insomnia | stray kids ff

lvl 26: adaptation

[how are you doing? your spot next to me feels so empty]

Hana 's POV

The car ride was quiet. Only sobs and tears filled the silence which made me feel even more like shit. Hyunjin stayed beside me the whole time and made sure I was okay. I'm so grateful for him. Sana was crying more than I expected. Jeongin and Seungmin comforted her throughout the car ride.

We lost two strong soldiers tonight. I still can't believe they're gone. They didn't deserve how they died and JYP definitely doesn't deserve to continue killing innocent people for what he thinks is a good cause. I will fight for them. I will fight for Minho and Chan.

The car stops after a few hours and I notice everyone is asleep even Sana after crying for so long. I stand up slowly, gently removing Hyunjin's arm around me, and walk over to the front of the van and sit in the passenger seat. Woojin is driving. I sigh and look over at him who looks pretty tired.

"I'll drive," I offer with my croaky voice from my crying. Woojin rubs his eyes and looks over at me as he shakes his head.

"No, you should sleep," Woojin says. I shrug and then look back at him.

"I can't anyway since I'm bit. Let me drive," I smile softly.

Woojin sighs and pats my back as he transfers to the back and I take his place in the driver's seat. I look through the side mirror and see an arm wave at me from the other van. I nod and continue driving. Felix is probably driving for them.

Felix and I stop at an abandoned motel and park the vans in the lot. We both hop out and notice the sun beginning to rise. I walk over to Felix who is standing outside the van.

"Do you think we can set up camp here?" Felix asks me. I nod and notice how serious and cold he looks. I tilt my head.

"Are you okay?" I ask him, remembering that he went through the same as me, killing Minho, his best friend. Felix just nods silently and grabs a knife from the passenger seat of his car.

"We should clear the place," Felix says in a deep voice and walks away from me. I sigh and take out my knife and follow.

Once we clear out the area from any zombies, we arrive back to the vans and see that the rest of the group has awoken. I see Sana talking to the rest of the girls and walk over to them.

"How was your sleep?" I ask all of them. They all nod and answer.

"I'm sorry about Chan," Mina says and Sana and I look at each other and nod. I notice Sana stare at the ground and stay quiet as we speak. "What JYP did to you guys was horrible."

"All that matters now is for us to stay safe and strong," I let out a breath.

"We need food to last us a few days," Jihyo says and I agree with her.

"We were going to talk to Woojin about going out to scavenge some resources," Chaeyoung says.

"Good idea," I tell them. They walk over to Woojin and inform him, causing him to call a meeting in the parking lot.

"This is weird without Chan," Woojin sighs and looks around at all of us who are waiting for him to give us orders. Jihyo smiles and walks over to Woojin's side. Woojin nods and takes a breath before speaking. "We are going to go hunting for resources and food today and need to split up into groups."

"I think Momo, Hyunjin, Mina, Felix, and Tzuyu should look for resources," Jihyo mentions.

"Hana , Jisung, Ryujin, Chaeyoung, Dahyun, and Changbin should look for food," Woojin says.

"Everyone else should stay here and help set up camp," Jihyo says. We all nod and separate.

I gather my things and realize that my backpack is gone. I hit my head in frustration as I look for it. Someone knocks at the door of my motel room and I open the door to see Felix.

"Do you need anything?" I ask him as I continue searching for my backpack.

"Are you looking for this?" Felix holds up my journal and my eyes twinkle. I grab the notebook and hug it.

"Thank you," I say. "Where did you find it? How did you get it?"

"JYP had it but I stole it back," Felix smirks which makes me laugh.

"At least I still got this," I sigh and then place it in one of the drawers of the dresser in the room.

"Stay safe out there, kay?" Felix says as I grab some weapons and follow him out. I nod.

"You too," I smile and we both say bye and walk over to our vans.

Hyunjin looks over at me and waves bye before entering his van but I hug him quickly before he steps in. Hyunjin looks shocked and hugs me back. I let out all my support and energy to him as I hold him tight.

"Don't get bit," I whisper and hear Hyunjin chuckle.

"Don't die," He says and I let go of the hug and let him leave. I enter my van and notice Changbin's glum face and Ryujin's annoyed expression.

We head to a supermarket nearby and exit the van. Scanning the area to see if there are any multiple exits in or openings in case of an emergency, I smell something peculiar on the ground. I kneel down and analyze it, carefully touching it with my finger and smelling it.

"What did you find?" Chaeyoung asks me and tilts her head. I look up at her.

"It's blood," I state. "And it's fresh," Chaeyoung looks around to see if there are any survivors nearby.

"How did you find that?" Dahyun asks me. "How do you know?" I shrug.

"I just have a feeling," I say. "Someone is nearby."

"We found a way in!" Changbin states and we all leave the spot of blood and follow the rest of the group inside.

"Be careful," I whisper to the rest of the group.

"Why because of the zombies?" Ryujin asks with an attitude.

"No, because..," I get interrupted by an arrow being shot and nearly hitting us.

"Hide!" Jisung whispers.