The Longest Dayz

Chapter 35: Kittichai Shinawatra

Kittichai laid on the couch staring up at the ceiling while listening to Taehyun breathe softly. Taehyun was sound asleep on the other couch that was adjacent to his own. He had been having a bit of trouble sleeping since the other day. A few weeks had already passed by since they had started their supply runs. Seojun now believed that everyone was ready to join in on gathering supplies; which Kitt was having doubts about since they needed to travel further away from the apartment in order to find places to loot. He knew that their supplies weren't abundant, but they weren't quite scarce so he didn't think everyone needed to pitch in just yet. Though it would have to happen at some point so it would come eventually, if not tomorrow. The plan was that the groups would split up in order to hit two different locations. They had agreed that one group would look for food and water, while the other group would search for other supplies like medicine, clothes, and weapons. It wasn't a terrible plan, but he had a really bad feeling about it.

He glanced over at Taehyun as he stirred in his sleep. His head lolled to the side, facing Kitt. His fading silver hair carelessly fell to his eyelids, visibly tickling him. He watched as Taehyun rubbed his eyes, irritated from his hair. He smiled warmly as he got up off the couch and quietly approached the artist. He crouched down next to him and gently swept his hair out of his face with his right hand. The touch was ever so soft, yet Taehyun stirred once again, this time his eyes fluttered open. Kitt froze, his hand still fixing Taehyun's hair. Taehyun looked at him with heavy eyes as he reached up and grabbed the hand that was touching him. He gave Kitt's hand a squeeze as he slowly pulled it down and placed it over his chest.

"How come you're still awake?" Taehyun asked in a groggy tone, his voice a bit deeper than usual.

The brunette looked at his hand that was being held, it was comforting. "I couldn't sleep, there was just a bit too much on my mind."

Taehyun released Kitt's hand as he slowly sat himself up on the couch. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"I don't know." Kitt stated as he joined Taehyun on the couch.

Tae nodded his head in response. "I probably could guess what it is, since I have a few things on my mind as well."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Kittichai questioned with a faint smile.

"I don't know, do you?" Taehyun joked before giving his answer. "I think we both can agree that we are thinking about tomorrow."

"Yeah, what do you think of the plan to split into two groups?" The brunette asked.

Taehyun seemed to think of an answer before responding. It was one of the things he liked about Taehyun, he would put a lot of thought into serious discussions. "I am kind of fifty-fifty on the idea. Splitting the group could definitely benefit us, one collecting food while the other group collects the other necessities. I have a lot of concerns regarding splitting up though."

"Like what?" Kitt questioned.

"Well there's a lot of risks. One group could get killed and the other wouldn't know, or someone gets bit and no one knows. Not everyone would be willing to confess that they were bit, especially if they themselves haven't come to terms with it. If a group gets caught in some trouble and radios the other group, they'll have to hope that the other group is able to get there on time. Also, if one group gets cut off from their route home and has to make a detour and goes out of range of the walkie talkie... there's just so many things that could happen." He explained.

"I agree, it's the exact same thing that I have been thinking of." Kitt stated as he leaned towards the coffee table and unrolled the map of the city that was sitting on the table since the group had last discussed their plans for the supply runs. "We will be traveling a lot further from the apartment tomorrow since we've already cleared out the few places surrounding the building. Look how far we will be going tomorrow," He pointed to the general location that they would be going to and continued to point as he explained further. "We will be traveling along this river and following it downstream. Our group will be gathering food from this convenience store which is about a mile away from the truck and Seojun's group will be hitting the pharmacy on the other side of the river which is about a mile and a half away from the bridge. So that's roughly two and a half miles between the two groups. Our regrouping spot is at the cargo truck that we will park by the bridge going across the river."