Survival with EXO

CHAPTER 24: COWARDS

"Ya, you okay?" the leader tapped him on the shoulder.

"Don't be like this, hyung. We need to survive and so far, she's the one who can help us. It's safer in her place." Kyungsoo explained with furrowed brows.

"See? You want to leave but you can't even step out of this van." Minseok couldn't help but nag at him. Totoo naman kasi diba? Nanatiling tahimik si Luhan lalo na't pinagtutulungan na siya. Sa kanilang lahat, siya lang ang kumukontra.

"Can't you see? Meeting jagiya is fate." Baekhyun smiled, seeing Jana as their heroine.

"Ohorat~"

Pagkalingon nila sa kumakatok sa bintana, laking gulat nilang makita ang maknae. Holding a chocolate bar and wearing an eye smile. Within one minute, he was able to return. Buong buo at gwapo pa rin.

"Daebak, that was fast." Baekhyun awed.

"See? I told you Noona won't give us something we can't handle." Chanyeol exclaimed, feeling confident in one snap.

"Okay, let's do this. Fighting!" pangunguna ni Junmyeon dahil nakapampante sila kahit papano dahil ligtas naman pala. They yelled with determination. "Saranghaja!"

Sinaway agad sila ni Jana dahil nakasigaw na naman sila. 'Para saan yung saranghaja at bakit sumisigaw pa?' she judged them in her mind. Naging kampante sila kahit papano na gawin yung challenge. Pwera lang kay Tao na kinakabahan pa rin. Sunod na nag volunteer si Jongdae.

"Hyung, be careful. I saw a zombie inside." Sehun blurted while chewing his chocolate, alarming the rest of them.

"BO?!" bumalik ang takot sa mga sistema nila. (what?)

"There really is. But her body was cut into half. It was horrible, her upper body was crawling and her face was like-" may pumigil sa kwento ni Sehun.

"Keumane. You're scaring the kids." pigil sa kanya ni Luhan, na halatang kinakabahan. (stop)

"Oh, I'm not scared." Jongdae beamed with a confident smile. Malakas ang loob niya. "Stop being obvious, hyung."

The cheeky guy left the van without any hesitation. Pagbalik niya, maya dala siyang toothbrush para sa lahat. "Guys, I saw her lower body at the counter." tumawa tawa pa siya.

Baekhyun and Kyungsoo went together, nagtutulakan pa sila sa may hagdan kaya sila natagalan. Yixing and Junmyeon came out of the store with a basket of chips. Magkasamang pumasok sina Yifan at Minseok. Chanyeol and Jongin went back the fastest with two cans of sardines. Buti pumayag si Jana na dalawahan.

"Noona, I made it! I'm brave now. You're going to adopt me again, right?!" nagha-hyperventilate sa saya si Chanyeol, halos yugyugin na niya si Jana na tumango tango na lang sa baliw na nasa harap niya.

"Luhan hyung and Tao are next!" Kyungsoo announced kaya napalingon sila sa dalawang huling sasabak.

"The two cowards! How exciting." hagikgik pa ni Chanyeol, lakas talaga mang asar.

"Wha-what coward? I'm manly." Luhan argued back.

"Talaga lang ha?" nag make face lang si Jana na pinapanood sila sa rearview mirror. Hindi talaga niya makita kung nasaan yung manly kay Luhan.

"But I thought you're not doing it? I thought you wanted to leave, instead?" Yifan asked with a blank face, ang gulo talagang kausap ni Luhan.

"Hyung, kajima. Don't let me do this alone." Tao locked arms with Luhan, kanina pa siya nanginginig sa takot. Syempre ayaw niyang lumabas ng mag isa. (don't go)

"Guys, better hurry up. They're coming." pagmamadali sa kanila ni Jana.

"Bo?! Eodi?! Eodi?!" pagpanic ni Tao habang hinahanap yung tinutukoy ni Jana. Tinuro ni Jana yung harap, may nakita silang apat na paparating pero malayo pa sila. (what? where?)

"Ya! We're going. Okay? We're gonna do it, so stop making the situation worse." madiin na sabi ni Luhan sa pagmumukha ni Jana.

"Oh, sorry if you got more scared." Jana rolled her eyes, hindi na niya ma-take tong' kasungitan ni Luhan. "But you really have to hurry." tsaka niya marahas na tinulak kay Luhan yung baseball bat.

"Noona, do I really have to go?" malapit na talagang umiyak si Tao.

"Just use your wushu stick, Tao." suggestion ni Kyungsoo sa kanya.

Pagkabukas palang ng pinto, napahiyaw na ang dalawa sa gulat. Because the half zombie Sehun was talking about was already on the staircase, slowly crawling and reaching out for them. Ilang hakbang na lang ang layo nito mula sa sasakyan.

"You're going to enter a store, not a haunted house." Chanyeol nagged at them, nagtutulakan pa kasi yung dalawa sa labas ng sasakyan. Yabang ni Chanyeol, palibhasa tapos na. Ang tagal bago sila tuluyang nakapasok, naiwasan naman nila kahit papano yung gumagapang sa hagdan.

"Tao, hurry up and leave Luhan!" Kyungsoo yelled out the window as they started laughing.

Habang hinihintay yung pagbalik ng dalawa, gumaan na ulit ang paligid nila. Nagpasalamat sila kay Jana habang kumakain ng chichiria. Buti na lang talaga nagbago ang isip ni Jana't nagawa rin nila yung condition.

"We're really not wolves, we're just handsome." then Jongdae laughed like a lunatic making Jana roll her eye ridiculously.

Pagkatapos ng ilang minuto, napatigil silang lahat sa kwenthan nila nang makarinig sila ng sigaw mula sa loob ng store, kasabay ng pagsulpot ng ilang zombies mula sa likod ng sasakyan.

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