𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘 ⇄ seulrene

chapter one ❲part 2❳

‘unnie, please live for me?’

joohyun had just finished checking her room for supplies she needed(also other parts of the house). now she reads the note that stuck onto the wooden door of her younger sister's bedroom before entering. she stares eyes wide at her little sister—the little sister who was once lively and happy slowly turns into a rotting corpse, pale and grey. she just arrived at her home without a single zombie touching her luckily, checking to see if her family was okay. 

“j-jaehwa.”

joohyun was standing at the door of her sister's bedroom. her sister stands at the opposite side of the room, holding a stuffed brown teddy bears arm. she was covered in dry blood along with the stuffed animal. jaehwa just started back at her with a dull look, head tilted. 

joohyun was just in shock. her little sister was one of them. a nightmare. before jaehwa could run towards her with a ravage expression. joohyun immediately stepped back outside the room and shut the door close. joohyun's tears well up once she heard aggressive banging on the door accompanied with yells of hunger. 

“i—i'm sorry…”

till this day she holds her younger sister's note in her pocket. it will give her the motivation she needed, “i just left her there... i should have just ended her misery.”  her fear took over her will to help her sister, she just ran away and never looked back.

“i messed up—”

sudden heavy footsteps coupling with horrid groans were heard outside the storage room door. zombies. they were here—inside the store. joohyun hastily took her pistol in her shaky hands. she silently chants to herself not wanting to die. she gets on her knees and shuffled her way to the slightly opened door to take a peek. 

‘i'm dead.’

several flesh-eating monsters were roaming around the store, seeking for another human to feast on. joohyun had never encountered this many zombies before—never killed this many before. she had only killed just a small group once and a big group would certainly corner her.

‘c–calm down, hyun. y–you can kill them, right? j–just use the g–gun.’

she backs away from the door and gets ready to shoot the undead by positioning the gun front with both hands. it was obvious, she was scared—shaking. another close to death situation except she might be dead right after. 

she just prays no zombie would enter the room—

the door creeks open. her face sullens and dark orbs quivering at the sight of an undead in front of her. it was a woman, could be a bit taller than her; had tattered clothes and pale, slightly greenish skin. blood was present all over of course. she had scratches on her face, probably from the previous victim's attack on her. its head was tilted, looking confused and interested?

“s-stay away from me..” joohyun whispers, still trying not to alert the hoard just outside the room. she points her gun at the dead woman. the zombie took a few steps forward and moved to the side to.. close the door? during that action, joohyun had stepped back more.

with shaking arms, the woman held up a finger in front of her own dry lips. was it signalling joohyun to be quiet? cause if it did, joohyun did so. she just kept her mouth shut, still sceptical and pointing the gun at the zombie.

the sharp monolid eyes stared at her with no expression. joohyun had noticed the one eye was bloodshot while the other was almost.. normal? she got quite intrigued—BUT she should still be cautious. always. now the zombie looked past its shoulder, glancing at the door before looking back to joohyun. 

it was now quiet. did they leave? she sighs in relief. she puts down the gun—

but she's still stuck with the zombie woman.

and so she aims the gun back at the zombie at sudden realization, “d–don't come near me.” joohyun asserts. the zombie just gave a small nod-- wait what. did it just understand me? the zombie sat down on the floor, comfortably, “w–why are you like that?” joohyun asks with so much confusion. the zombie was behaving and still. that's not possible.

“pr–pr—ee..ty.”

joohyun's pupils narrowed, “h-how can you talk?” so many questions filled her thoughts. she had never encountered this type of zombie before. she had seen mutants, rare and evolved zombies but a rather calm one? this was a first. let's still be careful—but she called you pretty—NO, we're being careful!

“l–look here, i–i don't know what you might have eaten to get y–you this calm but stay away from me.”

the zombie nods again, “d–don't… hu–hurt.. you–ou..” the zombie points to herself before pointing to joohyun, “y-you're not gonna hurt me?” joohyun who was also on the floor asks. she still had a firm grip on her gun, “i-i'm still not sure. wha-what if you're tricking me?”

the zombie stood up with a bit of difficulty but managed. it now got closer to joohyun. what surprised joohyun was.. herself. she was placing the gun down but still remained eye contact with the zombie. the zombie crouches down to the floor at joohyun's level and showed guilt and concern through her eyes that showed lifeless at first.

 “.. s-sorry.. for… s-scaring.. y-you..” the zombie stammers, struggling to form the words.

joohyun scrunches her nose from the sight of blood from the insides of her mouth trace down her chin. her judgements were then cut once the person talks once again.

“s-seul.. gi..” the zombie points to herself on the chest, repeating the name again. joohyun pressed her lips together still unsure of what to say,

“s-seulgi, huh?”

the zombie nods again, “f–fine...” joohyun pauses and examined the zombie named seulgi's state before maintaining eye contact once more, “… seulgi. i–i'll trust you.. for now.” joohyun would likely regret this later on but for now, she'll keep her eye on this zombie woman and question her.

the zombie showed a small smile and stood up, it limped towards the door and opened it to reveal a now empty convenience store. joohyun followed suit, just standing behind the zombie, “se-seulgi..?” she can't believe she's trusting an actual zombie. she shouldn't be this.. soft! 

the zombie turns it's head to joohyun, “th-this might sound persistent b-but.. m-make sure to keep me safe i-if you ever want to want to talk and approach me again. if you ever end up almost biting me. i'll blow your head off, okay.”

the zombie hums with a nervous gulp,  “y-yes.. p-pre..tty.”