you can't sleep at night. you can't sleep regularly when something is always on your mind.
and its worse because you live in a zombie apocalypse which may seem scary but
you've fallen in love with nine idiots who plan to stay by your side as long as...
We managed to escape the bandits and hideaway in a vacant clothing store. We barricade the entrance with multiple clothing racks and chairs so zombies and the bandit don't kill us.
JB is lying on one of the benches in the store with some clothing tied around his shoulder to stop the bleeding. Chan paces left to right in panic as he thinks.
"We need the medicine," Jisung whispers as he keeps a look out for any sign of the bandits.
"Jisung is right," Ryujin agrees. "It will stop the pain for JB."
"But will it save him from turning?" Woojin questions.
"We have to try," Jisung pleads. Woojin looks over at Chan who is still elaborating a plan.
"If no one is getting to that pharmacy to try and save JB, I will," Ryujin volunteers and starts walking to the back door to leave but Changbin stops her.
"Stop, you'll die," Changbin says and directs her away from the exit.
"If I don't go, JB will die," Ryujin argues.
"Stop... stop fighting," JB mutters.
We all look at the weak JB and his desperate body, waiting to collapse. I sigh and then look over at Hyunjin who is worriedly watching from the other side of the store. I sigh and grab some clothes from the racks and the JB's gun on the counter. I change quickly into darker clothes, so it would be harder to see me.
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"Where are you going?" Chan asks me once I changed into the new clothes and grabbed some weapons.
"Ryujin is right," I look up as I place the gun in my back pocket. "We have to try."
"You're not going out there," Chan argues and walks over to me.
"I'm already a step closer to death," I say and reveal my bite so they don't forget how I almost died. "I should be the one to go," Chan is speechless once I say that since I'm bit, I should sacrifice myself.
Winning the argument, I head out the back door. I hear utter silence which sends shivers down my spine. I slowly and carefully travel to the pharmacy but look afar to see if there are any more bandits. I hear a gunshot which makes me flinch and roll for cover behind a sofa. I look around for the person who fired and see a 5'6 girl with a shotgun.
I am surprised that it's a girl. I look around for any more bandits and see three more girls. One is outside with the previous one and the two others are inside raiding the place. I sigh as I look around for an entrance into the pharmacy without getting caught.
Someone taps my shoulder and I jump in fear to see Hyunjin behind me, crouching. Hyunjin covers my mouth from speaking and then removes his hand from my lips. I stare at him and am thankful that he came along with me.
"Is anyone else with you?" I whisper. Hyunjin shakes his head and I look back at the view of the two girls.
"We have to hurry," Hyunjin says. "He doesn't have a lot of time."
I look at Hyunjin and then at the girls and think of a crazy idea. I devilishly stare at Hyunjin who notices me staring and begins to blush.
Hyunjin follows along with my plan and tries to approach the girls, looking desperate and hungry. I watch from far away as he falls to his knees in front of the two girls on guard. They both look ridiculously confused.
"Please help me," Hyunjin pleads with a breathless voice.
"Who are you?" The taller girl asks and points her gun at him.
I sneak through the back door of the pharmacy and notice the two girls grabbing medicine and stuffing them into duffel bags. I quietly hide behind the counter and try to search for any leftovers. The girls are called out by the two with Hyunjin and exit the pharmacy. I smirk as I see their bags without any protection. I look through one and see the medicine that we need and steal it, exiting through the back door.
I sneak past the four girls with Hyunjin and signal Hyunjin that I got the medicine. I throw something across the mall to cause noise, making all the girls turn. Hyunjin immediately runs to me and we both head back to the clothing store.
We notice JB still sleeping and turn to each other in fear. Chan stands up quickly from the ground once he sees us arrive. I hand him the bag full of medicine and he rapidly searches for medicine for the wound. Once he finds a pill bottle, he immediately opens JB's mouth and drops it inside.
"What did you give him?" I question as the rest of us watch Chan attempt to heal JB.
"Painkillers," Chan sighs and then searches through the bag once again. "We need to restrain him so I can take the bullet out," Chan looks over at Changbin and Hyunjin.
They find belts and tie Jaebum's arms and legs down so he would not squirm. Chan operates on JB and manages to take out most of the bullet parts from his body. We all wait for JB to wake up which soon took hours.
I stop staring at JB after a while. The thought of him coming back as a walking corpse haunts the back of my mind. I pray that he survives. What would JYP do is he finds out that one of his officials are dead? He is already doing sketchy things behind our backs and is abusing Felix in the process. Thinking about Felix reminded me of what he told me before I left him.
"Don't go to sleep."
I glance over to see Chan with his head in his hands and could only frown at the sight of him. He feels guilty. I sigh and get up as I walk over to him and slide down the wall next to him. Chan, with his head still buried in his hands, stays silent as I look at him.
"It's getting dark," I say quietly. He slowly lifts his head and side eyes me. "Are we going to be here overnight?"
"We can't travel with JB in this state," Chan says. I can notice the raspiness in his voice and how teary-eyed he is. I grab my tan backpack and pull out my bottle of water and hand it to him. He looks at me with a surprised look as I smile.
"Take it," I say. "You're dehydrated," Chan smiles and takes the water from my hands and takes a sip.
"It's not your fault that he's hurt," I say and rest my head on his shoulder. I feel him slowly rest his head on mine as we stare at JB in front of us on the counter.
"I'm the second one in charge. I'm the one to blame," Chan says slowly.
"No, you're not. JB put himself in danger. You did the best you could to save him."
"You should go to sleep," Chan says, changing the subject. "I'll have to keep watch in case we are attacked or if JB wakes up," I sigh and then think back to what Felix told me.
"No, I'll keep watch," I smile and then lift my head from Chan's shoulder. He looks at me with a confused face.
"Are you sure? You look pretty tired as is," Chan states. I shrug and then pull out my journal.
