~Y/n pov~

Gyeongsu smacked her which made her stumble back and fall into a chair, "What did you just call me?"

I watched the argument with slight amusement.

Cheongsan grabbed Gyeongsu's arm and pulled him back.

"You just hit me?" Nayeon narrowed her eyes at him.

"Yeah. Call me that again."

Ms Park came over, "Hey, knock it off. What's going on over here, guys?"

"He just hit me." Nayeon told her as if she hadn't done anything wrong.

"Only because you called me a welfie." Gyeongsu retorted.

"It it not true?"

"You can't just say shit like that." Cheongsan defended Gyeongsu.

"What's a welfie?" Ms Park asked.

There was an awkward silence for a few moments before someone responded.

"A person a welfare. Welfie for short."

Ms Park sighed, "Nayeon, that was wrong. Don't ever say that again. And Gyeongsu. When you hit people, you're the one who ends up losing. Do you understand? Listen, we can't be fighting each other at a time like this."

"What about the other teachers? Has anyone called the police?" Jimin asked.

"Don't worry, I'm sure someone else already has." Ms Park responded.

"The internet."

We quickly gathered around the computer.

I stood next to Namra and Suhyeok stood behind me, peering over my shoulder.

He was so close.

Joonyeon sighed, "School ones are slow."

"Maybe it's not online?" Wujin stated.

"No, it is."

"It's gonna take all day."

We all stared blankly at the monitor.

There was a logging in noise.

"Open the browser."

"The browser."

"Look up zombie virus."

There was a clink noise.

I looked towards the noise and saw the hose tapping against the window.

Why is it moving?

I heard a faint growl.

The hose swung at the window and shattered a part of it.

Everyone jumped and turned to look at it as the hose swung again, shattering more of the glass.

Suhyeok moved to stand in front of Namra and I and looked towards the window apprehensively.

We all watched as the hose swung back and forth.

Cheongsan slowly edged his way towards the window.

"Be careful."

He stopped at the window.

"It's just the wind." Someone stated.

A zombie suddenly appeared in the window and let out a growl noise.

Cheongsan jumped back in shock and slipped, falling onto his ass.

It grabbed onto the window and thrashed around, trying to reach us.

It's legs were tangled in the loops.

Was it there the whole time? Did it jump down and get stuck?

"Get back." Daesu told Cheongsan.

Cheongsan grabbed a mop and tried to push the zombie out of the window.

"Push it! Push it off!" Suhyeok yelled to him.

"Did you get it?" Daesu asked.

The zombie grabbed onto the mop and they began wrestling for it.

I felt useless standing there but didn't know how to help.

"Move!" Suhyeok shoved Cheongsan out of the way and started shoving the mop too.

"Duck!" Gyeongsu yelled, lifting up the computer.

They both ducked as he flung the computer at the zombie.

The computer collided with the zombie and it went falling to the ground.

Everyone gathered around the window and watched as the zombie casually got up and ran off.

"That was crazy." Daesu sighed.

"Hey. You..." Nayeon was silent for a few seconds, but it was easy to guess who she was talking to.

We looked towards her.

"You're bleeding."

Gyeongsu moved his hand to touch just below his nose as he realised that he had a nosebleed.

I couldn't see any bite marks visible but he did have a small cut on his hand, it looked fresh.

I saw Onjo get scratched by Hyeonju before so he should be fine.

"Suhyeok hit me with a fucking mop." Gyeongsu laughed slightly.

"Stay back. Stay where you are." Nayeon demanded with a panicked voice, "You were bitten, weren't you?"

"There's no bite mark." I stated, fed up on Nayeon's bullshit.

"He's been bitten and I'll prove it." Nayeon yelled angrily.

"What's your fucking problem with me?!" Gyeongsu huffed angrily.

"Isak got a nosebleed just before she turned."

~*~

Gyeongsu decided to stay in the soundproof room connected to the broadcasting room to stop any argument.

He only had to stay there for five minutes but he was still in there.

Everyone spread around the room and sat in little groups. A lot of people sat in silence while others quietly conversed.

I turned to look at Namra as she stared into space.

"Hey, I've always wondered.. do you like hate people?" I said after a few moments of silence.

"What?" She smiled in disbelief, "Why would you think that?"

"You've never talked to anyone before so..."

The smile dropped, "Yeah... I didn't know how to make friends."

"Really? Is that it? It's kind of the same for me." I smiled bitterly, "I don't know why someone wouldn't want to be friends with you though. You're so nice and pretty."

She turned to me with a suprised look and then smiled, "Thank you for being my friend."

I nodded and thanked her back, before looking around the room to see Nayeon slipping something into her pocket.

What is she doing?

Namra and I didn't say anything about what we just witnessed as we were confused and didn't know what she was going to do with the cloth.

I shivered as a gust of cold wind came through the broken window.

Suhyeok moved to sit next to me, his side pressed against mine which provided me with some heat.

"Hi." He smiled.

"Hi." I said back, not knowing what to say.

I noticed that every time I looked at him, he was already looking at me. His constant gaze made me feel shy.

"You're not cold anymore, right?" He tentatively reached for my hands and held them in his, trying to warm me up.

I smiled at his cute actions, "Thank you. Are you alright now? I was worried about you.."

Suhyeok squeezed my hands in his larger ones, "I'm alright. I'm glad that you're alright too. You were so brave going down the rope."

I was rendered speechless at his lack of embarrassment when complimenting me without thought.

Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Namra wiggling her eyebrows at me.

There was a comfortable silence for a while as the minutes ticked by.

Suhyeok is still sitting super close and holding my hands.

If it was anyone else I'd feel uncomfortable by the invasion of personal space. However, I felt very comfortable.

I watched as the others forced Nayeon to go and apologise, though I knew she wouldn't.

Suhyeok didn't even move when his friends all gathered around the window to watch them. Most people were gathered around the window.

A few moments passed until Nayeon came out of the room, Gyeongsu storming after her angrily.

He yelled at her about how she hadn't apologised and had instead insulted him further.

Ms Park seemed pissed.

"You're all so annoying. What if I'm right about this?" Nayeon stated.

Is this what she wanted? To be right?

"Why are you acting like this?" Cheongsan frowned.

"Guess I was right after all." Nayeon smirked.

I turned to look at Gyeong-su and noticed the nosebleed.

"What?" Gyeongsu asked, not noticing his nose was bleeding.

He brought his hand up for his nose and wiped the blood.

Gyeong-su looked down as his hands began trembling and tears built up in his eyes.

Suhyeok and Namra both looked tense.

Everyone stood up and multiple people backed away from him.

"I told you, didn't I? You still think I'm wrong?" Nayeon spoke.

I was sure she had done something to Gyeongsu. Namra must've watched the whole thing.

Gyeongsu shakily stood up, "Something's wrong. What's happening?"

"Oh, shit." Cheongsan mumbled.

Nayeon started screaming.

Gyeongsu stepped forward but everyone took a step back and told him to stay away.

I saw the look of hurt on his face when everyone looked at him in fear.

Suhyeok pushed me behind him and had a firm grip on my hand.

Namra stood beside me, her arms crossed as she glared at Nayeon.

He turned to look at us with teary eyes, "I'll leave... I'll leave myself."

Cheongsan tried to step towards him but Gyeongsu stumbled past him towards the door.

Everyone backed away as he came close.

He fumbled and tried to open the door but he couldn't.

He turned to look at us with teary eyes and then collapsed with his back against the door.

"Cheongsan. What are you doing? Stop it! You're scaring me!" Gyeongsu yelled as he started hallucinating.

His bones started to crunch as his body twisted in an inhumane way.

And then, any trace of him was removed as he turned into a zombie.

He raced towards the nearest person he could as they fought him off.

It was chaos as everyone scrambled to grab something to defend themselves or tried to run in the opposite direction.

A clear whistling broke through the chaos.

Cheongsan sat on the window, whistling a familiar tune to his best friend.

Gyeongsu's head snapped towards him and he charged towards Cheongsan.

Cheongsan moved out of the way as Gyeongsu when flying out the window.

The silence that followed was deafening.

I felt numb. Just how many people did we have to lose?

Seeing my distraught expression, Suhyeok let go of my hand and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me against him in a side hug.

My arms moved sluggishly to return the hug as I clung to him, resting my head against his shoulder.

"I won't let anything or anyone hurt you." Suhyeok whispered sweetly, his warm breath hitting my ear.

We stayed like that for a few moments, in an isolated area of the room before going back to sit on the chairs.

Everyone else was just as distraught, either trying to comfort each other or silently crying.

Nayeon however, seemed almost proud of herself.

~*~

"You were all wrong. Only I was right." Nayeon told us smugly, "What would you even do without me?"

"Maybe you did it." Namra interjected.

"What?"

"I saw everything." Namra stated, trying to intimidate Nayeon.

"What did you see..." Nayeon tried to remain calm and act like she hadn't done anything.

Everyone remained rooted to their spots, listening to the confrontation.

Namra didn't hesitate and continued the accusation, "You are the one who did it."

"Who did what? I didn't do anything to Gyeongsu?" Nayeon became tense as she tried to maintain her act.

Namra smirked and crossed her arms, "I didn't say anything about Gyeongsu."

"What are you talking about?" Ms Park asked, looking between them as if searching for answers in their eyes.

"While we were all watching Gyeongsu, you were alone in the back." Namra explained, "You wiped the blood from the mop with your handkerchief."

Nayeon was quick to deny the accusation, "No. I didn't."

"You wiped that on the scratches on Gyeongsu's hand." Namra continued, standing her ground.

A horrific realisation swept across the room.

I tensed as I stared at Nayeon. How could she do something like that?

How could anyone do something like that?

"I did not." Nayeon continued to deny it but the truth was already unravelling.

"It's in your pocket." Namra stated, "Take it out."

Nayeon refused.

"Should I take it out?" Namra stepped confidently towards Nayeon.

Suhyeok grabbed my hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze as the room was uncomfortable and filled with tension.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" Nayeon cried, smacking Namra's hand away from her.

"Namra, that's enough." Ms Park interrupted, "Do you realise what you're saying? If that is true, it means Nayeon kill d Gyeongsu."

"It is true. Nayeon did it."

"You fucking cunt." Nayeon's anger made it clear that it was the truth.

She aggressively pulled out the handkerchief to show us, "Happy? I wiped Gyeongsu's hand."

"That's his blood?" Namra raised an eyebrow.

"You can't tell."

"Then put it on your wound." Namra retorted.

Nayeon lost all her confidence, "Like his blood is so clean?"

"He was fine before you infected him with your handkerchief."

"Damn it! It wasn't me." Nayeon yelled, tears building up in her eyes, "I should just die then too, huh?! Is that it? Why is Gyeongsu better than me? That dirty welfie pushed me."

"So you did do it." Namra remained calm.

I admired how Namra had stood her ground and revealed the truth that no one else knew.

What if she did it again? Left someone else for dead.

"I didn't kill him, okay?!" Nayeon screamed, "He got up and ran. He's still alive."

Everyone was speechless.

"How could you kill him? You're a murderer." Cheongsan glared at Nayeon.

Nayeon sobbed, "I have no friends at all. I don't need you. Fuck you!"

She grabbed the door and flung it open, running away a crying mess.

Ms Park quickly followed after her, "Listen.. no matter what happens you must stay alive. Also, you must never take a life."

And with that, she was gone.

Silence followed.

~*~

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A/n I got writers block and I've also just been busy because I've started my first year at uni so I'll update when I can