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Just by looking above the skies, most of them could already tell that there will be a strong storm coming in our direction. A couple of days of clearing the yard and dumping the dead bodies outside the fence is all it takes to mark the place as their own.
With the storm coming, they could also figure out that winter is not that far ahead of it judging by the strong winds coming from the south and the frequent raining seasons.
"He could have now seen even the tiniest way to get the zombies in right now," Kris muttered looking at Chanyeol who's checking the field metal screens.
"He hasn't eaten a single meal since yesterday," Luhan mumbled as he try to eat peacefully in the little amount of food they have.
Taehyung searched for Baekhyun and he saw that the male is guarding the main gate of the prison who's sitting above a rolled burnt prison bus that blocked the gate.
"Baekhyun needed to eat too," Taehyung mumbled as he leaned on a water container.
"They've been putting their lives upfront too much just to make sure all of us are safe..." Xiumin spoke too, grabbing his knife and some ripped tomatoes. He stood up and walked towards Baekhyun.
"Hey, Chen give this to Baek." Luhan handed his own meal for the night. "They need this more than us." He mumbles as he wiped his lips with the back of his hand.
Only the sound of the crickets and the cracking of firewood was heard under the starless sky after the conversation.
"I'll get Chanyeol to eat even just a little also. We all need to save energy for the next few days. We need this. The kids need this." Tao spoke as he eyed the three children sleeping on Taehyung and Kasper's laps.
Seungjae, Seoeon, and Seojun. Everyone had their own story to tell...
Their parents had probably been long dead by now. Tao happened to be passing by the town they are in. He happened to scavenge supplies in a kindergarten that seemed to be untouched by the other scavengers. Tao killed the now undead teacher and the poor dead kids that roamed the single classroom. Upon collecting kid instant goods in the cabinets of untouched lunch boxes, he saw the one huge cabinet that had paper pinned on its wooden doors.
'Three kids inside. Please save them. -- Mrs.Sue" It reads. Probably the one who wrote this was the zombie he killed in a female teacher's attire. He pried the doors immediately and so he got welcomed with three unconscious kids cramped in there with empty water bottle, opened snacks and a flashlight. After realizing that they're alive, he didn't think twice to get them out of there before the dead ones will.
After that, Tao started taking the responsibility to take care of them, protecting them from the dead. After a few more weeks, Kris found them in a weak and hungry state. And so Kris joined and helped them as the one being stronger and much bigger man.
After a few months later, that's when they encountered Chanyeol's group.
Tao stood up from the ground as he approached Chanyeol to convince him to rest and call it a day.
"We should be ready for the coming catastrophe. We'll never know what it'll cause us." Chanyeol spoken. The rest of the group piled in around a fire in the middle of the grass.
"Kris and I will check for the other gates on the left bound to make sure we're safe here and no zombie is filling-the -field surprises," Jongin spoke up. Kris nodding in agreement as he wiped his metal baseball bat from the blood that stained upon it.
"Walkers are coming to this direction, the vehicles led them here. Gotta deal with that too." Sehun started as expressionless as usual.
"We'll take care of it." Jimin, Suga, and Jhope complied. "We'll put them down from the inside," Seokjin added, being the former leader of the three, including his right hand, Jungkook.
"We could carry the corpses outside and bury them. We don't want to deal with stinks when the winters winds start to come from the south." Kyungsoo announced as he looked blankly.
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Resources are almost depleted and we started saving up resources by ourselves. If we wanted to endure the winter then we should become like ants, collecting stocks as much as possible. There are about twenty-five men left and we have four watchtowers made of cement to use for protection from the storm and everything else outside. We couldn't risk entering the prison yet because it's heavily locked and I'm sure if there's zombies outside, there'd be more inside.
Each watchtower is ordered to have seven people. And under my roof, unfortunately, the prick, I mean Chanyeol, happened to be the head and the rest are Taehyung, Luhan, Jungkook, Chen, and Tao.
The other three watchtowers are in head of Jongin, Sehun, and Kris. Each of us has a major task to work on. To work with the full force of cooperation and teamwork.
"I hope these could help us from the cold," Tao commented with a sigh as I put the remaining rice hays on the floor in attempt to use it like a thick carpet.
"We should get some more of it and maybe I could sidetrack and see if I could find something valuable in the area," I stated as I put the potatoes, coconuts, corn, and string beans in sacks that I collected for days. It's been a bit risky to rustle and scavenge on the nearest house that I found because the zombies are roaming in groups. And I have to deal with Chanyeol to wander far from his sight because it is forbidden to go far away from the Prison.
And he seemed to be always on the watch for me.
Thick ragged blankets, pillows, mosquito nets, and other kitchen utensils were looted in that house. Maybe I could search for farther houses before the storm.
"You know that Chanyeol doesn't want us to go far from our location, Baekhyun." I know that Tao just cares for me but I don't like to just stay here and do nothing. I know I'm just eighteen but there are things that I can do without my age restricting me.
"I need to risk something to get something," I spoke as put the sacks on the corner. Yeah, I travel probably one and a half kilometers just to find the nearest house and I can do further than that if I try harder.
"If Chanyeol finds out--"
"He doesn't need to find out. He's not my father." I firmly spoke. I hate it when somebody controls my life, it's my life. My effort. And if something happens to me, it's no one's fault. It's mine.
"You think I haven't been keeping my eyes on you?" There, that's what I'm talking about. I turned around as I saw him standing over the stairs with his eyes trained on mine. As far as my mind could remember, I never liked his stares on me, after what I've seen that night when Kyungsoo popped up. Maybe because of the idea that he's using that kind of expression and tone to anybody and that's kind of annoys me.
And when he kissed me from the yard encounter. I don't want that feeling. What game he is into?
"You're not supposed to find out, and if you did, why would you care?" I brushed him off as I tried avoiding his eyes. And yeah, I've been avoiding him since then and it's kind of hard because he had this behavior to corner me oftentimes.
"If you're mistaken, anything that my members had in their mind must be their leader's rights to know." He spoke almost demanding, losing enough patience and temper drastically.
"Maybe it's time to accept that I'm not your member. I needed to clear things out that if anything happens to me, you will have nothing to do with it. So stop acting as if you take all faults here. How many times do I have to tell you that." I exclaimed. I'm about to leave the second floor but then he gripped my upper arm. I can see pure frustration drawn in his face at the closest time.
"Let's clear things out then," I heard his deep voice laced with frustration. I looked at his face and on Tao who happened to just listen.
"Maybe you should calm down Chanyeol..." Tao interjected but this bastard just spared a look at him and he immediately shut his mouth. After a second, he then divert his eyes on me, and on reflex I glared back at him. His eyes are dark as he glared at me.
"Get your fucking hands off of me," I grumbled as I threw daggers with my eyes at him.
"If you wanted to do your own thing and be your leadership then you should get the fuck out here and do what you want! I'm tired of dealing with a brat like you. Do you think you're smart enough? Strong enough, huh?! Then go out there! I don't care about you at all!" Chanyeol heaved a breath. Raged driven him as he gripped my arms harshly, shouting the words on my face.
I just glared at him as I felt the burn from the tight grip. His tears threatening to flow. It hurts but I endured it and just threw him an unwavering sharp glare.
"Chanyeol, enough. You're hurting him." Tao pulled me away from the jerk as I my breath hitched.
Fuck. That hurts!
"Because he's fucking frustrating me! From now on, he can do whatever he likes! But not under my concern because if he disobeys me one more time... he needs to know how many of you that I planted a bullet on the head just because of not obeying me and ruining things!" He shouted in anger once more before abruptly walking out.
Once he is out of sight, Baekhyun cursed under his breath as tears fell down his cheeks while Tao comforted him.
"I warned you not to trigger him." Tao cooed as he rubbed Baekhyun's back. That's right, Chanyeol had several people that he killed under his government just because of breaking the rules and doing crimes that led the whole team endangered.
"I- I hate him!" I spat in anger is I wiped the stupid tears in my face.
The fuck is wrong with him?! I am just trying to fucking help!
"He just cares for you." Tao reasoned out but I don't care.
"What happened here?" There goes Kris rushing to their tower. Looked like he passed through that fucking bastard on the way here.
"N-Nothing." I was the one to answer. Wiping my tears harshly as harshly pulled away from Tao's embrace.
"Did he hurt you badly?" Kris asked in concern.
Enough for me wether cut his head? Yes.
"He just shouted harsh things at him. You know how Chanyeol behaves when anyone talks back at him." Tao responded in a pitiful voice. Kris looked at Tao disappointingly though I tried to calm myself and ignored them.
I got back on preparing the place for the winter while they bickered.
"Babe, you should have stopped Chanyeol before he got even further." Kris sighed referring to Tao. But with his expression, he sounded like he's surprised that I'm still in one piece and not bleeding at all.
"Next time, don't try to trigger him, Baek. Okay?" Kris mumbled as he looked at my now bluish mark showing how Chanyeol gripped me tightly on the upper arm.
"I'm okay." I answered curtly as I rushed down with a bucket to continue my work.
"Uhm and Baek... This is not my business but can you promise me to fix these things between you and Chanyeol... Because we barely see Chanyeol care for us physically. Yeah, he's the leader because he's there on times when our life is in danger and our lives now are always in danger. But Chanyeol changed when you came. He started becoming a full-time leader and less isolated from the curtains. He's not a bad person Baek. He's just having a rough time in everything we put on his back. If it's not a big favor for you, please." Kris spoke up. I almost rolled my eyes, thankfully I didn't.
"We all are having a rough time." I spat.
Kris sighed.
"You could at least try?" With being in good terms with that jerk? Fuck him and his leadership.
Instead of answering, I just walked out as I covered my free hand on my bruised upper arm.
But honestly, I don't really care about the pain on my arm where there's a bluish patch that resembles a hand because I had experienced more pain than that.
What's bothering me is the idea that no matter how much I look into it, and even if I don't want to admit, I'm at fault here.
But still,
Fuck you, Chanyeol.
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