[16: 15pm]
Outside, it was still daylight, and both of them went to the rooftop. There wasn't a tension between them but a silence, Owen would say something to Vanessa and she would ignore it. However Owen won't let that happen, he has his ways. He put his hand in one of his pockets and got the box of cigarettes. Vanessa didn't even notice until she saw a hand with a cigarette in front of her face. He lit his cigarette and then hers.
"Since you smoke. You were the type of 'healthy gym rat' guy."
"Since I had to become a life therapist. Since everything changed."
"I would never expect that from you."
"Well, no one would ever expect a doll-like girl like you to become an addict. Alex was a big addict and stopped and-."
"Alex stopped just because of that dork, that lasted just through high school."
"Is that so.... then what happened to both of you."
"Like you don't know, okay then let's play that game. Alex works as a computer tech programmer or something like that, and I finished medical school for-."
"A doctor interesting, so you can cover my wounds when I fight." Owen cut out Vanessa and guessed too early.
"I'm a dentist, and perhaps I would let you bleed until you die. If you think I won't hate you two after everything. You are wrong."
" I know you will and I won't understand it ever. But you can't stop everything with just your attitude, and I won't let you. If you continue with this you will put your friend in a bad position."
Vanessa was now more than frustrated, she was angry. She turned to Owen, now they were talking face to face. What's more interesting about their similarity, is that they both have zero filter and zero care. If something should be said it will, no matter what or who. There is no empathy but only truth to be said.
"Do you even know through what I had to go, seeing my best friend tearing apart day to day." Vanessa at this point was yelling at him.
"Do you think leaving after all that time wasn't harsh? Plus, acting like nothing happened and just running away?!"
"You know what was the reason for leaving, don't play dumb Owen. Acting like you care and after saying it's nothing to you. You two had nothing to worry about and I had to go to sleep thinking the message my best friend sent me could be the last one!" Vanessa was now full of anger, but Owen. Not a little, he was better said confused.
"I don't understand all of this, how does that even make sense? No one can make you leave someone just after a fucking confession. Doing that is cruelly playing with someone's feelings."
"Then Owen tell me. Why FOR GOD SAKE, he reacted like it was an object and not A FUCKING PERSON WITH FEELING." Vanessa was again yelling
" HE SAID NOTHING, gosh you really made me yell." Owen wasn't the type of person to yell out but he couldn't handle Vanessa's comments.
"Saying another story won't change the past, nor fix anything."
"You know what Nessie, it's not our thing and let's not talk about it like we can make them do what we want."
"Ugh..." she sighed " I want only good for Alex and nothing else."
"It's their things after all. Now they have to talk about it, something is odd in both views of what happened."
"It wasn't a good idea to leave them alone."
"It's not like they would kill each other." Owen just finished a sentence and made a coincidence happen again. A riffal was heard near them. The killing could be done with a gun right? Just that sound stopped their talking.
"You said there are no survivors left in Kursou?" Owen asked Vanessa in a flat tone and then looked at her.
"Yes although Alex only uses a gun." Vanessa
"It's not possible, no it cannot be." Owen didn't last a second but rushed towards the other side of the rooftop where were the stairs, but on every level of the building, the stairs were on the opposite side. Vanessa was right behind him just slower.
[16:21]
"It's kinda creepy." Danny expressed his opinion out of nowhere, catching Alex's attention.
"What exactly in this pandemic."
"This room. I mean it's like we are in a box."
"Yeah it kinda is, but with time you get used to it."
"Yeah, I guess.... though. Would you like to go for fresh air? It's not that cold." After Danny's request, Alex got up from a chair and made his way to the door, leaving Danny confused without an answer.
"Are you coming?" Alex looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow and a downturned smile. They both exit the building and stand on a miniature balcony where we're stairs. Alex was overseeing the forest on the right side while Danny was on the left side, literally looking at the sky behind him. Until he heard footsteps and eventually felt a cold hand holding his jaw to right side. Alex saw a deep wound on Danny's neck, that happened when a monster attacked him and scratched his neck.
"You idiot. Why you didn't say anything, this could get worse at any moment." Alex let out his jaw and stayed closer to him.
"It's nothing, just a scratch."
"Scratch yeah sure in what Universe is that just a scratch, It's gonna be a big scar."
"Guys with scars tend to look cool right." Danny could see Alex's frozen face like he was about to kill him, despite he just hit Danny's arm.
"I'm joking I'm joking." Danny explained himself after being hit. Their height difference was never a problem for Alex to bring Danny back to normal.
"You should be, I'll tell Vanessa to take care of that wound."
"She will have the best chance to kill me now."
"Yeah.... Forget about it. So, we haven't seen each other for a while. How was life going before this shit of a pandemic happened."
"I think I wasn't that much out like I am now. Typically got a job as a technician in one company with robots waiters."
"You mean those cute robots that give you your food in restaurants?"
"Yeah those, sometimes I think they are humans how well they are programmed. But nothing too much, just working and going home. Classic, and you did something creative didn't you?"
"Last time I was in my office, making the last sketches of a new website for one online shop. So now I'm on break. If the boss is even alive." Aafter Alex responded to his question the silence stayed between them for some time.
"There is something I've wanted to talk to you about for a long time." With just saying this Alex could hear nervousness in Danny's voice.
"About what?" Alex gently asked him and turned to face him.
"Something that I wished I asked you before. -" Danny stopped because heard something, and so did Alex. But nothing showed up until Alex saw a zombie behind Danny. He didn't even open his mouth to warn Danny a zombie attacked him from back. Pulling his hair and arm, a zombie was held by the fence. Not knowing what to do, Danny tried to get the zombie off himself with only one arm because If he didn't hold on to the fence, he'd fall with a zombie. However, Alex didn't wait any longer but used his gun and shot the zombie. He was careful not to shoot Danny because Zombie was close to him, but he's a fine shooter. Zombie falls after one riffle, right on the ground from height.
"Ou fuck that was close." Alex looked down only to see a zombie's body smashed on the ground. Then turned to Danny. "You okay?." He bumped his shoulder slightly to make the situation less awkward and tense.
"I thought my head would get chopped out." But not even a second attack on this guy could make him seem scared. Danny only has three facial expressions: happy, dead face, and awkward.
"It was the most unexpected attack."
"You saved me again. I mean thanks."
"No need to thank me. However, I don't understand.... How did the zombie appear If it's still daylight?"
"I, I don't understand. Yet that's not a good sign."
"DANNY" Owen's voice was heard until he eventually ran towards them from the upper level. "Thank god you are alive! ugh.." The moment he saw Danny alive he was relieved. Supporting himself with hands on his knees, Owen panted and gasped for air.
"Why I wouldn't be? I mean for a little but wait... weren't you on the other side with Vanessa." Danny asked him confusingly.
"Did you see it too?"
"I... See what exactly?." Owen looked at both of them.
"Why did you ask me If I am alive but you didn't see a fucking zombie attacking me in daylight?"
"Not gonna lie, I thought Alex shot you." Owen's response wasn't even shocking to them, but still unexpected.
"Really." Alex's dead look could show how he can't believe it anymore.
"THE FUCK OWEN." Danny shouted.
"It doesn't matter now, I have justifiable reasons to think that. But wait, how did the attack happen in daylight?" Owen
"We don't know, but we clearly can't stay like this. This was only a warning. We need to stop this." Alex added on this making now everything sound more serious.