meliorism. [iz*one and ive zombie au] (COMPLETED)

forty-five; decisions

tw ⚠ // lowercase intended
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before the walkie talkie incident 

"lee hyunseo. thirteen years old, currently in eighth grade, studies in incheon high school, related to mrs. lee eunkyung, mother. and mr. lee daejung, father." 

they were interviewing the kid inside the room with a built-in mirror so they can see the girl while asking her some questions.

 "sweetie did we record your parents' name correct?" the girl did not budge, clearly not trusting the couple after they captured her just a few events ago.

 hyunseo then noticed the two scientists standing up, making her scared as soon as they unlocked the door then went inside.

"please don't hurt me.." 

 "oh no, kid. we'll just make everything clear." 

 hyunseo seemed interested with what they were going to say but she didn't show it,

 the married couple sat in front of the girl as the woman grabbed her foot,

"no, no- wait- please-"

"this bite is 14 hours ago, am i correct?"

hyunseo just nodded skeptically, "y-yeah.. just 6 in the morning earlier.. it happened.."

the woman then gently let go of her foot,

"we'll tell you what's happening. but promise that you'll not freak out, okay?"

hyunseo was having a very bad feeling about this, but she agreed anyway,

the couple then nodded, taking a deep breath

"you're immune, hyunseo."

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september 4, 2018
day 43

the sun was setting already and they're still walking in the woods,

"are we there yet?" hyewon dumbly asked as she was panting because of too much walking the past few hours.

"i-i guess more than fifty miles?-"

"wHAT?-"

"are you for real right now i'm-"

everyone stopped walking,

"well we have to go faster then." yujin butted in as she started to jog,

"seriously, yujin??"

"can't hear ya'!"

"oh, gosh darnit!"

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"you're immune. your mother brought you here when you were still young. we paid them for you to be our test subject since your parents are in need of money." hyunseo froze at the realization,

"but why did you have to bring me here?.." she asked.

"we need to ask you something. but you need to choose wisely." the woman started off, 

it went quiet for a while,

"you have to choose if you want to 'save the world'."

hyunseo raised her eyebrows curiously,

"it's either you offer yourself for us to start the cure, but you'll die in the process. or, be selfish and—"

"w-wait, i'll die??.." hyunseo shakily asked as she sat up from the chair,

the couple sighed. "only if you chose to be selfless, kid. for now, do you perhaps have a group taking care of you?"

hyunseo nodded "yujin unnie takes care of me.." she answered,

the man took a deep breath. "okay. i'll contact them for you. do you want to speak to them?"

hyunseo looked down at the floor, "i don't know.."

"hmm. you can finalize your choice later one i spoke to them already." the man reassured.

"also. choose wisely. we'll give you three days" he added.

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current time

"yujin. i'm not saying that we can't but.. what if we don't make it there on time??" chaewon suddenly asked, earning looks for everyone.

they slowed down their pace a bit,

"then i'm not gonna hesitate to kill whoever will take hyunseo's life away," yujin replied.

chaewon looked at everyone before proceeding what she was about to say, "but isn't that to.. selfish, yujin? i mean.. don't get me wrong!- what if they captured hyunseo for a reason? it's just- "

everyone froze as they saw the scene in front of them,

"SHIT!" yena quickly went to chaewon,

"shut up, kim chaewon!" yujin shouted in rage then was about to land another hit,

"yujin, calm down!-" hyewon tried pulling yujin off of chaewon,

"what's your problem, yujin??" hitomi asked as she checked up on chaewon on the ground.

chaewon held her cheek, feeling the numbness on her skin.

she slowly looked at yujin who was being held by hyewon,

her anger issues exploded then quickly leaped towards yujin and gave her a heavy hit,

"hey, hey stop it!" yena quickly crawled towards chaewon then tried pulling her back,

"take that back, ahn yujin!"

"both of you, stop!" rei was helping yena in pulling chaewon back, which they successfully did so as hyewon held onto yujin on the ground.

"look. i don't know what's your problem, yujin but i know that you are for sure an asshole!" yujin was about to launch at chaewon but she was stopped by eunbi.

"we don't have time for this mess, the both of you.." eunbi said as she blocked yujin from chaewon.

yujin aggressively let go of hyewon's grip, "yes, indeed. now go the fuck away if you don't wanna help me." she said then walked way, leaving everyone frozen.

"hyewon, go after her. we'll follow." hyewon just nodded at her girlfriend's command before running towards yujin.

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eunbi was seen helping chaewon in dusting off her uniform,

"chaewon, you know yujin's scared, concerned, confused and angry at the moment. i know you're curious and just want answers, but it's best for us to not ask any questions right now." eunbi said to the girl

chaewon slumped her shoulders. yena and rei took this as a chance to let go of chaewon.

"alright. i'm sorry for the ruckus that we've caused."

hitomi went to chaewon and scanned her face "does it hurt?"

chaewon smiled. "not really,"

"continue that later. let's follow the two."

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a/n: a bit short but exciting things will happen in the next chapter. promise!