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it seems as if the city was unaware of the dead coming back from their graves. they look beat up and dirty compared to the mask clad people of busan, who stare weirdly at them as they make their way into a pharmacy. the place is oddly empty, the only source of noise coming from the tv that hung from one of the walls. "grab something for your ankle, and disinfectant. i'll be back," jeon instructs him as he crosses over to the backside of the building. taehyung wonders if they're going to rob. before they weren't friends, jeon had mentioned something about shoplifting as a child to provide food for his family.
taehyung looks around the shelves and drawers of medicines, grabbing a few pill bottles and a bottle of alcohol. he's got enough money on him to buy half the store, so he grabs a few extra things, putting them into a basket and making his way to the counter. on cue, jeon and another boy emerge from the backside of the store. the unknown boy is shorter than both him and jeon, and has pretty lips.
"jimin, this is taehyung. kim, this is my friend jimin," jeon introduces them, going around and standing next to taehyung and starts inspecting the selected items in the basket.
"i don't have enough money for this, jimin? i can stop by later and pay for the rest," jeon takes out his wallet from his backpack, ready to retrieve a couple of bills.
but before he hands jimin the money, taehyung takes out his black card and gives it to jimin. "it's on me," he smiles at the short boy, who grabs the card and swipes it.
"jesus kim, you go around showing off that card?" jeon rolls his eyes, but taehyung shrugs his rudely intended comment off.
jeon thanks jimin and grabs the bag of medical supplies, unconsciously taking taehyung's hand and starts to guide them out of the pharmacy. "wait, don't you think we should tell him?"
the raven stops and looks at him, "the city will take care of it."
however, taehyung isn't fully convinced. if the city knew, surely the creatures back at camp wouldn't have somehow shown up. he yanks his arm back and limps back to jimin. "kim," jeon calls out, but he doesn't budge.
"jimin, we have to tell you something. something private."
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"there's no fucking way."
jimin stares at the two boys with a smug smile, clearly not believing them. however, his smile falls when jeon and taehyung don't laugh or yell out sike! no, they're dead serious. jimin opens his mouth to say something, but he doesn't know what to say. he sits back into his chair and shakes his head, "b-but how? i mean, if some outbreak is happening, clearly the government would've done something about it."
"that's what i keep telling kim," jeon states as a matter of fact.
taehyung shakes his head, "unless they don't know that whatever this thing is, is happening. i say we go report it, even if they don't believe us. how much longer until the city is flowing with z's?"
"z's? how cute, already giving them nicknames. it's bullshit, we'll be fine."
"what about the rest of the campers? professor choi? we don't even know if they're alive."
silence. suddenly, a loud crash is heard outside, frightening the three boys. they look at each other, stand up, and make their way to the front of the pharmacy. there's already a large crowd forming around the accident, the three boys can barely make out what is happening. "crash?" jimin opens the door and they all step outside, voices and the wail of sirens bouncing off of the buildings.
there's an ambulance crashed into another vehicle, cars stopped in awkward poses and people immediately rushing into the crime scene. unconsciously, taehyung moves closer to jeon, as does jimin. once the cops arrive, and the yellow do not cross tape is put around the area, paramedics rush to the vehicle. someone walks out with blood stained clothes, collapsing into the arms of a paramedic. it's chaotic, the people are whipping out phones and recording the scene, while other are broadcasting on their phones.
there's a body carried out and placed on the floor, and soon another emerges. the two surviving people are both bloodied, their white attire stained. "they're bitten, jeon. we have to—"
"they won't believe us. we need to get you on a train to seoul so you can return to your home. i'll stay with jimin while this is settled," jeon grabs taehyung and tells jimin something inaudible.
GUNSHOT.
they whip around, a police officer fires at the corpse that has risen from the floor, but they don't go down. the residents are scattered about, fleeing from the spot. another gunshot, and another, and another. it takes five shots for the creature to go down.
taehyung grabs jeon's arm, and they flee back inside the pharmacy. jimin puts down the metal screen and locks the door from the inside. "ok, ok, i believe you!"
a/n: uuu she updated again 🤠 this scene was heavily influenced after fear the walking dead bcs im unoriginal and that show is bomb.
