Seventeen Zombie Apocalypse AU

🧪Fifty nine🦠

Soonyoung watched in endearment as the little girl sat in between Y/n's legs as she braided her hair. They would laugh every now and again and it seemed like the girl had warmed up to Y/n quite quickly, looking comfortable and somewhat happy around her.

"what's your name?" Y/n asked as she threaded her hair through her fingers and weaved it together.
"Ara" the girl said. Y/n hummed at her answer,
"that's a pretty name Ara, my names Y/n, that boy over there" Y/n said. Y/n then pointed at Seungcheol,
"his name is Seungcheol, he's my brother" she said.
"brother? you're so lucky, I don't have a brother" Ara whined. Y/n chuckled at her response and looked over at Seungcheol, smiling fondly,
"yeah I am pretty lucky" she said.

"All done" Y/n said, patting Ara's head to let her know she had finished braiding her hair. She turned around in her lap and felt the braids, smiling brightly up at the older girl. She continued staring at Y/n, her eyes trailing over her face,
"you're very pretty, just like my mum" she complimented, a small but sad smile on her face. Y/n returned the smile,
"I'm sure she was" she said.

Ara furrowed her brows when she looked down at Y/n's arm where her sleeve had ridden up. There was a small indentation on the side of her forearm, it was barely noticeable and Ara wouldn't have noticed it if she wasn't touching her arm.
"what's that?" she asked curiously, cocking her head to the side as her fingers felt the scar. Y/n didn't need to look down to know what she was talking about. Her eyes widened and her heart rate sped up.
"It's nothing" she said, quickly pulling her sleeve down to cover it.
"I was silly when I was little and fell down and hurt myself" she lied, offering Ara a sweet smile. Ara seemed to believe her and quickly ignored it.

"All right let's go, the others want to leave now" Y/n said after clearing her throat, noticing Junhui waving her over. Ara got up and ran over to her dad, proudly showing off her new hairstyle to him. Y/n watched as she ran off, hand gripping her arm as she exhaled nervously. She took a deep breath in before jogging to catch up to the rest of the group.

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Y/n found it hard to concentrate on anything else but her thoughts. She had a constant feeling of anxiety in the pit of her stomach. Her nerves were bundled and she felt like throwing up.

The group would have to rest and take small breaks more often because of Ara and her dad. Both of them not being used to walking for long distances at a time, causing them to become easily fatigued.

Mingyu had picked Ara up and was currently carrying her on his back while they walked. The group couldn't afford to keep taking breaks so they had to compromise.

Over the few hours that Ara and her father had spent with the group, they grew more familiar and comfortable with them, now knowing that they could trust them. Ara's dad would usually stick to the back of the group, mainly because he couldn't keep up with the rest of them but also because he wanted to have Ara in his field of vision at all times.

"we have four days to make it to Busan, we can only sleep for a few hours tonight and take almost no breaks tomorrow if we want to get on that boat" Junhui said, clearly feeling stressed about the small amount of time they had left to reach their destination.

Everyone let out noises of dissatisfaction, not liking the fact that they couldn't take breaks considering how exhausted they all were. But they kept their comments to themselves, knowing that if they made it to the boat on time, and were rescued and taken to Japan, it would all be worth it.

The more they walked, the more the anxious feeling in Y/n's stomach grew, it being worsened as the chills she felt when she thought someone was following them had resurfaced.

She looked around, her eyes scanning the trees around them. Her eyes focused on a glint she saw coming from behind a tree, as if something like a piece of metal or glass was shining and reflecting in the sun. Her eyes adjusted and widened when she realised what it was, but it was too late. m

A gunshot was fired.

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sorry for the very dramatic cliffhanger lol, this chapter is probably very bad as i finished writing it at 11:30pm and i'm very tired but i hope it's good enough for you guys!!!!