A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 31

I stand up from the table. "I'm going to go talk to him." 

"I don't know Celeste, maybe he wants to be alone." Abbi says. 

"He shouldn't be alone. Especially without a gun at least. Besides, with me gone, you two get alone time." 

Abbi smiles and waves. "Bye Celeste. He needs you."

 I take off at a jog to catch up to Taehyung. He walks with his head down and when he notices me, he hurriedly wipes away tears.

 "Taehyung, do you want to talk?" 

He shakes his head. "No. I just want to be alone Celeste." 

"But I want to come with you." 

"Celeste, please." 

I stop walking and he continues. After a few steps he stops and looks up at the clouded sky. He slowly turns and looks at me, then holds out his hand. I smile and run to him and take his hand and we continue walking. His head still hangs low, but I don't say anything. I don't know what to say right now. 

"Today was my parents anniversary. They would always tell us about how they met and me and my siblings would always do something special for them." He finally says. He has a small smile like he's remembering the good memories of them. It falls quickly. "I miss them. I should've been there with them." 

I put my hand on his shoulder. "Taehyung. None of his is your fault. This isn't anyone's fault. You didn't know it was going to happen. Please don't blame yourself." 

He takes my hand off his shoulder and holds it. He smiles again. "What was your family like? I've never heard you talk about them." 

I look away and let out a deep breath. We continue walking. "Well, they were a lot like me. We were all really close. I had two older brothers and a younger sister. We always teased each other but we loved it. They meant the world to me and watching them die while I tried to get to them was..." He pulls me into a warm hug as I fight back tears. "I just wish I could've spent more time with them than with my stupid boyfriend." 

He leads me into a small shop. It's full of beautiful jewelry on display. He brings me to the front counter where there's hundreds of gorgeous diamond rings. He sits on the top. 

"Which one is your favorite?" I scan each ring and point to a silver one with a small diamond. Taehyung finds a key and unlocks the case and pulls out the one I pointed to. He holds it up and says "Celeste, if you put this on, promise me something. Promise me that you will always stay faithful to me, and I will to you. Promise me that we will never give up on each other no matter what. Promise me that as soon as all of his is over, and we make it through alive, you will marry me once we are ready." 

My hand covers my mouth and I look into Taehyung's staring eyes. "A...promise ring?" He nods. "Yes! Taehyung yes! I promise!" 

He slides it onto my finger and I wrap my arms around him and kiss him. He smiles widely at me. I gaze into his eyes for a second before a dagger flashes past our faces. We turn to see it stuck in the wall next to us. When I look over to see where it was thrown from. Right when I look, I am punched in the face, knocking me to the floor. I'm pinned. I look up to see an unfamiliar face. She looks my age. I look over at Taehyung who is crouched over, clutching his side. He's been stabbed. I get punched three more times when I'm about to black out. She's suddenly pulled off of me and I sit up quickly. Taehyung holds the girl against the wall. She gives me an acidic glare and throws another knife towards me. Taehyung grabs the knife that she threw a while ago and pierces her hand, holding it against the wall. She shrieks loudly and throws her head back. 

I stand up and walk over to her. "Who are you!? What do you want!?" 

She smiles grimly and spits at me. Taehyung holds the point of another knife at her other hand and slowly starts pushing. Blood drips slowly and she screams again. 

"Okay! I'll tell you!" Taehyung releases the knife but leaves the other one through her hand. She gasps and takes a a second to answer. "My name is Ellie." 

"What do you want with us?" 

She looks up and laughs, wincing at the pain in her hands. I punch her in the face and she looks at me, her face red from the punch. 

"I'm sent to kill you. I've been told you didn't carry out your part of the deal. Yoongi is still alive." 

"You're working with Kyra!?" 

She nods. "Kyra, Adam, Kiersten, at least until you killed Kiersten. Poor Taehyung. They were perfect. You could tell he really loved her. More than you even." 

I look at Taehyung who stares grimly at Ellie. I look back at Ellie. 

"Why do you want to kill us!? What good is it going to do? We're the only people left as far as we know. So why so you want us dead!?" 

She doesn't answer for a moment. Finally she continues speaking. "We're going to kill you. No matter what, you won't win this. You can hold me here for as long as you want, but they'll come for me. Once we're the only ones left, we will rule the entire world. We've already planned it all out. Go ahead and prepare, warn the others, train. You've got an entire population of zombies heading your way this very moment as we speak. And no one can stop them." She smiles widely. "It's kinda sad, don't you think? You finally found someone who loves you, and now you're going to die. You'll probably be the first. And it's a shame. This guy is pretty attractive. I would actually do-" 

I look down to see blood oozing from her stomach as she gasps for air. Taehyung hold a dagger, covered in a deep red. 

"I love Celeste more than I would've ever loved Kiersten. And I will not let any of you lay a finger on her." He grabs my hand and we run out of the building. "We have to tell the others the zombies," he says as we run. I nod in agreement.