning to hurt more and more, but I pushed it all away so I could have one more amazing moment before I lost it all. I thought about Cheong-san and what he would be doing when he made it to safety, would he move on or would he hate me for sneaking away whilst no one was looking, aside from Nam-ra, who helped me out the window while everyone talked about a plan to get to the top of the roof to call for help.

I thought about the moment Cheong-san and I both shared in that closet and how much it meant to be. The three words we both spoke to each other right after, acting like nothing in the world could hurt us at all after we said them.. if only that were possible. 

Quickly and carefully, I took a turn around a corner and began going through an alley that was littered with more bodies and trash, then took another turn towards an open area where restaurants and shops sat, along with some houses.

One of them being mine and my brother's home to be exact. I smiled and got off the bike once it stopped, tossing it to the ground before taking off towards the stairs that led me to my house, with a huge smile on my pale face that now had veins running through it.

After i made it to the top, i walked towards where the front door was, grabbing the handle and pushing it downwards to see that it was unlocked. I took in a deep breath and then pushed it open to see that my home was the same as when I had left. 

My eyes filled with tears whilst I pushed myself inside, sniffling at the memories that filled my head after feeling like they had all disappeared. I walked over to my couch where some picture frames rested on a wooden shelf above it, displaying my once happy family before all of this started.

I felt the tears fall from my eyes and down my cheeks, making me quickly lift my hand to wipe them away, sniffling a bit more as I did so before dropping my hands and turning towards the hall where our rooms were located. I let out a breath, then began walking that way, preparing myself for the feelings that I was about to feel once I reached where I wanted to go.

My legs pushed me further and further until I was in front of a familiar door, my brother's door to be more specific. "Gyeong-su..", i muttered, running my finger over the door frame where his height was labeled, the same as mine on the door in front of his. I pushed the door open to see his room the same way he left it when he went to school that morning. 

His bed messy from waking up that night and coming to my room because of a nightmare he had. His laptop still open since he had some school work that needed to be turned in online, even though he didn't like turning it online so he never did it. I walked in with a big smile on my face before my neck cracked loudly, making me wince and bring my hand up to it to rub it slightly. 

I walked over towards his closet, ignoring the pain that was beginning to fill my body as I pulled open the closet door, then bending down to pick up a stuffed frog that I had won for him at a fair that was in town one time before standing straight up, only for another crunch to fill the room, this time it was my back. 

I cried out and slouched down a bit in pain before forcing myself up. I turned my body around and walked over to Gyeong-su's bed, then walked over, slowly moving myself on top of his bed, breathing in his scent that still lingered around on his pillows and blankets while I held the frog in my arms, crying silently as I knew what was about to happen to me. 

I didn't have any regrets.. in fact, It was the total opposite. My life was amazing aside from this virus outbreak. I confessed to the boy I loved and was able to create more friends.. and now I'm gonna go home. I pulled the frog tighter to my chest, sobbing quietly into my brother's pillow as a warm liquid trickled down my nose and onto my lips, before another crunch was heard, sending my eyes into my head in pain.

The frog dropped to the floor as my arms began crunching until finally, it was all over.

My eyes were purely red now and my entire body was pale with purplish veins flowing throughout it. She was gone.

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CHEONG-SAN'S POV

  "She can't just be gone!", I shouted loudly, ripping the pink paper up that had cursive writing on it. No one spoke as I paced around the room, tears pouring down my cheeks while my mind raced around, trying to understand why she left or how she did it.

After a minute, a soft voice spoke from the other side of the room. 

"Nabi was dying slowly.. she was turning into one of those things so she left and I helped.", Nam-ra spoke loudly, staring down at the ground with teary eyes before tilting her head up while everyone stared at her. My hands shook violently as I stalked towards her, ready to punch her. 

I stopped in front of her, "Where did she go."

She didn't say anything before I raised my fist, ready to throw a punch at her. "She went home.", she stated quietly, sounding upset but also relieved, maybe from the fact that she was safer now?

It felt like I had lost everything all over again before I threw my fist down beside me and brought her into my arms, crying into her shoulder, silently pleading for some sort of help. All I had left of Nabi now, were the memories and her name tag that had a black heart on the other side of it now.

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Okay, so I decided to end the story short because I think that some stories should have a sad ending or something like that because they're always ending in happy endings and stuff like that so, basically she was a hambie, yes but that she was also slowly turning so I just made it where she left and went back to her home in order to protect her friends from her.

I also think it's cute that she thought to save her friends and go back home.

ALSO, I wrote this at 4 o'clock in the morning so it is pretty terrible but I will be going back and editing when I get the chance. I also need some other ideas on what other stories I should do but comment some youtubers or maybe even horror movies? or short shows even because I get so bored of some long stories so quickly. Thank you <3