3rd Person's POV
Cheong San hurried on, grabbing a music sheet stand to use as a weapon, as Su Hyeok stood up to protect Nam Ra.
"No. It's not what it looks like" He said standing in front of Nam Ra, between her and Cheong San.
"Move. Step back" Cheong San told his friend.
"I'm telling you it's not, punk" He said calmly.
"Tell him" He instructed Nam Ra, looking back at her calmly sitting on the chair.
"You weren't bitten by a zombie!" He asserted, but Nam Ra stared at everyone, not commenting on the issue.
"Why won't you say it. She wasn't bit by a zombie. Gwi Nam bit her. That's why Chae Rin fell out the window" He explained.
"Who?!" Cheong San asked credulously.
"Gwi Nam. The bully" He repeated.
"Yoon Gwi Nam?" Cheong San asked him, utterly confused.
"Yes" The taller confirmed.
"Nam Ra. Were you really bitten by Yoon Gwi Nam?" he asked the girl, but she didn't reply. Turning her eyes to look at the floor.
"Say it clearly" He demanded.
"I'm telling you it was" Su Hyeok interjected the conversation.
"Gwi Nam was bitten by zombies" He informed the two.
"What are you saying, moron?" Su Hyeok questioned him.
"I saw him get bit. If you get bitten by a zombie, you turn. So if she was bitten by Gwi Nam - "
"You're wrong!" The other yelled, interrupting the latter
"Gwi Nam wasn't a zombie. He wasn't. He spoke. He recognized me. You saw him too. He wasn't a zombie" Su Hyeok continues on his rant.
Nam Ra finally stands up, a solemn look on her face as she looks at Cheong San.
"Are you sure he was bitten by a zombie?" She asks him.
"Yes" He confirmed.
"Then, I'll become a zombie too" She stated, Su Hyeok immediately turning his head to look at her.
"What are you saying?" He asked her, begging her to just be quiet.
"I... Never mind, I'm leaving. Thanks, Su Hyeok." she says, turning around to walk away when he calls for her.
"Hey! Prez!"
She stops in her tracks, turning to look at him.
"You never call me by my name" she told him, turning to walk towards the door when Su Hyeok grabs at her hand, turning her around.
"You're not one of them" he simply states, grabbing firmly onto her arm and pulling her closer to the group.
"She won't turn into a zombie. Don't you trust me?" Su Hyeok asks the group who stays silent.
"I saw Gwi Nam get bit. It happened while we fought" Cheong San told him.
"I fought him too. That's how I know" He raised his voice.
"We already lost Chae Rin. Let's not sacrifice each other for nothing" Su hyeok finished.
And grabbing onto Nam Ra, he pulled her to a window, pushing the curtain aside and opening the window before he stood against it, showcasing his hands linked with Nam Ra's.
"See this? If she turns, I'll throw her out the window, so she can't attack you. So don't say anything" The boy warned everyone.
"Su hyeok..."
"Don't say anything, asshole"
"You don't need to do this" Nam Ra told him.
"You stay quiet too" he told her, turning his head to look at her.
Cheong San twisted the pedestal to a hold where he could strike at any time.
"Don't come close" Su hyeok warned him, but Cheong San still took steps towards the two.
"I'm warning you"
"Screw you. I warned you first." Cheong San cussed at him.
"Stay away"
"Gyeong Su was enough. Chae Rin is dead too. I won't lose any more friends" He stated.
"Get out of the way" He continued to taunt them.
"I said stay away" Su Hyeok said raising his voice, but as the other continued to stride to the two, Su hyeok lost his temper.
"I told you to stop it, fucker" He cussed, grabbing the shorter one by the collar.
"Get out of my way" Cheong San fought back.
"Stop it, both of you!" Nam Ra screamed, shocking everyone in the room, not used to seeing her this agitated, much less screaming. The two let go of one another, standing in silence as they looked at each other before looking back at the class prez.
"If I feel strange at all... I'll make sure I die" she stated back to her Stoic, calm self.
"I'm sorry, but..." Cheong San began.
"No need to be sorry. The only person I felt sorry towards was Chae Rin. Not any of you." she states with her deadly tone.
"I'm sorry" He repeated.
"Su Hyeok. Push me if I turn" She instructed the tall male, getting up and sitting on the window frame, the male running to her side, grabbing onto her shoulders, thinking she would just throw herself out the window at that point.
But she still, staring at Cheong San, who still had the pedestal on his hand, Su Hyeok stared at her, mesmerizing her, hand holding onto her wrist.
On Jo approached Cheong San, trying to calm him down.
"That's enough. She should've turned by now" she remarked.
"No" he simply replied, not taking his eyes off of her.
"Think of Chae Rin... do you think you could do that if she was in Nam Ra's spot?" she questioned him, his breath was caught in his throat, hesitating on his reply.
"She was bitten by Gwi Nam. She should be fine" she said.
"He was bitten by zombies" he replied
"Su Hyeok says he wasn't one" she continues, but he insists.
"I saw it with my own two eyes"
"Su Hyeok has no reason to lie"
"And I do?" He questions her offended, looking up and down at her.
"Still, Su Hyeok - "
"I know you like him, but this is a different matter" He spat at her.
"Why are you bringing that up now" she questions him.
"Stop taking his side all the time"
"I am not - "
"Yes, you are" He told her.
"She was the only one who ever took my word for it" He muttered annoyed.
Nam Ra did in fact start feeling weird, her eye felt weird, her hand cracked, and as she turned to the side to stare at Su hyeok she felt hungry, she could hear his heartbeat, his gulp, his smell.
All of it was tempting for her, and as he called her actual name, she dove for his neck. Doing nothing more than sniff it.
But that didn't end the confusion as Cheong San yelled his friend's name, using the pedestal as a weapon, but Su hyeok took the hit instead, the pedestal hitting from the force.
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Outside, Gwi Nam woke up, bones snapping back into place as he stood up before turning to the girl besides him laying still on the floor, kneeling down.
"Ya. You alive? Dead?" He asked, gently kicking her with his foot.
Chae Rin gasps, eyes opening as she looked around, yelling in pain as her body all cracked.
"I'm not dead?" she asked, grabbing onto Gwi Nam's hand to stand up, he scoffs.
"We're immortal baby, welcome to my world" He smirks at her.
"What the fuck do you mean" She cussed at him, he yelled, the zombies around rushing to the two of them, but as they near them, and Chae Rin cowers behind him, the zombies leave, confused, she steps away from him.
"Fuckers!" She yells, they rush to her side, but none of them move to attack her.
"What the fuck" she muttered, Gwi Nam smirking at her reaction.
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"Get out the way, idiot" Cheong San cussed, the rest of the pedestal on his hands, but Su Hyeok stood his group in front of Nam Ra protecting her.
"Don't do it"
"Move!" He ordered, Su Hyeok pissed off enough now harshly grabbed onto Cheong San's collar, laying him down on top of a desk raising his fist in the air as if to hit him.
"I told you to stop, fuck"
"You moron" Cheong San gritted, punching the boy looking down at him, the two fighting around the classroom as Dae Su breaks them apart, the zombies outside becoming more aware of the commotion and start to bang on the room harder.
As Dae Su breaks the two apart, Cheong San picks the pedestal back up, rushing to Nam Ra that had slid down the wall and sat on the floor by the window.
"Don't do it!" On Jo begged of her childhood friend standing in front of him, Cheong San asks the girl to move which she refuses, in time for Su Hyeok to grab onto Cheong San dragging him back, further away from the two girls.
"Stop it. Are you blind? Can't you see Nam Ra?" She asks him.
"She would have blood on her mouth if she bit him" she finished.
The two stop trashing and fighting, momentarily staring at Nam Ra, who looked haggard, with unsteady breathing as she closed her eyes.
"Did you see it? Is he bleeding? No, right?" She asks her friend.
"She's right. There's no wound" Dae Su interjects them.
"But if Gwi Nam bit her-" Cheong San dragged on.
"She's still fine, so she's okay. There's hope that so is Chae Rin" she sighs.
"Put that down. Stop being so stubborn" She demands of Cheong San, looking between his hand and his eyes, Su Hyeok still not letting go of him.
"Let go. I got it so let go" He annoyingly said, breaking free from the other's hold.
"Why won't you drop that?" She questions him.
"None of your business"
Su Hyeok touches his neck, relief flooding over him, On Jo walks to Nam Ra who stares blankly in the room before grabbing her arm, gently looking at her wound.
"Are you okay?"
"Why are you taking my side?" The black haired girl asked, still not looking at the other.
"What?"
"It's weird. You hated me" She muttered quietly.
"I still do" The other confessed.
"But what's wrong is wrong. And if you're alive after getting bit by Gwi Nam, then there's hope that so is Chae Rin" she admitted, Nam Ra turned her face as On Jo got up.
"She seems fine. Let's..." Wu Jin dragged.
"She should've turned by now" Joon Yeong pointed out.
"No" Nam Ra's voice cut the group off, as she stood up.
"I'm not okay. I wanted to bite Su Hyeok" The girl admits, much to everyone's dismay.
"That's not true. Stop that" Su Hyeok said turning to the girl confused to her sudden words.
"No, I really did. I wanted to bite him" She repeats.
"What do you mean?" Cheong San asks with widened eyes.
"That's all. I wanted to bite him. I don't think I should stay with you guys. If I hadn't come to my senses, I would've bitten him" she rushes, scared of her own new self.
"Ya. Stop that. What's wrong with you?" Su Hyeok questioned the poor girl again.
"I'll go." She said, but On Jo stopped her before she could take a single step.
"Did you see Gwi Nam get bitten by zombies?" On Jo asks Cheong San.
"How many times must I tell you?" He questions her back, already tired of saying the same thing,
"Did you see him turn?" she continues on her questionary.
"No, I didn't. I was busy running away." he replied.
"SU Hyeok, you definitely fought Gwi Nam?" she asks, turning to the boy besides Cheong San.
"Yes. I did" he confirms.
"There's no reason for either of you to lie. Maybe Gwi Nam was bitten but didn't turn. In the movies, there are people who are immune" On Jo makes a point.
"Still, she tried to bite him. And she could have. Regardless she isn't normal. I can't be with her" Ji Min disgustingly says, in a way, throwing the girl away and saying she should leave.
"Ji Min" On Jo calls out shocked by her words.
"What? Am I wrong?" she asks angrily.
"I don't know. I don't know what we should do" On Jo confessed, her too confused, just like the others.
"So? What do you want us to do?" Ji Min spat out.
"Please. Don't fight" Nam Ra begged, standing up.
"If I leave, It'll solve everything" She said, putting her foot down and walking towards the door to leave, but On Jo followed her, grabbing onto her arm as Su Hyeok followed the two.
"Don't go. Where would you go? Stop it! Please." On Jo begged the girl, voice cracking as she saw how sure the prez was to leave.
"Let's not let anyone else die" On Jo insisted, recalling their teacher's last words as she grabbed onto the girls hand.
"Hyeon Ju and I Sak's hands were very cold before they turned" The smaller girl said, before turning to look at the others who stood behind them.
"Nam Ra's hands are warm. She isn't a zombie. So let's just talk about how to get to the roof"
"Or, let's try and find a way to check for Chae Rin. Su Hyeok, wasn't she also bitten by Gwi Nam?" Wu Jin asked, the other hummed.
"Yes was, he bit her wrist before he bit Nam Ra" he nodded.
"She could be alive aswell" Wu Jin hoped.
"No" Ji Min protested.
"Ji Min!"
"I don't want to. She may be fine now, but who knows when she'll turn? The rest of you say something. This is wrong. She said so herself that she wanted to bite him. She has zombie blood flowing in her veins" she raised her voice.
"Zombies killed my mom and dad. My innocent mom..." She continues.
"We have all seen someone we care about turn, you're not the only one suffering. You say your parents, we don't know a single thing about ours! Who are you to say your pain is greater than ours?! I guess Chae Rin was right. You'll only agree when it's in your favor" Wu Jin spat out, turning his head to look elsewhere.
Meanwhile Su Hyeok grabbed onto a piece of cloth on the ground, calling softly for Nam Ra and grabbing her wrist.
"Give me your wrist" he said, beginning to tie the cloth to it.
"What are you doing?" she asked him confused.
"Tying our hands together" he states calmly
"Stop it! Stop" She mutters pulling her wrist away from him before he grabs onto it harder pulling it to him.
"Stop it." he told her, voice low making her drop her other hand and stand still as he tied it around her wrist and then his own.
"Happy? She can't go to you even if she turns. She can only bite me" He says, turning to look at everyone, Ji Min holding her tears, and On Jo realizing the love not corresponded.
From the other side of the room Wu Jin stood by the window peeking outside trying too see if he could see a familiar girl, either dead or alive, both his arms on the window as he leaned forward trying to check around.
"What are you searching for?"
"It's not what, it's who" Joon Yeong answered Dae Su's question.
"He's looking for Chae Rin most likely" he continued, Wu Jin sighed.
"It seems like nobody else here is worried about what happened to her. Seem like great friends" He spat out angrily looking at On Jo and Cheong San who stared at him in guilt.
"Don't compare their pain" Joon Yeong pleaded.
"Don't compare? She had a fit when I Sak died. He pushed someone when Gyeong Su died. Look at them now. They don't even seem to care" He scoffs disgusted.
"Ya. What do you even know?!" Cheong San asked him striding towards him.
"I know that we could be doing something to try to try and find Chae Rin, she could be alive" The other continued to press.
"Then why don't you go out and find her" Cheong San challenged, the other stood in shock as the rest of the group tried to call them down.
"If she comes back alive, just know. That you don't deserve her. Not a single finger of hers" Wu Jin sickened by the others unaffected behavior.
"Ya. Forget it. She knows where we are, and where we were headed. I'm sure that if she's alive, she'll come meet with us" Dae Su spoke trying to calm his friend.
"Why are you two even fighting over this issue. Chae Rin would've hit you both by now. Ruining a friendship over such a stupid topic" Hyo Ryeong mentioned, sitting down.
"I just said what everyone could see. You two don't seem affected at all by the fact that your childhood best friend sacrificed herself for them jumping out of a window with Gwi Nam" Wu Jin finished.
"Just because I'm not saying anything, doesn't mean I'm not hurt. I am. But she wouldn't want us to cry. She didn't like crying herself. And much less would want us to get distracted by it" On Jo stated standing up straight, gulping down the frog on her throat.
"So, let's get to the roof. And try and find her on the way" She finished.
Everyone sat down, Su Hyeok and Nam Ra by the window, as the others sat on some chairs away from the two, Wu Jin with his head against a higher piece of furniture in the room simply listening to their conversations.
"It'll be okay" On Jo assured Cheong San.
"Ya. If she's immune, does that mean she's okay, even if she gets bitten?" Dae Su wondered aloud.
"Probably" Joon Yeong agrees still unsure.
"Fuck. I'm so jealous" The bigger male whined putting his head between his arms.
"But she still has zombie blood flowing in her veins.
"She isn't completely a zombie. A hambie?" Dae Su mentioned.
"What's a hambie?" Hyo Ryeong wondered.
"Half zombie?"
"What the hell" She cussed him.
"It's like half half. Like half spicy, half fried. I want fried chicken" He cried
"Stop it" Hyo Ryeong begged frustated.
"We haven't even had water for two days" Joon Yeong commented, a sad tone laced on his voice.
"Is it true we'll die if we don't have water for three days?" Dae Su asked the group, lifting his head, afraid to die of dehydration and not by zombies.
"I don't know. Don't talk to me. I'm hungry.
"Dae Su, don0t you want that soda we had on our way to school?" Wu Jin asked, completely drained out of energy, Dae Su exhaled, almost in pain just by thinking of how good it was.
"Aren't you dying for it?" Wu Jin continued.
"Yes" the other whispered
"I want Hot Six with Pocari"
"I'll see your soda, Hot Six and Pocari and raise you an iced vanilla latte" Dae Su continued Wu Jin's words, wincing at his sudden need for the sweet drinks.
"How could you think about food with a zombie right here?" Ji Min interjected the two boys' conversation.
"Stop it. Nam Ra isn't a zombie" On Jo asked of the girl.
"Halfie" Dae Su imposed.
"That's still a zombie" she continued.
(Look sissy, for someone who wanted to throw themselves off a window just a few minutes ago, you got a lot to say about what can kill u or not. jeez)
"Let's not do that among ourselves. We're all we have" On Jo said to the girl.
"She's right. Prez is better than Na Yeon" Hyo Ryeong diverted.
"Don't even say her name. She's subhuman. Because of her Gyeong Su died, and Ms. Park..." Ji Min objected.
"That's true. If it weren't for Na Yeon, they'd still be with us" Joon Yeong agreed solemnly.
"That's right!" Cheong San exclaimed straightning his back off of the chair.
"The PTA asked the parents to send stuff before the competition, and asked my mom to send some chicken" He mentions.
"Chicken?" Wu Jin asked, hope fluttering through his heart.
"We would've seen it if it were here. There's nothing here. Hold on. Fuck maybe it's here" Dae Su said, walking towards the storage room when Wu Jin stopped him.
"We don't know what's inside" He said.
"We need to eat to survive" Dae Su whined.
And so, here comes Cheong San, and the three now plan on opening the secret door.
In hopes for food.
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word count - 3210
TBH i feel like this last part wasn't needed at all, sorry about that.
Chae Rin wasn't often in this chapter, hence why I think Wu Jin should notice that the others weren't as affected by her dissappearance as they should have been.
But at least she's alive hehe