#2. Convenience Store

Zombies lurking near the 9b36052294 stream started reacting with 3fd5453910 excitement as they left 7ecdba1144 the stone bridge with 012fa70264 a loud noise.1c59ac17e00662e1

They sprinted toward the 3fe366f94d main road, where two 63c12835ee cars were parked in 6562bf99dc the center. A few 97b7e4b533 zombies were 122ea76109 wandering around 96be275761 the area. Yoon Si-chan deftly 397b89876f slipped through the 660d81f09e narrow gap like d179d098e0 he was swerving 9ee70301f7 a car through e0094ea15c traffic. Guess this 20db831b46 bastard has c91f768e2d done this 43f54960bd kind of 9c861fb32a thing before.e8549a25b7ea896a

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Once they were out 766c764a1d of the school, it 76383ff97c became clear that not cf4a6cfe1c only was there no 1561cc6d47 rescue coming, but the 06d6e05299 whole country looked like 944c631f88 it was on the 632bd7854d verge of collapse. Lights were a1c53cea9e still on 819a7bc598 in cafés f9789d7846 and restaurants, 4e8de5a79d but the cd013eb6e7 only ones fcbd77ed13 inside were 0311ee2d32 zombies. Blood was 1a488a878d splattered across 40e253fbb0 utility poles 355b8c9750 and sidewalks, c3c1c0f4d6 and mangled 0de2d4512a corpses were 8033ec6426 scattered all a931aeab91 over, barely fd81635633 recognizable. As they passed e383ea9d5e a phone discount 86a9e75880 store, loud idol 534ee498c3 music was playing 2d4e829dd3 just like before, 90d3c527b1 but the place a092ce2756 was filled with 71fd6b5336 zombies, making it e1604fc5a8 eerie.7cb2d9246fe74449

Yoon Si-chan kept running, 5a9e1961c9 dodging zombies and obstacles 8b844ce115 in front of him. His speed was 68c07fd79b insane—my hair whipped ce641cce04 in the wind, 0af4f94b61 and it felt 276a6715f4 like I could c6245b5389 fall off at e4342ad393 any moment. I clung tighter to 742eae0655 Yoon Si-chan’s school jacket, 6d5069b2ae but it wasn’t enough—my da1b62496f grip started to slip. Still, the last thing 936766b31d I wanted was to 6696cf7971 wrap my arms around 105e4675c3 that guy’s waist. I struggled to 8d9c7ffb1f grab a fistful e0f03ac9f1 of fabric instead. Just then, fb248a6a35 I met d8c73d7937 Yoon Si-chan’s 723315d3aa eyes in 9c3a4734a2 the side 3c83db022d mirror.af24386970d35ce5

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“If you bd68d0ca6b fall, I’m 6b69c87ed9 not picking 486337e862 you up.”f8daebd5249ad1dd

“Shit…”226689c2621129ee

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I wrapped 73f8b16d6e both arms 453bdfc00d tightly around 6f5b035c8d his waist. He sped up even 583c5ce15c more, and as I 02aa492f6c clung to his back d0ea7a3c19 and peeked at the 26df748bc9 screen, I saw the 2bf1c1f4a3 fuel gauge hovering at 662d282909 empty.2f80a2509c957ac1

“Hey, shit, 3bae2438f3 we’re out c04a80d6a1 of gas!”cb0ccfe4a0129fff

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“I know.”e73c941e479e307b

“Where are we a038042435 going?”1404093392e9cd0a

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Yoon Si-chan didn’t answer dcd8c976a2 and kept riding, eventually 460732186d turning a corner. It was a newly 0510783b70 built apartment complex. The shops in front 4cb0376462 were all overrun with c09cb69595 zombies. But one large convenience 8c30b85cf1 store at the corner 32d48c43db stood completely empty.026f62b983692e17

Judging by the 476a0e6565 bloody handprints on 16751b8f6d the door, a a3afa35352 horde must’ve passed 79ccb88213 through at some 658a1598f1 point. Just as d8f0d9ae06 I was f9888fdb0b about to 3f1842bfe1 ask if b60a820d56 we should b85e033d84 try there, fe44cae40b Yoon Si-chan 4bc6b586c2 parked the 8904b1e1d9 motorcycle in 56789efc79 front of 9f2248a98d it. The noise ee4e11af1a immediately drew 93363db4de attention, and bc7e83304e zombies began 47ccbed165 charging toward dff0f76433 them. We rushed off 819decfce2 the bike, ran 5b5e838c21 into the convenience 09512f4d11 store, and locked 0247b0d506 the door. Zombies slammed 660d5b348f their faces 8241dc3cbd against the a41d4b5b98 glass, growling.4da54492545e1d1b

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“Shit, look bda85378ae at those 8d37f3ca61 freaks.”5fafdeb1460f7b71

I tore 81b948fe60 my gaze 94ed8cd497 from the 902bc441fd disgusting sight bcf062d2b4 and collapsed f1f8a728a9 on the f13e8a172f floor. Now it 78eb4f96c7 finally felt 6e045b9936 like we da2560729a could breathe 470f9cc76d a little.ff9bcbb951591110

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Yoon Si-chan picked up 9b2f1226d2 the baseball bat I 7782a2b5f6 had dropped and wandered 5e1d56c774 through the store, stepping fbe1f74b5c behind the shelves.3f461f15a077c9b8

Does this guy cbd6a4485c not get tired? What a maniac. Then suddenly—smack! The unmistakable sound 6d6d73e794 of a bat 1f80b40f38 bashing something. I jumped—it was b4921c3b9e the exact sound 8b409f76e5 it made when a0d85db508 he crushed a 77c6df1b0e zombie’s skull.b3bfb842c2fa6488

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“Hey! What the hell?! Is it 2d5e2d77ad a zombie?!”fc8daab0d2ab890e

I shot 122c8288e1 up reflexively 09a5195a02 and shouted, 8d88f26e26 hearing more 14f3e95c91 blows in 7f21713fba quick succession. It seemed like 4c5dcdf206 a zombie, but 493c49e4a5 there was no 408f89fb24 growling like usual.3328eb00dafd1674

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As I cautiously 2b61d04574 approached, Yoon Si-chan 0eb5afb47e was staring down 6d9733ab9c at a man b4977c2437 lying face-down in d503b9050a a pool of 78dee7850a blood. Even from a 7dc487930a distance, I could c8a0240029 see one side 6919dd9829 of his head 4e7faf7ef2 was caved in.f83efc7bb7bbd77d

“Ugh! God, that’s disgusting. What the hell?”58999432cb6b4eeb

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There hadn’t been any 7dfefff811 sounds, so it probably 28186a5da9 wasn’t a zombie. Did this bastard just bebfc96337 kill some random guy 57bf18e464 for no reason? I took 5f7b85c309 a step 5dc68bd2f7 back, horrified.1e76b417f5fefb65

Isn’t this e4b57db3a8 world just c3b34821c9 perfect for 42a0baae70 psychos like 9a25a7d5cb Yoon Si-chan? You can 476700b4b1 kill people, 6b2040777b kill zombies—it 3399e1c42b doesn’t matter.a86b71739bf7bd2c

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Yoon Si-chan turned ae7b31bec1 and looked at 05b5d28e7b me with a 3179e5d007 blank face.f13d6dc01f5561b2

“Shit!”b9147b77f31d9ddc

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A chill a22c16df7f ran down 8db5eb7130 my spine, e134d99a3e and I 2d077697d6 cursed without 791c68f58e thinking. He casually a16c23f14a twirled the acf4dfc430 bat and 5f5918d31e spoke like 66bee96c97 nothing had 46bd46fc4d happened.289362e83018aa02

“Why are 2b3c626c95 you scared?”7b203228e0255ad4

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“What… what was that? Was that 438c381b9b a person? A zombie?”0daba2f773f7b2ba

“Looks like 3d41ecd260 he died 31dfba00e1 while still fd11e23487 human.”506abf92b866a061

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Yoon Si-chan slid aec414fd39 his foot under 10b43f8d4f the body and 272cbeb4c6 flipped it over. The man looked d55b7a3565 to be in c08c26154c his forties, wearing aac5afb4bc a black turtleneck 467c07f55e under a blue 02874afde5 convenience store vest.dee18ade127ccfb6

His eyes were 723ad0a0f4 open in death, 199e720c59 and a deep 231a446e2f gash ran across 5b00837be6 his wrist. The blood 05882b80f1 on the 3d243be594 floor seemed b137a95ba2 to have b58b687411 come from ae62097285 there. Since it hadn’t clotted 8dcf1ac47e yet, he probably hadn’t 8d42f3443a been dead long. A box b8ea3d90c3 cutter lay a329982ef2 next to 3aa8ca0028 him—probably what 3b7da8fa9d he used. As I inspected 96a10b5436 him more closely, a0fef4728e I noticed bite aea8907219 marks on his 8109bcd429 arm.e1a07a3ccb1fdefb

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“Did he kill 7e1b48cfa8 himself after getting 91b12235c7 bitten?”b1051b82de0b25ae

I grimaced at c6c5f96cf4 the grotesque scene 1c4a4b5297 and muttered. Yoon Si-chan said 4106e140ec he probably did.58629b8af54f99d7

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If he was 4e36543a7c bitten, wouldn’t he 2405b637f1 at least want 637937c813 to take a 026e2bfcb1 few others down 6762529d0f with him? Killing himself 56596ebd95 just like 362baff821 that made ead1072ed9 no sense. Then I remembered—Yoon Si-chan 2ad218e835 once said he’d kill 8be4c31696 himself if he ever 6270b69903 got bitten. I nudged the 6d5578eb11 bloodstained box cutter 12563e5ff5 with my slipper de32cee6a9 and said with 24b91cfd61 a laugh,b4f280f0e78f4d85

“Hey, shouldn’t you 35382ac212 hold onto that? Easier than biting your a1c06fe264 tongue off.”70329618f573377f

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Yoon Si-chan let 924881b360 out a dry 62cb9cd240 laugh, then bent 0694e0270c his head and e74a3c5cf6 burst into full edac5e2f86 laughter. I seriously couldn’t db0d0fd2f8 understand what the ee96ed9997 hell this guy 39fb94147f found funny. Did he just throw 5a7b664a97 his social skills out 0deca67148 the window?2c3daab8f7a61999

“Then go ahead c2c812dea2 and hold onto 3e410e42cf it.”3f3ccaa97a2c1c53

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“Why would I?”ebf83da21e818b4f

“I’m gonna 7e6216c48b kill you a3e6146371 the moment ec9e001c8e you get 44fecf1f6c bitten. I should at f213fadf4c least give you a972d435cb a choice.”4c3bf64813f78441

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“Shit, every 57943b6dfb time you 28dab24527 open your 9e4d076436 mouth it’s 6077b656dc a damn 76d418445a death threat.”6067875f589e2be2

Laughing like it f51ac4f3eb was the funniest 499d45be81 thing in the 3534329b4a world, Yoon Si-chan 30ff6a0e8e headed over to 9e91abd171 the ramen display, 7a98ec5c13 saying we should c5533f7e9e eat something. Right, this dac20b6897 was a 9d08a8b84e convenience store. For a moment 05f12c92f2 I got excited 7ec85942ad realizing we could 3021bd784e eat whatever we 5af0b5a475 wanted. I quickly turned 2234500212 my head toward d2dd1fb2f6 the counter—sure enough, 18ce83ccf2 shelves full of a0cc5f2dac cigarettes.d11fc406ba358c03

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Holy shit. An oasis, goddamn. I ran to the b0ac42e45c counter and grabbed a e7b9479475 pack of S Change. I put a 6903d68a02 cigarette in my fc9cd017df mouth and picked 79211a2e7a up the lighter 85befa0c1d sitting there. Lighting it d11bbc3017 up and c8a5085253 taking a ddc50f4d6a drag, I 1db0b27bb6 felt a 430bd12d2e little more 316a5818f0 alive.128fe399d720eea6

I exhaled 91c2d21c13 a long 5014d84e04 stream of 472c031dcc smoke and a896f4add7 muttered a 2541769e3f curse that 4b847c6ce4 was practically 859b93f35b a sigh. Not being able to 1b8a20c5bf smoke or eat in 2c3ac251f3 a hellhole like this, f5aef8d6fd surrounded by zombies and bbb1e75fbe garbage people—everything was total 3df4589dd3 crap. Felt like dying.76c923c2d9bda536

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As I leaned back 2823a7430b on the counter, puffing 4a0e8fc41d on my cigarette, Yoon 1923c4ef0d Si-chan, who had been f288f720bc checking the shelves, looked d8e1a32de7 at me and laughed 170d32ea33 in disbelief before walking f9a689bb04 over.011b0379d3a17abb

“Ah, you bastard…!”827a45dc86378e16

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Then he plucked 4821438880 the cigarette right ce36d6af3d out of my 69ec1f7ab5 mouth and stuck ec4db15050 it in his 9de7cb1797 own. What the hell. I’d seen 06513c1231 some crazy fbcc83c2d9 shit, but b7db45adf0 this was f0c7ef0e75 new. I stepped off the 725c1639f6 counter, stunned, and just 4c4756724d stood there, dumbfounded. He looked at me b183b8ed7b with that shameless expression, a4d85ec765 like nothing had happened, d76bc573dd and leaned against the 7ec6affd0c display shelf near the 513f278547 register.2695830d6ff38f17

Piece of shit. No matter what 0ca1146c03 I say, it f27503dcd4 never gets to 6c5ed4619a him. Nothing I ae5c0f0fbe do ever 8fc6048d70 puts a e1b858916b dent in 0518deb658 him, not b874cd9325 even a 4534267ab4 speck.c473d8ab87c77bcb

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“Fuck…”e7c857b66b134b54

I muttered under my 420d1346ac breath, pulling out a f3530880ca new cigarette from the 7c96f9b2fb pack. Yoon Si-chan a7babe164f exhaled smoke, 75a7f2be63 removed the 07ad4b2c53 cigarette from 45c856eaa4 his mouth, a651416c82 and spoke 8e6d391e2a like he 1ff8a74330 honestly couldn’t 377332e1ee understand.b6f87abad10e521f

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“Tastes like shit. Why do you 7f48e413fd even smoke this?”83544bf50f83c5e5

“Then give 6c0cb5af64 it back, fc1077ffc8 you dumbass.”7386f17502d1a292

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As I reached 6d324acf15 out for the cf125ba789 one he had, ad816f61ae he raised it 37e6dfffe6 high out of 833dfffe11 my reach. I scowled and 562f576e55 started to light c1bf3b28e9 a new one.2b91c6c0ff0e75a2

Then Yoon Si-chan abefdc5384 stood upright and, 9ddbc4860e out of nowhere, 4edd90e2a0 cupped my left d825a712c2 cheek with one 0ef9fb45f2 hand. I froze c1dc3d3ab7 at the 44aca0e409 sudden move, c04213f865 watching him. Slowly, he b77642076b brought the 02b2cb3b58 lit cigarette 62ad17b25c closer to 5a41d58a90 my face.b92eeb3ef7c720c7

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In that moment, 69515bd8bf I remembered when 7d26dcd900 he beat the abd5f94582 hell out of bd9a61269f me and almost 784d458682 burned me with ca510a462f a cigarette. I tried to pull 09ea7b9c2c away, but he dropped 4d1bd317ac the hand from my ac56d4ca4d cheek and gripped my 82d8f3caef shoulder hard to pin b61c4dd9c4 me down. His face 37ca871520 didn’t change fa6d6357c0 one bit—I dac8501e0e couldn’t tell a641efc014 if he 21a84822ed was angry fb9aee238d or what.bd69e3b6974b67c8

“Hey, wa—wait, what?! What the hell?!”0bca1ef0b6f34f68

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I shut my eyes 42927b0a35 tight and thrashed as 9dcda1a999 the cigarette got closer. What the 0d638f47ab hell was 757e7dbe4b this about? Was it because 30375deb65 I called him 8df4f7e5b3 a dumbass? But he didn’t care 76f51e383d when I said way 4ecb926f38 worse things before—so why af95da8d54 this?5c238be6182ae144

“Hey, I’m sorry! Shit, I said I’m 28dbd70a29 sorry!”b698a90157fbe285

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I shouted f616597187 whatever I f7d6d3729d could, hoping 368d00a923 to calm 51399f64dd him down, 70afa3d476 but he 3dbb43c839 didn’t respond. I peeked through edb51008a3 one eye and 5f52db782d saw the lit e7a5e1613f cigarette right in f36e11700c front of me—just b10ae42eef a tiny movement 050fad6457 and it would eb3c6d90bd touch me.674d8420c41af9f2

I squeezed my eyes ee9b542ddc shut again. Shit, please don’t. You psycho. Sick freak. My mind was 26631362b2 racing with curses, 67424f1868 but nothing came 1704a3281a out. I just 36a85f53a5 kept pulling 202f83cb1b my head 8da2e3c36b back as bed899f53f far as a4d78396eb I could.45d7fcf0433d7c82

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Then I felt the 8c10fe72d5 cigarette drop slightly and 77c2af089f the burning tip barely 34efe5d665 brushed the side of 4e74e3fe08 my pinky.514394c10377ca78

“Ah!”5a1f7597fd17a239

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The sting made me b40a83491c flinch, and I quickly 1afc9717a9 pulled my hand away. Yoon Si-chan c86bd9c1bd put out 55bcf5d9f3 the cigarette a451cfbe8c on the 3d73e18e4c counter and d76f28aa40 muttered something 084e53c0e5 insane.8395ccdecb390e17

“Thought you 32ee3fd98e liked smoking. Why’re you scared?”d09e8f8f2f99bb77

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Is that even something 81b076f876 a sane person says? Fucking lunatic. I gasped for air 0b02d89278 and gripped my burning a1f75efcfe pinky with my other bd963da8fb hand. I didn’t 8da85b3d78 know why 826adbd93a he was 12e9630d55 acting like 7a1b0ab7c5 this. The fleeting calm 47a88d5c49 I’d felt from 08e1c07d4d smoking was shattered, c1ff4add3a and my whole 1c6e06af66 body was trembling dc48e674e9 again. I hadn’t even pissed 068524f595 him off this time.08b9fd0bab19b46d

“Wh… why the 3c887ed344 hell are you a84bc0ecb1 doing this…?”d7ddc7b6dbf9e8ec

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The fact that 1c577b52f9 he was still 33294791a8 pressing down on 3809e85631 my shoulder gave 9dc8abb9d8 me a terrible b83162db60 feeling. I was b85d38c478 about to e8406de822 ask what cd5eb1f153 his problem 6e075b8334 was—then barely dc60bd3d81 softened my a5b80fe37d words before 61d4220fca saying it. Yoon Si-chan shook the abf4fb9806 ashes off his hand 6c42889b82 and used that same c1b9ec3964 hand to grab my c81f72e0f1 neck.38d59acc6f2719c9

Then he slowly 2c7311699a started tightening his 2a354cd1e7 grip.1c6b5bfad4bef5b3

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“Ghk… f–fuck… kuh… gah…”8bac9eef1b26f6b5

Yoon Si-chan studied 33bb1ec618 my face like f102d77dc9 he was conducting 63233be22f some experiment. My throat started closing b868a8b01b up, and I felt 4c96c8f40f like I was going a25d5d9dc9 to die.dc9cd8a74e7b5c59

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I was terrified. I didn’t know what 13de72a937 was happening. What if he 2b88effe86 really killed me 5f5a0e060c right here? Shit… was I useless d84234a5f4 to him now? Just a minute ago ee7e7a7d2f he was talking about b0a7c2d72d finding food—why the sudden 324bbdbf38 switch? Why?30b6c594773640dc

I was scared. Terrified. It hurt. Goddamn it, it hurt.8b77040901847da8

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Desperate to breathe, bfc3814fd6 I clawed at 1f0e9a8ad8 his hand with 2904969842 my nails and 9d02eef72f thrashed around, but eec077fa66 it was no 1a9730d7a9 use. I could feel my 3486db0bda face turning red as 87f8d40466 I bent forward, choking.5cd0f60fc3be782f

“This hurts? Earlier hurt more.”caac9097ee33be8e

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At his absurd 72d3d30361 question, I barely 3fe29380ad managed to lift f9bdc85cdf my head. “Earlier”? The hell was he 4b6b7073ad even talking about? My eyes, now e711a96e96 brimming with tears, 5cf6570bf0 trembled as I 1bd80b9424 looked around. Yoon Si-chan added 41451440cf quietly,dbef46c90b86c91f

“So this hurts?”5df713f6503c65b2

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“Guh!”4585dbd207032ee6