The warehouse door was locked from the outside. It didn't look like I could get out until someone came in to 'clean up the warehouse'. My senior and I sat in the corner, avoiding the corpses in the room. I'm glad it's winter now. If it wasn't for that, the warehouse would have been full of insects and smelled of rotting corpses by now.
Even though I wasn't looking at it on purpose, I felt a chill down my spine from time to time. The corpses piled up like oversized waste seemed to reproach me in the dark. Invisible hands tightened my breath. We died unjustly, but why are you still alive? What did we do wrong to die like this? We were just normal college students just like you. We also wanted to get out alive. But why… … .
“Don’t look.”
The senior turned the LED clock that was shining on the warehouse wall this way. The landscape on the other side could not be seen at all. He covered my eyes with his entire palm.
“… … .”
He nodded quietly. I felt good because the big hand that covered my eyes was cold. The old man laid me down. The back of his head touched his hard thighs.
Even after the boiling fever had subsided, I was still weak. My body was tired as if I had suffered a major cold. It would be okay to drink cool water, but since there was no way there would be drinking water in a warehouse that was no different from a morgue, it was a long way off.
when can we get out of here can i go out Wouldn't the person who came in to organize the warehouse try to kill me? It is true that I was bitten by an infected person, but would you believe me if I told you that I was healed again? My mind was complicated.
The old man bowed his upper body. A soft touch touched his lips through the obscured view. Lying on his thighs, his lips intertwined from top to bottom and from bottom to top. Involuntarily, he opened his mouth slightly and licked his lips. There was no particular reason. He licked my lips as if he was waiting for me to come in. His flowing bangs tickled the nape of his neck under his bent chin.
“Huh… … .”
I took off the hand that covered my eyes. But the senior was immovable. Instead of letting go, he quickly stretched out his other arm and patted my body. While we were kissing, a large hand popped into my groin.
"Ugh!"
He groaned and grabbed his arm. The lips fell for a moment. The senior stared down at me from a distance of less than half a span. In the shady darkness, his eyes looked as black as the night sky.
“Come on, old man. Why are you like this all of a sudden?”
“Why? It's because you're cute when you're stretched out like a puppy in heat.”
"yes?"
“How nice it would be if you behave like this normally. huh? Why are your lips twitching when you can’t even wake up because you’re exhausted?”
"That's it, senior... … Because I did it first.”
“What are you doing?”
When I tried to put the words “kiss” or “kiss” with my mouth, I became ashamed again. I've been biting and sucking all over my body, touching it here and there, putting my genitals inside and driving it until I burst out crying... … . Anyway, even though I did everything, it was.
“… … Kiss.”
“Ugh, kiss. right. A kiss is good.”
He chuckled and spit along the childish words I had barely squeezed out. It was obvious he was doing this to make fun of me. It was an indescribable feeling.
“Our Hohyun, did you? Even if you don't have the strength, did you want to kiss me? under… … . What's with all these cute things?"
The thigh I was cutting on twitched and hardened. Something was strange. A lightning-like realization flashed through my brain. I thought I was just lying with my head on the inside of my thigh, but it wasn't my thigh. I was about to get up. But he pressed my forehead hard. I fell back on his thighs.
"Wait. I'll wake up now Aren’t you uncomfortable?”
“Definitely inconvenient. You’re lying on my dick.”
“But why is it getting bigger… … .”
“It can't be helped. because you're screwing How can you be pretty even when you're drooping in pain? It seems like he got stuck until he was exhausted and then collapsed after eating a lot of semen.”
“No, senpai, my God.”
I thought I was crazy. If I was sane, I couldn't have done this. There are dozens of corpses right next to us, and now they've intentionally locked us up, but we don't know when someone else might come in. I desperately made up excuses.
“We can't do this. Someone might open the door and come in.”
“Wow, great. You can go out.”
"That's not it!"
“Other than that, what? Don't like opening the door? You want to hang out here with corpses for the rest of your life? Junior, unlike how you look, your taste is a little bit like a perverted bastard.”
The senior frowned and looked at me as if he were looking at the world's trash. I was at a loss for words.
“I-I mean. Opening the door is nice, I mean, depending on what we're doing when the door is open... … No matter how the situation is, there is something called last shame for me... … .”
“Do you want to be hit and be quiet, or just be quiet?”
“… … I will just be quiet.”
“Only when it’s like this do you talk unnecessarily. When I was biting and sucking and petting her, she just cried.”
The hands that had been quietly rubbing the apron gradually became unscrupulous. The blood rushed and wrapped around the pillar that was gradually beginning to take shape, and rubbed it along the contour of the glans raised above the pants.
"ah… … ah!"
The head was turned sharply. I hated him for calmly kneading mine, so I tried to bite my lip. However, the body kept shaking and shaking, and it was blown away. Suddenly, he bit the nape of his neck with his front teeth.
“Yes.”
he groaned briefly. Startled, he licked his lips. There were faintly published teeth marks over the large scar on his neck.
“Are you sick? I'm sorry."
He giggled and lowered his head a bit. To the height where I, lying on his thighs, could grab his neck with my arms outstretched.
"Nope. give me more Bite me until your flesh tears and bleeds. You can strangle or scratch.”
He took my hand and placed it on his neck. The scar was not much different from other places in terms of texture. But perhaps because of my mood, it felt like the bumpy skin was catching on my fingertips.
“Leave a new scar on this. whatever you want to do I like anything.”
“Why am I hurting you? I do not like it."
Beneath my head, his erect penis grew more ferocious. It couldn't have been like this any longer. I hurriedly got up. But he grabbed me by the shoulders, knocked me down, and pulled me by the waist. We lay on our sides, looking in different directions, tangled together. I could feel the breath of others in my lower abdomen. He undid the front of my trousers and slipped his hand into my underwear.
“Huh, ah… … Because I hate it!”
“Fuck, Jeong Ho-hyun. do you just hate everything Is it all fucked up?”
"yes?"
“Right. You just fucking hate me when you say you hate me. I don't like it even if you give me a lot of love, I don't like it when you pick out the part that you feel good and drive it. Now, even in my dreams, all I can do is cry because I hate you. What is good?”
“I like cultured seniors who choose time and place.”
"yes. Fuck you.”
“… … .”
What I had to say with courage was immediately ignored. It was sad. As the senior asked first. Still, I felt like I needed to correct my mistakes.
“It’s not that I hate seniors. I have never hated seniors.”
"if not?"
He raised his eyes from below and looked at me bitterly.
“Not now. I'm anxious It may sound strange... … . There are other people out there. What if there is an infected person among the corpses over there and you wake up after hearing the sound?”
“Then wash mine.”
"yes?"
The old man lifted his hardened face and smiled.
“If you have a cock in your mouth, you won’t make any strange noises, and that’s fine. yes?"
“What the hell is that… … .”
“Are you going to suck it up? I'll suck yours too."
He lifted me up and put me on top of him. I suddenly buried my face between his thighs. I found out a bit late. This posture right now, the so-called… … . My underwear was dragged down without any time to prepare my heart. The senior rubbed and patted my ass a few times with one hand, and then immediately bit the genitals that drooped between the thighs into his mouth.
"ah!"
His eyes flashed white. The penis was sucked straight into the hot and humid mouth. He murmured his glans, which was still weak and soft.
“Uh, uh, ah, no… … Whoa!”
As soon as a dislike came out of my mouth, I vigorously sucked what the senior was biting. The dent under the glans and the pillars were all scratched on the damp roof of the mouth.
My eyes widened at the sudden stimulation. My legs gave out and I almost fell over on top of him. The liquid must have leaked out, but the senior sucked it up with good taste. Taking another bite, he sharpened his tongue and stabbed his urethral hole.
I put my trembling hand on the front of my senior. He was already very excited. A cock of monstrous size bulged out of the cloth. It was a sight to behold.
How did you unbutton your pants? Zipper, how to get the zipper down... … Oh, I'm going to die like this, I really think I'm going to die. I have no idea... … Stop, senior, keep going. How do you do this, it's crazy, it's going to be cheap. If you pack it now, it will go right into your mouth, but no... … .
I gasped and barely unzipped the zipper. I bit my lip and lowered my head as I thought an unsightly sob would come out. He let out a heavy breath over the tightly protruding drawers. The senior pulled out half of the cock he had been sucking with his mouth full. He smiled softly, biting the glans like candy between his lips. The echo was transmitted through the genitals.
“Hohyeon-ah, no matter how much you like sucking cocks, you have to do what you have to do. Are you worried about making noise?”
The pronunciation was slightly muffled. Even that sounded nasty. I swallowed dry saliva and pulled down his underwear as if possessed.
“Oh… … !”
The thick pillar that was trapped inside bounced up vigorously. If I didn't, I would have been slapped on the cheek by a cock. I held on to the bottom and hesitated. When I saw the real thing, I lost even more confidence. If I asked this, I wonder if my lips would burst and the corners of my mouth would tear. The last time we had sex, it was amazing how well I was.
I'm sorry. The senior took mine back and sucked it up. Even hesitating reason flew away. My eyes were out of focus and I couldn't see straight ahead.
“Ugh… … It’s okay.”
Moaning leaked arbitrarily. If this happened, it would really resonate in the warehouse. He opened his mouth and hurriedly bit the tip of his penis that he was holding with both hands. The injured lip tingled.
I put my head between his firm thighs and licked his genitals clumsily. When I tried to insert it deep, my jaw that was wide open to the limit hurt, and when I tried to suck with a shallow bite, the glans kept scratching my front teeth. I couldn't even dare to suck it up to the pole. No matter how hard I tried, all I had to do was bite the ends and roll them slightly. That alone was difficult.
"town… … .”
I was nauseous and dizzy. It was just to die for. In the middle, whenever the senior sucked my dick hard, he groaned at his own pace. The hand on his thigh trembled. His body kept getting weaker, and later it became a posture as if he was lying on his stomach with his legs spread out.
Senior changed the caress method. While gently licking the glans with the tip of her tongue, she grabbed the pillar with her entire hand and swung it up and down. A tingling sound came from the saliva-soaked genitals. Oh, it was really, really crazy. Regardless of my will, the sound of sobbing kept coming from the other side of my neck. My back and thighs were sore that I felt uneasy.
"ha… … . Our Hyun.”
He suddenly opened his mouth.
“You really can’t wash dirty?”
“… … .”
Tears welled up in regret. The corners of her eyes, which were originally wet, became more swollen. Still, I tried my best. I just wanted to hit them all.
“How are you so small down to your throat? What if my cock gets stuck in your pretty neck and doesn’t come out?”
He muttered to himself and spread my ass apart. I felt an ominous feeling. He pulled the glans out of his mouth and looked around quickly.
“Ugh… … Whoops, whoops! Senior, there, there... … .”
“Why don’t you like it?”
I remembered what the old man had said earlier. Saying I didn't like it again made me feel uncomfortable. I bit my lip while crying. And shook his head slightly. The senior buried his head between my ass as if he was waiting. He licked the hole with his tongue, stabbed and sucked freely, shaking his genitals with his hands.
The inside of the hole gradually got wet. From the bottom of the navel to the hole, the path his cock had pierced became itchy. The inner wall shuddered and contracted at will, and he grabbed the tongue that stabbed the inside.
“Oops! Yeah, yeah... … Black. It's weird there, it's weird... … .”
I even forgot to suck my penis. All I could do was lay on top of him, grunt, and endure the stimulation. Bodily fluid dripped randomly down his chin and chest. I felt ashamed to die.
"No. I can't anymore... … Senior, let me go, Mo, I can't stand it... … please… … iced coffee!"
Instead of listening to me, the senior grabbed my butt even harder and slammed my face into it. I sucked voraciously without covering the scrotum, perineum, or hole. He rubbed it with his tongue and scratched lightly with his front teeth. It occurred to me for a moment that if I did this, I would leave a handprint on my butt. But soon none of that mattered.
“Ahh, huh… … !”
A hot electric current spread out from below. My eyelids trembled. The world is distorted. Ah, ah, ah, ah, a small trembling moan came out. It was like a dying person, and it was also like a person begging to be saved.
I rested my forehead on the senior's thigh. After shaking his back, he was instinctively punched downward. The genitals wriggled loudly once. Semen rushed up through the urethra. He teased my back the entire time I ejaculated. He quickly squeezed his genitals with his hands and squeezed out the semen while poking the hole with his tongue. I thoroughly enjoyed the ruthless climax of my inner walls being tightened without rest.
The mottled vision slowly returned. I looked down with a devastated feeling. The area around the senior's mouth was messed with my semen. It even splashed on the cheeks and around the eyes. A white liquid ran down his chin.
“… … .”
My eyes went dark I wanted to get the whole scene I just watched out of my head. No, I just wanted to turn back time.
The senpai licked the semen from the corner of his mouth. A red-soaked tongue ran over her lips. It was a very sensational sight. Even that wasn't enough, I licked the wet chin and cheeks with my fingers and ate them. I was blown away. hastily ripped him off.
“Are you crazy? Why are you eating it!”
“You can't spit out what you've already swallowed. Since I already ate seaweed, I want to taste it properly.”
"I'm sorry… … .”
"really? I'm really sorry?"
"yes."
“Then turn around.”
The lingering afterglow of the climax did not go away, so I turned my back and picked up my trembling body. Suddenly, a hand reached below the waist. He picked me up and sat me down on top of me. It sat on his thighs and was hugged from behind. I licked it and pushed it up the buttock, which was soaked with genitals. Ugh. He took a short breath.
"senior!"
“I haven’t bought it yet. Is it okay if you are good?”
"Wait… … .”
“Put it in yourself.”
“What, what? job application? Eggs in ramen?”
Terrified, he said anything to escape from reality. The old man giggled as if he couldn't stand it.
“My dick, put yourself in the hole. Because you can't suck your dick, so it doesn't seem like it's going to end if you do it all day like this."
As far as sucking each other... … . It's actually insane though. Anyway, let's concede a hundred steps to that and let's say it's okay. But this wasn't really the case. Stuck in a warehouse full of corpses, trying to even insert teeth.
“Are you going to groan while biting my dick all night, or do you want me to hurry up and finish it?”
Even while desperately rolling her head, the tip of her erect penis menacingly pressed against the closed hole. The muscles at the entrance were tense, as if they were about to open. If this happened, I thought I would be pierced vertically, so I held on to the arm of the senior so that I wouldn't put weight on it.
“Don’t roll your hair again. show it all I’m just thinking of making an excuse and letting go.”
“This is not it. You can't do this here and now. I'd rather go out later... … .”
"later? go out? I don't know. I forgot what later was and what it was once I got out. I think I'm going to die because you're pretty right now, but if it's not now, the opportunity might never come. What should I do?”
“… … .”
"I know that? Earlier, even when you woke up with a fever, before your heart stopped completely, I started thinking about whether I would hold you and fuck you. If you die and come back to life, you'll forget what we did and how cute we cried under me."
I didn't get any answers. The senior hugged me and laughed instead of fiddling with my nipples.
“Why are you so scared, sweetheart? am i disgusted? creepy? Do you think you're crazy?"
I tried to look back at the old man. But he quickly covered my eyes. His vision was blocked by a large hand extending from behind. Does that mean you don't want to know what I'm going to look like?
He grasped his cock, groping his dark eyes. I put the tip of the straight penis into the hole and lowered my buttocks. Of course, it wasn't easy to get in. It was all that the glans had buried in the wet hole and fell. The hard thing pressed on the tender flesh, and it just hurt.
I took a deep breath and tried again. He moved his penis slightly and tried to squeeze the flesh that was somehow intertwined with it. The heat on the back of the neck and cheeks rose from using the dragon. But the body never opened.
“Ugh… … . Whoops, whoops.”
The senior's hand that covered his eyes moved slowly. He brushed his cheeks and the bridge of his nose and went down to cover his mouth. A panting breath lingered between my lips and his palm. I gave strength to the bottom, loosened it, flinched at the hole, and at the end of the effort, the glans went in. The flesh under his eyes trembled. Hehe... … . He swallowed the whining.
I put my weight on it and sat down slowly. A large penis pierced me from bottom to top. Unlike the first time, when it seemed that it would never enter because it was tightly squeezed by the swollen entrance, the second time was a little easier. I could feel the inner wall opening with difficulty and a path opening.
The senior massaged my cock with one hand. A large thing pushed in from below, and it even stimulated the penis that had just ejaculated. It seemed crazy. I cried all the time while putting my genitals in. The genital organ, which had been coming in endlessly, hit the inner wall. A dull pain spread through his intestines.
“… … !”
A silent scream erupted. It was impossible to add more. Either all the organs are pushed up, or the genitals stick out through the belly skin. In the meantime, the weight was still being put on the bottom. The pain was unbearable. He hurriedly tapped the senior's forearm.
“Can I eat more? I'm only half way in now. Our Hyun has a short mouth.”
He let out a moaning sound under the palm that covered his mouth. he let go of his hand The trapped breath exploded.
“I’m dying, ah, shh! Huh, senior... … . No more. I'm really going to die... … .”
“Don’t put any more, honey. try. Then I'll stop."
I didn't have time to fuss over this. I cried and did what he told me to do.
“Don’t add any more, see… … Honey. it hurts, i'm scared The boat is broken.”
"yea, I got it."
He hugged my waist and held me to keep my penis from going any further. Only then did the fear that I might be torn and die a little subsided. Despite the humiliation, my penis stood upright. It was unbelievable.
“Look at this. I just put it in, but it stood up again. How long has it been cheap? How did your body get so dirty?”
He pushed his genitals to the limit and filled his stomach, and he lifted his back. That alone was stimulating enough. Every time the genital organ, which was wrapped in gooey flesh, pricked here and there, my lower stomach rumbled.
"Ahhh… … Hey, uh, yeah.”
“Your cock, it’s gotten darker after it came off once. Originally, it was light pink. Let it go a few more times and it will turn very red. If I suck on the head of my cock, I think juice will come out instead of cum. Pretty."
He wrapped his hand around my glans and, instead of kneading it, admired me as if possessed. The problem was that the contents of the admiration were very crude and perverted.
I sat down on him and groaned. No matter how I put it, I couldn't even move it. Eventually he grabbed my waist with both hands. As if pulling out the penis inside, he lifted it straight up. I could feel the flesh sticking to the pillar and sticking out a bit. However, the penis was tightly caught, so it was not easy to fall out.
“Aren’t you going to bite and let go? Have you tasted the fuck already?”
“Ugh, ah!”
“My junior, I already like eating cock so much, so what are you going to do? huh? I haven’t even hit it a few times.”
His thighs and lower stomach, on which I leaned against, were full of strength. He hit it lightly, knock, knock, knock, as if he was seasoning it a few times, and then raised it in earnest. The body stuck in the genitals vibrated violently. Could it really be that your stomach is pierced like this? I was getting scared. He shrank his leg, which was spread wide on top of his thigh. The senior took a short breath and frowned.
“Don’t cross your legs. It's too tight.”
He grabbed my knees and put them back apart. The muscles in the lower abdomen and groin tightened evenly, making the coming and going of the genitals even more obvious. I was shaken in a mess. Every time the penis thumped the inside, the inner wall shook. I didn't know what to do, so I touched the senior's thigh and then grabbed his arm. She leaned her back against the nape of his neck and chest.
“Stop, senior! Ugh… … Wait."
"why. Fuck me harder? Or should I change my posture?”
“No, no, I don’t think so. I can't do it anymore.”
The old man sighed heavily and looked at me sadly. I was already in a state where normal thinking was impossible. I recklessly hit the floor and crawled in front of Eonggeum Eonggeum. He relentlessly followed me behind me and pulled me up. The prostate was violently mashed. It was almost rice.
“Ah, huh, huh!”
“Look at the whining, all the bastards far out there, listen… … .”
A hand reached out from behind and covered my mouth. The head was bent violently. I was dragged behind and sat on top of my senior. The genitals, which had been almost completely removed, were stuck in the road.
“… … .”
The pleasure I had been holding back exploded. Semen spurted out of his genitals and flooded the air. I held my head up as high as I could, unable to make a sound, and trembled. Under the senior's hand, his mouth trembled helplessly.
“Ugh, fuck you, stop tightening… … I did.”
The senior sharpened his teeth a little. With one hand covering my mouth and the other gripping my waist, I pushed my genitals all the way up to the depths. Inside, the semen gushed out.
“Eup, huh… … It’s okay.”
Caught like prey on a harpoon, I ejaculated forward, receiving his semen intact from the back. Then she cried until her eyelashes were drenched. It seemed that all the moaning that could not come out had turned into tears.
He pulled out his penis before ejaculation was over. In the meantime, the semen dripped down and smeared it all over the buttocks. When the arm he was supporting disappeared, his body leaned forward. He flipped me over and got on top of me. I looked up at the ceiling and lay down right there. A heavy weight rested on his chest. The glistening genitals shoved into his mouth.
“Suck.”
he commanded in a choking voice. I groped forward and desperately grabbed his hardened thigh. I opened my lips wide and bit into the dripping genitals. The thick glans crushed the tongue and roof of the mouth. The fishy smell of semen vibrated in my mouth. I was out of breath.
With one hand on the floor next to me and the other hand holding the base of my penis, I fucked it in my mouth a few times before the senpai pulled out his cock. I thumped my chest and coughed in succession. Before the cough had subsided, my body suddenly came to mind. The senior hugged me and sat me back on top of him. This time it was face-to-face. Before I could resist, I was lifted up and snuggled up on top of my penis, which hadn't waned at all since I had just ejaculated.
“Oops! to senior... … .”
“Yes, junior.”
“Why, why put it in again? You went once before.”
“I wrapped it up once, but it’s a little better. I think I will go in more than before.”
"No. no more going in That belly is ripped.”
"Nope. It came out a bit, but... … . Well, it's okay. I won't tear it up."
The senior gently pressed my lower belly and gave me a gentle force to sit me down. The penis slid against the semen-soaked inner wall.
“Nothing is okay… … Ahhh!"
As it was, I put it in little by little over time, and then I repeated the removal. Unlike before, when he had just rushed at it, he was persistent and coy. I was getting more and more sick to my stomach and I was afraid.
“I can’t, how, how more here. I mean this is the end... … Ugh!"
The penis, which had been pounding on the inner wall persistently, crawled further inside. It was my first time coming here. He stopped breathing and his body stiffened. My eyes had turned white. One beat later, the erogenous sensation wearing the mask of pain suddenly rose.
“Wow, ah, uh, huh!”
The limbs fluttered wildly. I hugged my senior and rubbed my forehead on his shoulder and cried. Breathtaking breaths burst out in succession.
“Look, Hyuna. I went inside.”
“This is strange, I think it is strange… … .”
“You are so cute… … ha. The belly has become convex.”
He gripped his waist with his trembling thighs. It was all smashed on the inside without being able to tell if it was a prostate or anything. It was as if his intestines had melted and adhered to the shape of his cock. A feeling that couldn't tell whether it was ejaculation or urination scratched the inside of her lower abdomen.
He held my back and buttocks and moved a little. Semen was pushed out of the junction with each hit. I breathed in a scruffy breath one after another. I gripped the senior's shoulders so hard that my knuckles turned white, and I endured the feeling of aching all over my body.
The next climax came absurdly quickly. But this time, no semen came out. Was it because I bought it twice before?
“Ugh… … Huh, huh, huh, huh... … .”
I was plagued by a lack of pleasure. Even when he rubbed his erect penis against the senior's stomach, there was no sign of semen coming out. In agony, I was shaking my hips and twisting around and struggling. After that, the voice didn't come out at all.
The senior was also speechless. He gritted his teeth and bit his genitals all the way to the entrance, then pushed it in with all his might, repeating. Then he ejaculated very deep. It felt like semen was sprayed directly on my heart and lungs, dripping, and pooling in my pituitary gland.
He relaxed his arms around me. I collapsed right away and didn't do anything for a long time. The dark ceiling spun around. Consciousness flickered and returned. When I woke up, I saw a senior hugging me. Unlike me, who stretched out as if fainting, he stared at me with a face that showed no sleepiness.
“… … senior."
When I called him, I was surprised at the jefful. My throat was terribly rested.
“Hohyun-ah, I’m glad I didn’t die. right? You're not dead, you're alive, so you're doing this with me."
he whispered lowly. His voice was also slightly hoarse. It's a good thing I didn't die, but the words that I almost died because of my senior were filled to the brim. He muttered to himself again.
"thank god."
“You promised. Let’s both get out alive and not die.”
"yes. That's why I just waited when you were boiling and losing your mind. Because I promised you I wouldn't die."
“… … .”
“This is the first time ever. What you promised me, how you didn't die, how you said you didn't hate me. good, so good scared."
This was my first time too. What he said was scary. Trembling in fear has always been my role. Instead of responding, I asked another question.
“Senior too. I'm glad I didn't give up and didn't die, right?"
I asked with a bright smile on purpose.
“If I don’t die and go out alive, I can do other things. Try everything you like and try it. I memorized it all. I will remind you of what you forgot.”
Instead of answering, he smiled after me. And he quietly nodded.
* * *
The senior held me all the time and never thought to let go. Every time I tried to slip away in my sleep, he noticed me like a ghost and dragged me back into his arms. I had to be locked in his arms.
I woke up to the sound of the warehouse door opening. The lock on the outside was unlocked. As if I had been doused with cold water, I was alert.
“Senior, get up.”
Once I shook the senior to wake him up. If someone came to clean up the warehouse, if they came to kill us believing we were infected. This was not the time to cuddle and lie down and sleep peacefully.
"senior!"
"know."
He responded without opening his eyes. He pretended to be drowsy, but his voice stood out. I thought you were sleeping
“Who is out there now… … .”
“No, don’t flinch.”
I tried to get up from the floor. The old man caught me. Then he reached out and turned off the watch. The whole place was covered in complete darkness. He slowly got up and sent me behind him.
I kept my mouth shut and stared anxiously into the darkness. I couldn't even breathe out loud. Finally the door opened. A faint light came from the hallway. Soon, someone entered the warehouse. Heavy footsteps were heard. A pure white flashlight illuminated this side. It was a bright light I hadn't seen in a long time. Unknowingly, I frowned and turned my head.
"older brother?"
The opponent was startled and stopped in place. The lights flickered. It was a familiar voice.
“Hanbin?”
The eyes got used to the light. Hanbin was looking at me with a flashlight in one hand and a hammer in the other. It was a bewildered expression that did not match the vicious tool in his hand. Originally, it was big, but looking up from the floor, it looked even bigger. Soon after, he also found a senior. It seems that the discovery was delayed because the hair and clothes were all black.
“… … .”
His face, which had been relieved in surprise, hardened again. He raised his hammer. The tendons in my hands and wrists stood up. I immediately grasped the situation. I jumped up and ran at him.
“Wait, wait!”
I desperately grabbed his arm. Hanbin did not stop. He was so strong that he swung the hammer without much difficulty even with me on his back. If this happened, the senior would be hit with a hammer without hesitation. He found me clinging to him a little later and hesitated.
"stop. Stop!”
“But the infected… … .”
“No, both I and senior are fine. I'm not infected!”
“I thought Hyun-nim was being eaten by that hyung-nim.”
he bluntly excused himself. The senior, who had been calm even after seeing the hammer flying at him, frowned.
"What? Fuck. Hyun? Who is your prefecture?”
I was scratching my head about how this happened. When Hanbin opened the shutters to save us and went upstairs together, the senior called me Hyun. After that, I never called him by his first name. I was not in a good mood, so I couldn't even speak properly. I was also misunderstood.
“I’m Jeong Ho-hyun.”
“Isn’t it Hyeon?”
"yes. It’s Hohyun.”
“I thought the name was foreign. So, like me. sorry."
Hanbin bowed 90 degrees and apologized to me. There was an angle on the shoulder. It was to the point where I didn't know where to turn. I was the only one who was caught between two men with formidable impressions.
“I think he came to organize the warehouse today.”
"Yes."
“Since we’re both going to be zombies on good terms by now, did they tell us to kill them completely and come back? Song Chang-min?”
asked with a smile. Hanbin was speechless. He quietly lowered his gaze. That alone was enough of an answer. He skipped a meal the other day and entered the warehouse. To end with my own hands those who would once have spoken face-to-face. It was bittersweet to guess how he might have felt when he stepped into the dark warehouse.
“I didn’t know you were alive.”
"I do not like it? The people I thought were dead are alive.”
"no."
"then? like?"
Hanbin, who was still looking at the floor, flinched at his broad shoulders. He nodded after a moment of silence. It was said as a joke to lighten the serious atmosphere, but it became more serious. People outside would think that Hanbin was hitting us with a hammer, so we had some time to spare. We chatted against the wall, trying not to look at the pile of corpses.
Lee Kyung-hwan says he still hasn't woken up. However, because my senior and I were locked up one step ahead, we were spared from going to the warehouse. If I recklessly open the warehouse door to push Lee Kyung-hwan in, I might be attacked by me who has become a zombie. He must have planned to have someone take care of me without a drop of blood on his hands before proceeding. That was Hanbin.
The people in the main building did not tolerate 'insectivores' who ate up supplies without doing anything. In order to keep Lee Kyung-hwan alive, Hanbin had to do his part. His well-tanned, healthy complexion was visibly pale.
“I have to go now. If you are late, you will be suspicious.”
He grabbed a hammer and flashlight and stood up.
“Are you going to report to Song Chang-min?”
“Both of you are here. I'll say I've handled it safely, and I'll bring you something to eat, looking at the atmosphere. There are new people out there right now, so it's messy. If you do well, you won’t get caught.”
“That’s Mr. Hanbin’s job. I also have to share with Mr. Lee Kyung-hwan. If you give it to us, what will Mr. Bean eat?”
“… … .”
he didn't answer No tact, few words, and honest. I could see what kind of hardships Hanbin had to go through among those who set up thorns and rejected him. angry
thump thump. Someone knocked on the door outside. I reflexively glanced back at the door. Soon, I heard them whispering among themselves.
“Why isn’t Semindae bastard coming out? It's much later than usual.”
“Aren’t you attacked by the guys inside?”
“Then do we even have to catch that bastard? Three at once?”
Hanbin was visibly taken aback. He left us and hurried on. I was faster than that. Next to the door lay the iron pipe that the senior had brought in. I picked it up and slammed the door open.
"uh?"
The warehouse door was supposed to open inward. Those outside did not immediately spot me hiding behind the door. He grabbed one of them by the collar and dragged him into the darkness. I saw a familiar dark green training suit.
As if the senior had squeezed it, he dragged the guy next to him and smashed him to the floor. There was no time for Hanbin to step out. Those who recognized us through the flashlights were frightened as if they had seen a ghost.
“You, who was bitten then… … .”
"okay. He’s bitten, why?”
“Uh, how… … Kuck!”
Grabbing him by the collar so he couldn't move, he grinned.
“Are zombies good at talking?”
“Ugh, billion. Whoa! go away. Go away!”
He struggled madly under me. If you think about it a little calmly, you'll know that I'm not infected, but I lost my reason and couldn't judge properly, so I just tried to run away.
Soon people heard the commotion and came in droves. At first, I didn't think that I would be able to get out without being noticed by anyone. They reacted similarly to the first two. Everyone was in awe when they saw me walking out of the warehouse unharmed.
“You bitten that bastard! what the heck how did it come out Someone freed me!”
"crazy. Don't come near me!"
“Weapons, get your weapons quickly.”
People in panic rushed to and fro. They just stared at me violently as if they were going to catch me and kill me right away, but no one really ran towards me. An empty space was created between us and them standing in front of the warehouse door. I thought I was some kind of plague god.
I stared at them and fixed the iron pipe. To be able to respond to an attack at any time. A zombie without intelligence would never have been able to do it. A murmur broke out between them.
“Didn’t you say you were bitten?”
“At that time, he said he was definitely bitten. Believing that, I tied my limbs, gagged, and put them in the warehouse... … .”
“Maybe you misunderstood.”
A sharp question arose from among the crowded crowd.
"What?"
The place became quiet. Everyone turned to one person. It was Song Chang-min. He had a white bandage wrapped around his head. It was a position beaten by a senior. They said that one pill took one day to search upstairs, so how many days did that bandage last? I suddenly had a thought.
“Who are you just now? What did you say. Am I mistaken?”
"However."
“Is that bastard bitten right? I saw. They said they even saw teeth marks. But fuck it, some stupid asshole threw up on my decision. uh? All of them fall for it, where are you talking about seniors!”
he yelled hysterically. No one was able to step out. Everyone shut their mouths with pale faces. He glared at me wheezing, then forcibly lifted his trembling lips and smiled.
“Yeah, that’s it. I was bitten, but the virus seems to spread slowly. Babies with shallow bites change after a while. Even if you look fine now, you'll get a fever and die in a while.”
"still… … .”
"What. Did I say something wrong?”
“… … .”
“Raise your hands here and now if you think I’m wrong. Raise your hand one by one and recite your student number and name. don't you raise your hand? hey!"
“It’s been a lot of fun.”
The senior who was watching the mess laughed. His voice rang clear through the disturbing silence.
“Are you really scared of Jung Ho-hyun, who doesn’t mind when he sees the crippled cubs hanging around their heads? Doesn’t your head turn like that?”
Song Chang-min quickly gnashed his teeth. The bloodshot eyes moved from me to my senior and then to Hanbin.
"hey. Semin University student there. What are you doing? Come on."
He seemed to have found an easy target, and he spoke passionately.
“Make your judgment right. If you stay next to those bastards, you will die too. Then who will take care of the graduate student? huh? So, come here when I have something nice to say.”
“… … .”
Hanbin did not respond. He just looked at him with a blank expression. Song Chang-min became more urgent.
“Honey, is it because you’re sad because you’ve been holding on to some military discipline? The boy is narrow-minded. You know because you're also a college student. Originally, this major is holding the discipline tightly. It wouldn’t have been like that at your school.”
Hanbin finally opened his mouth.
“Our school doesn’t. It's not some kind of nerd."
With that one word, the atmosphere changed. Song Chang-min, who was openly insulted, distorted his face to the fullest. There was a lot of tension. It seemed that people with weapons would rush at us at any moment. someone asked from behind. It was a sonorous voice that was inappropriate for the situation.
"what?"
The main character of the voice was hidden from the physical students with good physique. Soon someone broke through the crowd. It was a girl with long hair in a ponytail.
"uh… … . uh?"
She saw me once and senpai once. And I saw those who stood in confrontation with us. Then, another person suddenly appeared. It was a female student in overslept with a bat in one hand.
“… … .”
She also looked at us, distraught. why are you out there It was written all over her face. But there was no time to exchange greetings. Song Chang-min, whose face was flushed red, scolded.
“Get those bastards!”
I exchanged quick glances with the two. I said with my eyes. they are bad guys They also responded with their eyes. Somehow it seemed so. Nahye Kim moved first. She lifted her foot and kicked as hard as she could in the crotch of the male physical education student in front of her.
“Ugh!”
Suddenly, the boy who had been abused collapsed with a scream. No matter how fit physical students were, there was nothing they could do about being hit in the vitals. Next, Oh Ha-eun swung the bat and hit the guy who was blocking her. Wow! It sounded very cheerful.
People were clearly embarrassed because they did not know why Kim Na-hye and Oh Ha-eun were suddenly attacking them. The other side was superior in numbers and had a good physique, so I could easily overpower two girls, but it was so unexpected that I couldn't stop them from escaping.
They ran towards us across the clearing that lay between the two camps. A beat late, I could feel the signs of people moving in the background.
"Go. hurry!"
I grabbed and dragged Hanbin, who was still standing bewildered as if he hadn't grasped the situation. we ran back The door, which had been firmly locked, burst open. Kim Na-hye recklessly tried to go downstairs. Hanbin handed me a flashlight. And he urgently grabbed Kim Na-hye's back.
"Ouch!"
It seems that he was just trying to dry it, but Kim Na-hye's body floated in the air. That figure overlapped with me, who had been clinging to Hanbin's arm pitifully earlier. I felt a strange sympathy.
“Me, below, scouting.”
Hanbin stuttered in embarrassment and put her back down. I guess I didn't expect it to be so easy.
“There are people who went to scout. If you go down, you will be caught.”
We hurriedly turned upwards. Song Chang-min and other people followed right behind, and there was a reconnaissance team below. The only place to go was upstairs. You don't know when the infected will pop out.
The senior who climbed first opened the door without hesitation. As soon as I set foot on the 4th floor, I quickly locked the door. There was no sign of a trail following him. Did they fail to chase us, or did they go back thinking they were rats in a poison anyway?
A black hallway greeted us again. I remembered Kyunghwan Lee, who was being dragged out of the bookshelf in a miserable manner. Effortlessly erased the terrible memories and lit the future with the flashlight Hanbin gave him. Now I am the leader of the group and opened the way. Everyone cautiously followed me.
“The labs on this line were all safe. The inside is fine.”
“Then let’s go over here.”
We entered one of the open labs. I was relieved only after confirming that there was nothing inside. After the rough breathing from sprinting calmed down to some extent, Na-hye Kim bowed to Han-bin.
“I am, teacher. thank you You caught me trying to go down earlier.”
It was a very polite attitude. That kid, I don't think he acted like that to me and his seniors.
“Is it Nahye?”
“Yes, senior Hohyun.”
“It's nice to see you again.”
"Me too."
“And I have something to tell you.”
"yes."
“He is the same age as you.”
“Yes?”
Kim Na-hye was startled and screamed loudly. Then, belatedly, he realized his mistake and shut his mouth.
“I thought you were a physical education assistant or part-time instructor… … It's not that, oh. no. sorry."
“… … .”
“Oh, then, uhm. Ah, hi... … friend?"
“… … .”
"sorry!"
Kim Na-hye bowed down again, realizing that even if she spoke at length, it would be like digging her own grave. Hanbin watched her silently. Oh Ha-eun looked at Hanbin and Kim Na-hye alternately next to him and was shocked.
The old man didn't seem interested in this or that. He fiddled with my hand with a dull look. He lightly touched his fingertips as if jokingly, and his hands became more and more sticky. Long fingers rubbed the inside of her wrist and slid into her sleeve.
I tried to pull him off. While pretending to be casual and looking straight ahead, they were fighting hand-to-hand from the bottom up. Then it got a little quieter. But this time, he did not let go of the tightly entangled hands.
“Let it go. Quickly.”
He turned his head and whispered urgently. The old man didn't even look at me and responded rudely.
"why."
“There are others.”
“What else are you doing outside? You're the first to rub my hand naughty. Wasn't that what I was saying?"
"please… … . It’s not like that.”
“There you are, Hyuna. Do you know what I remembered when you tightened mine earlier?”
"senior!"
Why do you have to use the word hand as a pronoun? easy to misunderstand. I never wanted to hear what happened after that. The senior, who was looking forward with a dry expressionless expression, grinned.
“Stay calm. I feel like I want to grab my ass, but I’m holding it with my hands.”
In front, Na-hye Kim is apologizing hard because her face has turned red, and the senior next to her shows no sign of unraveling her entangled hands. I gave up thinking. It was a total mess.
* * *
We sat together on the floor of the professor's lab. We exchanged greetings that we hadn't been able to before, and explained to Hanbin, who didn't understand why, that we had met at the central library.
“Like I said then, Nahye and I went to the student hall. It snowed so much that I was stranded. I thought it would be okay to stay there until rescuers arrived.”
Oh Ha-eun jumped up. She glanced around and approached the window. A curtain was drawn over the window behind the desk. The room was dark, so I didn't even know there was a window. The curtain was drawn. The time was night. Outside, with no streetlights or building lights, it was as dark as inside.
“I heard you. From the person I was with at the student hall.”
Kim Na-hye and Hanbin were silent as if they were trying to squeeze. It was an eye that knew something. I got up and went to the window. I saw the campus buried in darkness. The snow that had not melted in some places was frozen in white lumps. The outside air brushing my cheeks felt fresh, probably because I had come out of being confined in an enclosed space.
When I looked down from the height of the 4th floor, I saw things that I couldn't see when I rode my bicycle and came running. Achromatic concrete buildings were visible beyond the bony branches of the avenue. It was an experimental building.
“Look over there.”
Oh Haeun pointed to a place. A large vehicle was parked in the vacant lot in front of the experimental building. It was dark and I couldn't see clearly. He frowned slightly and leaned his head out the window. Only then did I know It was a large ambulance. Several police cars were parked next to it. I could see the driver's door wide open through the sparsely hanging tree branches. Dark figures roamed around it.
“It will be one of the two. Either the police and the 119 crew left the car and ran away, or they were all dead. Either way, no matter how long you wait, no rescue will come.”
I lost my words and looked out the window blankly. Even though my cheeks were frozen by the cold winter wind, I didn't know it was cold.
“Did the government give up here?”
No matter how much I thought about it, that was the only conclusion I could come up with. Oh Haeun nailed it.
“If you want to live, you have to go out on your own. I've been stuck in school and endured, but there's no answer. You will die of starvation or of a bite.”
“Is that the reason you lived with curtains and all windows covered?”
A heavy voice suddenly intervened. Suddenly, Hanbin was approaching me.
“There were survivors. I couldn't go anywhere else and it seemed like I was isolated in a vacant lot. Every time I felt like I was popular here, I screamed for my life. There were people who just saw the light and ran blindly.”
“… … .”
“But they say that if we increase the number of people, we will run out of food, and if we hold out for just a few days, we will all die anyway, so let’s close the curtains and light a candle and pretend we’re not there… … .”
Under Song Chang-min's leadership, the door was firmly locked and curtains were drawn over the window. As the number of heads increases, the amount of goods returned to one person will decrease.
Those who came here relying on a glimmer of hope despaired in front of the tightly closed shutters. And it was devoured by the infected who followed. Hanbin had seen and heard of such things several times. So when I met my senior and me, I couldn't ignore it. He saved us, ready to be punished.
I was lucky. It happened that one of the original people died, so the number of people was vacant. They only accepted after checking whether we were hurt or not. It doesn't matter if you get injured and can't use your labor force.
I was kind of guessing. Still, hearing it from the mouth of the person concerned was different. Complex thoughts tangled in my head. Like an earphone cord tucked away in a pocket.
“Me, brother.”
Hanbin called me. I was hesitantly hesitantly.
"yes. tell me.”
“Brother Kyunghwan. can't you take me with you? I keep getting sick of what I left on the third floor. If you go down for a while and take that older brother... … .”
“… … .”
“I know this is nonsense. Couldn't you just think about it for once?"
Whatever he said, it was nonsense. The five of us gathered here are busy looking for a way to live, but let's take care of a patient who can't move. Even going back to the third floor, full of people with fire in their eyes trying to catch us.
If you think about it calmly, it was right to dismiss it without a word. But it didn't come off in a hurry. In the midst of being rejected, I remembered the face of Lee Kyung-hwan, who laughed innocently at how happy we came. I looked around. Everyone was looking at me. As if waiting for my decision.
“Why are you looking at me? What do you all think?”
“… … .”
“Me, senior? What is your senior opinion?”
The senior, who had been leaning on the guest sofa and had his eyes closed, waved his hand nonchalantly.
“Yes, junior, do as you please.”
It was an answer that couldn't be found in the slightest sincerity. But I could tell That was an expression of support from the senior himself. I'll follow whatever you do, so do whatever you like.
“The other person. Ha Eun-ah, is it Na-hye?”
“Should the senior decide?”
Kim Na-hye replied as if it were natural. Bewildered.
"why me?"
“Me, Haeun unnie, and I all got help from our seniors. I saved it from the dog, and I couldn't throw it away when I couldn't move because of my sister's ankle.
“It is natural. It’s not because I’m good and great.”
“There are too many people who don’t do that for granted. Oh, I don't know. Anyway, for now, I'll do as the senior wants. Right, sister?”
It was amazing. It's not something to think about so easily. But what was even more surprising was Oh Haeun's reaction.
“Hohyun, do whatever you want. When I saw you, they shuffled and ran out earlier, but what?”
What kind of kids are so reckless? So I don't know how I've survived so far. I was speechless and looked back at Hanbin. He shut his mouth and looked down at me. Unlike his fighting dog-like appearance, his eyes were like a baby puppy.
"then… … .”
Several pairs of eyes focused on me. I took a deep breath and calmly opened my mouth.
“Let’s take it out. You have to go through the 3rd floor to get to the 1st floor anyway. Their room is at the end of the hallway, so you just have to time it right and take them out quickly. You won’t get caught if you come out immediately after taking care of Lee Kyung-hwan.”
It was an unconventional proposal in its own way. In this situation, it was nothing strange to run amok on the street, asking why they were fussing around and saying, "Let's all die together." However, not only the seniors, but Oh Ha-eun and Kim Na-hye were also self-confident. It wasn't that much of a surprise.
“I thought so.”
"right. If you say don't pick me up here, you're not Jeong Ho-hyun.”
I think I've heard this from a senior. I don't know if it's a curse or a compliment. I was very shaken.
"thank you."
Hanbin couldn't bear to lift his head and murmured softly. And he held my hand with all his might. For him, who is not good at expressing himself, this would be the best way to say thank you. Oh Ha-eun and Kim Na-hye smiled heartily. But I couldn't help but laugh along. Not even a scream came out. I thought all my grips would be crushed. Is this how it feels when your hand is caught in an industrial press?
In the meantime, only the senior got up from the sofa with a stern look on his face.
“How dare you, fuck it, I wanted to do it at this time and fell asleep. don't you let go? it's canceled That bastard just died.”
* * *
We went back the way we came. Everyone agreed, so I had to go to the 3rd floor as soon as possible and bring Lee Kyung-hwan. I didn't know what they would do to Lee Kyung-hwan if they dragged out their time like this. People who became useless were locked up in warehouses and virtually buried alive. Until now, he had to use Lee Kyung-hwan as an excuse to pamper Hanbin, so he turned a blind eye to him, but since Hanbin turned his back on him, there would be no reason to keep him alive.
It was quiet all around. All the way down the stairs, I didn't feel anything. The candle in front of the door did not go out despite the chaos and burned quietly in the paper cup. Nahye Kim whispered quietly.
“Maybe he just gave up on us? I thought they all died when they went upstairs.”
“I can’t. How tenacious and rude assholes are.”
Oh Haeun sharpened her teeth.
“Because of the baseball team’s activities, he continued to be territorial even when he rented the playground. The original playground was theirs. It’s been like that all year.”
"what the. They say that the fees for using the playground are included in their tuition?”
"Shh."
signaled to be quiet. They shut their mouths.
"What should I do. Shall we go in now?”
The senior stared intently at the door without even blinking. I was also focused. No matter how much I listened, I couldn't feel any sign of a sign. Hanbin walked up to the door. He put his ear to the door and listened quietly, then knocked loudly. smart smart It was so small that it could not be heard even from a few meters away. But if there's someone nearby, you'll know right away.
Surprised, Na-hye Kim opened her mouth and pulled him in. Even if he wasn't nervous, Hanbin still looked gloomy. Something suddenly came to mind. When he first came to the third floor with his senior and me, he knocked like that three times. Soon there was a knocking sound from inside. It was then that his sudden action was understood. He pretended to be someone who had gone on reconnaissance and was trying to figure out what was going on inside.
Despite all the tension, it was quiet inside the door. Hanbin went one step further and turned the knob very slowly so as not to make any noise. returned without any resistance. Even the door wasn't locked. I even prepared to break the handle with my crowbar or Hanbin's hammer.
Now was the chance. All you have to do is open the door, go to the end of the hallway, and take Lee Kyung-hwan out of the outermost room. Shall we go in now? Oh Ha-eun asked with her mouth. Others are already ready to rush in. I tried to nod my head sadly, but I was startled. A dim light seeped through the crack at the bottom of the door. It was the light of a candle no different from the one placed on the landing.
I looked back at my seniors. Our eyes met. I quietly pointed down. The light that was leaking thinly trembled. The gap in the door was so narrow that you couldn't tell unless you looked carefully. It's an enclosed space with all doors and windows closed, so there's no way the light would shake so much.
“… … .”
It made sense without having to say anything. We turned around hastily. At the same time, the door slammed open behind him.
“Hey, those bastards have noticed.”
"catch!"
I could see them chasing us over the railing. As if they were determined and waited for us, everyone was carrying their weapons. Dizzy footsteps resounded on the dark stairs.
Without looking back and forth, I opened the door upstairs and jumped in. A familiar hallway appeared. While running, illuminating the road ahead with a flashlight, he pushed the water purifier placed in the hallway as hard as he could and knocked it down. The water tank was empty, so it was easier to topple over than I thought.
“Wow!”
"100 million!"
There was a loud noise. Several people seemed to have tripped over the water purifier. I shouted at the back of the head of Na-hye Kim and Ha-eun Oh, who were trying to reflexively look back.
“Just go. run!"
It was not a funny rule they set that newcomers should explore the upper floors for at least a week. Thanks to this, we were able to gain the upper hand. We, who risked our lives to explore this place, would know better than those who flirted with honey downstairs.
“What are you doing with the living people? Catch the infected at a time like this!”
shouted backwards. Immediately, the sharp shout returned.
“You are infected, bastard!”
The senior who was running next to me scoffed.
“You still believe that bullshit? Are you wearing it to keep your head centered?”
“Hey, what did you just say!”
It was Song Chang-min. At this point, he is likely to admit his mistake, but he is crying because he does not want to lose his authority. That man was, in a way, great too. We ran away, blocking their access with objects scattered throughout the hallway. About halfway through, the door opened at the end of the hallway on the other side, far away and hard to see.
“There he is!”
People with weapons rushed forward. Somehow, when I said that there were only about half of them, the rest were on the other side. It was the so-called bucking operation. Both front and back are blocked.
He hurriedly lit the surroundings with a flashlight. I even thought that I should go into any lab and sit down. At that moment, our eyes met. A man with a half-fan face staring at this place with his head straight out at a strange angle from the doorway of the dark lab.
pop. Duduk. It forced its stiff neck to move with post-mortem stiffness. His head wobbled like a broken pendulum. Then, he fixed his gaze on me, opened his mouth wide and cried out.
“Kyaaaagh!”
Soon other infected people scrambled out. Under the flashlight, their skin, stained with blood and dirt, glistened like rotten fish.
“Mmm, crazy.”
“The fourth floor was almost cleared up.”
“It's not 'almost'!”
Those who pursued us also lost their composure. The infected rushed in screaming. They did not discriminate against each other. Both us and the people over there attacked indiscriminately.
“Kill that one!”
The people on the third floor responded quickly with the weapons they had brought to catch us. The hallway quickly turned into mayhem. There was no time to worry about the chase that had been going on until now. Infected people came to us as well. Hanbin had a hammer, Oh Ha-eun had a baseball bat, and I had a crowbar, but the senior and Kim Na-hye had nothing. I threw the crowbar I was holding at the senior.
"Here you go!"
The senior, who nodded absently, grabbed the crowbar without even looking at me. And with a skillful hand, he swung it without hesitation. Black, sticky blood splattered.
An infected person rushed at Kim Na-hye. She took a quick look around, saw a wheeled office chair rolling in the hallway, and kicked it. The chair that rolled in a straight line hit the opponent's stomach squarely. I took off the padding I was wearing. It covered the unsteady and staggering infected person, instantly blocking their vision. Taking advantage of that gap, Hanbin hit him with a hammer.
Unlike us, whose limbs matched in their own way, the other side was a spectacle. A person who was unable to respond to the attack of the infected in time and was in a hurry grabbed a junior next to him and used it as a shield. As if the infected had waited, he bit the junior's neck instead.
“Aagh!”
Blood spilled profusely on the floor. A victim came out of gear. The atmosphere became more tense.
"Hey you. Give me what you have.”
“Stop, senior.”
“Can’t you give it up sooner?”
"Then how am I supposed to fight... … .”
“Why are you asking me that!”
In the meantime, Song Chang-min forcibly took the other person's weapon. My eyes were suddenly furrowed. The battle did not end easily. I don't know if it was a different time or a different place, but now things are so bad. The surroundings were dark, so it was impossible to distinguish between enemy and friendly forces, and the corridor was narrow compared to the number of people.
After a while, the person who had been bitten to the neck rose up. Dark red blood stained his entire upper body in his green sweatpants. He looked back at Song Chang-min with unfocused eyes.
"die. Die!”
Song Chang-min swung the hockey stick. Others were hit by a blinding attack, but they didn't care. Sporadic screams erupted all around.
“Ugh… … .”
“Whoa!”
The sound of flesh crushing and bone breaking was loud. With each blow, black blood splattered. However, the movement did not stop unless the nerves in the neck were completely severed. The infected person approached with a face so distorted that it was impossible to recognize the original appearance.
"What are you doing. Don't you attack quickly?"
Song Chang-min urgently shouted. However, his juniors were not in a position to help him. Some were moaning after being hit by a recklessly wielded hockey stick, while others were empty-handed because their weapons had been taken away.
“I couldn’t do it because my senior took my hockey stick.”
“Then let’s attack with bare hands.”
“Are you telling me to die right now?”
“This kid is real. Where are you talking back to me right now!”
I was able to take a breather because they shouted so hard to draw attention. The senior opened his mouth as he lowered the crowbar in one hand and wiped the blood from his chin with the back of his hand.
“Idiots get together and play really well. It's like that starting with the cubs I set up as leaders, but it's worth knowing the level of the other cubs.”
"Shut up! What does that have to do with the outsider subject? Don't mind our business.”
"okay. I'll stop worrying about it, so I'll die after living like an asshole like that. Because you guys suit each other so well.”
He sneered at me without changing his expression. The college students' faces contorted.
“Fuck. What are you so good at! The subject that has crawled in to fuck us.”
“You guys don’t have Jeong Ho-hyun.”
“… … .”
Not only them, but I was bewildered. Why am I suddenly
The senior pulled me over and put his chin on my shoulder. he grinned
“Don’t you guys have something pretty like this?”
Everyone is speechless. It was an indescribable feeling. At that moment, the silence was broken and a loud noise was heard. The man who had the hockey stick taken away gnashed his teeth and threw his body, crashing into Song Chang-min with all his might. He staggered helplessly before being caught by the infected.
"hey! these cubs What do you do quickly!”
“Kuk, kuk, kuk… … .”
“Can’t you hear me? Can't you hear me!"
“Kyaaaaaagh!”
“Please.”
The person who once treated Song Chang-min politely, calling him senior, grabbed his neck with bloody hands. Fear-stricken people hesitantly spread the distance. No one, not even physical education students in uniforms like Song Chang-min, stood up for him.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ugh, uh, gagging… … .”
No one opened their mouths. Because of that, Song Chang-min struggled and screamed, his torn airway dripped with blood and made a gurgling noise, and finally, he could clearly hear him dying. Song Chang-min collapsed on the floor. The infected, who had grabbed him and ate his flesh, slowly raised his head. His face was covered in blood and flesh.
I was blown away. After going down to the third floor, I remembered the fundamental reason for running away. Now was the timing. I glanced at Haeun Oh, Nahye Kim, and Hanbin. Then, he grabbed the senior next to him and ran recklessly.
"hey!"
The others noticed it a beat late and hurriedly followed. While running down the hallway, I heard a conversation between them.
“Then why should I hold him?”
"That's right, he's infected... … .”
“Don’t you know? You are not infected.”
"I don't know. Catch it once and hang it. What are you going to do if you want to steal supplies!”
I rolled down the stairs and headed for the third floor. They barely managed to close the door before being caught. Kim Na-hye, who came in last, quickly locked the door.
“Quickly take Lee Kyung-hwan out. I will come the other way.”
Hanbin nodded and opened the conference room door. A flashlight illuminates the dark conference room. Lee Kyung-hwan was lying on a bed using the spacious conference table as a blanket for Hanbin's excessive sleep. Splints were clumsily applied to broken limbs, and there was no bandage, so tape was wrapped around them. He didn't respond when we approached him.
“Are you still awake?”
"Yes. I think I hit my head on the wrong bookshelf.”
What is the probability that a person who has been unconscious for over a day without proper treatment will get well? I tried to be as optimistic as possible, but it turned bitter. Hanbin wrapped around Lee Kyunghwan. When I went back to the hallway, people were already occupying the exit.
"what. I tried so hard to rob something. Did you just bring that bastard out?”
“Why a lump of burden that will soon die?”
No matter how much I explain, they won't understand. Why did Hanbin ask to take Lee Kyung-hwan, even though he knew it was reckless, and why did we agree?
I glanced back at Lee Kyung-hwan, who was being carried by Hanbin. The complexion was bad. He was a patient with a concussion and even a fracture. The longer he ran around on his back, the worse his condition would become.
"Move. I will turn it off.”
He looked straight at the opponent and fired. Shouldn't we try to have a conversation first before kicking and fighting? someone laughed
"What?"
“The newcomers are abusive, and the rules are getting tighter and tighter. It's like I'm running out of food all the time. Even if outsiders die, I want you to eat well and live well. Don't touch that precious food, and I'll only take this person out, so get out of the way."
“You believe it? You have to say something that makes sense.”
“I am not interested in things obtained by exploiting others. Unlike anyone who died because he was betrayed by his juniors until the end.”
His eyes focused on one person as he spoke openly at someone. Someone from the other party mumbled to himself. traitor. The male student who received the gaze contorted his face and closed his mouth. The old man's dull voice suddenly interrupted.
“Hey, do you think Jeong Ho-hyun is like you? If that's the case, you guys are all gone. Because the pissed-off Hohyeon was beating his head with a ladle.”
“No, old man. Why are you talking about the ladle... … .”
He brought out my painful past. The thing about suddenly picking up a round ladle while rushing to find a weapon in the dormitory kitchen. I was suddenly ashamed. It was fortunate that the surroundings were dark. It would have been more embarrassing if I had found out that my face was blushing in the middle of a bloody conversation.
Oh Ha-eun, who had been listening while pretending to hit the bat with one hand, also opened her mouth.
“Okay, we’re leaving anyway. You just live like that or not.”
“What will happen when you leave? Wandering the streets and freezing to death?”
“Then what are you going to do? Go upstairs and kill the seniors with your own hands, and then? And to feed the newcomers?”
“… … .”
“At least it would be better than being locked up here and dying. you don't know either Staying here is hopeless. Until now, that old man was just holding on to it.”
"You're a brat? this is real Have you finished talking?”
The college students glared at her. But Oh Ha-eun did not budge.
"What. Isn't that right? What is it if you are not a kkondae and play as a king while getting older and ranking up? At least our leader is better than you guys.”
she pointed at me It was absurd. Since when did I become a leader? Did they vote secretly without me knowing?
“The kid is a bit bland and brittle, but one of his personalities is equipped like a knife. nice and smart... … .”
Oh Ha-eun stopped talking and quietly looked at her senior. The senior spat out with an expressionless expression filled with slight annoyance.
“Pretty.”
“… … pretty.”
she added shyly. The senior was not enough to say that he was pretty only when he was with me, so now he was forcing the 'Jeong Ho-hyeon pretty' to others. With a man approaching 180 cm tall. I really wanted to go into the mouse hole.
We moved quickly before they stopped us again. Hanbin did not show any signs of hardship at all, even carrying Lee Kyung-hwan. Just as I was standing in front of the emergency exit door, I felt the presence of someone rushing from behind.
"me… … . me too… … No, me too.”
I looked back. It was a young-looking male student in a dark green training suit. He pushed Song Chang-min to be eaten by an infected person. Even though he personally dealt with Song Chang-min, who was tyrannical and dissatisfied with everyone, he was glared at by others as a traitor. If we stayed like this, we would only be rejected, so we would rather have chosen to stick with us.
Again everyone looked at me. I had to make a decision. I tapped the door lightly.
“If you are coming, come quickly. I don't have time.”
Let me change my mind, I heard the footsteps following me over my shoulder and opened the door.
* * *
When we reached the first floor, we saw the outside. It was dawn outside. The dark blue sky, which had not yet mixed with the red light of sunrise, spread out through the glass door. It was on the upper floor where the doors and windows were tightly closed and candles were lit, but when I came down to the lobby, it was cold. Even though it was indoors, a faint breath leaked out every time I inhaled and exhaled.
“Wait a minute and leave. It is usually darkest and coldest just before sunrise.”
Others agreed with me. Everyone took a short break before departure. Hanbin put Lee Kyung-hwan down on the sofa in the lobby. Oh Haeun sat next to her with her arms crossed and closed her eyes for a moment. The boy in the corps was just staring at him. Of course it would be awkward and uncomfortable. Not long ago, we couldn't eat each other, so we were desperate. Kim Na-hye was the only one who spoke to him.
He looked at the two of them having an awkward conversation and turned away. After a while, an old man was standing next to me. We looked out side by side as if we had made a promise. If you go straight along the main road from here, it was the front door. Because the campus of Hado was wide and trees and buildings were blocking the view, the front door could not be seen immediately. But I, and he, know that there is an exit in front of this.
“Have you ever been here?”
"no. no."
After leaving this door, it was an area that even seniors did not know. No one knew whether there would be death or life before us. I watched silently as the branches of the tree, all of which had fallen off their leaves, were soaked in the dawn light. Then he asked impulsively.
“Senior, there you are. If you go straight down after leaving school, there is a cafe near the Jeo-eogi bus terminal. Remember? There aren't many cafes in this neighborhood because it's a very remote place. One of them.”
He shook his head quietly. My heart ached like a throb. The cafe was known to all students of our school. Unlike a college town, the only places to enjoy entertainment are chicken restaurants, snack bars, and a few pubs.
“The strawberry juice there seemed to be good. I didn't order it, but the person who ate it said it was delicious.”
“… … .”
“Do you want to go later? I heard you like that kind of senior.”
Instead of answering my words, the senior frowned.
“Who did you go with?”
"yes?"
“You don’t like sweets. But how do you know if the juice tastes good? What kind of chews did you sit face to eat sweet? ”
I just brought up the word to go to a cafe, but the atmosphere went strangely. I couldn't even find a match and hurriedly explained.
“We went with the boys. After running late at a bar, I went to a cafe to get a drink, and a kid said that after drinking, you must drink fresh fruit juice.”
“With the dark boys? Not even one, but several?”
The misunderstanding deepened. The nuance sounded terribly unsound.
“Me, senior?”
"why."
“Are you pissed off?”
"yes. You're not supposed to be sitting at the same table with those bastards. I would have had a smile on my eyes. Wow. Did you even drink all night? Why is my junior acting pretty to everyone? Do you feel like listening to forever?”
“Hohyeon, who spoke out, was wrong. I'm sorry."
He quickly apologized and changed the topic altogether.
“So, next time, my senior and I will go alone. I was going to say that.”
“Get out of here?”
"yes. go out We're leaving soon. no?"
"yes… … right."
“I order strawberry juice and I also order cake. Did you say you like playing basketball? I do that too. All you need is a basketball court and a ball, what can be difficult? And what happened, right. Watching movies all night... … .”
The old man was speechless. He looked at me with plain eyes that contained neither anger nor tension. Then he smiled slightly and held out his little finger.
"promise."
I smiled and crossed my fingers.
"promise."
The sun finally rose through the frozen night. The sky gradually turned red from the corner. We gathered at the door. I trimmed my clothes and packed my weapons so that I could maintain my body temperature as much as possible. I pulled the padded zipper I was wearing all the way up. The moment you open the door and go out, a biting wind will blow.
“Everyone knows, right? There are no other buildings on the way to the main gate. From what I remember, there was only a parking management office at most. So I mean.”
Throat locked due to sleep deprivation and exhaustion. After clearing his throat a few times, he spoke loudly and clearly.
“If you leave here, you will have a hard time coming back.”
The atmosphere subsided. It was only a fact that everyone already knew, but people's complexion darkened.
Our school campus looks like an elongated wine bottle. The cork was the front door, and the bottom of the bottle was the dormitory. The main building where we are now, well. Maybe it's the surface part that's full of wine.
The road to the front gate was a straight, straight road. A road in a dense mountain with no benches or stops in the middle. If you run into zombies there... … . You'll have no choice but to sprint down the open road to get out of it, or climb over a fence and get out of it. To the steep, snow-covered mountains where you don't know what might be.
“You don’t have to go if you really don’t want to. You can go back upstairs, or you can find another building nearby and enter. What would you like to do?”
There was silence for a moment. Oh Ha-eun shrugged.
“I am going. you said If I stay here, I will die. If I'm going to die no matter how I die, I'd rather try and die.”
Nahye Kim also helped.
“Even if it’s dirty and despicable, I must get out alive. Give up rescue from the government? Really, I'm not dumbfounded. Do you know that people pay taxes every now and then? I made sure to turn on the light in my eyes and go out, later the country tried to rescue me, but I couldn’t help it because they were all already dead. I won’t stop talking nonsense like this.
"me too… … . I don't want to be here anymore. Anyway, if I stay with those people, I will be bullied and die.”
The boy in the body timidly revealed his intentions, and Hanbin nodded his head. Finally, I looked back at the old man. He retaliated by whipping the crowbar in his hand free of charge.
"what are you doing. I’m not going.”
In the end, no one changed their position.
* * *
A stinging wind like a thorn vine scratched his cheek. Fortunately, no one was around here. However, there was no guarantee that this would be the case in the future.
We're not the only ones who have thought of exiting the school through the main gate. Several dozen or even dozens of people would have actually put the idea into action. If only one of them had succeeded, the outside world would have known that there were survivors on campus. And yet, they've all failed so far, or... … .
As if to evoke the subdued atmosphere, Oh Ha-eun pointed forward with a big movement.
“Everyone, stay alert. No one knows what lies ahead. The people who brought the big ambulance over there are all dead. Everyone must have come wearing special equipment because of the virus leak accident.”
“By the way. Can't we go by car? that ambulance. You can only go there. The door is open, so I don't even need a car key.”
Na-hye Kim suddenly suggested it. For a moment, I thought I was joking. But her eyes, shining brightly, were perfectly serious. That appearance overlapped with me from the past, who proudly insisted on going by car at the 70th anniversary memorial hall.
“Is it Nahye?”
“Yes, senior Hohyun?”
“Like you said, let’s pretend we get to the car somehow. How do I start the car without a key?”
“Aren’t cars these days just pressing a button? It's old-fashioned to have to plug in the key and start the car.”
“… … .”
It was a remark that I did not know where to start.
“Apart from that, there is a fundamental problem.”
“What?”
“Will it start? How many days have you been standing on the street in this weather?”
“Why don’t you take it? Does the car freeze when it's cold?”
A spotless, clear gaze was directed at me. My senior openly laughed at me, but I couldn't bear it with that innocent face.
“Um, it’s Nahye. I'm asking purely out of curiosity, so don't be offended and listen.”
“Yes, senior.”
“Haven’t you ever driven?”
“I don’t even have a license! I was going to pick it up this vacation.”
Kim Na-hye proudly declared. I laughed silently.
In this chaos, there is no one who has the talent to quickly grasp the situation alone, get outside and get into the car, and get out of the rushing zombies and escape early by now. Just like the professors and executives who said they fled as soon as the situation broke out. Otherwise, he would have died without even having time to get in the car. So, lost cars must be left all over the campus.
“Let’s give up the car.”
Oh Haeun quickly joined in with my words.
"okay. School has come to this point, where can I find a decent car? If there was, someone else had already ridden it.”
Kim Na-hye glanced behind her as if regretfully, but immediately understood. I also decided to let go of regret. It seems that we are destined to run and die on both feet until the end. Then I heard a loud noise behind me. It was the engine exhaust noise you couldn't hear on a campus where only corpses were roaming.
"what?"
We looked back at the same time as if we had made a promise. A large SUV was coming down from the hill in the distance. Dozens of infected people followed behind a moving car with a buzzing sound. The old man spoke harshly.
“There it is. A decent car.”
The car ran narrowly on the icy road. All I saw was anxious. The wheel got stuck in the snow and kept spinning. Then, on the downhill, he failed to slow down in time and crashed into the bench. Quaang! The bumper was splendidly distorted. Taking advantage of that gap, the infected narrowed the distance.
"excuse me!"
“There are people here!”
Kim Na-hye, who came to her senses belatedly, and a male physical education student waved their arms to appeal to their existence. However, the car ignored us and sped past the main building. We became like dogs chasing chickens and just stared blankly at the rear of the car.
The infected, who had been running along the car, found us. They were more interested in us alive than metal cars. The moment their eyes met, their spine cooled coldly.
“Run away. hurry!"
There was no other option. We turned around hurriedly. Hanbin grabbed Lee Kyung-hwan, who was on his back, and prepared to run.
Awesome! The car, which had been running without knowing to stop, suddenly stopped. They drifted loudly in front of the main building and then turned towards us. At best, you've managed to get the zombies' attention on us, so why are you coming back?
The car hastily stopped in front of us. stepped back a bit. The road driving was rough, so I almost got my foot on the front wheel. The heavily tinted driver's window opened.
“Kyunghwan?”
someone inside shouted.
“Kyung-hwan Lee. Isn't it a state of affairs?”
It was a middle-aged man wearing a crumpled suit with dust and bloodstains everywhere. In this situation, if it's not someone else, but someone who can find Lee Kyung-hwan.
“Are you your supervisor?”
I asked. He nodded nervously without even looking at me. Hanbin explained.
“Lee Kyung-hwan is sick right now.”
The professor checked the side and rear view mirrors. I saw the zombies approaching and nervously tapped the steering wheel. It seemed conflicting. About whether or not to ignore Lee Kyung-hwan, to be precise, us who have Lee Kyung-hwan. It is said that educators have the duty to guide students correctly, but that was only in times of peace. Now it was good if they hit us with a car and gave it to the zombies and didn't bounce.
clap. Eventually, there was the sound of the door unlocking. The professor nodded at us.
“Students, hurry up. before being caught.”
There was no time to say thank you. I quickly opened the SUV door. First of all, Lee Kyung-hwan was laid down as straight as possible in the back seat, and one person sat in the remaining seats. It was fortunate that the car was big enough for several people to ride comfortably. Everyone got on safely, and the senior and I were left. I pushed the senior into the car.
“Senior, get on first.”
“Aren’t you mad about taking care of others again? Do you want to live?”
“It’s not like that. Please ride first and hold my hand. The threshold is high, so I'm afraid I'll slip while riding."
“… … .”
“Come on.”
The old man glared at me with sad eyes. I swallowed dry saliva, fearing that another rant would come out. But he soon obeyed me. A terrifying sensation ran through his back. In no time, the infected were approaching. I reflexively kicked the guy who ran into me. If I didn't, I almost got caught. It was a plate that would come to the inside of the car.
“Jeong Ho-hyun!”
The senior leaned his upper body toward me and stretched out his arm. Right before holding hands, their fingertips crossed. With the door wide open, the car started moving. He seemed to have decided that he couldn't wait until I got on safely.
"catch."
He gritted his teeth and held out his hand again. I ran after the car. I stomped my feet as hard as I could and barely got my body on the threshold.
“Ugh!”
Hands that were barely touching were intertwined. The old man grabbed me and pulled me in. I thought my arm was being pulled out. I fell like a hump in his arms. Afraid to focus, Oh Ha-eun's shouts penetrated my ears.
“The door is not closed!”
I raised my head. I could see a lot of limbs stuck between the rear door. It was a creepy sight. The students shouted at the professor in the driver's seat.
“Professor, step on it!”
“I’m going to get in the car like this!”
The professor stepped hard on the Excel. But instead of jumping out of the car quickly, it was still ludicrous. It was picking up a little bit of speed, but it was terrifying. The half-dropped bumper creaked and scratched the sidewalk block.
“I think I bumped into it and broke it somewhere… … .”
Hanbin got up from his seat and kicked outside. puck! puck! A few came off. However, there was a limit to the posture in which the body was bent down.
"Wait!"
I looked inside my arms. The LED watch, which has been used for lighting purposes since the 70th anniversary memorial, was held in my hand. Turn on the power and press the button next to it. I was skeptical about whether I would ever use this function, but it was good to memorize how it works.
Beep! Beep Big! Beep beep beep! The clock made an alarmingly loud noise. The eyes of those following the car all focused on the watch I was holding. The clock's screen flashed loudly with the alarm function turned on. I threw my arm back and threw the watch as far out of the car as possible. The watch flew through the air drawing a parabola and landed on a bush. Even then, I still cried loudly.
“Turn off… … .”
They followed the clock and averted their eyes blankly. It will soon realize that it is not prey and will come after us again, but it buys a few seconds. That was enough. drooling. bang! The door was slammed shut. After confirming that the lock was working properly, I let go.
The car drove off the main building. I circled along the wide lawn square in front of the main building at a speed that was slightly better than riding a bicycle. The experimental building, which seemed small beyond the trees, got closer and closer.
“How could Kyunghwan be like that… … .”
The professor kept his mouth shut while he was speaking. His dazed eyes were fixed on one spot. We saw where his gaze was directed. Passing through the laboratory building, the road leading to the main gate was full of infected people. The most numerous I've ever seen. It reminded me of things pushed through the cramped gates of the central library reading room.
They wandered aimlessly through the clearing. Exposing the intestines and gums, and dangling the limbs. They slipped on the ice and got tangled up in each other. Dark filth smeared on the pure white snow. Each of them had different clothes and affiliations. Lifeguards, police officers, school staff, students. Corruption was slow due to the frigid weather. Not even rotten blood and ooze flowed from the frozen skin.
“Ugh, heck… … .”
The professor panicked and lost his composure. The steering wheel he was holding snapped. The front bumper, which was otherwise tattered, crashed into the fence.
"Ahh!"
“Wow!”
Various screams and moans filled the car. My body was hunched over. A boy and Hanbin from both sides quickly supported Lee Kyung-hwan. Na-hye Kim and Ha-eun Oh hit their foreheads heavily. My senior held me tight as I staggered and lost my focus. He clicked his tongue slightly.
“Hey, junior. You grab the handle instead.”
"yes? What about the professor?”
“I’ll open the door and throw it out on the road.”
“What are you talking about!”
“You are good at driving. Are you good at cycling? When I touch... … .”
"Ouch!"
A scream came out of nowhere. Everyone else is there, are you sane? I hurriedly jumped into the driver's seat.
"professor!"
He grabbed the professor's shoulder and shook it. Barely coming to his senses, he took a deep breath and grabbed the steering wheel. Only then did the car start moving properly.
“Calm down. You came all the way here. You have to get out safely!”
“Hey, next to you. look to the side passenger seat.”
Instead of the professor who couldn't take his hands off the steering wheel and the others sitting in the back, I, who was closest to the passenger seat, looked forward as a representative. And I was speechless for a while.
“Excuse me, Professor.”
There was a big box in the passenger seat. It was a plastic box with a clunky design. The inside was full of familiar green bottles.
“No matter how you look at it, it looks like a box of soju.”
"Right."
“Where the hell did you get it?”
“They were in the break room next to our lab?”
“… … .”
Not just one or two bottles, but a crate? I became sober again. I took a closer look inside the box. A damp cloth was threaded through each bottle. There was a stinging smell.
“Maybe this… … .”
“I made a good Molotov cocktail during the student movement. First of all, I got some methanol from the lab room, but the amount was not enough. While making this, I went to the professor's hall and even took out gasoline from the car and used it. I didn’t even know this place was like this.”
He let go of his stiff expression and smiled shyly. His shoulders, which had been shrunk, straightened out a little. While the other professors got in touch with each other and pulled them out early, this person couldn't escape in time and was looking for materials here and there to make a Molotov cocktail. In a way, he was like an engineering professor.
The crowd of infected people got closer every moment. If you got out of the car and climbed over the fence and went through the grass, you wouldn't know.
“Do you have a lighter?”
"yes."
I answered quickly and took out the lighter I had tucked deep in my pants pocket. After sharing a cigarette with a senior at the 70th anniversary memorial hall, there was nothing to use, so it was left alone.
“Students, I will open the window… … .”
The professor drove the car straight toward the front door. Zombies looked at this place one by one at the loud noise of the SUV. He instructed in a stern tone.
“Ignite it and throw it.”
He reached out and grabbed a bottle. The liquid inside sloshed.
“Be careful because it’s a mixture of sand and sugar.”
“Sand and sugar?”
Why would you put that in a Molotov cocktail? Isn't it okay to complain?
“Kids these days don’t know. If you throw it, you will know.”
I could see the zombies approaching through the heavily tinted window. My heart was rushed. He held the bottle with one hand and lighted the lighter with the other. It was not easy to light a fire because the road condition was bad and the car shook violently.
After a bit of tinkering, a spark broke out on the fabric over the mouth of the bottle. Once ignited, it burned terribly. If I wasted time, the oil on the bottle was about to spread to my hands. The passenger window went down. The professor shouted with his hand on the button so he could close the window again at any time.
“Throw it. now!"
I gritted my teeth and looked back. Everyone was looking only at me. Meanwhile, the car rattled incessantly. In order not to let go of the bottle, I held it tightly in my trembling hand. The bottle cut through the air. Because I was in the car, I couldn't swing my arm freely, so I couldn't throw it far. The bottle landed at the feet of those who flocked to see us.
The bottle broke and splintered in all directions. From that spot, a fire flared up. As the thickly melted sugar mixed with the oil, the flames spread even more. They didn't even notice that their legs were on fire, and they looked down at them, drawn by the sound. A spark flickered in his dull, lifeless eyes.
Amidst the achromatic landscape of corpses roaming around, bright red flames caught my eye. We forgot our current situation and inadvertently admired it.
"Wow."
The professor shook his head shyly.
“If you mix some thinner with it, it will be great. I couldn't find that."
However, the effect was not as great as expected. Only a few were able to stop the movement. Dozens or hundreds of others stepped on and climbed over those who were burning.
“Throw harder! Use your shoulders properly. You have to hit those bastards, not the floor.”
Oh Ha-eun, leaning on the back of the seat, gave advice.
“It’s narrow, so the angle doesn’t come out. If I accidentally drop a bottle, I think the inside of the car will catch on fire.”
“Look out of the way.”
Oh Ha-eun came. He quickly stepped aside. There was no talent like the baseball team in this kind of work. While I lit the next bottle, she turned her arm around and loosened her shoulders.
“Strike or eat!”
The blown bottle hit the cheek of the man who cried out with his mouth open. Fire spread like lava through his chin, neck, and chest.
The parched, rotten flesh burned. It screamed and twisted its body around. Through the open car window, the smell of pressed juice vibrated. My body shook greatly. I looked towards the back seat. Someone was clinging to the body of the car. Pusty eyeballs glared at us through the window.
"go away!"
Kim Na-hye hit Yuri with her fist. But there was no way I could get away with it. Hanbin, who was worse off, hit the spear instead of her. The whole car rocked. I thought the whole glass was shattered.
“Kyaaaaaagh!”
The infected, who flinched at the moment, rushed with even more ferocity. He rubbed his face against the window and scratched it with both hands. Dark blood stains were left on the glass. I felt sick to my stomach.
The professor, who was looking behind him in the rearview mirror, stepped on the brakes. The car, which stopped in place, soon began to move backwards. It looked like it was going to back up and crush it with its rear wheel. There was something scratching my head. It was a memory of riding a bicycle across the playground.
"No! If they get caught in the wheel, you won't be able to move forward.”
“Then what?”
“Put it in forward gear. Fall forward!”
“… … .”
“Hurry up!”
The professor briefly struggled with whether to believe me or not, and eventually switched gears. The car moved slowly with the infected on it.
“Another bottle!”
"here."
Oh Ha-eun poked her head over the passenger seat and threw a Molotov cocktail. It was only then that the thing that was persistently attached with a scream that scratched the throat came off. The professor quickly pressed the button to close the window.
"where should we go? To the front door?”
“Yes, through the front door. Don't stop and go.”
I looked around without relaxing. The zombies followed without getting tired. We were just barely passing them because we were faster than them, and if the car got stuck or stopped, we would catch up right away.
“It’s all here. I'm really almost there.”
"little bit more… … .”
My heart was beating so loud it felt like it would explode. Some held hands and mumbled prayers, while others closed their eyes tightly in nervous impatience. The closer the experiment building got, the more infected people could be seen. We narrowly shook off the endless crowd of people and headed for the front door.
I could see the scenery at the entrance of the laboratory building. There was a barrier fence in front of it, and yellow tape was wrapped around the door. More than half of the fence fell and rolled randomly on the floor, as if the infected were tripping over and knocking it over. An ambulance left with the driver's door open, a broken police line. It was a dreary sight.
“I guess that’s where the accident happened.”
There was no answer coming back. I turned to the side.
"senior?"
The senior turned his head and was looking at the same scenery as me. At first glance, the side of his face turned white. As he stared at one spot with his pupils wide open, he murmured in awe.
“Over there.”
“Why are you like that?”
“A virus leaked out over there? who… … Touching the wrong regulator?”
"senior."
“Fuck, was that it? Because of that, I, I have ever been.”
“… … .”
“Are you being punished? I was wrong... … .”
“Senior Ki Young-won!”
I don't know what you mean, but I felt like I couldn't leave it like this any longer. He held his cold hand tightly and called out his name. He looked back at me slowly. eyes met His lips were quivering. Every time I blinked, my black eyelashes fluttered anxiously.
“Don't think about it. Focus on me.”
He licked his lips slightly. He seemed to be muttering something in his mouth. The eyes were still out of focus. He wrapped his fingertips like ice cubes and clasped them.
“Who am I? Do you want to know?”
The old man stared blankly at me for a while. I was reflected in my black eyes. Then, a soft whisper escaped from her gaping lips.
“Jung Ho-hyun. Our Hyun-i is pretty and cocky.”
“You are very fine.”
I sighed a sigh of relief. Anyway, I was glad that the senior was safe.
The car passed through the experimental building, navigating through the cracks of the infected. The parking lot at the entrance to the campus and the information office passed. Now go a little further, really go a little further.
On the other side of the stretched road, the front door appeared small. But something was strange. It wasn't the school logo engraved on the large marble pillars I was familiar with.
A tall metal wall surrounded the front door. It was a barrier that could only be used in a military area with restricted access. There were no doors or passages, even after washing my eyes. It was sealed so thoroughly that not even a single mouse could enter or leave, let alone a person.
In front of him were a bunch of black figures. He dragged his limbs and staggered around the wall. He couldn't see it precisely because he was still far away, but he could easily tell that he wasn't a living person. I couldn't believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes. There was a silence like death in the car. Everyone forgot to breathe and looked ahead.
“That… … what the hell... … .”
After a long silence, someone muttered in a strangled voice. No one could answer.
After the outbreak of the virus outbreak, those who were reported and dispatched were massacred. I don't know if they added extra manpower or not, but if they did, the results would have been similar. There's no way that just a few police officers and rescuers can deal with hundreds or thousands of monsters that don't die until they're decapitated or burned.
And soon after, communication, including phone and internet, was cut off. All means of communication with the outside world have been disabled. As if someone deliberately isolated the school. It took too much sacrifice to find and save survivors who were uncertain whether or not they existed. It was foolish to blindly push the rescue team into a place where you don't know what kind of living hell might be unfolding.
now it's clear Just as a contagious disease circulates in a barn and kills even the livestock that are not diseased, the government has decided to kill all the people on campus regardless of whether they are infected or not.
I had already guessed to some extent. If you think about it rationally, it was quite possible. However, he did not want to admit the gruesome reality, so he was just ignoring it. I pretended not to know the ominous feeling that passed by every moment and pursued hope. However, starting from this moment, even that hope was shattered and scattered.
The professor's hand holding the steering wheel gradually lost strength. Even without that, the speed of the slow car slowed even more. Others were no different.
"Can't we go out?"
"Nonsense."
“Is there no choice but to die here?”
“Maybe it would have been better to stay in the main building… … .”
Despair was contagious. Until they left the main building, the faces of the people who were fighting with their fighting spirit were horribly distorted. I was out of breath too. But I couldn't die like this. I took a deep breath in the heavily sunken air. And clasped their palms with the loudest possible sound. match! Those who were stunned were taken aback.
“I can go out. Get out.”
they looked at me With eyes like those in distress on a stranded and sinking ship.
“Why is everyone doing this? Are you going to die like this? Even if I die, I will try my best to the end and then I will die.”
Oh Ha-eun, who was only biting her lip, responded sharply to my words.
"okay. Jung Ho-hyun, thank you for encouraging me. Thanks, but should I do that in this situation? No matter how much I think about it, I can't find an answer. I mean, it's impossible.”
“I haven’t even gotten there yet. It's just a glimpse from a distance. But are you giving up already?”
“Then what should I do!”
“Hey, you know that too. If we had given up so easily that it seemed impossible, we would have died long ago. Both in the middle and in the main building.”
I raised my stiff mouth and grinned. Fragments of hope that had been shattered, and that's why they shone even more brilliantly, flickered before my eyes.
“If you don’t try, you won’t know.”
“If you don’t try, you won’t know… … .”
The senior, who had lowered his gaze and listened to me, slowly raised his head. Cool eyes stared straight at me.
“You said that before. Our juniors are a very consistent bastard.”
Is that a compliment or an insult? No, I've given up now. Thinking about it was useless.
"right. you should try Hohyun told me to do it, so I have to do it.”
He turned his head angrily. All of a sudden, everyone shut their mouths and looked at the two of us.
“Can’t you go? Can't you just die like this? I have to do it to the fullest. Fuck it, yes. You'd better just die. Don't make me feel bad for talking like a motherfucker."
A blatant swear word was poured out. He kindly pointed out the window.
“Ah, if you’re going to die, go out and put your head in that corner and die. Understand? Because hanging out with a dead body sucks.”
After a precarious silence, it was Hanbin who spoke.
“My family is far away. This is not our school, and no one knows. Let's just stay alive here... … . It makes no sense.”
Everyone listened to his blunt voice mixed with dialect accents. He pointed to Lee Kyung-hwan, who was leaning on him and the boy in physical education.
“It's dangerous if you don't take this brother to the hospital quickly. So."
The professor, who was staring alternately at the approaching front door and at the zombies behind the car, asked abruptly.
“How old are you now? twenty two? twenty three? At most, it must have been six or seven. Kyunghwan is 30 this year.”
he laughed bitterly It was a laugh that felt old.
"It's a waste of age to die like this. It's too bad... … .”
He suddenly stepped on the accelerator. The car gradually accelerated. Things I had been scratching and knocking on the back glass moved away.
“Students, hold on tight. Also fasten your seat belt. Stay as far back as possible.”
Even if I ran at full speed, there was only a big wall in front of me. All directions were clogged with infected people, so it was impossible to turn around now. The road through the main gate was a straight road in the mountains, so there was no other fork in the road. But why
“… … I still have a lot of installments left.”
The wall quickly drew closer before I could even understand what he meant. The car we were in rushed with the infected people attached to the back of the car. He crushed everything in front of the wall and slammed into the wall. Quaang! A huge shock came at the same time as I hurriedly grabbed the handle by the door. For a moment, my vision flickered black.
Since it was a large SUV with a long front and rear body, there was relatively little damage to the rear. I grabbed my brittle head and got up. As soon as I got my focus, the first thing I looked at was the driver's seat. The professor was obscured by an airbag that had exploded. All I could tell was that he was lying on his back, bleeding from his forehead.
"professor… … . Whoa, whoa. professor!"
He shuddered as he tried to grab his shoulder. The soju bottles in the box on the passenger seat were all broken. The seat seats and the floor were damp with oil spillage. Through the cracked white windows, the distorted and wide-open temporary walls… … A burning bonnet was seen.
I looked back at the old man. The moment our eyes met, it made sense. The infected people squashed between the wall and the car and crushed on the wheels screamed horribly as if to urge us. The vehicle shook. If it was now, I could go out without being surrounded by them. No, I had to leave.
“Let’s go out. It's dangerous to stay like this!"
“A professor?”
A confused voice came from behind. There was no time to explain one by one. opened the door I grabbed the senior's hand and ran away recklessly. Someone's rotten body was trampled on by his feet. My senior supported me as I stumbled.
Kim Na-hye and Oh Ha-eun got out through the door I left open. A male student from the college of physical education also quickly jumped down. But there are still people who haven't come out yet.
“Hanbin? … … Ugh!”
The car shook greatly. One of the infected below reached out to grab my ankle. The senior kicked him in the head mercilessly. Puck! The neck was bent at a bizarre angle.
“Hanbin. what are you doing. Come out quickly!”
“It’s still Kyunghwan-hyung.”
Because the boy who was supporting Lee Kyung-hwan pulled out his body, Hanbin was alone in the car using a dragon. However, it was not easy to get an unconscious person out safely through the narrow door.
“You can’t delay any longer. Just come out.”
The fire on the crumpled bonnet ignited in earnest. The moment it touches the stagnant oil... … . I didn't even want to imagine. I pushed my upper body into the car and grabbed Hanbin's strong forearm.
“Bina. Hanbin!”
A nervous scream erupted. He looked at me blankly.
“It’s not that I don’t want to save Mr. Lee Kyung-hwan. I would have taken it somehow otherwise. But now... … . not now I can't lose you either."
Hanbin shut her mouth and looked at me. A desperate conflict raged in his eyes. I also understood the horror he felt. why don't you know I know all too well that Hanbin has taken care of Lee Kyung-hwan while cutting himself off. Even though I knew it was an unreasonable request, I bowed my head in front of everyone, and after a lot of hard work, I brought Kyunghwan Lee out of the main building.
The country would have I wouldn't have left him in a burning car, even if I was in danger. He would have thought that it would be better to die justly than to abandon his companions and run away to live alone.
But now it wasn't. I had a senior Someone more desperately trying to save my life than I am. In order to keep my promise to him, I had to live my life somehow. Those who can save it, save those who can't... … . had to give up
The fire was spreading. He held out his hand.
“Bina, I need to go home.”
He shook his head and fixed his gaze on Hanbin. Lee Kyung-hwan, who was lying next to him, didn't even look at him on purpose. My heart was terribly bitter.
“… … .”
Eventually he closed his eyes tightly and grabbed my hand. Finally, Hanbin and I got out of the car. In the midst of that, the senior set a sharp point towards him.
“Is this bastard a bastard again? Can't you take your hand?"
We escaped a burning car and entered a crack in the broken wall. The gap was so narrow that only one person could barely fit in. A scorching heat could be felt in the distance. One o'clock was in a hurry. one, and one. With each passing through the walls, the flames grew bigger and bigger. The senior remained at the end of the group to deal with the crawling infected people.
“Jeong Ho-hyun, get out first.”
he pushed me out Somehow, my heart felt cold. My senior has never chosen any means and methods to protect me. Sometimes he urged me to listen to him and eat him, and at other times he pushed me by force. But it wasn't so blind.
Now he was acting like a man with no future. As if he would give up his own life without hesitation if it was to save me. Since when was it? Was it from when he found the wall blocking the main entrance, or from the time he passed in front of the laboratory building that hit the police line, or even before that?
The endlessly burning flames shone red through his black hair. Instead of following the instructions, I shook my head.
"I do not like it. let's go together."
Also, it didn't matter if I was cursed at for being useless and stubborn, for being incompetent and for being so out of place. I didn't want to leave him behind the wall alone, even for a moment.
“… … .”
But the old man didn't say anything. He and I took a deep breath and looked at the flames in each other's eyes. took his hand We squeezed through a small gap and climbed over the wall together. A straight road stretched out in front of me. Now, if you keep going down this road, you will come to the city center and the bus stop.
A loud explosion was heard from behind. A fire the size of a house shot up the wall. He teased his feet, trying not to think of the people who were left over there.
* * *
We walked along a straight road. On both sides of the road, the scenery of the winter mountains was intact. It was all covered with pure white snow. A quiet mountain road where you can hear no explosions, zombies howling, or people screaming. Instead of the foul-smelling rotten air, a cold, dry wind blew. It was a scene I had seen many times while going to school, but now it was rather unfamiliar.
"uh."
The male physical education student ahead of him hesitated. There was something in the distance. The first thing I noticed was a large military vehicle standing in the middle of the road. Metal barricades used at checkpoints. Several soldiers with machine guns guarded the front.
He was the first outsider he saw after escaping school. Could it be that I am in an extreme situation and have hallucinations? What I see are not soldiers, but street lamps and trees. I even had that thought. Before anyone else could react, the boy ran out. He shouted, waving his arms like crazy.
"Here you go! There are people here!”
A soldier from the other side shouted at us. But it was far away, so I couldn't hear it very well.
“Because there are people. Help me!"
It seemed that even the cries of my throat bursting did not reach that far. The male student gave up shouting and hurriedly ran. The soldiers, who looked as small as fingernails, finished their short conversation and looked at the front again. and raised the gun. It was quiet. At most, there was only a very brief noise that sounded like a shook and cutting wind.
“Cuck!”
Suddenly, red blood spurted from his chest. We stood and watched the scene. I couldn't immediately recognize what had just happened, even after seeing it with my own eyes.
It didn't stop there. on the shoulder, on the thigh. Blood spewed from all over his body as if he was stabbing a plastic bag full of water with an awl. The male student fell down in the same posture he had been running with all his might. Blood poured on the black asphalt. He writhes intermittently, then droops after a while.
Why don't soldiers use loudspeakers and loudspeakers? If the purpose of rescuing survivors is to make a loud announcement all over the campus. Why is there a silencer on the gun? The answer was obvious. they knew that infected people are sensitive to sound. So I kept the noise as low as possible and was stationed there.
It is impossible to tell from a distance whether a person is alive or dead. Also, even if you look fine on the outside, you may be infected and will soon mutate, or you may be a carrier, so you won't be able to relax at all. So, as soon as you find someone who breaks through the wall, unconditionally... … .
Then something flew through the air. puck! A sharp impact pierced the calf. I staggered helplessly. I didn't even know I was sick at first. Soon, my legs felt like they were on fire. I looked down blankly. A beat later, I felt my pants getting wet. Blood flowed from the calf where the bullet grazed deeply.
“Jeong Ho-hyun!”
I raised my head. A senior was calling me. Pupils tightened in shock, distorted eyes, voice screaming desperately. Everything looked and sounded oddly slow.
Senior, I'm sorry. I misjudged. It wasn't coming through the front door. I was trying to say that. But no words came out. Everything seemed blurry, as if a translucent curtain had been cast over the field of vision. My body was drained of strength. I soon lost my balance and slipped over. He gritted his teeth and ran at me. He hugged my shoulders and waist tightly and wrapped himself around me.
“… … !”
The senior's back trembled. He gasped as if he had been struck by lightning. Through the close contact of my body, I could feel the rapid rise and fall of his neck, and the trembling of his arms holding me. We collapsed hugging each other.
I barely hugged the senior. His side was damp. Red blood splattered all over his palms. My heart sank.
"senior… … Heh, ugh.”
“… … .”
“Why did you do that? why!"
"you… … .”
The senior wrapped his arms around the side where the bullet was lodged and gasped. His breathing was dangerously disturbed. Eyes blurred with pain stared at me.
“You cannot die.”
“… … .”
“Even if everyone here is dead, heck… … . You must live.”
He struggled with each word. Even in the middle of winter, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. There was no cover on the open road. I heard someone screaming as if they had been shot again. The senior made a stern impression.
“What are you doing, Jeong Ho-hyun? Leave me and run away quickly. If you don't want everyone to come and get shot."
I endured the pain as if my entire leg was being burned. Because now the senior will be in much more pain than me.
“As long as you survive, there will be no going back to Christmas. Because you are the main character.”
“What does that mean? Are you leaving your senior? What are you going to do, senior?”
"I'm okay. I, now... … done."
After speaking, he smiled brightly without wrinkles. It was the expression of putting everything down. Her hair was disheveled and her cheeks smeared with blood and dust, but the youthful light in her smile did not fade in the slightest.
“This time, Hyun will remember you. to my share.”
A large hand stained with calluses and scars caressed the back of my hand slowly. Little by little, but surely, the strength drained from his body.
“This is the last time… … . Now, finally, it's all over.”
I bit my lip and dropped my gaze. My throat was tight. But no tears came out. The hand that held him stopped trembling. My heart was hardened. Instead of sobbing sadly like the main character in a new drama, I raised my head and glared at him.
“Shut up.”
“Even if I don’t do this shit anymore… … .”
“Ki Young-won, shut up!”
I quickly grinded my teeth. My eyes were dyed red. I grabbed the senior who couldn't come to his senses and poured out evil words.
“You promised. Let's both get out alive. I told you to try everything you've never done before when you go out! Having said that, come all the way here and throw me away? go out alone? no i can't do that There is no ending where only one of the two lives.”
After muttering like a madman, I staggered to my feet while supporting him. The place where the bullet grazed was terribly painful. Fortunately, the bones and nerves were intact, and the legs moved, albeit with difficulty. My vision kept getting blurry. I strained my eyes and looked around.
The road was mayhem. The two camps confronted each other around a male student who collapsed while running forward. People who did not have a proper protective gear, let alone a weapon, desperately fled, and the soldiers fired at them indifferently, as if they were practicing marksmanship.
“Senior Hohyun!”
Nahye Kim wrote evil. Before she knew it, she and the others had made it to the opposite edge of the road. I was about to jump over the fence separating the forest from the road, but she pointed behind me. There was the same fence behind my senior and my back.
“It’s a mountain. Run to the mountains.”
Kim Na-hye also suffered a gunshot wound, and her forearm was stained with blood. Instead of using her injured arm, she made a trumpet with one arm and shouted with all her might.
“See you alive!”
"Kkeuk... … . Kyaaaaagh!”
I heard the familiar growl. There were infected people who came out through the broken wall. The soldiers who found them exchanged urgent cries. As the gunfire subsided, he turned around.
I pressed my palm against the bloody side of my senior, blocking it, and moved on. With each step, the weight of two people was put on the injured leg. The pain was so severe that my eyes were spinning. The senior's condition also worsened. He couldn't say anything more. My forehead was drenched with cold sweat, and I closed my eyes weakly and breathed heavily.
I wrapped him around and sent him over the fence. I tried my best to make the gunshot wound in my side as light as possible. After I had sent him safely, I also passed. My legs trembled as if there had been an earthquake. While crossing the fence, the strength in his hands went out. In the end, I fell into the woods behind the fence.
"Ugh! Ugh, ugh.”
His body throbbed against the roots of trees and rocks that had been hiding under the snow-covered clothes. I thought the bones of my whole body were crumbling. I put my arms on the ground and got up with difficulty. He took off the coat he was wearing and put it around the old man's waist. Both sleeves were tied in knots and tied tightly around the injured side. "Ugh," he moaned briefly.
I never knew when I would be attacked again while I was here. Also, because the senior was seriously injured, he couldn't take the time for aesthetics. I supported him and stood up. A steep winter mountain lined with bare trees and snow-capped rocks spread out before us.
When I die, you go back to Christmas morning. If I die, there will be no one who will remember my senior and the times he repeated countless times. When I die, the way to defeat the virus becomes unclear. So I had to get out alive. with seniors.
Something dripped from his lips. I put the hand that wasn't supporting the senior to his mouth. blood spilled It seemed that the corner of his mouth was torn as he fell headfirst to the ground and hit a rock. The senior's life was dying out moment by moment, but there was no time to worry about such things. I murmured while wiping away blood.
“I am not dying. I won't die, I won't die... … .”
My vision narrowed black. The only thing I could hear was the sound of my senior breathing in my ears. I let go of the back of my hand, which was still stained with blood, and moved to the mountain.
* * *
I hadn't even walked that far, but I was out of breath. Even when I was walking on the asphalt road, it hurt as if I was digging my nerves, but riding the mountain made it worse. The mountains surrounding our school were quite steep. A few years ago, rumors circulated like ghost stories about a student who fell into a mountain after drinking alcohol. There was even snow piled up there now. My feet tried to slip several times.
"Ugh. ha… … .”
Sweat kept pouring out. My body temperature dropped quickly because I took off my coat and gave it to my senior. On the other hand, the injured area was hot as if it were on fire.
how far did it go In the end, I tripped. I didn't see that the snow on the rock froze and turned into ice, so I stepped on it. body leaned forward. Even in the midst of falling, I hugged my senior tightly. We rolled over the snow mixed with pine needles and the crunchy leaves.
"senior. senior! it's okay?"
As soon as I came to my senses, I looked at the senior. Nothing else mattered. It seemed like there were only the two of us in a world covered in pure white snow.
“… … .”
He grimaced and stretched out his hand. I couldn't even open my eyes and just fumbled into the air. seemed to be looking for me. Involuntarily, he held out his hand. The moment our blood-stained hands are about to touch. clap. There was a heavy sound right in front of me. My heart went down to my toes. I lifted my stiff head and looked up. A soldier was pointing a gun at me.
The soldier was very young. Of the Korean soldiers, except for officers, most of the general soldiers were young men in their early to mid-twenties, so it was natural. He even looked younger than me. Underneath the defense-colored bullet-proof helmet, a youthful face with high-precision glasses was visible. When I looked at the rank insignia, it was a second class soldier.
“Stay still!”
He drew the gun, tensed. I'm crazy about what my face looks like now. To think that a guy with tousled hair and blood all over his body is hugging a critically ill patient. Even if it were me, I thought I would point the gun first.
"hello."
I had to calm down the opponent first. I laughed habitually. He visibly flinched.
“Ooh, if it moves, it fires immediately… … .”
Strangely, it wasn't scary. Maybe it's because I've seen too many people who rush to kill me as soon as they see me. Or is it paralyzed by fear, thinking that everything is wrong now?
“What are you talking about upstairs? Are you going to shoot everyone that comes out?”
“I will open fire immediately!”
“Were you a student? when in society. How long has it been since you enlisted?”
“… … .”
“Aren’t you annoyed to be mobilized in such a cold season? So did I.”
"buy… … People said no.”
His trembling grew uncontrollably. The gun pointed at my forehead fluttered to and fro. The finger on the trigger also twitched several times. In the end, he fixed his gun as if he had made up his mind. Without realizing it, I closed my eyes tightly. But the terrible pain did not come.
"What is that."
The soldier staggered back, his gaze fixed over my shoulder. I heard the sound of stepping on leaves behind me. I opened my eyes and looked around. I saw the infected standing among the overgrown trees. It seemed that one of the things that came through the wall had finally come this far.
My whole body was burnt black and ooze dripping, perhaps because I was caught in the fire from the car. There was snow and dirt all over the place. It was a terrible sight. Even I, who had seen all the ghastly sights, ran chills down my spine.
It found us and groaned greedily. And it started coming this way. He tripped on rocks and tree trunks and staggered, but did not stop. The closer the distance got, the more his face became more visible.
"Ugh… … Ugh, hehe.”
The soldier looked back and forth between the infected and me. The eyes were out of focus. The hand holding the gun also trembled. I was worried that I might accidentally open fire. It was understandable to panic. I would have stood guard on the road in front of the main gate and only shot things that were far away, so I would have never seen it this close.
He's a good soldier, but he was just an ordinary young man in his twenties. Until he enlisted, he would have had a peaceful day. Just like me and my seniors did. There was no way that even if they had received military training for several months, they would be able to carry out the slaughter as if they had waited in this situation.
“Shoot. hurry!"
"iced coffee… … .”
“You want to die like this? Shoot!”
He endured the throbbing pain and urged him. Then he fumbled and raised his gun. However, I couldn't properly put my index finger on the trigger, so I messed with it several times. That guy was called an adviser in the military.
Finally, he succeeded in shooting one shot. However, the aim was shaken violently and hit the tree next to it. The rotten eyeballs of the infected creak and roll towards him.
“Whoah!”
The soldiers screamed as they made eye contact with the infected. It stimulated the opponent even more. He ran towards him as if he had been waiting.
"Ouch! me, go away Go away!”
There was also the option of taking the senior and running away while the enemy was distracted by that person. But it didn't. It couldn't be. Our pace was very slow as the patient supported the patient and walked the mountain path. The infected gobbled him up and would soon find their next target. At this speed, you'll be caught before you can go a few steps. At that time, even one soldier zombie will be added. So I had to do something about it here.
"go away!"
The soldier brandished a gun and hit the opponent. Machine guns were of little use in close combat. It seemed to me that it was written with a blunt weapon.
“Keep your eyes open. Shoot the brain through the eyes!”
He didn't seem to hear my cry. I didn't want to be like this. I left the senior sitting leaning on the back of a tree away from the infected person.
Instead of using his injured leg, he picked up a large stone. Even the simple movement of bending the back hurt to death. Fuck! The stone I threw hit it. The man who was just about to bite the soldier's hand broke his head. Now, the infected began to target me, not the soldier.
“Shoot now. Quickly!”
The hesitant soldier took a clumsy shooting stance. But it was faster for the infected to rush to me.
“Kyaaaaaagh!”
The guy with his mouth wide open aimed at the scruff of my neck. I stumbled and sat down on my butt. He managed to avoid the attack with a narrow gap. But the next time I couldn't avoid it. A shadow was cast over me.
“Ugh!”
I raised my arm in a hurry to stop biting my neck. The demon's teeth were lodged in his forearm. It was a really dirty feeling. Before it could move its jaws and bite my flesh, a soldier shot me from behind. Since it was an ultra-short range shooting, it was easy to hit as long as the target was not shaken.
In front of my eyes, the head of the infected exploded. The bullets aimed at the eye sockets split the rotten brain and pierced the back of the head. Dark, sticky blood splattered into the air. The infected fell over and did not move any further.
"Ugh… … Ugh, hehe.”
He dropped the gun, frozen stiff as if he couldn't believe what he had done. No matter how private he was, in many ways he was disqualified from being a true soldier.
“I, there… … .”
After a while, he finally found his reason and approached with a face that looked like he was about to cry. But I was in no mood to answer. Unpleasant heat spread from the bitten area. My body, which had been frozen in the cold, gradually warmed up. I sighed and collapsed in place.
“Can you hear me? excuse me!"
I could see a soldier hurriedly running and grabbing me with blurred vision.
how long has it been I woke up to the noise of the walkie-talkie. It seemed that the soldier was communicating with the unit. At the last moment, I must have fallen on the ground mixed with dirt and snow, but I was lying flat on a rock under the shade of a tree.
When I turned around, I saw the senior. He was lying next to me. He had lost a lot of blood and his complexion was very pale. There was no blood on his lips. A bandage was wrapped around my side instead of the clothes I had sloppily wrapped around it.
So did my calves. I rolled up my pants, tattered by the gun, up to my knees, and bandaged them. It left clear teeth marks on my arm. It hadn't been long since he had been bitten, so he was bleeding red. It hurt like being stamped on a sharp edge, but my body wasn't as hot and dizzy as before.
It was the right time to shoot me and my senior, so why didn't I kill them? Lay me down and give me treatment. He might not know if he was a normal person, but since he is serving in the military, he could be severely punished for disobeying orders.
The reason was unknown. But it seemed like he knew. My body must have moved before I measured this and that. Just like I've risked saving others.
The soldier just finished communicating. I called him in a loud voice.
"excuse me."
“Yes, yep! Private Byung Kang, Byeong, Chan!”
As if he hadn't noticed that I had woken up, as soon as he heard my voice, he was startled and responded quickly. He was like a private soldier whose official rank name pops up even in his sleep.
"Shh."
He raised his arm and put his index finger to his mouth. He flinched and shut his mouth.
“This bandage… … . Is it a supply? Did you wind it up yourself?”
"Yes. Well, it's first aid. I even disinfected it once.”
"thank you."
His eyes were bloodshot, whether from the shock of what he had just experienced or for some other reason. He rubbed his eyes with the sleeve of his military uniform.
“I came here without knowing anything. It was said that it was an emergency equivalent to wartime, and that an emergency had to be dispatched.”
He suddenly brought up another story. I listened silently.
“It was the university where I got there. Are the students holding a large-scale protest? Who started the shooting on campus? Or did the armed commissar descend from North Korea on the mountain? That’s what I was thinking.”
“… … .”
“I was waiting at the front door and told them to shoot everything that came out. I'm not a person and I don't understand the language, so don't hesitate to shoot me. Think of it as an enemy that poses a serious threat to the security of the Republic of Korea, and that it is no different than catching a gangster.”
I didn't get angry. Because I know that the lower end soldiers don't know anything and just did what they were told. However, I became disillusioned with the superior who gave a heartless order even though he knew that there were people living on campus.
“It was strange. Whatever came out, he looked like a human being. Some behaved strangely, as if possessed by a ghost, while others were completely sane. But the above keeps telling me to kill everyone immediately. I just say shoot unconditionally, I don't know why they shoot, they're ordinary college students, but students my age just run out and scream. How, how... … .”
He was unable to speak and wept. Then he lifted his head and looked straight at me. Tears welled up in his reddened eyes.
“What the hell is right? Those monsters, what are viruses? He's a civilian who has done nothing wrong. But why were you locked up on campus? Why do we have to shoot you?”
There was no way I could give a definitive answer. I also wanted to know
In the dormitory, in the library, in the main building. The images of people desperate to live came to mind vividly, cruelly. Good and evil, selfish and altruistic people. They, what the hell did we do to have to go through such a disaster?
I felt the presence of several people from the bottom of the mountain. The soldier and I both looked that way at the same time. It wasn't infected this time. Armed soldiers were coming up without hesitation through the bushes.
“Don't shoot!”
The soldier next to me jumped up and gave a big hand signal with both arms.
“You can't shoot. You are a survivor!”
He glanced at the teeth marks on my arm and at my eyes, which showed no signs of change. Then he shouted again to the other side.
“… … We must rescue them!”
The conversation between the soldiers could be heard far away. The strength in the body was quickly released. I blacked out as if submerged in deep water. While listening to the thin, unstable breathing of the senior lying next to him.
* * *
Memories after that are not clear. Every time I regain my consciousness, the scenery around me has changed. In a moving car, on a mobile bed, even in a hospital room. I had no idea. It was just creepy, dizzy, and painful. At some point, an oxygen mask was placed over my mouth. The bedside monitor beeped regularly.
So I slept for a very long time. I didn't even dream. It's like staying up all night in the dormitory to finish homework and slept. When I woke up again, my family was sitting around my bed. Who is it? I thought so for a moment. It felt like a long time ago to see them.
Everyone started crying as soon as they saw me. Mother and father, and even the younger sister who quarreled whenever they made eye contact. He said he thought I was dead. Rescue attempts are being made by all means, but no survivors have been identified so far. That has been the position of the government so far.
“Hey, Hohyun-ah. our dog. my pretty baby... … .”
Grandma held my hand, which was restlessly on the blanket, and cried for a long time. The old woman's small, wrinkled hands were superimposed on her hands, full of minor scratches and bruises. I was going to say that I was fine, were you worried too much? But the voice didn't come out well. Maybe it was because of the lack of anesthesia or the narcotic painkillers that flowed along the sap line, so I was dazed. Breathing in the oxygen mask followed the exhaled breath.
“… … .”
So I just laughed. He wiggled his fingers hard and grabbed her grandmother's hand. The sobbing grew louder. The inside of the hospital room was a sea of crying for a long time.
I stayed in a single room all the time. Hospital expenses were fully paid by the state. It is said that it was explained to the family that support was provided for victims who suffered an unexpected accident. But I knew. It was a kind of isolation measure.
I underwent an odd number of scans, and had countless blood draws before I could recover. Both arms, wrists, and the back of the hand were tattered with needle marks. It was expected from the moment of rescue. If I could make a vaccine with something in my body, if I could save people who would die in vain and look terrible. Any amount of blood could have been drawn.
Gauze was applied to the wounds all over the body, and the calf, which had been torn by bullets, was meticulously sutured and bandaged. Even the thigh that had been stabbed in the central library before was disinfected again.
“Are you a senior?”
It was the first thing I said as soon as the lines hanging from my body were removed and I recovered enough to take off the oxygen mask. My parents looked bewildered at the questions they asked.
“Are you senior?”
“Senior. Senior Ki Young-won. Rescued with me.”
I forgot to breathe and looked at them. What if I say that I don't know such a person and that you were the only survivor in the first place? What if the sound of his breathing lying side by side on a snowy mountain was a hallucination I had created? All kinds of negative thoughts ran through my hazy mind with medicinal energy.
"that… … .”
Finally, my parents spoke up.
I got the answer.
Visits were prohibited on the days of the 'inspection'. My family, who had always been by my side, returned home after a long time. After spending some free time alone, I suddenly noticed a TV installed on the wall.
Until now, no one in the family watched TV as if they had promised. It would be boring to just stare at me in an empty hospital room, but I've never even seen him fiddling with a cell phone. As if possessed, I picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.
A terrestrial news channel appeared full of the screen. The anchor dressed in a suit remarked with a serious expression. I stared blankly at the screen. He couldn't hear him talking. All I could see was the headlines that were constantly changing. Familiar words appeared one after another.
[Suspicion of intentional loss of communication in the '100 Days Disaster', is it to prevent the spread of confusion?]
[From receiving a report to deciding to give up rescue… 'Golden time of silence', what was the government doing at that time]
[Controversy over military concealment attempt, truth battle over whether or not to order to kill]
[Patriotic and Peace Party member Hwang Ki-yong's last words scandal "The Baekildae disaster is a self-made play by pro-North Korean forces, and the bereaved families are paid to act"]
[Baekil University President Yang Eung-sik announces sudden resignation “I feel a great responsibility… I will apologize to the students for the rest of my life.”]
I was stunned and turned the channel. This time, it was a current affairs discussion pro. The panelists were arguing fiercely with our school logo displayed on the screen. Breaking news headlines flowed one after another at the bottom of the screen.
[Survivor Kim Mo-yang’s testimony “It’s not a big deal, so there was a broadcast telling me to live my life as usual”]
[Currently, about 500,000 people have participated in the petition of the Blue House for 'Calling for the Truth of the Hundred Days Disaster']
[Installation of a joint incense burner for victims of 'One hundred and one virus leak accident'... A continuous wave of mourning]
pop. The video that filled the screen suddenly turned off. I tossed the remote control at the bedside.
I stepped under the bed. She tucked her dry feet under her patient pants into slippers and stood up. Pain spread through the bandaged calf. Still, it was better than wandering through the snow-covered mountains, bleeding profusely.
I crossed the spacious single room and walked out the door. Find him somewhere in the other hospital rooms in this building.
I stepped into a hospital room no different from where I was. The room was peaceful. The fluorescent lights were not turned on, but the sunlight coming through the ivory curtains subtly colored the walls and floor. There were large baskets of flowers and fruit on the cabinet, and white steam continuously rose from the humidifier.
I approached slowly, dragging my aching legs. I saw the name tag on the hospital bed. Ki Young-won, male, 25 years old. The name printed in black letters was familiar. But at the same time, it felt very strange. It may be because I finally realized that the person I met in an unrealistic situation existed in reality and was actually alive.
The senior was sleeping quietly under the light-colored futon typical of hospitals. With a comfortable face, as if he had forgotten all the pain and despair he had experienced so far. Neither the infusion line stuck in the back of his hand nor the bandage tightly wrapped around the exposed skin over the patient's uniform were visible for that moment.
Instead of waking him, I turned and limped toward the window. I pulled back the closed curtains a little. Brilliant sunlight poured in. A white line was also drawn on the bed where the senior lay. I sighed and opened the curtains wide. After living in a hospital room for a long time, the natural light suddenly dazzled my eyes. I forgot that my weight-bearing legs were gradually hurting and I looked out the window. I saw the scene in front of the hospital.
Cars came and went constantly. A taxi would drop someone off or pick them up. People in white coats and badges walked around. There were also guardians who took patients in wheelchairs for a walk. The snow on the flower beds and in the yard is now mostly melted.
The world was moving as fast as ever. Time passed without waiting for us. Even while we're stuck on a campus that's become a living hell.
My family didn't tell me what had happened or how things were going. It must be because I don't want to stimulate my trauma. However, a rough outline was drawn just by fitting what I had seen and heard in person to the news that was constantly reported on TV.
Immediately after the virus was leaked, people who were contacted fled. The same was true of some students who quickly grasped the situation. Students waiting for the shuttle bus to go down the mountain were stranded, but those who had a means of transportation managed to get out of the school. However, it seems that some of them have already been infected. A student was riding a scooter and collapsed in the middle of the road in front of the main gate. And it changed shortly thereafter.
Outside, it quickly became a mess. Still, there was only one infected person, and it was fortunate that he mutated before reaching the city. Rescuers who were coming in additionally risked their lives to arrest him. In the process, countless victims occurred.
Once mutated, treatment was impossible. It was all about preventing the spread as much as possible by tying up and isolating the infected. Even so, you never know when the virus will leak out. There was no data on whether it spreads through air or water, whether it spreads to animals, and how it evolves over time. Ultimately, the government decided the virus was out of control and quickly closed the campus.
It was luck that I got bitten on the arm while trying to save the private. Otherwise, my senior and I would have been shot dead by the soldiers. Even if they look sober on the outside, they might have been bitten on the invisible part, so the government's policy was to kill them unconditionally.
However, I was bitten in front of the private, and no matter how long I waited, I did not transform. I became living proof that there are people who are immune to the virus. Even for the sake of research, he would have had to keep me alive.
So far, the government has maintained that despite desperate rescue efforts, no survivors have been found. There was an exception for the first time. So those who fled out the front door with me were also rescued.
It was a truly nightmare-like day, when it seemed to us that death would have been easier. But to them, it was just a thorny issue and a good excuse for a power struggle. Voices shouting in a furious tone filled the TV speakers day after day.
“… … .”
A small groan was heard. I looked back. The senior tossed and turned slightly in his seat. A bright light came into the room, making it seem like I was awake. His eyes trembled slightly. Suddenly, black eyes appeared. I held my breath and watched the scene.
The senior sighed helplessly and opened his eyes. And stared at the ceiling. He remained in that position for a while, his unfocused eyes fixed on the sun-drenched ceiling. The hospital room ceiling was the same white as the dormitory room. I thought I knew what he was thinking. I deliberately approached with a gicheok.
His gaze, which had stayed in one place, slowly moved toward me. He narrowly furrowed his eyes. I wondered why, but the sunlight hitting my back made me crazy.
“Hello, senior. Did you sleep well?"
“… … .”
He opened his mouth blankly, then closed it again. The moment I recognized my existence, the light slowly returned to my cloudy eyes and colored them. From death to life, from darkness to light. It was wonderful.
“… … Hello junior. I'm here?"
A sternly cracked voice came out. But the way he spoke was still the same. Unknowingly, I was relieved.
“I managed to live.”
I couldn't stand it and laughed a little. The senior looked at me like I was bewitched. Even under the harshly bright winter sunlight, the black eyes followed me around.
"yes. I managed to live.”
He slowly raised his upper body and stretched out his hand. Even though the sap needle stuck in the back of his hand fell out, he hugged me tightly, not paying attention. I was dragged into bed without any help.
“Senior, wait a minute. Ringer needle is missing.”
“Yes, yes. pretty girl.”
He didn't listen to me at all. I buried my head in the neck and shoulder blades that were exposed through the baggy patient clothes and didn't know how to fall. His breath touched his sensitive skin.
“Did you miss it? I have to ask the nurse to put it back in... … .”
“Tell me to drop that. Only when I put my dick in you, it doesn’t fall out.”
"Ouch!"
The never-before-seen obscenity rumors did not go anywhere. The atmosphere that had continued until now was destroyed. In the meantime, the senior hugged my waist and patted my ass over the patient's uniform. I wanted to cry. He felt a thick bandage wrapped around his side, and he couldn't shake it off.
“Senior, please!”
“Why don’t you tell me to shut up?”
"yes?"
“You did it to me. Ki Young-won shut up. that's fucking ugly do it again If you ask me to hit you harder with that tone while getting stuck in it, damn it, just thinking about it makes me feel cheap.”
I'm at a loss for words. My face was hot. I didn't know that he would remember the words he said haphazardly out of desperation.
“I thought I would go for one, but I didn’t. Would you like to hit me now?”
he giggled. He could see the scars on his sun-drenched cheeks. Blood scabs were also sitting on her bloodless lips. I quietly shook my head.
"no. Why am I hurting you?”
“What are you really trying to do? It’s just unnecessarily pretty, and it’s very soft and bursting.”
He touched my cheeks, my hands, and the gauze that was clinging to my wounds.
“Did you push yourself to the end to save me again? You don't even know how precious your life is. Such a small and soft thing like a dog.”
Small and soft... … . No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn't a modifier attached to me. No matter how you look at it, I was bigger and harder than small and soft. But now I wasn't too surprised.
“So you don’t like it?”
"no."
He answered immediately without hesitation. It was a half-joking question, but when the answer without a smile came back, I became embarrassed. I just changed the subject.
“Senior, you know what? New Year's Eve soon Christmas is over now.”
What the senior went through, what Christmas morning means to him. No one in the world will ever know. Even if you say it, you will be treated like a lunatic. I guess you could say that he was shocked by the virus disaster and went crazy. To understand the pain he must have felt countless times and the madness that would follow him like a shadow for the rest of his life... … . It was only me.
The old man stared into my eyes. His pale lips moved several times, as if to say something.
“Brother, you know what? I… … . That day, at Christmas dawn... … .”
“… … .”
I waited patiently, but the senior didn't say anything for a long time. At some point, their eyes diverged slightly. He stretched out his bandaged arm, took a small petal from the flower basket next to him, and casually placed it on the bridge of my nose. I didn't understand why, so I just blinked my eyes.
“Rabbit with petals.”
"yes?"
He declared calmly with an expressionless face. It was absurd. Have you ever forgotten what a rabbit looks like? Or are you talking about the terrifyingly large rabbits that live abroad?
“Rabbit, would you like an apple?”
“No, that’s it. Yeah? Hey, senior?"
He took another bite and took an apple from the fruit basket and placed it in the palm of my hand.
"eat. You like apples.”
Confusedly, he looked at the senior and apologized alternately, and later burst into laughter. Riding on the laughter that leaked out, the flower petals that were on my nose fluttered up. I was in a situation where my limbs shriveled and my head stood on end at the senior’s extraordinary words and actions, but strangely, I laughed.
Petals floated in the air and landed on the bed sheets. I laughed and laughed again. It's as if he's trying to resolve the grudge he's been unable to smile on properly. The senior who was watching me also smiled lightly.
The senior had forgotten what was outside of school and even what he liked and enjoyed, but he remembered just instinctively that I liked apples. I remembered him calmly offering an apology saying he picked it up. The way he promised with his fingers that he would do everything he wanted to do when he left, and the way he wrapped his arms around me without hesitation and got shot instead.
“Ahaha, haha… … .”
At the end of the laugh, his throat choked. I shrugged my shoulders and smiled, then bowed my head. He bit his lips with tears in his eyes. But once the dam broke, it couldn't be stopped again.
“… … .”
I held an apple in one hand and cried awkwardly in front of him again. Just like in the cafe on the first floor of the central library. I couldn't even hide the tears flowing down my face and my distorted expression, and I gasped pitifully.
I thought a lot about whether I should say this or not. Until now, I have been holding back without saying anything. If I were to die after saying this, it would be too cruel for a senior who would remember everything alone. But it seemed that the time had come.
"I like."
As he finished speaking, tears streamed down his pale cheeks. After a moment of silence, the senior asked softly.
“Do you like apples that much? enough to cry?”
“No, sir.”
“… … .”
“I like you, senior.”
“… … .”
After a while, there was no reply. I looked up. He barely opened his tear-soaked eyes and looked at him through his damp eyelashes.
“Oh… … !”
I hugged him before I even checked his expression. Their chests collided violently through the white hospital gowns. My heart was beating like crazy. An unstable breath fell over me. Like holding back laughter or crying.
I hugged his back and buried my head. Then I saw it by chance. The scar on his neck had faded just a little bit. It was a subtle change that could not be noticed unless I had seen him up close and often. But it has definitely recovered. The place where it was cracked slightly healed, and the redness of the red flesh of the bird became less red. It was still terrifying, but it looked less painful than before.
I slowly traced the scar with my fingertips. I looked back at him one by one, engraved in me. When we first met in the dormitory hallway, when we put our bodies together under a pouring shower, in a dark building with no lights, under a cloudy sky with snow flurries, in a forest full of bony trees.
The tears that had remained in his eyes during that time flowed down and wet the nape of his neck. As if the snow that fell during the winter had accumulated and finally melted and flowed. The scar was drenched in moisture, and it was dyed a color closer to the original skin.
I knew intuitively. Now that there will be no more repetitions.
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