sae-bom took gradual steps down the stair case as she continued to blast the flames onto the zombie's heads. as she was doing this, she heard on-jo yell out that the door was open.
a small smile had casted itself upon her face knowing that the others would get to safety. however, this smile quickly disappeared, as a guilty look replaced the smile. she didn't know if she'd able to make it back up without having an entire group of zombies on her fucking ass. glancing up for a quick second, sae-bom could see the slight relief on their faces as they all rushed through the door. amongst the sound of the zombie's snarls, sae-bom could hear a faint helicopter whirring, which could only mean that there were people coming to help them.
sae-bom tried to push away the penitent feeling within her, as she was glad for the younger students to get away from the danger and madness of the gory school. with how fast and intense everything was happening, sae-bom was sure that they wouldn't notice if she wasn't up with them.
taking in a deep breath, the girl gripped the can and lighter in her hands as she sprayed the fire around her. once she was some what positive that the majority of the zombies were on fire. she quickly shoved them back in her bag. she grabbed the spear on the floor, and breaking it in half.
she needed to use atleast two longer sticks to try and hit the zombies at her, aggressively hitting the wooden objects against their heads. with the burning heat, the zombie were somewhat immobile as their bodies were pushed towards the floor. it wouldnt have been long until the water detector would've gone off at the level she was on as well - seeing as the fire alarm had gone off earlier.
once she'd pushed past the zombies, onto the almost clear hallways, her eyes widened at the amount of fire spreading through the zombies. she noticed how none of the rooms or the building had actually caught on fire, meaning that she wouldn't cause the school to burn the down.
however, with the heat and the number of zombies, she wouldn't be able to get back up on the top floor. gulping, sae-bom held the sticks tight in her hands, stepping backwards as she began to run away from the scene.
"i'm sorry gyeong-su." she thought to herself, feeling a tear slip down her cheek. "please stay safe."
"ʷʰᵉʳᵉᵃʳᵉʸᵒᵘ"
"let me go!" gyeong-su thrashed around in dae-su and wu-jin's arms, desperately wanting to get away from them. "sae-bom's still out there! let me go! i have to go back for her!"
the boy was obviously distraught, tears streaming down his face as he tried to fight off his friends' grip on him. the pain in his voice was evident as he cried out loud, small cracks in his voice as he yelled for his friends to let go of him. he didn't want to be up here without sae-bom. he didn't want to be away from her. she was the reason he survived the night before, and like hell did he want to continue trying to survive if she wasn't there. dae-su and wu-jin obviously tried to calm the shorter boy down, though nothing seemed to stop the cries and yells that he let out.
despite gyeong-su being the only one who had loudly expressed his clear feelings on sae-bom being left outside of the door, the others were feeling like fucking shit too, wanting to throw up and cry as well. dae-su was trying to hold it in, not saying any words as he tried to hold gyeong-su down. he could feel his chest tighten up, the idea of her dying to protect them filling his head. wu-jin was the exact same, although he was unleashing his emotions onto the boy in his hold as he was yelling for him to calm down. joon-yeong was frozen, nervously biting on his lips as the worst ideas had come to his head on what could've happened to sae-bom.
on-jo was letting out silent tears, keeping a hand over her mouth. not only was she afraid for sae-bom having been left inside, but with gyeong-su's cries of despair, it made her feel so much worse. and with the helicopter leaving them behind... emotions overwhelmed the girl. nam-ra was in a similar state. although no tears escaped her eyes, the girl was scared, not having moved from her spot since gyeong-su had yelled out that sae-bom wasn't with them. her thoughts were scrambled, and the girl physically looked frantic, her eyes somewhat wide as she had yet accepted the recent events.
cheong-san and su-hyeok were the other two who had taken it almost as bad gyeong-su. cheong-san was sitting on the floor in shock, his stomach twisting and turning as if he were sick. he was shocked, and was obviously angry. angry at himself for shutting the door too fast, for not waiting. angry at the fact that he wasn't able to grab sae-bom before running up the stairs. angry at gwi-nam. angry at being left behind by the helicopter. angry at the stupid apocalypse. angry at everything. he had just managed to reunite with her today since the apocalypse had started, and though he had seen her the day before, he didn't want that to have been their last meeting.
after having thought that his own best friend was dead last night, cheong-san felt like shit and was cussing the whole world. he was crying almost the whole night, and hadn't spoken another word. finding out that he was actually alive along with the girl who was also so fucking special to him couldn't have made him happier.
but now... that girl wasn't there, and his best friend was painfully crying and was in so much affiction at the idea of his older sister out there, left with the mob of man-eating creatures. frustrated tears slowly trickled from his eyes, almost the same feeling he had felt just last night when he thought that gyeong-su was dead immediately coming to him once more.
su-hyeok was probably the second-worse to react. like cheong-san, he was angry, as he was one of the last two to shut the door. he was kicking the random objects on the floor, and was even punching the wall beside his head. after having punched it hard for a few seconds, his knuckles were leaking blood and aching. though, that pain in his hand wasn't as bad as the one in his chest. defeated, the boy sat up against the wall, his elbows propped up on his folded knees. tears fell quickly from his eyes, as he cried into his tightened fists. he tried to muffle it by placing his fist over his mouth, though that did nothing, as more tears only left his eyes. the idea of sae-bom not being there really sent his head into a fucking spiral of terror, guilt and agony.
su-hyeok had idolised on the girl since he first met her. when she'd teach him some techniques and moves on fighting, the pair had obviously gotten closer... and soom, this idolisation had turned into attraction. he'd liked her for so long, but had obviously done nothing about i.
not entirely knowing whether she was still alive or not... only the worst invaded his mind, not entirely being able to help it. in fact, everyone there was thinking of the exact same thing.
with the helicopter leaving them behind, and sae-bom having potentially died, they were all overwhelmed with a fuck ton of emotions.
though, none of them could compare to gyeong-su.
"you fucking promised!" gyeong-su's cries yelled out into the air, not entirely directing it to anyone there. dae-su and wu-jin were still trying to calm him down, though with the amount of ache in their chests and how persistent gyeong-su was, they were starting to give up. "you promised you'd stay with me!"
and as gyeong-su's yelling and thrashing started to die down, the boy stood on his own foot, sinking down onto the floor as his cries were replaced with hopeless sobs.
"you fucking promised..." he choked out a sob, sitting down in despair with his back somewhat hunched. his messy and frazzled hair somewhat framing the upper half of his face, however, the others could still see how red he was... how defeated he looked... how much tears coated his cheeks... how he bawled in so much anguish and heartbreak... "you said you weren't going to leave me..."
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