SURVIVE

CHAPTER ONE: THE OUTBREAK

Fingers tapping against the keyboard.

The occasional noise made by the microphone, as a voice recorded certain melodies, saving it into the machine, then blending them altogether.

A pen, making some noises as it writes lyrics onto a piece of paper, then some occasional scratching as it erases some letters or words from the ideas.

Jeon Soyeon leans back, stretching her sore muscles as she sighs, her finger inching over to a single key in her keyboard, ready to play the melody and the song guide she had been fussing over since this morning—

Her finger stopped over the keys, hovering over as she heard a series of beeps, indicating that the keypad lock to her door is being opened, as she raised her brow and turned around, wondering who would be the unannounced visitor—

Soyeon widened her eyes and smiled as she saw the familiar eyes of the person going in, immediately recognizing the person despite her mouth covered by a face mask and a bonnet over her head, as she had some plastics of food on her hands.

“Unnie!” Soyeon called out happily, as she took the plastics of food from the girl, who chuckled and patted the girl’s head, then proceeded to sit on the couch, removing her disguise and setting it beside her, wiping away some sweat with a tissue that Soyeon gave her.

“I brought some food for the hard-working producer in my team, Captain. The lady in the receiving area said she hadn’t seen you even get out of this studio of yours since you arrived here this morning.” Miyeon Cho said, the famous artist under Xion Entertainment, also where Soyeon is working as a producer, in charge of producing new songs for Miyeon to sing.

The two had been working together since high school, with Miyeon always featured in Soyeon’s mixes, which also is the reason why the two of them are working under the same company.

Miyeon chuckled as she watched her best friend eat like a child, occasionally wiping the mess she had made with some of the tteokbokki sauce, laughing as Soyeon sometimes breathed heavily because of the spiciness.

“So…” Soyeon started, as Miyeon turned to look at her, chuckling that the girl already finished the meal, as she raised a brow, waiting for what the girl would say.

“My older sister’s back in town.” Soyeon said, as Miyeon was taken aback for a moment, but decided to chuckle, leaning back, relaxed.

“And so?” Miyeon asked, as Soyeon sighed, scratching her nape nervously, afraid to look at Miyeon’s reaction.

‘It’s just that… I don’t want to lose you as a friend, unnie. You’re my only friend, the one I always want to be with despite our schedules conflicting with each other. I don’t want you to suddenly become distant—”

“Wait… You know you won’t lose me, despite you being related to that jerk—no offense.” Miyeon said, realizing that Soyeon had called her with a very serious, which means it must be something serious.

“None taken, she’s a jerk and I also admit that.” Soyeon said, chuckling as she brushed some stray hair to her ear.

“So... What does she want?” Miyeon asked, as Soyeon chuckled awkwardly, looking at Miyeon.

“She wants to meet up with you, and say sorry for everything, I guess? I just added the last part, she just said she wanted to meet you through text— “

“So, you haven’t met her at all? Gosh, that jerk— “

Their chattering was interrupted by a loud crash outside the studio, as Soyeon raised a brow, wondering if there was something happening outside. Her feet took her close towards the door, her hands inching above the handle to open it and look at the events unfolding outside—

She staggered back as some unknown, reddish liquid sprayed onto her glass door from the outside, to which she was sure it was blood, as she moved back, her eyes widening. She then moved closer to her computer, pulling up the secret program she installed in her laptop that lets her access the CCTV feeds outside her studio, and the whole floor, as Miyeon widened her eyes.

‘’Why the hell do you have that?” Miyeon asked, as she watched her best friend frantically tap into her keyboard, eyes burning with determination.

“I installed this… so I could see who comes to my office whenever I bring… guests around or if I see my supervisor suddenly comes in when I’m supposed to work… there—oh my God…” Soyeon uttered, as she saw the events unfolding outside, Miyeon also widening her eyes and putting a hand over her mouth.

Everything from the receiving deck near the elevator to the studios near Soyeon’s own studio was in chaos, blood and gore everywhere, as they saw few strange people loitering in the halls, groaning and gnashing their teeth, their eyes soulless and dead, blood splattered in their clothes as they all had something in common: the wounds in their body, that seem to come from bites, teeth marks from a human present.

“What the hell is all this? Don’t tell me, this is another prank from another reality show I’m supposed to be in that I don’t know about?” Miyeon asked, as Soyeon keyed in something else, the video shown on the screen slowly reversing, until Soyeon stopped at the moments after Miyeon went inside her studio.

A few minutes after Miyeon went in, a man who was twitching and groaning came out of the elevator, walking out of the elevator and suddenly collapsing in front of the receiving desk, the lady at the desk frantically moving closer to the man and calling for help.

Soyeon widened her eyes as she saw the man pull the lady closer and close his mouth around her neck, biting like a rabid animal, the lady screaming and thrashing, trying to fight against the man’s bite, the other people backing away, fear evident in their faces as the lady slowly stopped thrashing and screaming, collapsing down the ground as the man stood and ran towards the other people, doing the same, but Soyeon’s attention was on the lady, who was on the ground.

The lady suddenly twitched after a few seconds, her limbs suddenly shooting up and moving at a weird fashion, her bones cracking as her body struggled to stand up, her eyes opening as she snarled, groaning and gnashing her teeth, Soyeon pausing the video and staring at the image.

The lady’s eyes were white, with some slight blood over them, the bite wound on her neck still letting out blood, but the lady didn’t feel it anymore.

It was as if the lady was now a cold, dead corpse, controlled by something inside her body, controlling her.

Turning her into a rabid creature, her eyes lusting for human flesh, stopping at nothing to get blood.

“We… We have to go.” Soyeon said, finally uttering a word after a long silence, as Miyeon nodded.

“But… But how? There are those people outside, and we can’t go out without any weapon.” Miyeon said, as Soyeon nodded, trying to keep a still mind as she thought of a way out—

Her eyes drifted to a possible way out as she nodded and got up from her seat, going towards the wall of her studio and felt something using her fingers, then proceeded to rip apar the plastered wall, revealing a shut window, which Soyeon opened with ease as she stepped closer to the sill.

“How…” Miyeon asked, as Soyeon smiled at her.

“I oversaw the renovations of this studio, as it was tailored to my liking, as part of me giving you your hit debut song, so I know the dimensions of this room. Now, let’s go, before they find out we are here—”

The loud crash was now nearer their studio, as Soyeon widened her eyes, realizing what was happening as she changed the CCTV feed into the hallway.

“The zombies… they’re destroying all the doors in the studio, as if they’re checking for people inside the rooms one by one.” Soyeon said, as she brought out some rubber shoes she had stowed away in a cabinet, making Miyeon wear those as she wore some heels.

“What… What would we do?” Miyeon asked, as she followed Soyeon, who moved closer to the window.

“We’d climb down.” Soyeon said, as she used a chair to climb up the window, moving herself outside as she started to climb down.

“What?! But we are in the fifth floor, Jeon Soyeon!” Miyeon said, as she gritted her teeth, breathing heavily—

She swung over to the edge, closely following Soyeon’s movements, and started to climb down the building

Freaking five floors, Miyeon thought, as she tried hard not to freak out, her hands shaking as she grabbed onto the ledge of each floor, slowly lowering herself down, repeating the steps over and over again as she had her breathe hitched over her throat, holding her breathe as she wished it all to be over—

Her feet touched the ground as her hands shook even more, cold sweats running down onto her nape, her legs turning to jelly as she almost fell down, if not for Soyeon who caught her before she went down.

“I forgot you were afraid of heights… I’m sorry, Unnie—”

‘No, it’s alright. It was the only way we could get out of the building—”

The two heard a faint crash from the fifth floor, signifying that the undead had already reached and destroyed their studio, as Soyeon sighed in relief, for they had climbed down just in time. Soyeon looked up and saw the lady in the receiving area, looking down from the window, her eyes already bloodshot and the wound on her neck had already stopped bleeding. The lady snarled at the two of them and leaned forward, causing her to fall down as Soyeon dragged Miyeon away, the lady falling down to the ground, her bones broken, leaving her unable to stand up as she snarled at them from the ground, trying to move closer.

“Let’s go, unnie. My apartment is close here, and we can go there for a night to learn what’s happening.” Soyeon said, as she smiled, Miyeon raising her brows.

“Aren’t… Aren’t you scared, Soyeon—”

Soyeon held Miyeon’s hand and ran, Miyeon staring at her best friend’s hands as she ran, her tears falling.

Soyeon’s hand was shaking and cold, a thing Miyeon knew that always happened whenever the girl was scared.

As they ran away, Miyeon forced herself to be braver.

“How’s our beautiful chief?” a boy’s voice said, barging inside the doctor’s waiting room with a smile.

Something Yuqi Song knew that there was something in return, something behind her colleague’s cheery greeting to her, early in the morning.

“What is it, Song Chan?” Yuqi said, as Chan smiled at her.

“I have a favor to ask of you, Yuqi noona.” Chan said, as he then took out an ID with a lace and placed it onto the girl’s desk, Yuqi taking the ID with a skeptic face, widening her eyes as she saw the words ‘ZEUS TECHNOLOGICAL FAIR’ written on it, with a blank for the name, as Chan brought out a marker, intending to write the girl’s name on it.

“Whoa. What the hell is this? Isn’t this the event where you’re supposed to go to, with Doctor Avery, so you could go and see if there are tech things we could use for the hospital?” Yuqi asked, as Chan nodded.

“So why are you approaching me?” Yuqi asked, as Chan chuckled.

“Avery sunbaenim suddenly backed out, saying she had someone who would be vacationing here, a friend who she had known for a long time in the States, and I didn’t want to go there alone, and I don’t have that many friends here—”

“Alright, Chan,” Yuqi interrupted, as Chan smiled, hoping to get Yuqi’s approval, to which the girl laughed, “Yes, I’m going to go to that event with you, but you’re treating me some food after, alright?” Yuqi said, as the boy enthusiastically nodded, smiling as

Yuqi wrote her own name to the ID, then proceeding to wear it, as the two made their way to the convention center, as the technological fair had already started.

The two rode a taxi, as Yuqi asked the driver to turn the radio’s volume up a little, listening to the news.

[“…and some hospitals had recorded a new disease which they named the ‘Phantom Virus’ or X-75, as some doctors would say. There are still no recorded deaths, but people are advised to stay at their homes while the doctors are able to find a vaccine for the aforementioned virus— “]

“And why did no one mention this to us?” Yuqi said, as Chan shrugged, fiddling with his ID.

“Maybe because no patients infected with whatever that is had been brought to our hospital, noona? Or else, we would be busy with the press also breathing down on our necks, seeking for answers.” Chan said, as Yuqi chuckled, nodding at the boy.

“It’s like that game, Plague, all over again.” Chan said, as Yuqi turned to her.

“You play that game?” Yuqi said, as Chan chuckled, turning on his phone and showing the girl the aforementioned app, to which Yuqi chuckled, ruffling the boy’s hair.

“We’re here, ladies and gentlemen.” The driver said, as Yuqi proceeded to pay the fair and alighted from the car, Chan following her closely as the doctor moved closer to the entrance, showing her ID card to the security personnel in the door, the man opening the door as Yuqi and Chan went inside the convention center, the girl widening her eyes at the sheer amount of technology that was present in the room.

“So… how does this work?” Yuqi asked the boy, who smiled and brought out his phone.

“We choose one to two devices, and the hospital would be the one to choose between those two to endorse to the patients.” Chan explained, as Yuqi nodded, walking towards the different devices, examining each one and listening to the makers who explained the uses of each.

“You choose one, Channie, and I’ll choose the other.” Yuqi said, as Chan nodded, smiling as he showed the girl a picture of another device he had already chosen.

“It’s a monitoring system, where the doctors could easily access the patient’s vital information within the last 24 hours, or up to a week, at most, and keep a record for future use.” Chan said, as Yuqi nodded and let her eyes gaze upon the different gadgets, wondering if there was something that would catch her attention—

Yuqi raised her brows as she saw a crowd gathering near the stage, near the other exit of the convention center, as she found her feet taking her closer to the gathering, her curiousness taking the better of her as she tried to take a look at the scene.

Some doctors from another hospital were sitting down on the cold, tiled floor, tending to a man whose hand looked like it was bitten by a rabid animal. Yuqi went forward to also help but a woman took her forearm, preventing her from going even closer to the scene.

“I’m sure they already have the man under control, doctor.” The woman said, as Yuqi raised her brow, scoffing at the woman.

“Just because I am a woman, doesn’t mean I wouldn’t help someone who is injured, mister—”

Yuqi heard a man’s distressed scream and spun towards the scene, widening her eyes as she watched the bloodied man straddle the doctor who was tending on him and proceeded to bite his forearm, his eyes white and bloodshot, and Yuqi was sure that at first glance, the man is already dead.

“Noona… that looks like something that came out of a zombie flick.” Chan said, catching up to her, as Yuqi pursed her lips, unsure of what to do—

The bloodied man released the doctor from his bite and proceeded to run blindly towards one direction, thrashing and gnashing his teeth, as he dove in and pulled Yuqi with a deadly grip, sending her toppling down to the ground. Instinct took over as Yuqi used her bag and tried to push the rabid man off of her, but he was strong—

A gunshot rang out and blood splattered onto Yuqi, her clothes and some of her skin splattered with blood, as she wiped them off with her sleeve and widened her eyes, as the rabid man laid dead beside her, a gunshot wound present on his forehead.

The woman from earlier helped her up, his right hand gripping the same gun, as Yuqi widened her eyes at her, horrified.

“You… You killed him!” Yuqi exclaimed, as the woman sighed and tossed the gun towards Chan, who frighteningly caught it and gripped it, nodding to the stranger. The woman then carried Yuqi, who widened her eyes and refused, as the woman sighed.

“We have to go, if you still want to live.” The woman said, getting the gun from Chan and firing behind Yuqi, successfully killing another one of those rabid people.

“Noona… let’s go.” Chan said, as he grabbed Yuqi’s hand, dragging her and ran, following the woman outside the convention center, and found pillars of smoke billowing from exploded cars, the highway littered by the same rabid people as from what they had encountered earlier.

They followed the woman into a parking lot, the woman opening one of the cars and getting in, Chan letting the still dazed doctor inside the backseat while he sat in front, as Yuqi breathed heavily, trying to calm herself down as the woman grabbed a water bottle and gave it to the doctor, who quickly opened and drank it, the woman turning on the engine and driving away from the convention center.

“Do you… Do you think that’s all because of the virus that we heard earlier in the radio, noona?” Chan said, as Yuqi nodded, finally managing to calm herself down as she took off the white coat smeared with the blood and threw it out the window, tying her hair up as she grabbed some wipes from her bag and began to clean herself, the woman giving her an unopened pack, with a shirt inside, to which she quickly changed into.

“Who are you, and why did you help us?” Yuqi asked, as the woman looked at her from the mirror, and proceeded to politely smile.

“My name is Jeon Minnie, but my real name is Minnie Nicha Yontararak, a technological engineer and the primary producer and organizer of the event where you are earlier. And I know you, because I’ve heard that you are famous around this parts, Doctor Yuqi Song, am I correct?” Minnie said, as Yuqi nodded.

“But why did you help us, noona?” Chan asked, as Minnie chuckled, smiling.

“Because I think you hold the answer to whatever this is that’s happening here, Yuqi-ssi, Chan-ssi.” Minnie said, as Yuqi tilted her head, confused.

“What do you mean?” Yuqi asked, as Minnie sighed, putting her gun onto the dash board, stopping in the middle of the road, shutting out all her windows.

“You tell me, Yuqi. You’re the one working inside that company who must have started this in the first place.” Minnie said, as Yuqi widened her eyes in disbelief.

“What do you mean? Chan and I don’t work under a company or anything—”

“So, you didn’t know that Song Medical University is under Zeus Corporations?” Minnie said, as Yuqi widened her eyes.

“What...?”

“Zeus Companies, the same one who sponsored our technological event, and also the same one who owns Athena Laboratories, where it was reported the virus came from.” Minnie explained, as Chan widened his eyes.

“It’s… It’s like...” Chan trailed off, as Yuqi and Minnie turned and looked at him, seeking for answers.

“Like what, Chan?” Yuqi asked, as Chan looked at the both of them, fear flashing in his eyes for a moment.

“The reason why they made us go to this technological fair out of nowhere, and why we haven’t been taking in any cases for that new virus, when we are a big hospital, and we should be the first ones receiving those cases. Or… Or why some patients had been isolated out of nowhere, even without our permission, noona.” Chan said, as Yuqi tilted her head, confused.

“So, all of this was planned, and that was why I was brought here in such a hurry,” Minnie said, as she chuckled, shaking her head, “And why I was only given a one-way ticket.”

Yuqi was about to speak when a rabid man suddenly banged his head onto the car’s window, baring his teeth, snarling as Minnie drove away, anger coursing through her.

“Someone’s behind all this,” Minnie said, as her eyes burned with anger, “And I’ll definitely kill them for doing this.” She finished, as her hands gripped the steering wheel tightly.

“But… But we have to survive, first.” Yuqi said, as they drove blindly in one direction, unsure of where to go.

“I think I know a place.” Minnie said, turning the wheel around, driving towards a place she knew the most.

Towards safety, and towards home.

The sun hit her body, warming her up as she wore only a two-piece swimsuit, sunbathing while listening to music she liked the most.

For a college student whose schedule is usually jam-packed with assignments, classes and different activities, this was Yeh Shuhua’s way of relaxing, as it was the last day of her summer holiday, and her classes would resume tomorrow, which usually meant another wave of sleepless nights and cups on cups of coffee so she could stay awake.

As she laid down on the blanket she laid out onto the sand, wearing her favorite sunglasses to ward of the sunlight, she felt relaxed for the first time in years, having worn her swimsuit again after being stuck only wearing baggy sweatpants and an oversized hoodie, even if it was her last day.

Oh, how she wished that she wouldn’t have to go to school again tomorrow, having to deal with the complications of psychology, dealing with other’s problems when she had her own—

“Ugh… why am I even thinking like that?” Shuhua muttered to herself, as she chuckled, getting up and deciding to go home, getting a spare shirt from her bag and putting it on, as she tidied herself from the sand and wore her flipflops, then proceeded to walk home—

A scream came from the beach as she turned towards the direction of the voice, her feet taking her towards the scene.

“Hey… Shuhua?” a voice said, as Shuhua’s eyes lit up, seeing a familiar face, as she stopped from approaching the scene and decided to move closer to the familiar man.

“Song Jin Oppa!” Shuhua cheerily said, as she hugged the man who chuckled and ruffled her hair, to which she whined at.

Shuhua became friends with Yoon Song Jin, a senior in college who was a year ahead of her. He was around for two years, until he went to Japan to continue his studies there, and continued to work there.

It was the first time Shuhua saw her after two years, and she is glad to see him.

“I thought you were based in Japan now?” Shuhua asked, as Song Jin nodded, smiling.

“I am, but I’m in vacation now. What about you?” Song Jin asked, as Shuhua chuckled, shaking her head.

“Still at college, but today’s the last day of my three-day vacation, a break from school. Tomorrow I have to get back to all the stress again.” The girl whined, as Song Jin chuckled.

“Well… What do you say we have dinner tonight? My treat, since I’ve just been back from Japan. We could also invite your best friend and her girlfriend!... What’s her name again?” Song Jin asked, scratching his head.

“Ah, Miyeon unnie? We don’t talk much these days, since she became an artist—a singer, in particular. Oh, and she already broke up with Minnie unnie, a year ago, before she debuted.” Shuhua said, as Song Jin nodded, patting her head.

“Then the maknae of our friends must be very lonely! Let’s go, and eat delicious foods—”

It was the scream again, and this time it was nearer, and Shuhua didn’t fail to notice the gathering crowd just a few feet away from them, as she tugged onto the sleeve of Song Jin’s sweater like a child, pointing towards the direction of the commotion, as the man nodded and moved closer, the two of them moving closer towards the crowd carefully.

Shuhua tiptoed up, trying to see what the people had gathered in, and wish she didn’t, as she widened her eyes, slowly backing away, her hands grabbing a fistful of Song Jin’s sweater and forcing him to go, as the man immediately noticed her alarmed expression.

“Oppa… There’s blood… blood everywhere…” Shuhua said, as her mind went blank, her senses shutting down, her ears ringing, unable to hear Song Jin shouting her name multiple times—

That was when the chaos struck.

Song Jin widened his eyes as he saw the gathering crowd slowly disperse, the people running away in different directions, seemingly avoiding what was arriving upon them. Song Jin saw that some of the people were bloodied, snarling and gnashing their teeth like wild animals, running faster as if chasing other people. He froze on his spot, as he didn’t know what to do, Shuhua still gripping his sweater like a lost child, her other hand covering her ears, as Song Jin gritted his teeth, forcing to get control his body once again—

He proceeded to carry Shuhua who was still dazed, as he put her arms around his neck, wiping her tears.

“Hold tight, Shuhua-yah, alright? We’re going to run, so don’t look. Just close your eyes, alright?” Song Jin said, smiling as he saw a faint nod from the girl—

Before the furious and rabid mob reached them, he started to run, as fast as he could, towards possible safety.

He jumped over the people who had fallen down, asking for help, not daring to look back as he knew it would slow him down. He gritted his teeth, forcing to run even faster, as he knew that he was Shuhua’s only lifeline, he was the only one who could keep the girl nuzzled onto his neck safe, like he always did—

A hand dragged his foot, causing him to fall down, tossing Shuhua forward who seemed to break from her trance as she stared at him, horrified, as the girl stood up and went forward, trying to help him—

“RUN!” Song Jin shouted, as he kicked away the hand that pulled him, but more came dragging him, as he furiously kicked away, but as he watched the girl run away towards safety, he slowly relaxed, slowly surrendering to imminent death, as he let the rabid people slowly enclose their mouths around his flesh—

A sharp crack rang out, and again and again, with one gunshot filling the air, as the rabid people who were clawing onto him was slowly disappearing, Song Jin opening his eyes to see the woman he wanted to protect, with a woman who held a baseball bat on her right hand and a gun on her left, a strict expression on her face.

“Get up, this woman did not call me to save you for you to lay around here like you’re dead.” The woman said, as she helped Song Jin up, who immediately took off his bloodied sweater and threw it away, leaving him only with a shirt on, as he wiped away some of the blood on his face with a cloth he found lying in the beach.

He then moved closer to Shuhua who immediately hugged him, as Song Jin chuckled and hugged her back, patting her back as he occasionally wiped some of the tears that fell on her face.

“What are you chuckling for, Song Jin Oppa? You almost died! If I didn’t see that man inside the store at the end of the beach, you might have turned into one of those things!” Shuhua scolded, as Song Jin chuckled and nodded, patting her head.

“Thank you for saving me, Shu.” Song Jin said, bringing back a nickname he always called her back then.

“Can you fire one of these?” The woman who saved them asked, as she tossed a submachine gun to Song Jin who nodded, holding the gun with his right hand while Shuhua clung onto his left, holding his hand tightly.

“Fire onto the people who would attack us while I find a car that would take us away from here. I hope you have some place in mind when we get a car, as we cannot stay out when the night comes.” The woman said as Song Jin nodded and complied with the order, firing onto the rabid people they came in contact with while the man they were with tried to find a suitable car for the three of them.

He finally found one as she punched into the window of the car, Song Jin widening his eyes at the method, as he proceeded to play defense while the woman started the car, the three of them going inside and speeding away from the beach.

Shuhua fell asleep on the way, but Song Jin is wide awake, staring at the road, trying to think of where they would go.

But first, he wanted to ask this woman a question, one that had been bugging him since earlier.

“You’re not really some regular citizen who Shuhua found to be loitering around, huh?” Song Jin asked as the woman let out a chuckle, then proceeded to remove the zipper of the jacket she had been wearing since earlier—revealing just what Song Jin had expected her to be wearing, prison clothes.

“How did you know I am not a regular citizen of this city, huh, Song Jin-ssi? I heard the girl utter your name earlier, don’t worry, I’m not stalking you or anything.” The woman said, as Song Jin chuckled.

“I haven’t seen you since you were transported back here in Seoul, since I’m the one who imprisoned you, Seo Soojin?” Song Jin said, as he pointed the submachine gun onto Soojin, who only chuckled.

“Ah, I forgot your face, since I always forget about the faces of scum, most especially faces of traitors, like you. I shouldn’t have saved you earlier.” Soojin said, as she barely flinched under gunpoint, her eyes staring at the road.

“The last time I checked, you were imprisoned inside one of the strictest prison facilities in Seoul. How did you even escape, huh?” Song Jin asked, as Soojin chuckled.

“Relax, Mr. Special Agent. I’m on your side now, don’t worry. We may have some bad blood, but maybe sticking together would give us a chance to survive whatever this is that is happening.” Soojin said, as Song Jin gritted his teeth.

“What makes you think that I would trust you, huh?” Song Jin asked, as Soojin chuckled.

“You would, Mister Special Agent, because I don’t even remember who I am.” Soojin said, as Song Jin raised a brow, confused.

“What the hell do you mean by that?” Song Jin asked, as Soojin only chuckled.

“That’s a story for another time, Song Jin. Anyways, your girlfriend would be mad at you if you suddenly kill your savior, right?” Soojin said, as Song Jin sighed, releasing her from gunpoint.

“That’s more like it… So, do you have a place to go to?” Soojin asked, as Song Jin proceeded to think of a place—

Shuhua’s phone suddenly rang as Song Jin picked it up, opening the notification which turned out to be a text message from someone he knew as well.

[From Miyeon Unnie: Are you alright? If you’re still alive, please be alive, go to this address in the link, me and Soyeon are staying here in her apartment for the night. Please be safe, Shuhua, okay?]

“We have a place to go to for the night, Soojin.” Song Jin said, as he typed in a reply and sent it.

[To Miyeon Unnie: This is Song Jin, I’m with Shuhua right now. We’re on our way there, don’t worry.]