You, the apocalypse and me! [YiZhan FF] Fantasy

Chapter 18 - On the High Seas

When I woke up again, I felt sick. My stomach rebelled and I felt dizzy. I already felt that before I had even opened my eyes. When I then opened my eyes, I found myself frighteningly in a completely strange room.

I was in a small room with wood paneling on the walls, only a few pieces of furniture all attached to the walls, and a small round window. Everything seemed to be rocking. And the worst part was, I was alone and had no fucking idea where Yibo was or where I was.

When I tried to get up and find out where I was and where my boyfriend had gone, my legs gave way under me and I landed straight on the cold floor. And this rocking, I wasn't sure if it just seemed that way to me or if it was really rocking, only made my stomach rebel even more.

I slid on the floor to the door, then pulled myself up by a small cupboard and wanted to open the door, but it was locked! I was locked in this room! I tried not to panic and worked my way up to the small round window, supporting myself everywhere. But when I tried to look out, I saw nothing but water!

Although I was feeling really bad and it seemed to be getting worse, my mind was still working very well and I realized that we were on the high seas. But where exactly? And how did I get there? Who locked me in that room? And where the hell was Yibo?

I worked my way back to the door and knocked on it. I tried to call out for Yibo, but all which came out of my throat was a gasp. My throat ached from the attempt and even brought tears to my eyes. While I couldn't call out for Yibo, I could keep banging on the door. At least for a moment longer, until my legs gave way again and I was back on the floor, losing consciousness once more.

When I next became conscious, I heard Yibo discussing with two other men outside the door. I remembered Haikuan and his boyfriend. I opened my eyes with difficulty, the door was still closed. I was lying in bed again and someone had changed my clothes. My throat was still sore and my stomach was not better yet.

I heard Yibo say, "Damn it, give me the key back! I won't let you lock Zhan up anymore! He had woken up earlier and God knows what could have happened if I hadn't found him in time."

"I'm against it! We all saw that thing do something to your boyfriend and after that your boyfriend was super bad. I'm certainly not going to risk getting infected with whatever." Said a voice I didn't know. I assumed it was the voice of Haikuan's boyfriend.

"A-Yao I understand you. But Yibo is also right. For one thing, we don't know what Zhan has, because it could be a normal flu, and for another, it could have ended badly. Zhan was unconscious, lying on the floor and vomiting. He could have suffocated. Do you want to be blamed for the death of a human being?" I heard Haikuan ask.

"Just give me back the key already. I swear to you, if you don't give it to me right now, I will use force to get it back!" Said Yibo in a tone of voice I hadn't heard from him before.

A moment of silence followed and then I heard the rattle of a key and the unlocking of a lock. The next moment I saw Yibo coming through the door and hurriedly approaching me. He threw his arms around me, hugged me tightly and said with relief, "Oh thank God, you're awake!"

Unable to speak because every attempt felt like sharp knives were having a murder party in my throat, I just clung to Yibo and looked past him to Haikuan, who was smiling at me, and his boyfriend Meng Yao, who was looking at me like he wanted to kill me with his own hands. But I didn't care at that moment. All that mattered to me was Yibo.

After this intimate embrace, Yibo asked me, "What was going on between you and that creature?"

I indicated to him that I could not speak because it hurt too much, and Haikuan handed me a writing pad and a pen. I wrote, "It sniffed me and called me friend. He helped you because of me." I preferred not to write anything about the bite. Firstly, because I already touched my neck and could not feel anything there. And on the other hand, because I thought, then they really throw me overboard.