2. Regrets (origins)

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When Yeosang got into the room, Wooyoung locked the door behind him and let out a sigh of relief. Yeosang was sobbing with his hands covering his face.

Yeosang yelled at Wooyoung with a strained voice, "WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME SAVE HER! I COULD HAVE SAVED HER WOO! SHE WAS SUFFERING AND I COULD HAVE HELPED HER!"

Wooyoung saw Yeosang's teary eyes filled with guilt, and couldn't help but feel sorry for what he did. But, Wooyoung knew that the woman was far from saving at that point. She was bitten, which means she'd become a zombie anyway.

Wooyoung replied, "Yeosang, didn't you see she was bitten by that infected? She would have turned anyway! There was no way to save her. I'm sorry for pulling you away, but it's for the best. I'm sorry you couldn't save her Yeosang."

"Wooyoung, she was suffering! I couldn't just leave her there to be devoured by a crazy zombie! We could have at least got her away from that thing so she didn't have to be in agony from being eaten! You don't understand Woo, I could have helped her. But you stopped me. It's your fault she's out there being torn apart."

Wooyoung sat there in silence, realizing Yeosang is right. The faint noises of growling and flesh being ripped apart only made his guilt worse.

Mingi and Yunho didn't know what to say either, as both of them weren't there to see anything anyways.

The boys hid in the room for hours, barely even speaking to each other. The television was only playing static on every channel. Nobody's phone could work. The landline was cut off as well. No communication with the outside world meant that none of them truly knew what was going on outside of that room. But they knew that it was bad out there.

Eventually it became dark outside, and the noises outside the room finally quieted down. All of them were starving, so Wooyoung volunteered to get some food for them. The boys seemed skeptical at first, because they didn't want to see him in danger. Wooyoung brought a spare scalpel with him from one of the cabinets by the sink, just in case he encountered an infected. The boys didn't really object; if he didn't go search for food, they would all starve anyways.

Wooyoung came back only minutes later with a lot of snacks from the vending machine down the hall. Apparently a lot of the zombies had evacuated the hospital, most likely because everyone had been turned. Since the boys had sat in silence for so long, the zombies were unaware that they were still there. Wooyoung didn't even see another living thing in sight. He broke into the vending machine (which made a lot of noise) expecting a zombie to pop out at any moment.
Luckily, there was none around to hear it.

Wooyoung came back with food and he even picked up some medical supplies for Mingi, who was still quite injured from the gunshot wound. Yunho was especially glad to have some food, seeing as he didn't eat anything since the night before when he came home after spending the whole day with Mingi in the hospital.

As they all began to eat, Mingi started to come up with a plan.

"Well, for now I'm not strong enough to fight any kind of monster, but I think I can walk with some help. Our best bet is getting out of here with as much supplies as possible."

All of the boys agreed; the hospital was empty for the moment, but who knows how long that will last.

The boys began searching for any kind of food, medicine, and protective clothing. There was a few backpacks in the supply closet as well, packed with first aid supplies. They all changed into different clothes, seeing as Mingi was in a hospital gown and Wooyoung and Yeosang had their scrubs on. As soon as they made sure they had everything, they left the hospital. Yunho ended up being the one to help Mingi walk. He was a pretty tall and muscular boy, perfect to help Mingi.

Ever since then, the boys always stayed together. With Mingi's strength, Wooyoung and Yeosang's medical background, and Yunho's intelligence, the boys had become an extremely strong force to be reckoned with.

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