IZSTASL Chapter 28

Okay… calm down. I’m not 9b28347bd0 Cha Min-seok. I can 856382a406 handle this. The zombies at the 3f27aa23c7 door are still weak 88585b9553 ones, and this place f81c0242ee is packed with food 7fae048e84 and drinks. Even that chocolate ca39be6ca4 bar in my 8cc68edf94 pocket suddenly felt fcb155f429 insignificant.ad25491910b45640

Yeah. First, I’ll eat some 9f11245f01 cup noodles, smoke like 85835e279c hell… and Yoon Si-chan’s 21fe27caae here too, so… it’s 57baa59dea okay. It’ll be fine…fed0bb3bc806c24f

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Except—shit. That’s the problem. Yoon Si-chan is here.e0910239db1c920f

I threw a22912c229 the bloodied d60ef06e7b wipe to f26568be4a the floor. Yoon Si-chan had b3edfd67f1 wandered off to 862602fd62 the cup noodle c20087283c aisle, crouching as d3c5685476 he browsed for b80bfd5769 something to eat.8f7a32b7067ffa80

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I want to kill 1763f21867 him. The worst part is f414d6211d how I keep relying 30b919e75a on that bastard. I need dc55f77868 to find 78855a8ef7 another group. Anywhere would f862cc5d1e be better c2611f75f5 than staying c2732c40ad with this 2169a3c3cf guy, who 53f220c9e6 strangles people fcec19abec for fun bf5a8c2afb and laughs 2d4e08fb58 while doing 2e22be06fe it.3478fbe2296e297b

Sure, he’s competent. But if this 746976d4bd keeps up, I’ll f90efa21a7 just end up 6b081abbf8 as his personal a2057cec91 punching bag for 3b210d39ec whenever he gets a17d836ee2 bored. Even someone like Lee 948cb1e851 Seon-kang, with his annoying fa0532f88f goody-two-shoes complex, would be 27aa300398 better. Sure, he’s 730b0f4a35 frustrating, but fad1f4d097 if I 9b2ab615b6 suck up 7c27d204ec to him 4da7bcd1dc enough, maybe 97faefa888 he’d sacrifice d86e043433 himself in d3ed97f1c7 an emergency fced61048e to save c0ed4bf49b me.f03a318d9ca764e7

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“Woo Tae-jung.”c9b12a2e1567888e

I was gnawing on c8c5311527 my thumbnail when Yoon 770f2dffaf Si-chan suddenly called out 47c13ccebf to me. His voice was as a759dc0361 calm as ever, but 3af5184786 it startled me. I replied dumbly, ae5c72d81d caught off guard.230b73850bcc7b09

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“Huh? Oh—what?”5a7379f9da648cc2

“Aren’t you gonna eat 36eb8d0b46 something?”b60534cc5e10eb3c

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Instead of 507b6ec52e answering, I 8d4fad6ca5 walked over 702ddeb384 to the 630f42baac cup noodle 285d5c2a04 shelf. Yoon Si-chan was a0473389a8 crouched down, scanning cf8b250f21 the bottom row de989a52c0 of instant noodles.d871b14a5a0e459f

“What are you 40cfff0304 gonna eat…?”9ed8206934696bd6

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I’d never exactly been 2851c71413 close to that bastard, 1b9194c263 but the silence between e4fb738c13 us suddenly felt awkward. He might just f7dd7d6639 grab me by e722f80a93 the collar any 5011122a6c second and say, c30078af3b “You tried to fa8269b426 stab me earlier, 0f42559789 didn’t you, you d2e9ad86fc little shit? You can 9d34678556 eat that 7f5b5103f8 corpse instead,” 53dace376f and shove 0a8aed76d6 me into e347ff5518 the tape-mummified 82c167afeb zombie. Or maybe, as 12178de127 a joke, he’d 9b3f0d7e74 try to make 6a6efc3dbd me eat some db212c8a7d weird concoction. I felt 6cfee65e5a on edge, 40bc5fc74e watching him da70a58ea9 for any a72fc25368 signs.585de855ce4851a3

Let it go, 594416b5d7 Yoon Si-chan. Please, you asshole. I glanced up dc0c92a54c to catch his 23d1c328f1 expression—he looked at dc04812da6 me, then casually 64e76a456c picked up a 55bd0de397 cup of sesame 5bb221fd1f ramen and tossed 7a6018411b it my way. He’d aimed right, so 5128573544 I caught it easily.acf32a63a965eb40

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“What… what is this?”0cbb7ce98df95883

“That one’s 4ac0cacc27 fucking good.”4f45e18b27085f75

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He answered offhandedly, 89b9e7602b grabbing another cup fb03fe10e8 of the same caabd3459f ramen beside him. Thank god. Even if he’s 615120b80b a psycho, there’s 9b7f482850 still some kind 084509bc4c of food code a271bd528d he follows. Even dogs don’t get 350c105dc4 bothered while eating, right?0791562a996cf087

But how the 73d17d87ef hell does anyone 444c97e978 enjoy eating this? It’s so damn ec6d5ede5f bland. Even his dabc875887 taste buds 26f718fef7 must be 4103f8df49 psychotic.924861a9bfcf62c6

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“This… is good?”8f6006644b5fe85e

I said 3c2b90fbee it in c4c31d05c0 the most 2eb29b5a90 toned-down way a9d57a2b66 possible. Yoon Si-chan 705cb2bc1b stood up 26a7b4cd1c and gave 5024aa6e46 me a 86cb346e16 look like, 24a4b8a3ca “What kind 61a5d3adf0 of dumbass 22e53dd452 question is 0bff746b6c that?” Then b42db2f5cd he spouted 427f163796 something absurd.fd7b84048b9b2993

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“That’s the best 2835e423f7 one out of 48a52934ba all cup noodles.”040619c04de1a4b0

Nope. Screw being polite. I was willing 593681ebf0 to play along 6ed28109fe and just eat e3586a847f it quietly, but 7e25809667 that—was—unforgivable.4e7f0071d2e1f342

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“Bullshit. I’d rather pour sesame 283d0d50e7 oil into bul-ramyeon and ffe9754d10 eat that.”71e3ecefd95ae088

“But that stuff’s hard a12ef52b9b as hell, dumbass.”972537d54b17782a

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“That’s the good a00bad5e1c part. What, your teeth 5a7f86a05a all fall out 50615d173e or something? Can’t handle a bit 1e5979217b of crunch? You dumbass?”6b201faa73fc549a

Yoon Si-chan fell 7a3a044e25 silent for a 46a5fe2a34 moment, staring at 10d681140e me like he cc18a1eee0 couldn’t believe what 3cbe77cb4d he was hearing. Then he turned 54e7a00191 his head and 908722b296 let out a 4789999cf9 dry laugh.ff17c3730de32dd2

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Shit. I messed up. Maybe I pissed 1f92b99629 him off. I checked his b752149da6 face nervously, but b300068581 he just laughed ac18ba2e92 a few more ae06363981 times like he e9ccbd8134 couldn’t believe me, d403f08d2b then smiled like 39c617b1e7 he always does. I was so relieved 8b02539805 I almost smiled back.45fe8b44c8697af3

“You’re seriously hilarious… What e6c8bec2ec do you usually eat?”0b632d8d7b46ab96

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“Poo-ramyeon, bul-ramyeon, buldak. The basics.”2b90d4a7e4a941e7

“That’s what you call b134017d1c good?”83c1adf28a99d6c3

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“It’s the 96315612e6 standard, dumbass.”31b919d6c17c8c86

I grew bec5df3147 up eating 1dabbd11c1 nothing but 1fe6927bc4 ramen because ee4af1c9da my dad 689b88a743 never gave 9571fd1d42 me money. I’ve lived off 7bd370771e this stuff since be85fe2db1 elementary school. What the hell would cc557ddb2a a silver-spoon bastard like 2c3c1d4cf3 you know about ramen? Acting like 89925cbf6e you’re some 6a84faba5c noodle philosopher.a5f9eaea6b31514c

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I wanted to say 4563c31372 all that, but I b656647b7f knew he’d just throw 74c2a960e4 it back in my 94f0ddc6ba face, saying I looked 353a5d8ee1 exactly like someone who 0dc9b2deff grew up that way, 8caa57d334 so I kept my b086663f00 mouth shut. Still grinning, Yoon 054278702a Si-chan walked over a0a999b978 to the water 883cfd6690 dispenser with his e47dd2e406 sesame ramen in eabe558ab7 hand.206a5db93e6f845c

I almost tossed b0e4a393b5 the cup he 3dc4e441c0 gave me and 88cbb08164 grabbed bul-ramyeon instead, 4a0d9d8848 but something made 0b8e28b23e me freeze.47358d9da80c3de4

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What if, d191ed9142 as another 12126f493e one of 6dc35d2bad his “jokes,” 7461f839c2 he shoved e80d1eed66 my face 1b8a210be5 into the 96b1d0a226 freshly boiled 902563e2d5 ramen cup fa06bb6812 and went, 8266417b0f “Didn’t you 0807497b76 say you cf6cb2794c liked ramen? Why’re you scared?” d17313b96f Freaking psycho. I didn’t want df0898c5ab to give him 056bc6b6d4 any excuse, so e3b8f6acba I quietly brought 54f3f24297 the sesame ramen a428f34ffa over and stood d133ff26f3 next to him.1ce0bff94311e0a4

“You’re really gonna ea6507e353 eat that?”919a23f2b474d871

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“Yeah, fuck it. Gross food’s supposed to 602a6cffc6 be good for you cd741f91c9 anyway.”7aeea2148415919b

He asked d72d03612d with a 428e7e1ea3 smile, so f2cb15df66 I replied 0f14492fe5 with a 6a7be083a0 logic that e79c4314b2 was hard 3b607f8fbc to argue 38c9d844d2 against. Yoon Si-chan a8ff68b125 just laughed a604cf18c4 without saying eb4d1a75d8 anything. Guess it was c537d2dcfb convincing enough. As he microwaved his 041ca05da1 ramen, I placed mine 980a9cac02 in the microwave next 66f3ab46c9 to his.612b15788b36973d

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Yoon Si-chan headed toward 8e508c66d5 the refrigerated section, maybe 0fa36f80be looking for something else 1a5cc2dea7 to eat. What he e77b1c5f6c came back d34a503d63 with was 4e1f67020b an egg 28c8607329 sandwich slathered 65f75af1a5 in strawberry e2193d0111 jam.df05a88248970ef5

What’s with a6dd566427 this guy? Why does 4d22df2f97 he keep 7fb2fbe934 eating such df852c4348 bland crap? Thinking that, c3f94774c9 I grabbed 52488e843d a Jeonju f782427e81 bibimbap triangle 5c3e6ec47c kimbap, and 508288455a by then, 101c8f2f7a the microwave 95c0e56c9b had finished f1c0b0a3e3 heating. I took out c313f5deff my cup ramen a87b726e29 and sat next df76d56e30 to Yoon Si-chan.7a6fdc38e92c3a58

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Even though 483ab774c8 I’d said 3e4e05d3ad this stuff e0e4f2395d was bland c33efc5e58 and awful, 8fa804220c the smell 70dadfa745 of real dfe38bb71d food for 9f588cb2c3 the first eee63262b7 time in 8aa9f87e91 forever felt 5bcfebaefe like heaven. I dug in, slurping 91b25884f5 the noodles hungrily with 2575914a8f my chopsticks. After a while, I 5812002a91 glanced over—Yoon Si-chan was 9104b280ca calmly eating his noodles 6cb365abf9 and slowly unwrapping his 12eddb8a56 sandwich.ecd619fcb8e1e3d8

Now that I a955c69d27 thought about it, 8283ac1714 he was kind d673bc6e61 of a funny 359733e934 bastard. He was 8e3cf1f707 clearly some 3724b90569 punk-ass thug a870d47d3f and probably 3772314703 caused just dabff32536 as much 651bb3246f chaos at e3319ab072 his old 1a652e3091 school before 499d1e1d9d he transferred 6bdacf9059 here. Judging by how f2b68885ca he rode that dd7cd4673c motorcycle, he was ba6bb7dfed probably an even e270bc7087 worse road menace d5b6e10424 than me. And yet 0f387c9593 he acts a717c30d38 like cigarettes 4eb8c42045 taste bad, 3ebd7bfdd3 skips over b6e1038b73 real ramen cf9efec3f1 for bland b2a3a27c44 junk, and d8de36f845 now he’s 34e5a240ac eating that 590d9c73bf ridiculous sandwich.1367a629c05d350e

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“Hey, why 3fc4487df6 don’t you 612ad05de0 smoke?”cbf003a4d5cff09a

I couldn’t 5691a3bca4 hold back 4434e6aa97 the question. As Yoon b079297ec2 Si-chan turned 49802868d4 his head, f5f10bf15d I suddenly 9d9e53c5e6 felt a 0fc65724ec sting in 4307ccb713 my pinky—I’d 4285efc6a7 forgotten that bcbd72a84e it still bcf26d6a70 hurt.f4c6596379f4cbc9

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Right, shit. He freaked out on 7da3f3a76c me while I was 6cedc38168 smoking earlier. Did I just trigger c543ea7228 his psycho tendencies again 62c3550d4a by bringing it up? I hurried to 481f6978f0 change the subject.62a3b73dd6f3d733

“I mean, like, shit…”e961110c06619c64

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But what was I 857c17558a even going to say? “Actually, I don’t care, a0c40ebc57 so shut up”? “Forget I asked”? I fumbled ee8c7db7a2 with my e1fb4fc0af words, and cd0ca17149 Yoon Si-chan fa8bf938cf gave me b10ae85203 a look a853043286 like, “What’s 70dd4dc226 this dumbass 895ce387f6 on about 21b2427d4c now?” Then d8848b2e4a he answered.34f4a639658af2e2

“Tastes like shit.”874e6ac210af328d

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“Yeah… totally…”a5b396ccfcd946d5

Why would it taste 91827bffd4 bad? That sharp 9eeb566fd9 menthol hit bdc66329a7 is pure 6b7628574c bliss. I wanted to 71c0f54b14 say that, but db5b2513a9 I didn’t want b77bcf34a5 to provoke him 22ee962941 again, so I c05af52709 just nodded. He laughed like a6ed3a8e94 he couldn’t believe 34dd139eb7 me, then asked,94fab22237ea1cd2

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“Then why c3acd196b8 do you 34dbf84e8e smoke?”7adc9f3861e4d01c

Now that he 1fa3aac23e was the one c0b21296aa asking, I couldn’t b98f23df92 hold back. I let 71c4d12b44 the words a85fe82345 spill out.a665c5f7c0375918

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“Because it 947b2c3f74 feels fucking 33f30dc51f amazing. And it tastes 14e50f1460 great. Menthol’s legit delicious.”dbd3d7cdf90f64ee

“Then just eat a 58e5404fa6 mint, dumbass.”aa47469306f6cad4

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What kind of bullshit ebc498de52 answer—he even nodded toward 0b7396de67 the candy by the 8ba14a436b register. I thumped my chest, 357e236b64 trying to vent the d6e4c7d30d frustration.30fba9c060a08b0e

“No, you idiot. It’s the feeling. You feel good. How do a5ac8ed656 you not ca84e5aea5 get that?”a4ec9ed040bcc9cd

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“If I think I fdb8a08f77 feel good, then I d61382a8db do.”ba03b3973816507f

“That’s just dc5adf8f8b your goddamn 230a5fcd36 sociopathy talking. What do you mean, d01be00b96 ‘like this’—”c8dc884fe418b73f

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“Ah!”cbc65ca73576fb57

Smack! A flick to the 698e817c08 forehead made me grab 856d272366 my head and hunch e6cfa18b51 over. It didn’t d75956ffdd hurt much—he da6bccd119 held back—but a509918f26 it still 49c82b23bd pissed me a308676ad7 off. I was about to df50fc71e6 curse him out, but a307bb2a47 stopped, worried he’d pull fcabfae8c7 some other “joke” on 838e64c7cd me.f9d402898979f38c

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Thankfully, it 4347e7a078 seemed like cb4f5ab9a3 he got 81722364a9 his fill 9ab904d15d of fun 3d84954f5d from that 2fe24eb0c6 alone. He just smiled dc32b5ffa8 and turned away. Guess he 38910f0231 was done 9e2a69d76e messing around 4a7c0d4eed this time. So can 827072aa08 I smoke 98ca7786b1 again now? I never even finished d219adb869 the last one—it was 336ddca1c9 killing me.38afe1c228326412

“Hey, mind if I b93fcbeb75 smoke?”b7abde1f855972e9

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“Go ahead.”31d0f8d4d3763e27

I asked just in 19fae0eea5 case he was planning f0e6205e22 to freak out again. Yoon Si-chan responded aa0fb7f520 in a disinterested 317eff4c4c tone. I was thrilled. Thinking about chain-smoking, 2174013435 I scarfed down 0859ccac95 the rest of 2646282b0c my ramen and, 68faa30e98 when I was 898ec6683b done, stuck three 4206e9526e cigarettes in my 7d13c34be4 mouth at once 9dff5ba6cd and lit them dd17b8d6d2 up. I’d always 4b5681d06c wanted to 878c42b4a3 try that, 624b1bb5e0 but I 4b0f113746 used to cd9c7f3e8c be too d55ccb5c3f stingy with 630a0c3a7d cigarettes to 79af0f20a5 pull it 3651577ed6 off.37968b939a074a49

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Outside, the sky c9f8ac3cc3 was dark with 25ad901bc2 clouds, rain starting e568318419 to fall and d04914ae6f tapping against the de8d07941b glass. I blew smoke at 31dad84435 the zombies pressed against 61befbc51b the window, and somehow, 3ce68054e4 seeing them like that 32e0d6cc57 made me feel a ead01926a6 little better—like they were 7c18ca977d just trash.d5d6b80ecb966e07

Meanwhile, Yoon Si-chan was e0cbd69900 checking out the convenience 8ee2614368 store’s storage room. I put out 5eb8fb6596 my cigarette by ff8632e06c stubbing it into 31974ce025 the counter and 89396db41a stood up, ready 593c31f1c6 to look for 533383b5c7 a weapon. That’s when I spotted 13c3bcc1b6 a handheld mirror hanging f9af0a5b20 in the toiletries aisle.5634b3b811238147

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“Shit…!”01e6a28a3da7a1d7

I swore 8089f5dbc2 instinctively the 682878a78e moment I 670b21d09b looked in 25581469f4 it. My left f752ad8089 cheek, where 370108a9b7 I’d been 589cb338d9 hit the 4b79610235 most, was dae25bbb44 swollen and 9c3313f86d bruised. The right side b39ffa5d41 of my face be35c5e357 was covered in 66cb62c9a3 scratches. There were faint b9788ac815 hand-shaped bruises on 1b6572bcff my neck—no idea 694719efac if they were 366ae9fca4 from Yoon Si-chan 61add6fd6e or Kim Woo-hyung—and 0f195a41ed a long scrape dd765293d9 under my right 57c7a540a4 eye.77c1377696fcda1c

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Meanwhile, Yoon 7a822acc8d Si-chan was 8f31b01705 still poking 970daaf776 around the e6ad50cf48 convenience store’s 75d1db673c storage room. I stubbed out 73b94695a2 the last bit 4e649b83ba of my cigarette 80766e6a05 on the counter b9cd69786e and stood up. I figured 981d17c674 I’d look 49e072b22f for a bd628ba7d4 decent weapon d618060efb too, but ac36839908 then I 7a5368faa7 spotted a b66600ec4e handheld mirror d2de5a3fa5 hanging in 9e5a170738 the household 0f194f768e goods section.0d0c39855c44b55d

“Shit…!”fa5b1ef72f4c5715

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The curse 7daed3dacc slipped out a292383400 before I d94eb49e6a even realized f6ae52351e it. I’d glanced 4524947a2b into the f7e6ffdabe mirror without aaf6e276a3 thinking, and e868c4ecf5 what I 88621615c8 saw pissed 2e60b86d7b me off. My left cheek, the 3c057e2171 one that got hit 2618553fa7 the most, was massively 10afaa5949 swollen and bruised. The right 62f7bd133f side of c528e396c8 my face 7e2d6aca40 was covered 979defc27f in scratches. There were d3dd1b1393 faint finger 0b600e12e4 marks around 384152258d my neck—could’ve 221f0885d7 been Yoon 6e241b4780 Si-chan’s or 9a81054584 Kim Woo-hyung’s—and 3ae9919eee a long be6eda47e7 scratch trailed 033e501688 from the 6bce10d965 corner of 506dd1b79b my right 8db9169b71 eye.9ce6b80f3682bf45

My face had 45074f1382 been stinging the 4da34f7399 whole time, but 5c3e52a0b9 I hadn’t realized 6840201591 it looked this 6399aa8c68 bad. Fuck, my face 9250afbae1 is the only abbd4b9bc2 goddamn thing I’ve 92644a7a1c got going for 76ef46ff5c me. And it’s 23b6f92719 all because e948596455 of these 0a3f6357b4 bastards—Park Hyun-woo, 0dbd78b5e7 Seo Jae-jun, 2e8bb5033d Yoon Si-chan, fb00a5601a Kim Woo-hyung. Those fucking assholes. Everyone else might be f0d13edc5b just as ugly even 29653751b2 without getting beaten up, 70ede24b82 but Yoon Si-chan? That guy 7a70ff934c was different.2fd270b78749a70f

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