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No Food and Dirty Water

Youngji's POV

Since being outed for being infected the residents have been looking at me in a certain way like they fear me but now some of them have been looking at me with either a disgusted look or a weird smirk and I can't understand why. Trying to ignore them I head to see Dusik to see if he needs any help.
He tells me he doesn't but would enjoy the company so while he works we chat about life before the monsters when suddenly Eunhyuck walks in. He stops and stares at me for a second before starting.

"The water tank is contaminated. I thought it'd last 15 days if we save the water" Eunhyuck discusses

"That's a disaster. Water's most important right now" Dusik says

"You're right" Eunhyuck replies "How is your leg?"

"This?" Dusik pokes at his injured leg "I don't know if it's okay because I can't feel anything"

"It could get infected, so make sure to get it treated." Eunhyuck states putting a smirk on Dusik's face. They talk about Eunhyuck's broken glasses before going to the basement. When we reach there we see three of the residents, Hyein, Byeongil and Seungwan taking the packages out of the garage. Once in the garage the boys talk about fixing up the car to help us leave the apartments but as they talk I hear my own voice say 'behind you' but when I look back I don't see anything but I walk out to see a shadow run away. I run down but I just see my sister and Hyein passing out packages to everyone and reassuring them that the firefighter is fine.

"Are you okay noona?" Hyunsu asks

"Yeah, I thought I saw something" I look around

"You must be on edge, come help us with inventory" Eunhyuck pats Hyunsu and I and we both follow him into the store.

I, Hyunsu, Eunhyuck, Jaeheon, and Jisu help go through the boxes of food when I see Sangwook in the corner. I stop and stare at him for a minute, giving him an awkward wave and smile before going back to work, seeing Eunhyuck looking at me with a slightly smug look, like he knows something he shouldn't before he hands me another box.
Suddenly Seungwan yells at us to stop and something about us leaving him behind, Jaeheon tries to reason with him but gets pushed aside as Seungwan grabs a box cutter and pointing it at us.

"You, give me the car keys" Seungwan focus on Eunhyuck as I put myself between them. "Give me the car keys you asshole"

Sangwook calmly walks up and grabs Seungwan by the collar and punched him in the face before walking him out then tossing him onto the ground by the barricade.

"Why don't you go out there then?" Sangwook asks

"You don't know how it feels to have your life in someone else's hands!" Seungwan screams

"What are you doing? Aren't you ashamed to face the kids?" Gil-seop adds as the rest of the residents looks on

"What does age matter? We're all going to die anyway" Seungwan cries out

"No. Not all of us" Gilseop kneels down to Seungwan "people like you who act stupid out of fear are the ones who die first. Get a grip, take care of your own life"

"Do you think Mr tough gangster man started out as a tough gangster?" I state standing over Seungwan as I help Gilseop back to his feet. "Look at his face, that is a man who has taken a beating. When you get knocked down you have to get up because sometimes the only person who will protect you is you"

I turn my head to see a slightly grumpy Sangwook causing me to giggle.

"I mean don't you want to hit him? I know I do" I tease

"From what I've heard you've done more than that" Gilseop chuckles making both me and Sangwook turn a little red.

Eunhyuck proceeds to get the looming crowd into the daycare as he explains the context of Seungwan's outburst and the plan for us to venture outside as our supplies are running low. Knowing the plan I head back to the store to see Sangwook sat alone. I pull up a stool and sit beside him where we sit in silence for a few minutes.

"You stood between him the knife" Sangwook breaks the silence

"Huh?" I turn to face him

"The tall guy with glasses and the short guy with glasses, you stood between them and his knife" Sangwook looks forward and not at me

"One it was a box cutter and two yes I did" I nod pulling up my trouser leg "I got stabbed by that spider monster repeatedly and it's all healed. If short glasses man actually tried to stab Eunhyuck, I mean tall glasses man, I can take it because I can heal"

"So you would do that for everyone here? Not just Eunhyuck" Sangwook side eyes me

"Yeah. Plus my sister has a massive crush on Eunhyuck so if I let her man get stabbed she might stab me" I chuckle "why are you jealous?"

"No. I couldn't care less what you do" he finally looks at me

"So what if I do this?" I put my hand on his and lean in for a quick kiss on his scarred cheek

"I don't care" he looks down at our hands as Eunhyuck walks in to tell us he want us to be apart of the food run. "Why us?"

"You're both in charge of the food. And you're the ones most likely to succeed" Eunhyuck states

"Do you know the kind of person I am?" Sangwook moves my hand away

"I don't care. But have you ever saved a life?" Eunhyuck looks at Sangwook before walking away, stopping at the door. "Whatever is going on between the two of you, I won't stop it, I can't stop it but I know no matter what Youngji will help her family and even though she doesn't like you Miley believes that you will protect Youngji so I don't need to ask Youngji for help with this, so if you don't think you can help us help Youngji"

Eunhyuck leaves as Sangwook looks down thinking about Eunhyucks words while I look ahead seeing a nervous Seungwan at the door and I usher him in. As Seungwan charges in with a look a determination on his face Sangwook looks at him as he puts his arm in front of me in a protective manner while I glance at him with confusion since I'm the one who can magically heal out of the two of us and well it's Seungwan, who's not at all threatening.

"I deserved to get punched. I'm sorry" Seungwan bows and starts to leaves which his tone saddens my heart slightly.

"Me too" Sangwook softens his posture, resting his hand by my forearm "I'm sorry, I punched you."

"You have better manners now" Jaeheon states which makes me jump

"When did you get here?" I laugh seeing him sat at the table with his drink.

"Shouldn't you get going?" Sangwook says to him

"I should finish my drink first. I'm not getting better at drinking" Jaeheon chuckles taking a sip of his soju. "Eunhyuck is right, isn't he Han Youngji? About you going out for supplies to help your sister"

"My sister has put in a lot of work to keep everyone alive, I don't want that to go to waste with everyone starving to death" I look at Sangwook's hand grazing mine

"So the question is will you protect Youngji, Sangwook?" Jaeheon stands up

"Are you two forgetting I can heal dangerous wounds in like a few hours maybe less?" I question

"Just because you can heal doesn't make you don't need help" Jaeheon smiles before leaving, leaving us in silence for a while.

"I'll help you" Sangwook clears his throat.

"I know" I nod