The day grew dark as night fell. The dead city felt so gloomy and dark... only zombies were roaming everywhere.
At that moment, Zayn and Angie had taken refuge in an empty house that looked solid and intact. No one was inside, and he barged in by opening the lock with his little trick.
"Looks like there really isn't anyone in this house. Everything is tightly closed." Zayn checked into several available rooms. He only found little spiders around, and those insects were easy to deal with.
"???" Angie pulled her tight suit. She gave Zayn a signal that she would take it off immediately.
"Cozy new clothes, is it? Let's go find them. Hopefully, there's something in this room." Zayn went to a wardrobe and opened it. He was lucky enough to find many girls' dresses of various sizes there.
Therefore, he took some decent ones and gave them to Angie. "Here, what do you think?"
"..." Angie took the white dress and nodded. She immediately undressed on the spot, but she just treated the clothing like a blanket.
"I don't think that's the right way to wear a dress. Also, there should be something like clothes to cover your private parts, right?" Zayn scratched his head and looked for some women's undergarments from the wardrobe. He found some and gave them to Angie.
Unfortunately, the bra didn't fit Angie's supple breasts. It was too small, and the panties were also too tight. Zayn had to find a few others to match Angie's relatively curvaceous size.
After some trial and error, Zayn managed to get Angie to wear a decent dress. Although, he was the one who had to help her put everything on with some difficulty since he didn't know how women wore their clothes either.
"..." Zayn looked at his hands and made a grasping motion. He felt a little confused because it was like his previous actions went against his morals. However, it satiated his sense of curiosity.
Instead of letting Angie be an exhibitionist, he studied Angie's body. He then tried to figure out how women wore their clothes.
He wasn't as clueless as before regarding women's clothing, but he felt something was wrong with him now.
"Nevermind, I need to find some men's clothes for me too." Zayn rubbed his head and went to another wardrobe, but he only found women's clothes. Therefore, he tried another room to find a set of clothes for himself.
"..." Angie checked her current appearance in the mirror.
Yet, she suddenly looked down and blushed due to a strange feeling. She could still feel Zayn's touch all over her body as he helped her put on her underwear and dress. This mysterious feeling really confused her, but she didn't hate it.
"!?" Angie looked back and was surprised not to find Zayn there. She then put her confusion aside and went after Zayn into the next room.
"Hm, I think this suits me." Zayn had just finished putting on his clothes and found Angie coming closer. He only wore stretchy trousers and a flexible t-shirt, but he thought he was cool now. "What do you think?"
Angie just looked Zayn up and down, then nodded in approval. It was much more pleasing to the eye than that hateful tight suit and dull lab robe.
"But I think we need to clean ourselves up now. We're sweaty and a bit smelly." Zayn smelled her scent. It was such a distinctive smell, and he needed to wash his body.
In the dungeon, he wet cloth to wipe his body of sweat and dirt. He taught Angie the same way, which was how they stayed clean there. However, they only had a bottle of water left.
"Wait, only one bottle left? Haven't you been drinking all day? You could be dehydrated. Here, drink this and you'll be good." The words just came out of Zayn's mouth. He immediately opened their remaining water bottle and brought it closer to Angie's mouth.
Angie took a sip and drank her water. However, she left half for Zayn. She returned the bottle to him.
Zayn appreciated the offer but would reserve the last bit of their drinking water reserves. It was not easy to find clean water, after all.
He then checked the other room and found a bathroom in the bedroom. He could see a sizeable water-filled tub that was a bit dirty.
He found a particular item stuck to the wall and felt a little curious. He turned the knob, and water poured from there.
"What kind of sorcery is this? Water coming out of the wall? However, why do I feel this is something that should be natural?" Zayn was slightly surprised, but his subconscious didn't feel that way. He once again felt that something was preventing him from accessing his memories of many things.
*Pitter-patter*
Waterdrops suddenly fell from above, making both Zayn and Angie surprised. They immediately retreated, but their bodies were already wet from the water.
"Sudden rain in the room? Something's wrong with this bathroom. However, it's clean water. Although I'm not sure if it's drinkable, it can still be used to wash our bodies." Zayn checked his wet clothes, then turned around. Angie was also wet, but her clothes seemed see-through now.
"..." Angie pulled her dress. She felt uncomfortable.
Zayn then advised Angie to take off her clothes and wash her body clean. He had taught her how to do it some days ago, and she was already good at it.
After that, Zayn took his turn cleaning his body.
They hung wet clothes near the bedroom door and wore new dry clothes.
However, Angie refused to wear anything that night because she would go to bed. Therefore, Zayn could only give her a light blanket so she wouldn't lie naked.
Angie then lay down on the soft bed. She quickly fell asleep.
'Why does this always happen? Angie's body heats up as she falls asleep. That's why she doesn't want to sleep with her clothes on?' Zayn checked Angie's temperature with his palm.
Angie's body was gradually heating up. Zayn was once again confused by the unnatural changes in Angie's body, but he knew she was okay.
Zayn couldn't find an answer regarding that matter, even though he tried his best for it. Angie didn't know anything when he asked her about it a few days ago.
Therefore, Zayn could only leave the matter aside and go to the window. He was currently on the second floor and could observe the zombies' behaviours.
'There weren't that many humanoid zombies in that dungeon, but on the ground… there were so many of them. This city probably used to be inhabited by many humans before those zombies invaded this area.' Zayn muttered in his mind.
He would watch the night and spend half the night just watching the zombies' behaviour and habits.
There were several types and striking differences that he could identify. After some deliberation and comparison, Zayn classified the zombies into different ranks.
Unfortunately, Zayn was unaware that he had done such a classification before losing his memory. He even killed a high-rank zombie with his friends. Unfortunately, he can only remember that he once escaped from some ultra-dangerous zombies safely.
Zayn then looked at his hands again. The moonlight shone on his hands, and he could see the color of his skin well. Unfortunately, his hands and arms were not jet-black like when his super ability awakened.
He again tried to use his ability, but it didn't work. 'What's with that ability of mine? Can I only use it in urgent situations? Ugh, my back still hurts a bit. I better not wear a shirt now.'
After saying that, Zayn took off his t-shirt and checked the things in the house. He was curious because the place was supposed to be inhabited by humans, and he was supposed to be human too.
As the sun rose, Zayn opened his eyes and gasped. He was surprised when he realized that he had fallen asleep during the night watch. He immediately looked to the side and found Angie still sleeping on the bed.
"Phew..." Zayn breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no danger came to them.
"We already have enough supplies for the trip. Clothes, sharp weapons, and some useful items I just found last night. We just have to find some food and drink." Zayn got up and went to wake Angie.
He washed Angie's face, ate some dry bread together, and then taught her to brush her teeth because he felt it was necessary.
After that, they left the house with Zayn carrying a large backpack.
"..." Zayn and Angie went speechless when they found the zombies already gathered outside the fence of their hideout.
"Graw!" The zombies immediately went wild and pushed the fence down when they heard the noises and saw fresh humans around.
"Looks like we need to smash some more zombie heads. They won't leave us alone and want to harm us." Zayn raised his metal bat.