❝you have to do this.❞ he took her face in between his hands, her eyes looking deeply into his as they brimmed with tears. ❝I can't go.❞
❝b-but I can't do this either.❞ her voice trembled as her tears were released. ❝they said they could heal you th...
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The place they arrived was a factory — but it looked to be old.
When the female looked around, she took notice of how secluded the area was, surrounded by a forest and large trees. They probably found this factory, Lisa concluded as she leaned back and glanced towards Yerim and Sooyoung.
Yerim had her face blank of emotion, Lisa wanted to apologize to the girl, that was when she took notice of the older girl who slept on her shoulder. Her skin was starting to look sick, was the medicine not enough? The blonde wandered until jumping in her place when having the trunk open.
She saw a different male, her brows furrowing in confusion for a minute until hearing Jennie call out him. "Jooheon!" She almost squeals and she throws herself into the ginger haired male's arms.
Lisa watched as her smile slowly faltered as his arms tightened around her, her face his in between his shoulder blade and neck, her small form slowly starting to tremble as the one who held her smiled softly.
She was scared, of course she'd be, and to have to come back to somewhere safe, she was more than relieved. Every one got out of the car, Lisa watching as Yerim got help from Kihyun to carry Sooyoung.
The tall girl was about to call out to them when feeling someone tap her shoulder. She turns around to face Changkyun.
He smiled at her kindly, the type of smile that would ease anyone, and it sure had that effect on her. "Lisa, right?" She nods. "Are you feeling better?" He asked.
For a moment, she felt confused — better? Then, she remembered earlier when he shot down the zombies in the convenience store, and how he tried to help her in her frantic state.
Lisa slowly brought herself to smile in thankfulness, though it looked rather wry and she looks away from Changkyun. "Yeah... I feel a bit better." But not completely, of course.
"You guys must be feeling extremely exhausted," she saw his finger motion towards Kihyun. "Kihyun is probably taking your friends to a room where they can rest, you should go with them."
"Right..." Lisa breathed out before facing the male once again. "... Thank you — for earlier." Her hands came up to grip her upper arm. "I was... really scared back there, I would probably not even..." She went quiet at the sudden thought of what happened in the convenience store.
Changkyun was quick to catch up on what she meant and he hesitated before placing his hand on her shoulder, patting it gently with the same smile of before. "You guys are here, and you are safe now. That's what matters."
Lisa slowly nodded, before thanking him quietly again and making her way toward her roommate who was being helped by Kihyun.
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They had the choice to stay in different rooms, Lisa ended up having a room for herself since Yerim had bluntly announced she wanted a room for herself and Sooyoung. The blonde did not complain, she felt as if she had no right to speak at all.
When Kihyun left her, the girl threw herself onto the bed and started to cry her heart out. She had done so until she fell asleep from exhaustion. Lisa had cried out from the fear she felt, how she felt vulnerable all of a sudden and so useless against the new monsters outside.
During her sleep, she woke up due to the feeling of her dry throat. She sat up on her bed, looking around since for a few seconds she felt confused about her surroundings until remembering the factory she was in and the people who saved her.
Everything was quiet. She wondered if everyone was asleep, and she had not even known the time, nor did she have a window but only the dim illumination of the candle that was at the corner of the room.
Standing up, she went to the door, opening it and looking outside. She saw the stairs she came down earlier, her room was underground unlike most in the building apparently.
Lisa made her way to the main floor, she start to hear chatter coming from afar and it took her a while to get to where people where. She could hear male voices from above her and when looking up, she could see three males and two girls, recognizing only three of them.
"... Oh! Hey, Lisa!" Jennie waved from above. "Come up here, the stairs are by there." She pointed, the younger female nodded.
"Okay..." She murmured beneath her breath before doing as she was told. It wasn't long until she reached them, she felt too scared to stand up só crawled towards them.
Jennie greeted the girl with a smile. "Hey, had a nice sleep?" She laughs, the blonde smiles faintly. The female then turns to the people she is sat with. "Guys, this is one of the people we picked up. Lisa, meet Jisoo," the beautiful girl with black hair, "Jooheon," assumingly, Jennie's significante other or someone she's known for a long time, "and Hyungwon," he has pale skin and light ash brown hair, it made him stand out from the rest somehow. "and Minhyuk." He offered the the girl a kind smile and a light wave of hand.
And Lisa couldn't help but notice how his other hand was on top of Jisoo's. "Hello." She shyly greeted back to them. "I'm Lisa."
"Wow, you look so young!" Beamed Jisoo. "How old are you?"
"Twenty-one..." When every one had their lips parts slightly in surprise, she knew that she and Yerim were probably the youngest ones in the group.
"Oh, yeah, the others went out to collect more food." Says Jennie. She answered a question I was about to ask, I nod my head slowly at that.
"Have either Yerim or Sooyoung woken up...?"
They all look at each other, and the ginger haired male, Jooheon, was first to speak. "Yerim, you mean the one with short hair?" I nodded. "She went with them, she said she wanted to help them in return of saving you guys." My heart drops.
She went with them? What if something happened to her? Oh, god, she might be in danger — "Don't worry," The same interrupted my worrisome thoughts. "They will keep her safe for sure, she's with two of the best people in our group." He shares a laugh.
I try to laugh along but I can't find myself doing so. I try not to think about it and how it may have been because she didn't want to see me when waking up or facing me.
But then, I think of Sooyoung and her fever.
"What about Sooyoung? Is she feeling alright?"
"We went in there an hour ago, she was slurring in her sleep but we still got her to swallow the medicine." This time it was Minhyuk. "She looks quite ill, it might take a few days for her to feel well again." I could hear the genuine worry within his voice, and I find myself smiling in the slightest.
It made me happy they are also willing to help us. Silence followed in between us but soon, from the corner of my eye I saw the black haired beauty stand up.
"Are any of you hungry? I was thinking of making some sandwiches and when the others come back we'd be eating with them too." Everybody nodded, and I did, too.
At the same time, I couldn't help but wonder what the others were doing. It was only normal, considering all I've been doing is worry about everything.
