Death dive [ NCT 127 ]

♡ Chapter 3 ♡

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The door creaks as Johnny pushes it wide open, revealing four bodies huddled up next to the door. And contrary to what they feared, none of the four students they saw were unusually pale or had eyes that made them look like they had been smoking cannabis for ten consecutive hours. Instead they were met once again with familiar faces. Well, most of them at least.

Taeyong recognised two of the boys as Moon Taeil and Kim Jungwoo. He wasn't particularly close with either of the boys, but he did remember them from a few different occasions. Jungwoo had been in a few of his classes, including math and biology, but the strongest memory Taeyong had of the boy was when he himself handed Jungwoo an award for gaining the absolute highest grades in the school. A similar occurrence was also the reason for his recall of Taeil, as Taeyong distinctly remember handing him an award for best achieving art student. Unlike Jungwoo however, Taeil was more known for his attendance at international art competitions and awards than his academic performance.

Johnny on the other hand, recognised all four, and a smile of relief crossed his face. Except for Taeil and Jungwoo, two other boys were sitting there who Johnny recognised as Jung Jaehyun and Lee Donghyuck. He knew Donghyuck, or more well known as Haechan, as a result of his friendship with Mark, as he and the other sophomore in front of him were inseparable best friends. Compared to Haechan though, his recognition of Jaehyun was faint and brief. All he knew about the guy was that he sat at the back of his art class, and that he always had his nose in that worn out notebook of his, scribbling and drawing god knows what.

The boys terrified eyes darted between the five of them, before taking on a look of exhausted relief. Jungwoo, who was the only one standing up, was holding a makeshift weapon of a broken scissor's blade in each hand. He seemed to be standing the closest to the door as a guard. Right behind him were Taeil and Jaehyun, hovering over Haechan. The young sophomore had his head held high and his teeth clenched, letting out low groans of pain as the two boys next to him pressed on what Taeyong made out to be his knee, which had blood oozing from it persistently. They had made a makeshift bandage, using what Taeyong assumed to be white cloth of some sort.

"Oh my god- You guys scared me." Jungwoo stammered in terrified relief. His eyes were still widened in shock, staring down the five boys in front of him, as if though they'd turn into whatever those flesh-eating creatures out there were at any second. The five boys however let their shoulders drop in solace.

"We're sorry, this big idiot thought it'd be a great fucking idea to open up a closed door in the middle of a zombie-infested building." Doyoung started, smacking Johnny lightly at the back of his head. Johnny dramatically hunches over and whines in pain, and Taeyong in his turn smacks Doyoung, hoping he would get the memo of shutting his pissy attitude up until they're out of the school building. Doyoung's comment however, seemed to be the least of the four boys' concerns at the moment.

"It's alright, we're glad you did. It's a disarray out there, so with more people we have a higher chance of escaping." Jungwoo started. "Haechan over here tripped and scraped his knee pretty badly, and this room was the closest one we could hide in. I swear I don't know what I would have done if it was one of those creatures that walked in instead of you guys."

The five boys all glanced over Jungwoo's shoulder, and there they saw the same sight Taeyong first saw, with Haechan sitting with his knee wrapped in white fabric tainted crimson red. While Taeyong, Mark, Johnny and Doyoung started talking to Jungwoo and Taeil about their next move, Yuta stuck his hands in his pocket and brought out something that caught Haechan's attention.

"Here. I don't know if it'll be enough but hopefully it will at least reduce the bleeding a little." he says, handing him a half-full pack of plasters. He always carries it with him, especially in Phys Ed. He smiles at the younger, and Haechan looks at him with widened eyes and a slight smirk, before jumping up inexpectedly and engulfing the older in a tight hug. Jaehyun who was sitting next to Haechan lets a gasp escape his lips.