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He repeated the action a few times but the zombie wouldn't budge.

"Hey, I'm coming down." Suhyeok said, starting to move from his side to the other to help his friend.

"What? No!" Cheongsan disagreed, still trying to kick the zombie off of his foot.

"I'm going there," Suhyeok said.

"I said stay there!" But it was no use, the other guy already jumped from the building.

Suhyeok slowly went down, holding onto Cheongsan and began to kick the zombie harder.

"What are you doing?" Cheongsan asked, his hands tired from holding the hose for too long.

He just wants to go to home.

"I'm helping you, stay still." And after a few seconds, the zombie finally fell off of Cheongsan's foot and both of them sighed in relief.

They went quiet for a while trying to gain their energy back.

It's funny how the students were just running late earlier, and now they have to run away from a bunch of zombies.

"Is Nabi with you guys?" Suhyeok broke the silence with his question. He knew Cheongsan was friends with the girl.

He never saw Nabi with the group earlier, it was just them. He's been worried since then, the girl was really someone special to him.

He doesn't know what to do if ever he sees her as one of those mindless zombies.

"She's at the broadcasting room, just a few more climbing down from here. She got there first and met Ms. Park," Cheongsan answered.

He wasn't curious nor surprised on why Suhyeok asked about his friend. He knows that Suhyeok was one of the many boys that admires Nabi.

"That's a relief, let's keep moving then."

Back at the broadcasting room, Onjo and Nabi were both quiet and were in deep thought.

"It's impossible, Cheongsan would never fall down from the hose, Nabi. Don't worry, he'll be here soon..." Wujin assured Nabi. The girl only looked at him and her gaze went back on the floor.

The quiet atmosphere shattered as they heard the hose banging against the window.

Gyeongsu rushed and held the hose as he looked outside.

"Holy shit! Cheongsan and Baresu!" He exclaimed, causing the group to look out too.

"Baresu, Cheongsan! Hurry!" Daesu also called them out. He was waving his hands with excitement.

Soon enough, the two guys finally entered the broadcasting room.

Cheongsan went straight to Nabi and hugged her in which the girl happily returned.

"Were you worried?" The boy whispered. Nabi only nodded in return, finally letting go of the hug.

"Vice Prez," her attention turned to Suhyeok who was standing beside them. He gave her a small wave, too shy to hug the girl too, but Nabi went in for a short hug. The boy froze for a while before patting her head.

The small reunion was suddenly interrupted by screams and arguments coming from Gyeongsu and Nayeon.

"Stupid welfie," Nayeon said. Nabi raised her eyebrow, confused by the girl's choice of word.

She knows that Nayeon acts different to others and it's not a secret that Nayeon would only treat someone nice if they were living the same lavish life as hers.

"What's a welfie?" Ms. Park asked the same question running on Nabi's mind.

The group went quiet for a while before Suhyeok spoke.

"A person in welfare," he said in a low tone, almost whispering but it was loud enough for Nabi to hear.

"What?" This time, it was Nabi who spoke.

The group's attention turned to her and saw how she was obviously annoyed with Nayeon's treatment towards Gyeongsu.

"Uh, Nabi—" Nayeon was cut off when the girl spoke again. "You should start treating everyone equally here Nayeon, it's already the end of the world and you're still being the entitled rich kid that you are." Her voice was full of disappointment for the girl she almost considered as a friend.

She actually considered her as a friend.

And when Nayeon saved her earlier, she thought that she had finally woke up and changed how she treats others. But no, it was still the same.

"Enough with that, everyone. Let's make peace to each other for a while and find a way to call for help," Ms. Park looked at her and Nayeon. Nabi sighed before nodding while the latter stayed quiet.

"M-maybe we could use the computers?" Jimin chimed in. The others nodded in agreement and started turning on the computer.

They have decided to use the internet, because luckily they still have a connection, to post a call for help.

"Whose account are we using?" Daesu enthusiastically raised a hand.

Junyeong nodded. "How many followers do you have on facebook?" He asked, typing in the link for facebook.

"Uh... How about we use Nabi's instead? She maybe has around a hundred thousand?" Now, suddenly all of their attention were on the girl who only shrugged and walked closer to Junyeong.

"I'll check." She bent down beside Junyeong and typed in her email and password. It did not take too long to load and they immediately had access to her account.

"Woah— wait, what?! Five hundred thousand? You're a star!" Daesu exclaimed upon seeing my follower count.

Of course the girl would have a lot of followers, she was the heiress of a big company.

Junyeong was about to click on the "write a post" button when they heard sounds coming from the window.

"What's that?" Gyeongsu said, opening it. There was nothing outside but they also weren't sure.

"I'll go check," Cheongsan walked quietly towards the white hose. He held the end of it but there was still no answer as to why it was tapping the window.

Nabi thought that it was just something not so serious. It could be anything, not just zombies.

"Maybe it's just the wi—" She got cut off when a zombie suddenly appeared and began trying to get inside the broadcasting room.

"What the hell!" Nabi exclaimed, her soul almost leaving her body.

Cheongsan immediately did what he had to do: push the zombie out of the window.

Suhyeok, Gyeongsu, and Nabi came to help him while the others stood far away from the window. They weren't brave enough to help the four push the zombie away.

Gyeongsu and Nabi tried to remove the zombie's hands from the window, Gyeongsu earning a scratch from the zombie and the latter's arm earning a scratch from the window glass.

Suhyeok grabbed the broomstick from Cheongsan and used it to stab the zombie. It went quiet for a second but immediately went back to grunting and growling.

"We're fucked," Daesu whispered.

"Step out of the way!" Gyeongsu shouted as he grabbed the Computer System Unit and threw it out the window, bringing the zombie down with it.

The four finally had the chance to breathe properly. They turn to see the other students but had to see Nayeon's face staring at them full of fear instead.

"Gyeongsu, Nabi... Are you guys bitten?"

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xia speaks！

it took me a week to write
this chapter oh my god
i am running out of creative
juices and i am also having a
hard time writing this bc eng
is not my first language :'] anw,
it's still shocking that this book
alr reached 5k reads thank you
so much! <3