another version of me | all of us are dead (completed)

chapter 15 - another sacrifice

- y/n's pov -

nam ra's whining in pain while gwi nam trembles at the same time. i use this moment to ventured myself to grab the back collar of his jacket, pull him closer and stab him right in the lower stomach before pushing him off of the balcony we are on. i heard mi jin gasps and made me turned my head immediately to her. she have that speechless face shown.

he's most likely be dead. but that is not what's important right now. cheong san is biten and we can't do anything about it.

i move forward to the boy that's now looking down on his wound. i took his hand closer to me with my eyebrows creased in worry following after. he was zoning out before harshly pulling his hand off of my grip and backing away.

i heard light footsteps from behind me and it's on jo approaching cheong san. "it's okay--it's not what you think, it's okay." she convinced him knowing that he's infected. he kept backing away, "don't do that. i said it's okay." i back off slowly with a frown while the girl walks to him even closer. on jo began to sob. "you'll be fine." it's almost like she's cheering herself up and that made me shed a tear.

"on jo--no one will die today." cheong san finally spoke out. "don't say anything. let's talk tomorrow, okay?" he's silent to her response before ripping off his own name tag sewed on his school vest and hand it to on jo. she took it a moment later, "hold onto it," he reached his right pocket "and i'll hold onto this." his voice slightly cracked when he shows on jo her name tag on his hand.

i always know they have something for eachother and they really did. but i never expect i would find it out in this way. they exhanged name tags in such a devastating way, that's what i meant.

cheong san's done too much for all of us and this is how it went for him.

at the time i got out of my thoughts, i saw cheong san leaning in to on jo for a soft genuine kiss, making me shiver to the feeling that this might be the wistful thing i've ever seen.

he pulled off before turning back, wanting to go back into the building but he stopped himself. turning around to on jo and hugged her for probably the last time ever. everyone is silent but i can surely hear a few sobs coming out of their lips including on jo's. i can see from the edge of my eye that mi jin is looking at me in concern. she knows that it's obviously from what we are seeing in front of us right now.

i feel her reaching my hand to hold it as tight as she can, hoping it would help at some way. i took a quick glance at our hands grasping eachother and back to the embraced juniors ahead of us.

i saw them both still crying in their locked arms before cheong san loosen his hold on her and swiftly pushes her away to us, precisely to su hyeok. "su hyeok, go to the first floor." said cheong san before jumping into the building through the same window from earlier. "cheong san!" it seems like the boy is going for the first plan he suggested to us a few hours ago.

"hey! come get me, all of you!" his yell are clearly heard from here and that made on jo cry even more.

"today, i am--the happiest guy in this school."

groans from zombies started to be heard from every way possible even though we can't see a thing from here.

mi jin let go of my hand before she slowly walks to the window and checking the situation inside. "y/n, ha ri. let's go." i looked at zoned out on jo before saying "we need to go." in the calmest way ever just to get no response back from her. i felt so bad for the girl.

i shake the thoughts out of me when i decided to help mi jin climb back inside.

she then set the bench for others to step on. "cmon y/n." she took my left hand when my right one holding the brick wall. i climbed over the window, stepped down the ground and help the girl behind me. "can you climb over?" asked mi jin while i took on jo's hand to help her. "careful. step down." i never knew she would be this caring, or never exactly realized.

within a few seconds, everyone climbed over. we started to run our way, finding the exit out of this building. still slightly hearing cheong san distracting all the zombies just for us to escape.

we hurriedly walk down the stairs. "hurry up!" i almost tripped down the stairs before mi jin reflexively grabbed my hand, prevent me from falling before i could even feel the tingling sensation from it.

"be careful. let's go." she still have her handgrip on my hand but letting go of it seconds later to hold the plastic curtain over the exit and following out after.

the fences around this building are seen and we are just a few inches from the metal door, leading to the woods.

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a/n hello my lovelies, sorry for not updating in 6 days. i still have my exams and maybe most of you too. thank you for still waiting for an update on this book i'm so thankful for that. also, there's not much chemistry between y/n and mi jin in this chapter except for all the holding hands scenes, i personally enjoy writing it and i hope you too. i'm updating the next chapter really soon since tomorrow is friday here!! anyway i appreaciate all the votes and i'll see you on the next chapterr