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that night, they sleep together on the bed. there's a pillow separating both of them, though jeon's hand is way past the boundary and his fingertips ghost taehyung's back. the brunette is fast asleep on his stomach, facing away from the latter. jeon stirs in his sleep and finds himself awake, eyes glued to the ceiling.
he can hear some people upstairs, and across the room. it's midnight, and he hears the patrolling soldiers do their nightly routine outside in the halls. last he heard, only a small section of the city had been taken back, but the rest remained flooded with flesh eaters.
jeon snaps his attention to taehyung, who mumbles something in his sleep, kicking off the covers and rolling onto the other side, facing jeon. he's handsome even when he sleeps, the raven thinks as he lays on his side to get a better view of the sleeping boy.
taehyung grabs the pillow in the middle and hugs it, whining into it as his body begins to thrash around. jeon sits up and grabs the taehyung's shoulder, beginning to shake him awake, "taehyung, wake up."
and he does. the boy jolts up and hits jeon's chin, making the latter bite down on his tongue. jeon yelps in pain and swallows the metallic blood that emits from the bite marks. taehyung gasps, "i'm so sorry!"
his hands reach out towards jeon's face, grabbing him and pulling him closer. "i'm sorry, here swish some water around." taehyung grabs a half empty bottle of water and hands it to him.
"goddamn kim, i nearly cut my tongue in half," jeon groans, setting the bottle aside.
taehyung inches closer to him, "i'm sorry."
despite the pain in his mouth, jeon finds it hard to stay mad at him. his lips are in a pout, fringe falling in front of hair eyes. jeon brushes it off, "ok, stop pouting. you're twenty three years old not six."
"you're being mean again?"
jeon rolls his eyes, getting off of the bed, "c'mon kim, you've been dealing with it for years."
taehyung frowns, but he doesn't say anything and opts for silence. he gets out of bed and slips on his sandals. he needs to get out before he starts to cry, as stupid as that sounds. "taehyung—" he doesn't let jeon finish before he exits the room and starts to make his way towards the bathroom.
he wipes a tear away with anger, storming into the bathroom and locking himself inside a stall. he leans against the door, wondering when the hell his parents would send in rescue. he can't see himself with jeon any longer. he would not deal with his bipolar tendencies. there's a rattle outside of the stall and he wonders if jeon has come to drag him back to the cubicle. taehyung sighs.
a tap and a low growl make taehyung grow stiff. he swallows the lump that forms in his throat, "jeon?"
whoever it was, they slammed into another stall and began throwing up. taehyung gets out of the stall and slowly peeks into the other one. there's a man hurling into the toilet seat, hair damp with what seemed like sweat. "sir? are you ok?"
said man whips around, and he starts scratching at his neck, letting out a cry for help, "i ate her!"
taehyung steps backwards, his arms out in defense as the man starts to walk towards him, his eyes turning animalistic and then switching back to human like. taehyung wants to help him, he knows he's not fully turned, perhaps there's something that can stop the spreading. he grabs the man and guides him towards the sink, wiping away the blood and— carnage off of his face. "don't call the guards, they'll kill me," the man pleads, raising the sleeve of his shirt, exposing a green and purple bite mark. "it was the kid, he had been bitten but they didn't search the kids, they didn't look for any bite marks."
"it's ok, i'll help you," taehyung takes the mans flannel and begins to form a torniquete around the mans forearm.
he tries to remain calm, pushing back his hair and washing his hands to get rid of the blood that had stained them. and then, the man drops to the floor, completely still. taehyung let's out a whimper, inching closer to the man and checking his pulse.
there was none.
just then, there's a blood curling scream awakens the floor. taehyung gets up from the floor just as the man reanimates. it growls at him and lunges forward, but taehyung is already running down the halls, "get back inside!" he yells at the people who are starting to crowd in the halls.
but it's too late, the zombie has already latched onto someone, ripping apart flesh. taehyung pushes his way out, opening the door to his room. jeon isn't in there, but his bags are. taehyung lets out a desperate sigh, going back outside where the chaos is already growing. there's two gunshots, and then more screaming.
a pair of soldiers rush into the hall and immediately aim at the turned people. they fall down dead, but the infected double up and before taehyung knows, a soldier is pinned down to the floor and being bit into. taehyung scrambles around, "jeongguk!"
he's being pushed around by those trying to get into the elevators and stairs that he doesn't notice the zombies that follow the survivors into the elevator. the doors close with the monsters trapped inside, and the screams that follow will forever haunt him.
a hand grabs him and yanks him to the side. this is his end, his body is pushed inside a room and he tumbles to the ground. he's thrashing around, trying to pry off the hands that grab his collar and lift him back up. he can't even see straight, his fight or flight response is activated to the maximum.
"taehyung! it's me!"
the door slams shut, and the mayhem is trapped outside. taehyung looks around, and then at the person who had brought him back to his senses. it was yoongi.
"where's jeongguk?" he asks, looking at the unfamiliar faces inside the living area hoping to find the raven.
yoongi frowns, "who?"
taehyung goes back towards the door, "i have to find him, he's out there. i have to find him—"
but before he can open the door once again, yoongi steps in front of him and blocks the door. "you're crazy if you go out there. let the guards handle the situation, once they clear the dead you can go find jungoo, ok?"
"jeongguk."
"right, my bad."
that however, doesn't calm taehyung down. yoongi won't leave the door, making it impossible for him to go search for the latter. the worst case scenarios kept repeating through his head to the point where he starts wanting to cry again for the second time that night. what if they got to him? surely jeongguk was somewhere safe. he was strong and fast, he could fend for himself. surely.
it's two hours later that the door finally opens and the guards let them know that everything has been taken care of.
