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Hana's POV

Felix and I watch the sunrise together and both return to our sleeping spots. I lay beside Hyunjin again and pull my body under his arm. I feel safe snuggled next to him and kiss his forearm that is wrapped around my arms. I close my eyes but am soon interrupted by a knock at the door. Before I get up, Felix speeds to the door and notices that it's Jisung, Changbin, and Jeongin.

The rest of the group members start to wake up due to the knock, including Hyunjin. When he opens his eyes to see me wrapped in his arms, he smiles and kisses my head. I blush and then get up slowly. I run to the door to greet the boys.

I give Jisung and Changbin a hug but notice how stiff and cold their bodies are. I give Jeongin a big hug and he warmly smiles as he embraces me. I have missed this baby.

Ryujin and Jae exit the temporary medical office. Ryujin smiles when she sees her brother and catches Changbin's eye. She immediately runs to him and hugs him.

"Are you okay?" Changbin asks and she nods. Everyone grows silent and gives each other looks.

"Y/N, we have to go," Jeongin breaks the tension and I tilt my head in confusion.

"What do you mean?" I ask. I look at Changin and Jisung who avert eye contact. "Guys..," I notice something is off and soon realize. "Where's Sana?"

[stepping in my heart


hopeless choices]

Wonpil's POV

It's been hours since Hana, Changbin, Jisung, Hyunjin, Felix, Seungmin, and Jae left to aid Sana. I hope Sana heals and is alright. Sungjin walks over to me and sits beside me at the keyboard in one of the practice rooms.

"Hey," He greets me. I respond back with a hello. I realize how different he is acting just by the tone of his voice.

"Are you okay?" I ask my best friend. Sungjin sighs and hesitates before answering.

"I'm not allowed to say this," Sungjin sighs and looks away from me. I touch his shoulder.

"You can tell me anything," I say gently. Sungjin slowly turns back around to look at me. Sungjin looks at me with regret and tearfilled eyes.

"When... when I was at the Sanctuary," Sungjin looks away and continues to speak. "They implanted something inside me."

"What do you mean?" My eyes grow wide. "Where?" Sungjin motions behind his ear and turns his head so I can see. I notice a red dot blinking from behind his skin.

"Sungjin..," I say, speechless. Sungjin's eyes are filled with tears.

"We're not safe. He's going to find us," Sungjin says as his voice starts to break. I don't say another word and pull him in for a hug to comfort him.

Hana's POV

I barge into the cabin and immediately scan the room for Sana. I see her on the sofa with Young K at her side, holding her hand. I'm tired of losing people. I rush over to her with my puffy eyes and look up at Jae who came with us to aid her. I hold out my arm towards Jae.

"Take my blood," I tell him. Jae, a little overwhelmed, takes off his backpack and reveals the syringe. He carefully injects the needle into my skin and takes my blood.

"Her pulse is barely there. I got the bullet out," Young K informs Jae.

"Step aside," Jae tells Young K and me and we both move out of his way. He injects the serum into Sana's arm. Nothing happens. I stand up slowly and cover my mouth in fear as I continue to stare at my sister, hoping she will open her eyes. "It may take a while for her to wake up," Jae announces. "I'll keep an eye on her."

Hyunjin shows up beside me and wraps his arms around me. I sigh and hug him back as I bury my face into his chest.

Hours later, the sun was setting once again and the cabin grew dark. Jeongyeon and Tzuyu lit candles around the cabin so we could see. I stare at my sister as she sleeps.

"She'll wake up," Seungmin tells me as he sits next to me near the fireplace. I sigh and rest my head on his shoulder.

"I know she will but..," I grow quiet before continuing my sentence. I can't think of the idea of Sana being a zombie. "It's late, you should be getting rest."

"Sana is like a sister to me too. I'm not sleeping until she wakes up," Seungmin stubbornly states.

"You never really know what you have until it's gone," I sigh.

"She's not gone yet," Seungmin tries to cheer me up. "You cured Hyunjin. I don't see how you can't cure your own sister," I nod in agreement, seeing what Seungmin is saying. "Remember that game we used to play when we were little?"

"Which one?" I ask.

"Castle," Seungmin says and a flashback of memories flood my mind. I smile a little thinking back to those days when I pretended to be a princess and Seungmin was the knight. "We would fight off all of the magical demons we encountered and even had tea parties at times with Jeonginnie."

"My favorite part of that was when both you and Jeongin were struck by the dragon and I could only choose one of you to save," I smirk, thinking back to that moment.

"Yeah, and you slayed the dragon and were able to save both of us," Seungmin says with a smile. I smile for a few moments and think back to a conversation Yeji and I had a long time ago.

*Flashback*

"What are you reading?" I ask. Yeji looks up from her book again.

"This is Not the End by Chandler Baker," Yeji says. I nod and tilt my head to the side as I slowly slide down next to her.

"What's it about?" I ask. A surprised yet happy Yeji begins to explain.

"It reminds me of the kind of world we live in right now," Yeji says. "There is this girl and her best friend and boyfriend die in a car accident and they were like family to her. In this world, you are allowed to revive someone but only once and the girl has to make the hardest decision on who to resurrect. But the only downside is, she already promised her resurrection to someone else a long time ago. She tries to find an answer on how to save her friends but then meets a boy who changes her goal. The boy didn't believe that resurrecting people was right, which the girl then asked herself, should she save her friends or just let it go and move on," I listen insightfully to Yeji as she explained. I felt intrigued by the summary.

"I'd let it go," I answer as I take a deep breath. Yeji is looking at me now rather than my book. "Everything happens for a reason. Even in this damned world, if people die, then we just have to grow from it."

"You were supposed to die," Yeji tells me. "You got bit but it's been a few days since then. You should have turned but you didn't," I shrug as I think about what Yeji had just told me.

"Maybe someone resurrected me," I joke.

*Flashback Ends*

"Sana!" Seungmin exclaims and we both stand up and run over to her.

a/n:

hi guysss!!! i hope ur liking the book so far! i just wanted to ask if u guys like who Y/N is with rn (hyunjin) or would u like me to change who she ends up with?

let me know by commenting here who u want to see Y/n end up with!!!! (No fighting in the comments pls)

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