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Baekhyun
Watching Luhan and Taehyung snuggled with each other in a comfortable bed, kept my heart burning in satisfaction and it made me tweak my own decision of leaving this place in the meantime. Yet the idea that people nowadays haven't been experiencing the luxury of living like the old times still breaks my heart.
Besides we have a mission to deliver ourselves south where the WHO is located. According to the last news that was reported, there should be at least a camp for survivors systemized by the military defenses around the safest locations of the country. I was hoping that we could go there to have a safe place but then these past few weeks there had been no radio reports anymore. Just the consistent caution speech by the spokesman of the president of the country to be safe and stay away from the infected. Other than that, there's no more to sense up the idea that we should head to the nearest camp. It might have been overmanned by zombies now. Taking the option of heading to the CDC to take chance to find out if my dad is still alive but then I realized that I might put Luhan and Taehyung in danger. It's basically in the middle of the city of Seoul with hundreds and thousands of possible zombies roaming around, not even a fly could land the ground.
I sighed. My head hurting from all the thoughts that have been swimming around mine.
Before these happened, I feel bad, thinking that children will no longer enjoy living, playing in the parks, playgrounds, and eating treats, parents who find satisfaction in earning job incomes and build a family, but then, I realized that this is the world now. In the world which the lucky ones survive.
The dying world.
Seeing children being brave and fighting to survive, to uncover their eyes from the naked truth. This is our life now.
Under the bright shine of the moon, I collected myself to stand behind the window. I couldn't sleep, I feel more relieved by breathing up the fresh scent of security than experiencing the soft bunk that was trying to tempt me and lure me to the dark monsters behind my head again.
Silence could be relaxing. But too much silence and nothingness would lead me to things like thinking about the future that would be lethal.
We've survived for so long that I needed to keep one eye open in my sleep to make us secured.
As I was taking in the feeling of being inside the walls for once, I decided to twist the bronze knob and willed myself to step out on the balcony.
Away from the threatening comfort zone that could make me feel weak.
Now, the cold washed my face entirely, that relaxing cold I used to endure before, but I eventually adjusted with it.
I held my samurai blade in my hands and set it on my lap as I sat on the elevation of the cabin. The crickets noised, filling the cold atmosphere drown the silence.
It's the dead of the night as I watched the cloud formations up the sky passing through the moon. Peaceful.
I explored my eyes around and saw that every handmade house has at least lamps to light up its surroundings. One catches my attention as I attempted to take a glimpse of the two-floored house that's located in the middle.
I saw a tall man sitting on the bench beside the front door while doing business with his cigarette. With the hazy smoke gathering in front of him, and the wide ceiling of the balcony prevented me to see his face clearly, his silhouette cast his shape of a broad and tall body.
I believe he's a lookout. One of those men who sent us here, and though I'm not really sure if he's the one who saved me from my near-death situation, I feel like he had deep cuts in his heart too. Like everyone else.
Everyone had something, someone to lost.
I blinked when he looked in my direction. At that moment, even in the dark corner where he sat, I can feel that his eyes are trained on me intensely as he blew the smoke out of his lungs.
Giving one last glance at the stranger, I sighed before standing up.
I wanna know how they run this thing around. I can't trust anyone. They might be the bad guys. Enemies.
I decided to take courage to ask him things and rules but before I could step on the soil, my eyes saw how he threw the cigarette on the floor and stepped on it until the last ember turned cold immediately. I was taken aback when he offered me one last look before standing up and got inside the big house. Now I witnessed how tall he was, he must be really strong.
And yeah, I believe he's not a lookout.
I brushed the thoughts running in my mind as I canceled my plan and got inside our cabin instead. Of course, it's just me, Luhan, and Taehyung who was inside, because who would dare to sleep in some stranger's perimeter, right?
Even if my mind is full of thoughts, I tried my best to take some rest. I'm physically dead tired anyway.
I concentrated on the constant noise of the crickets, hoping it doesn't attract the dead ones, I tried to put down my weapon and land my back on the nice bed.
I have an odd feeling about this place, and I hope it'll turn out well. At least let's say, for a couple of days.
I ended looking up the dark and wooden ceiling, with curiosity creeping into my mind.
How many walkers did these people already killed?
How many humans did they already killed?
These thoughts filled my mind regretting the idea of thinking about it on the first place. And now I can't even close my eyes as my instincts of guarding Luhan and Taehyung came kicking up.
Sighing, I sat up and stared at the window. The moon shone above as the light peeked through in a translucent way.
I grabbed my samurai blade and stood up. I strode silently towards the entrance of the cabin and slid my back on the wooden door to block it from whoever dare to enter the cabin. The hard and rough concrete made me relax a little as it was the bitter reality, rather than the soft bed. The cold finally crept towards me as I sighed a couple of times before I felt myself drifted to sleep.
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A. Ice cold
B. Hunt
C. Rules