1. Encounter at Stripes

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My name is Kim Miyoung, I'm 17 years old. Normally you would catch a seventeen year old girl in the mall shopping but not during a zombie apocalypse. For the past few days zombies have been wandering the streets of Seoul. The whole thing started two days before my math exams, which I'm kind of glad because I suck at math so I most likely would have failed it anyways no one would care.

Most families are either now one of the undead or have already hopped on a flight out of Seoul. My family consists of my older brother Suho, second older brother Yugyeom, little brother Sanha, and my grandma.
Recently there was a break in at our house while me and my brothers were out scavenging. The intruders let in three zombies into our house, causing the death of the intruders themselves and the death of our grandma. It was hard burying her because she raised us since we were little after our parents died. Of course Sanha cried and Yugyeom didn't utter a word while Suho filled her grave. I on the other hand tried to think of what the intruders wanted that made them stupid enough to let a few zombies in our house.

It's Saturday and I'm not at home couped up in my room for safety. No, I'm currently raiding Stripes by myself because Suho insisted that he, Yugyeom and Sanha raid 7-11. I tried to argue that we should stay together but for a 23 yr old he is pretty persistent but what I don't get is why he dragged Sanha along instead of just Yugyeom. The kid may be 16 yrs old but he is still too adorable to be eaten alive and if is with Yugyeom and Suho, that is surely to happen.

I walked down each aisle looking for some medical supplies which ended up being on the last aisle with the cold drinks and coffee machine. As I reached for a box of bandages I heard shuffling a few aisles away from the one I was currently standing in. I halted my hand in midair, slowly dropping it to my side. I slowly crouched and quietly made my way to the end of the aisle. I peaked my head around, saw that the aisle next to me was empty so I proceeded to the next aisle. As soon as I got closer to the next aisle, the shuffling got louder. Hate to say, curiosity got the better of me when normally I wouldn't have even dared get closer to the noise.

I peaked into the aisle and what I saw almost made me feel complete stupid. Crouching in the aisle were three boys, moving dust and dirt around on the floor. One had light brown hair, the second had medium light brown hair and the third had black hair.

I slowly stood up and walked a little ways into the aisle without them noticing. "Excuse me" I called loud enough for them to hear, though probably too loud because my voice scared the second boy. The three boys looked up at me. "Who are you?" the second boy asked cautiously. I stared at them for a few seconds before answering his question. "Names Kim Miyoung, and you three?" I asked giving each of them a warm smile in hopes of calming them down from my scare earlier. The 1st boy stood up and gave a slight bow, "I'm Jeon Jungkook, nice to meet you." I nodded. The second boy gave me a look over before he too stood up and introduced himself. " I'm Kim Taehyung, please don't scare me again" I smiled reassuringly before looking at the third boy. He stood up slowly and avoided my gaze, " I'm Park Jimin, it's nice to see another living person around other than our friends". I smiled and nodded but then frowned, raising my eyebrow, "Friends?". The two boys, Jungkook and Taehyung stared at Jimin as if he just snitched on them for stealing candy from a store.

"Four other guys, our hyungs."Taehyung finished, eyes never leaving Jimin who looked at the floor as if it was interesting far more than the current conversation. "How old are you three anyway?" I asked while running my eyes over the many bags of chips on the aisle we were standing in. "Jungkook is 17, Taehyung and me are 19, you?" Jimin asked while smiling at me. "17"I answered while grabbing four bags of chips and stuffing them into my backpack, then heading back to the aisle with the bandages and medical supplies I was grabbing for earlier. "I'm apparently the same age as Jungkook" I said looking at them over the aisle as I shoved medical supplies into my backpack. I looked at the cold drinks and grabbed 16 water bottles. "Why are you grabbing so many supplies for yourself?" Jungkook asked standing next to me, eyeing my bag as I stuffed a few Twinkies into it. "It's not just for me, it's for my three brothers also." Jungkook nodded before grabbing a twinkle off the shelf and then tossing two to Taehyung who caught them with ease, handing the second one to Jimin.

"So where are your friends, I would rather you guys be with them than here, this is where the undead usually hang out during the day, I just got lucky today that none were here". I said looking around the room at the blood stained walls of old survivors who are no more. People usually avoid coming inside Stripes now because of it. "They told us to stay here while they went to 7-11 for supplies, we were told to stay outside by Suga hyung but Jungkook insisted on us coming inside." Taehyung said while glaring at Jungkook who in return smiled and flashed the two older boys a piece sign in which Jimin then responded by flipping him the bird. I looked over my contents in my bag before motioning to the boys, "let's go to 7-11 then, my brothers are there too." We left Stripes and cautiously made our way to 7-11.

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