I Lived, Nerd【Katsuki Bakugou x Reader || Zombie Apocalypse AU】

【2】Our Once Beautiful City

I struggled to get up after another horrible night of hobos snoring and the concrete punishing my back. I brushed my teeth with my one ration bottle of water for the day. I should have saved it to drink, but it was so worth it to have minty fresh breath just in case Katsuki wanted to kiss me again—because kissing is so important since there's literally nothing else to live for. Speaking of the boys, I hobbled over to their makeshift camp to kick them awake.

"Guys! Wake up!"

Katsuki shot up, Denki short-circuited, and Eijiro looked dead on the floor—probably from the depression. Also, Hanta had already cooked up the noodles before us. We were the first ones awake, since we planned to blow this hobo camp without anyone noticing.

Katsuki's hair looked more out of control than usual, probably from sleeping on the rock-hard floor for a month.

After everyone got ready for the day, Katsuki said, "We need to climb to the top of the roof so we can survey the area."

Mina interrupted, "But how? The ladders are really unsafe!"

Hanta said, "I can be like Tarzen and swing everyone up with my tape."

So, that's what we did. One by one, Hanta hoisted us up on the roof.

When we got to the top of the roof, we scanned the ground for any sign of Nomu or people that needed help. Our once beautiful city now looked like ground zero. Buildings were collapsed, rubber was everywhere, people's possessions were broken and scattered. Those precious treasures were now nothing but trash.

"Guys! I think I see my iPod!" Hanta shot his tape toward the distance and reeled in the cracked device.

"Are you sure that's yours?" I asked.

"It's mine now," he claimed.

"We're not looters!" Mina chided.

"We hungry," Denki grumbled like a caveman whose been trapped for weeks.

Eijiro wondered, "Can we make our way past the supermarket to see if there's any food left in it?"

I replied, "But that's where a lot of the Nomu have staked their claim. They probably ate up all the food by now."

"Savages!" Mina exclaimed.

Katsuki growled under his breath. "We're wasting daylight! Shut up, stop whining, let's get movin'!"

As we snuck through the city, it looked like we were in the middle of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' music video. Nomu were dragging themselves everywhere, moaning and screeching. Denki started to hum to the song, but everyone shushed him before he drew attention to us.

I ran ahead of the group and slowed down by Katsuki's side, whispering, "This is so creepy. What if a Nomu jumps out at us?"

"Then I'll explode it to infinity and beyond."

"Where will we even go for the night? We can't stay out in the open."

"We'll know when we get there," he vaguely answered.

Suddenly, I heard a creature creeping up behind me. And I hoped it was just my imagination—but all the while, I was out of time. Because right at that moment, a Nomu jumped out of the shadows and lunged toward us.

Katsuki protected me by shoving me aside while he and the other guys rushed the Nomu.

"KATSUKI, NOOOOO!!" I screamed.

Explosions went off all over the place as Katsuki punched the Nomu over and over again, with the help of Eijiro, Denki, and Hanta. Hanta threw Denki up in the air using his tape, so Denki could blast the Nomu's brains with a ball of electricity.