zombie pop | ateez [DISCONTINUED]

01

there are really only two rules to survive in a zombie apocalypse. number one: keep moving- you stay still for too long and you get hunted down like prey- and number two: always double tap- it ain't dead until it's in pieces. of course there were more rules but those are irrelevant until you need them.

hongjoong had been surviving this godforsaken apocalypse for long enough, spending almost every moment alone. he couldn't remember when it started- a year ago? more? less? either way, the only times he has company is when he's making his way through a horde of brain-dead monsters (and at the very beginning of the apocalypse he was with his family but they're either dead or turned, so he's decided not to think about that too often).

you'd think he'd be used to the loneliness that came with the apocalypse, but at this point, hongjoong was longing for actual human contact. so, you can just imagine his surprise and excitement when he heard another human voice- albeit screaming bloody murder.

of course, this scream belonged to the only other survivor in town- san. in all honesty, he doesn't exactly know how he managed to survive this far- he wasn't a coward necessarily but he most certainly didn't have balls of steel. san was average in everything that had to do with surviving- he could hide, but only for a little while; he could kill a zombie or two, but runs away if there is one too many; and he could scavenge for food pretty well, but ate too much out of anxiety and thus has to go without food for a few days. like i said, he's not too bad but definitely not the best.

when the two met for the first time, it was a bit of a mess. san was screaming, there was blood everywhere (not to mention the chunks of dead flesh covering him and the surrounding area) and hongjoong was pointing a gun at him. both looked dead- it might've had something to do with the whole i-can't-sleep-until-im-dead-or-i'll-be-eaten-alive thing and the fact that both were drenched in both fresh (as fresh as it can be from a dead person) and dried blood- so they mistook each other for zombies for a split moment before hongjoong saw that san was, indeed, breathing.

however, san hadn't calmed down just yet; he didn't stop screaming until hongjoong covered his mouth with his hand and dragged him behind a dumpster to avoid a new horde of zombies.

the first hushed words exchanged between the two were; "relax, i'm not dead", "how do i know that?", and "would i be saving your ass if i was dead?". a strong bond was quickly formed between san and hongjoong.

this brings us to the present, around two months after the two met.