As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you. (Lee Su-hyeok x Reader)

eleven

After some time, we started calming down.

The class sat in groups again. Min-ho and Nam-ra were sitting together in the right back of the room, Cheong-san and On-jo next to them looking out of the window. Me and Su-hyeok were leaning against the shelves and the others were sitting around the table, comforting each other.

Su-hyeok and I didn't speak. We were just sitting together while I played with his fingers.

„I'm sorry."

„For what?"  He asked me confused, his voice sounding quiet and raspy.

„About...",  I stuttered. I didn't want to mention Gyeong-su's name, being scared that it was too soon to speak about it, „you know."

„It's not your fault, Y/N. You shouldn't be sorry."

„It hurts to see my best friend like that. I'm sorry that you lost him. I am so indescribably sorry." I said, our eyes meeting. We held eye contact for a while, as I pulled him in a hug.

I felt his breath starting to get quicker, as I gently stroked his neck.

„Y/N?"

„Yeah?"

„No matter what happens, please don't leave me. Please. Promise me you won't."

„I promise." I quietly answered, as our vision began to light up. Su-hyeok and I stood up and got closer to the window, as I heard a familiar noise... choppers.

* TIME SKIP*

All of us were sitting around the table, except Su-hyeok, Wu-jin and Cheong-san. I sat next to On-jo And Min-ho, when Cheong-san broke the silence between us, „I didn't hear anything." , he said, leaving confusion on our faces.

„I just couldn't hear anything." He went on.

„Like what?" Su-hyeok asked quietly as Cheong-san quickly answered, „What I mean is, after Na-yeon left and miss Park went after her...", he explained as I started to remember the moment Na-yeon went out. I still felt weird about it.

Even though she acted like that and killed Gyeong-su...

What is wrong with me? I shouldn't feel bad.
I thought to myself, as Cheong-san went on explaining.

„I didn't hear anything after that." He finished.

„You mean, screaming?" Su-hyeok questioned again, making the boy nod in response.

I turned my head back around to face the desk, realizing that Cheong-san had a point.

When they left the room it was really silent. No screams, whinings, sobs, nothing.

„Maybe...", Dae-su's voice filled the room, making me look up again, „Maybe they didn't die, then. They wouldn't have been quiet, if some zombies would be ripping their flesh off of them. They must be alive." He remarked, as the whole class turned towards him and looked at him with wide eyes, but no one said anything, but somewhere in me, I knew Dae-su was right.

I glanced down at my feet, thinking about what he said for a moment, when Dae-su sighed lightly, „Why won't you respond? No one ever answers me. I'm talking to myself all the time."

I was about to agree with him but he stubbornly interrupted me, „Forget it."

„You're right.", I now interrupted him, „You know Na-yeon. Do you think she would actually stay quiet? She always screams at every single thing, so the chances of her not screaming while getting bit, is zero.".

„Y/N isright. I couldn't hear anything too." On-jo joined, making more people speak up.

„Me neither. I was scared because I didn't know how I would react if I heard them screaming, but... I didn't hear anything."