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After what happened, I take On-jo to a chair that was way more comfortable than the floor and stand beside her, trying my best to calm her down. I can't ignore the pain of losing such a close friend, and the pain of guilt doesn't leave me alone either. I should have taken better care of her. If I had paid more attention, she wouldn't have been bitten. I look to the side and see Cheong-san looking just as guilty as I do, in fact, I know that he's suffering more in his own consciousness. As he was the one who "killed" I-sak. Well, the zombie I-sak.
"Let's go out, we won't last long here" Cheong-san said looking at the window.
"How?" Woo-jin asked.
"The hose from before" He replied looking at Gyeong-su right away. "Gyeong-su, I need you to open the door a little bit, it doesn't have to be much, just enough to get the hose" he said to his friend who seemed to be hesitating.
"Do you think it will work?" Hyo-ryung asked looking at me and Ji-min.
"I don't even know what he wants to do" said Ji-min with a confused expression.
"But one thing is for sure, if we stay here any longer we will surely die" I said making the two girls, and even On-jo look at me. "We're safe for now because they're holding the door. Humans get tired, zombies don't. In other words, if we stay here, we will continue to be trapped in this torturous cycle and we will never feel safe. Until the inevitable time will come where the zombies will enter" I explained making the girls look at each other with fear.
"Help me make the knots" Asked Cheong-san when he managed to get the hose.
"I'll go help him" Said Ji-min getting up and going to him. I watch Gyeong-su, Cheong-san, and Ji-min tie knots in the hose and I understand the plan. I look at On-jo but she doesn't even seem to care that soon we'll be able to get out of here.
"On-jo, get ready. Soon we'll have to get out of here, I know you're not feeling emotinally well, but your well-being is important" I said trying to make her get up.
"I don't want to go" muttered On-jo without moving. "It's all useless, we're all going to die. I've already lost I-sak, it's not worth it anymore" She said with tears in her eyes.
"On-jo, I don't want to say it like this, but... Do you think if I-sak were here she would want you to die?" I asked making her look at me confused. "Do you think I-sak would be happy to know that you gave up on your own life after her death? Look, I know I-sak was a great friend... But she is not the only one. You still have a lot of reasons to go on, so please don't give up now" I kept trying to sound strong and sure of my words. "If you stay here, you'll be giving up on everything you have left. Please On-jo, don't do this to us" I asked holding back tears. There's no doubt in my heart that if she decides to stay here, I won't leave and I'll stay with her until the end. But I can't let her sacrifice herself like that for nothing. "You dying now won't bring I-sak back, but if you live, she will always live on in her memories" I said seeing her get up from the chair she didn't want to leave before. I'm terrible at monologues, I hope I at least managed to get her to stop having this idiotic idea of staying here.
