Undead's Embrace. (Woosan)

8. A Battle

The next morning, Yeosang, Mingi, and Yunho were all in Wooyoung's room watching Yeosang suturing Wooyoung's cut. They all decided to watch over him and protect him until they left.

When Yeosang was finished, he wrapped up the now-closed wound in rolled gauze and helped Wooyoung change into some clothes. Yeosang had some ripped clothes in his pack, just for some extra cloth for bandages. He decided to create a makeshift sling with Yunho's help so Wooyoung wouldn't reopen the wound.

Wooyoung and the boys walked out of the house only to meet Hongjoong, Seonghwa, and Jongho with guns trained at the gate.

"What's going on Hongjoong?" Yunho asked.

"There's a horde of them. Coming straight for us."

Seonghwa added, "Be prepared. We have some extra guns in the shed over there. Ammo should be in the boxes. Grab one and get ready."

The boys followed Seonghwa's directions and grabbed what guns they could find.

Mingi was trained with a gun as an ex-policeman, but the other boys had never got to use one. Let alone know how to shoot one.

Mingi tried to give a quick rundown on how to shoot their pistols, and the boys seemed to understand enough to try and make do with it. As for him, Mingi grabbed the assault rifle mounted to the wall. He knew how to handle it. He got to shoot one a lot during training.

They ran out to meet the others, gathered at the gate with a couple of ladders.

"We can't let them get in! Try and shoot them through the fence as much as you can. Me and Hongjoong will shoot from the ladders." Jongho yelled.

Seonghwa was seen running into his house, and when he came back out, San was right behind him.

Wooyoung froze in place.

Seonghwa came to him and said, "We need all the help we can get. I'm sorry. Please try to ignore him."

Knowing Seonghwa was doing what was best for the team, he ignored San's presence. Seonghwa got Yunho to help him barricade the gate in case they did break through. Wooyoung took a stance kneeling behind the fence. His sling helped keep his trigger finger steady as least.

San shot Wooyoung a look from the opposite side of the gate. Instead of angry looking, it seemed guilt filled. Wooyoung, confused, shook it off and focused his aim on the horde coming this way.

"Save as much ammo as you can! Aim for the head. It's the best way to kill them!" Hongjoong took up his role as a leader. The boys lined the chain fence with full focus on the incoming footsteps and groaning noises up ahead.

Jongho was the first to spot an infected, shooting it straight through the forehead.

Seconds later, dozens of them came running full speed at the gate. The sounds of gunshots echoed through the town, most likely being heard for miles. They'd have to fight off a lot of these fuckers.

Mingi seemed most talented with the rifle, almost never missing a straight shot through the head. Jongho looked at him in admiration and gave him a nod of approval. Mingi felt proud.

Wooyoung had terrible aim with his pistol, but he got a few kills in nonetheless. Yeosang was visibly becoming more skilled with his pistol with every shot he took, something that Mingi noticed immediately.

Hongjoong and his crew were a lot better than Yeosang, Yunho, and Wooyoung though. They'd been experienced with fighting infected with guns. Mingi was the only one who could outshoot them.

For the next hour or so, the guys shot any zombie in sight, with San running back and forth with ammo to reload the guns. While he was running to Wooyoung's ammo refill pile, an infected had grabbed Wooyoung's free arm and attempted to bite him through the fence. San, although hesitant at first, pulled Wooyoung away from it and Mingi shot it before it could grab him again.

Wooyoung whispered a "Thank you" to San, who silently nodded back. He didn't have time to figure out why San had the sudden change of heart. He kept shooting the infected one by one.

The horde was beginning to thin out, eventually ending with a singular zombie left. Mingi took his final shot and a bullet went through the infected's temple. Hongjoong applauded Mingi's shooting skills. Mingi visibly blushed at the compliments he received.

Now that the fighting was over, Wooyoung needed to process what had happened. San had saved him from that infected. But why? Literally not even 12 hours before he was trying to slit his throat. What happened between then and now?

Yeosang came up to Wooyoung and went on and on about how confident he felt while killing those infected, and how good he was at shooting. Wooyoung was most definitely not in the mood to hear Yeosang bragging.

Yunho came to Mingi and congratulated him by messing up his hair. Mingi laughed and did the same to Yunho. Yeosang can't tell if they're dating or not sometimes. They're basically inseparable.

Hongjoong and Seonghwa approached Wooyoung and Yeosang and thanked them for helping with the horde.

"Despite what happened last night, you helped us a lot Wooyoung. How's your cut?" Seonghwa asked.

"It's fine. Yeosang stitched it up and Yunho made me a sling to help keep it closed."

"That's amazing! I forget you guys were doctors before this craziness. We could really use someone like you guys here." Hongjoong said.

"I mean, if you're offering for us to stay here permanently, we'd definitely have to sort things out with Wooyoung and San. Personally I'm not going to sit by and watch your friend try to kill mine every night." Yeosang said.

"Yeah, I know. I think San is better now that Jongho talked to him basically all night. Jongho stayed locked up with him in the house and talked him down. He always knows how to calm San down." Hongjoong replied.

"San had moved on from his fathers death a long time ago. I guess when he saw you, it brought back memories. Jongho knew that his death was an accident, and he reminds San as much as he can. San just has some... anger issues. He can get out of control. I guess it's a military thing." Seonghwa added.

"Military..?" Yeosang asked.

"Yeah. Before the outbreak he was in the navy for a couple of years. He came home to see his father before his surgery. I guess it really affected him in some way. When his father died, it broke him. We all took him with us in order to help him heal. It's been a really rough journey and we had made some progress, but he snapped again. I'm very sure that the talk Jongho gave San snapped him back into reality." Hongjoong explained.

"Well how do we know he won't try to kill me again?" Wooyoung asked.

"You'll just have to trust us." Seonghwa said.