𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋 | 𝑨𝑶𝑼𝑨𝑫

19 | I love you

"We can't wait any longer. Walk past him as carefully as possible, I'll do what I can from here," Su-hyeok said.

I took a hold of Si-Mi and Nam-ra's hand as tight as I can, I don't know but I'm scared.

"Don't let go, please. This is bad," I whispered to the both of them,

"Did you see something?" Nam-ra asked, but I shake my head as a no.

"Nothing to worry then. It'll be alright, we'll live I promise," my best friend smiled but it was more like she's convincing herself.

Dae-su went out first followed by Hyo-ryeong, Gyeong-su, Ms. Park, Na-yeon, On-jo, Ji-min, Nam-ra, Si-Mi, me, Wu-jin, Joon-yeong and lastly Su-hyeok. But the guy with us dropped something that echoes from the ground and it sounds metallic but Wu-jin held it in place. Just by coming out of the room made our breathings painfully slow but after that thing fell...we completely held it in, afraid that even just breathing would lead us to our death. My grasp on Si-Mi's hand got more tighter, our knuckles turning white, just to make sure we wouldn't let go of each other like some gorilla glue was applied between us.

"Run!"

When the zombied man turned around to face the source of the sound- which is on us, it attacked as we run for our dear lives. Running upstairs and the surrounding is dead ass gross of course, there's an apocalypse happening. Bloods littered the structure inside together with the bodies lying around, there are even bloody beings stuck on the railings of the stairs.

Eww sht! Body parts on the floor and stair steps revealing the human meat.

Si-Mi and I are running side by side when Na-yeon tripped infront of us but because I've got no time to laugh, we helped her. Na-yeon's eyes grew bigger maybe because she was surprised we're here to help her- or so we thought. She pushed the two of us backwards as we fell on our butt and she began scurrying away from us.

"AAHHH! JAE-WON R-RUN!" Si-Mi yelled from behind and there I saw her fighting off the zombie whom got her strangled to the floor.

"You bitch! Get off her! Don't even think about besmirching her!" I yelled through the struggle on getting this giant zombie man off her. You stinky thing damn strong!

Si-Mi continue to scream until I hear her scream in agony as she whimpers, when the man let go of her and decided to push me down next to Si-Mi as I tried pushing him off me.

"No!! Fck!!" I cried not because I was being attacked of a zombie on the floor but because when I looked beside me, my best friend is getting weaker and weaker and when our eyes met it shattered my heart into millions of pieces, she's crying and tried to get her self up to help me but to no avail. Still pushing this heavy beast off until someone's footsteps echoes through the stairs, it stopped and the heavyweight slowly went away from my arms and the growling stops.

Third Person's POV

"G-Gwinam..." She panted and saw him all bloodied with a bloody sharp metal in hand,

"That's right. Glad you still know, are you okay?" he helped her got up as she nod but quickly removed her eyes on him as it landed on her best friend's figure on the ground. Footsteps were heard once again but didn't paid any attention to it.

"Get away from her!" she heard Su-hyeok's shout from behind as she brings Si-Mi's figure on her lap caressing her cheeks. As Si-Mi lifts her left arm to caress her cheeks too, she saw a bite mark where blood flows out from it.

"No....no," her lips quivers as the warm liquid tickles her skin till it dropped on Si-Mi's flawless face, her usual sparkling eyes and cheerful demeanor had vanished and replaced by pain, sadness, and frightened expression but managed to smile for the last time and this isn't the smile Jae-won wanted to see, that's not how her best friend usually smiles.

"Shh... Live. Get out of here and c-continue....you....understand?" Si-Mi stutters while she wipes the whimpering Jae-won's tears that doesn't stop rolling even how many times she wiped it.

"Also...for the last time I'm telling you. To confess before it's late," they both chuckles remembering how Si-Mi always teases her to confess,

She can hear the two guys from behind fighting based on the sound of what she guessed were punches, strikes and groans, she was worried but chose to prioritize her almost lifeless body of her best friend.

Su-hyeok punched Gwi-nam three times but fell to the ground when Gwi-nam elbowed him on the stomach. Su-hyeok regained his posture quick and kicked the guy with white jacket on the leg but because of Gwi-nam's strength both of them were pulled down to the floor. It was even more dangerous because Gwi-nam has a knife and anytime he could use it to Su-hyeok.

"Miyah... It's gonna be a-alright. Just...just like what you said," the girl seated on the floor cried as she wrapped her arms on the girls upper figure and bring it closer to hug her.

"Leave," her shivering voice weakly whispered to her,

"I... I can't. You promised!"

"I know, I'm sorry, so sorry. Run as f-fast as you can. You gotta live. Promise me,"

"How can I-"

"Go. Now. I don't wanna hurt y-you," she continues to cry as she stutters,

Jae-won's arm supports Si-Mi's back lying down as her other hand cups her face. Her fingers begin to twitch but she took lots of effort to endure the pain on her head and from her scrunching joints. Red veins crawling on her sclera and turning to bloodshot colored just like what those beings has. No she's not a monster.

"No. You won't. You're not like them," her tears blurring her vision, but it feels like she's convincing herself more.

Her breathings are shallow because of the feeling of her heart being clenched inside her chest making it hard for her to breathe.

"Si-Mi, I love you. Fck, why did I only say that now," she regrets saying those three words to her face for the first time and she knew this is gonna be the last time too, making her guilt grow bigger,

"And I love you too, my bestie. Don't... Don't worry, I know all a-along. Don't have to say it," she smiled through the pain for the last time and Jae-won gave her a kiss on the forehead before the virus completely took over her system. She turned but Jae-won wasn't scared, she's her best friend after all.

"A-Ahh, it's... it's okay, Miyah," she whimpers her back pressed on the wall, keeps repeating words that it's gonna be okay as the girl was still on her lap but her upper body moves before she dug her teeth on the girl's neck. Instead of throwing her off, Jae-won intertwined their fingers together while she caresses the lass's red silky long hair with the other hand. She stopped crying but a tear rolls down from her eyes not because of the pain on her neck but because of her aching broken heart.

She knew if Si-Mi can see this, if she's watching somewhere, she would be mad and nag at her for letting her body that was being controlled by the virus bite her. The thought made her chuckle.