𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐋 ─ all of us are dead

𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦

Rosie knew it was a bad idea the moment On-jo said it. Rosie knew it wouldn't be easy, she knew the faults in the plan. Come on, she was out for much longer than any of them were. It made sense that she knew how things could go wrong. She should've said something, right? She should've told them how stupid the idea was; that it wasn't thought through completely.

Well, she did.

But not all of them seemed to listen. On-jo was bitter that Rosie didn't help them set up the things and was just pointing out the flaws of the plan. She shut down the things Rosie said, claiming her to be paranoid. The others agreed with On-jo and let it go, they didn't bother listening to Rosie explaining them how things could go wrong.

It's true: people never think properly when they're scared.

Now Rosie stood with her back pressed against the many benches while the swarm of zombies snarled and groaned, aggressively trying to make their way to the group of teenagers who were still human. Rosie didn't resist the urge to shout, "I told you so!"

"Now's not the time, Rose," Suhyeok shot back.

"Not my mistake you dumbfucks decided to listen to someone who's not mentally stable," Rosie shrugged. She ignored the shocked looks that she was receiving. Of course they didn't know that she could be very mean when she wanted to be.

"Rose," Suhyeok said in a warning tone. She immediately shut up, knowing that he was indeed right. Now was not the time to be passing comments when she could easily ruin her entire life with just one bite that she'd get from the zombies if she was distracted.

Gyeong-su still couldn't exactly think straight after the last thing that Rosie said to him. As creepy as it sounded, he had thought about it many times at night. He really wished it would come true. Snap out of it, Gyeong-su. Snapping out of his initial thoughts, he pressed his face against the glass through which he could see the outside of the classroom. There was still a man – zombie – out there who seemed rather stupid. Stupider than the rest of his kind.

"We can go," Gyeong-su spoke up, "It's just one zombie continuously hitting his head on the wall, and he's not even looking in our direction."

"No," Cheongsan refused. "We don't want even one of it in our way. We have to be careful."

"Yeah, okay, but if we don't get out right now, we won't be making our way out of this classroom alive!" Rosie exclaimed. "So stop this fucking bullshit and let's go. Like Gyeong-su just informed, there is one only zombie out there who isn't even looking here. We can go out and go to the rooftop. It'll be okay – well, only if someone decides to not do anything stupid or mention crazy-ass, stupid, suicidal plans again!"

The last part was targeted directly at On-jo, and Rosie made it clear by glaring heatedly at the said girl. Not wanting to receive another threat or insult from the same girl again, On-jo nodded her head meekly.

"Let's go!" Woo-jin said, making his way towards the door.

One by one, all of them made their way out of the classroom except Dae-su, Gyeong-su, and Rosie.

"Go," Rosie told Gyeong-su gently, "I'll be right there with you. Until and after we get out of this hellhole."

"Promise?" he asked hesitantly, afraid to leave her alone. It seemed to him that she never cared enough about her life, always giving others the chance to run and get away with all the danger they were facing. She always put herself in danger for the others, and he hated it.

"I promise," she smiled softly. He casted her one last look before leaving the classroom.

Oh only if they knew how things don't always go according to how they plan them to.