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He admired every beautiful detail of the corridor, every time he passed near a plant he ran his fingers through the delicate leaves.

She stopped when the dark haired man pulled a card out of his hand.

Now that she got a better look at him, she noticed that he had pale skin, never before had she seen someone with skin like that.

His hair at that time was messy and wet due to sweat.

He was wearing a completely black suit, he looked dapper, not like the one his co-workers used to wear.

He was curious to touch that fabric and find out how soft he was but he didn't see it right.

That boy must have been someone important, not only because of how he dressed, but that building looked too expensive.

Yongmin managed to open the door and enter her home, when she was about to enter her mind betrayed her.

What if that boy was part of a mafia?

Maybe a murderer?

Since she had seen so many movies where the handsome boy was filthy rich but he had a double life, either a mob leader or a murderer seeking revenge for whoever hurt him in his past. She couldn't pass up any ideas from now on.

"Are you going in?" He looked at the girl who was still in the same place.

Yangmi jumped a little when she heard Yongmin's voice, she looked at him for a moment undecided whether she should enter or not.

He wasn't a person with a double life, right?

With distrust of her, she went inside her and then closed behind her, without taking her eyes off every movement of the boy in front of her.

Yongmin looked at her with a frown.

"What's wrong with him?" She thought to herself.

The girl watched his movements and just as she imitated the action of taking off her shoes.

Yongmin went to the kitchen with a brunette behind him looking at every corner as if it were a crime scene, trying to find something suspicious.

"There's nothing here, you're sure." he stopped in front of the fridge.

Yangmi, embarrassed at having been discovered, stayed behind the kitchen counter.

Yongmin approached her handing her a bottle of water.

"Thanks." he accepted the bottle and then uncorked it and took a drink.

They both fell silent not knowing exactly what to do or say.

Yangmi trying to get rid of that shyness and began to observe the kitchen without moving from her place.

Yongmin just looked at the girl in front of him with great curiosity.

A cell phone began to ring, Yangmi took off her backpack, placed it on the bar to open it and start looking for her cell phone.

Once in her hands without looking at the name of who she was calling she swiped to answer.

"Hello?"

"Yangmy!" shouted the person on the other line relieved to hear the girl.

"Jihu, are you alright?" she was worried.

Yongmin upon hearing her name frowned at her curiosity to know who it was that she was calling.

Maybe her boyfriend?

"I'm fine. Are you fine? Where are you?"

"I'm fine, I'm in.." she didn't complete the sentence. What would you tell him? "I'm good." She took a quick look at the boy in front of her.

He, without wanting to bother the girl, went to her room, he needed to remove all the sweat.

After a long time he went back to the kitchen hoping that Yangmi had finished the call.

When she entered she noticed that the girl was still in the same place without having moved a bit, her head had her staring at her hands which were on the bar.

"All good?." was the first thing that occurred to him to be able to converse with the girl.

"Yes." she looked at him.

She looked younger now that she wasn't wearing the suit, right now she was wearing blue jeans with a white v-neck shirt, her hair was tousled. She looked fine.

"Do you want to eat something or do you want to take a bath?" she walked over to the fridge.

"I'm fine thanks." I didn't look at him because she felt embarrassed.

She wanted to bathe in it to be able to remove the traces of brains and blood of those infected, but she did not carry clean clothes with her, and wearing them did not seem hygienic since they began to give off a putrefactive smell.

"There are new clothes in my closet you can find something to wear, make yourself at home."

"Thanks a lot." she felt her face a little hot.

"It's the least I can do after you saved my life."

"If I remember correctly, I thought it was you who managed to prevent them from infecting me." she remembered the moment they both fell down that sloping street.

"But you risked more than me, so thank you." she smiled at the girl. "Go take a bath, I don't think it's comfortable walking around with blood and zombie remains." she laughed at his comment. "Last room on the left."

She thanked and headed to the boy's room.

After a while she left the room to go to the kitchen.

He was wearing exercise pants and a shirt that were both huge on him. But he was grateful that he had been able to wash off all the dirt.

He entered the kitchen but there was no sign of the boy anywhere.

"Where is the?." she whispered to herself.

With nothing to do, she approached the bar where she had left her backpack and she is taking out the tupperware where she had kept what would be her lunch.

I take the cell phone charger because the battery was about to run out and as long as there was a signal it would be very helpful.

He looked for a connection and once he found it, he approached to connect the cell phone.

She went back to the bar to open the tupperware, she was starving but she didn't want to be rude and she decided to wait for the owner of the house to show up.

As if she were an invocation Yongmim crossed the threshold of the kitchen.

"Are you hungry?" I look at the boy.

"A lot." he agreed.

From the tupperware, I take out two large sandwiches and hand one to Yongmin.

"We can do something else if you want." he accepted what the girl gave him.

"I don't know if it's a good idea since I don't want any of those things to come to where we are from the smell of the food." she began to remove the napkin from the sandwich.

"Understand." she nodded as she took a bite of the sandwich. "Can I ask you something?" she covered her mouth a little.

"You already did." she teased a bit, "What's your question?"

"Where did you learn to defend yourself?" ever since they told him what he did in that place and what he saw while running from those infected he had been very curious about that brunette.

Yangmi was silent for a moment, could she trust him? Could you tell him what happened?

She shook her head, no, she couldn't trust anyone, she would judge her the same as those who knew her story.

"I watch a lot of science fiction movies."

"Really?" he was a little surprised by the answer.

"Yes, I really like that kind of movies, there are also books where they teach you what to do in case of a zombie invasion, I always thought that reading those kinds of books was a waste of time but look now." he opened his eyes a little.

"It wasn't a waste of time after all." He nodded his head.

"Not at all, thank you that I am a person who prefers to spend his free time reading or watching movies." I wink at the boy.

He just managed to laugh, seriously that girl was unique.

"What will you do now?." I look curiously at the boy

"I do not know." she heaved a sigh.

Hours ago she thought to contact someone to help him out of that hell, but everything changed when he met the little chestnut.

He now he wanted to learn more from her, to be someone with the same courage as her.

He wished he could find a way out next to that brunette and why not, also Seok and Haneul.

The three of them had earned his trust and it was strange since he wasn't that quick to trust anyone, he was a total bitter who only pushed away people who tried to get close to him.

"What will you do?" I look at the girl.

"Seek some shelter." she drank some water.

"A refuge?."

"In the movies there is always a shelter that was built by those stupid millionaires just to save themselves and their pathetic family, I suppose that in real life there is also one like that or maybe the military have protection camps for people."

"I guess you're right."

"We can go together if you want." she proposed.

Did she really want to take it with her?

"Clear." she accepted with a smile.

She liked the idea of being able to spend more time with that brunette.

See more of those incredible feats that she did when it came to defending herself.

"Well, we have to pack what we need to go in search of a shelter, we also have to call our relatives before the lines are no longer working."

He pondered the last thing, call his relatives, did his family worry about him? Why haven't they called? Would they be okay?

Of course they were fine, they just didn't believe in his ability.

Did they think that maybe he was dead?

"You are well?" Yangmi's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

He looked at her hand which was on top of his. That little contact made him feel good, he didn't want to take her away from her like he always did, he wanted to be able to stay that way longer, feeling how the girl caressed his knuckles gently with her thumb.

He looked straight into the girl's eyes which were looking at him with a concern that she didn't know why.

He wished that his parents had had the same look as the brunette.

"You missed out for quite a while." he looked at him without stopping the caresses on her knuckles. "You are well?."

Yongmin just nodded, he didn't have the courage to say a word without bursting into tears.

"Are you hungry? What we ate was very little could we maybe take a chance and make some soup or maybe ramen if you have any." he tried to change the subject.

"I'll fill up and cook something for you if you want."

For many years his parents had forbidden him to eat too much because they had always told him that he should maintain a good image since as the son of great businessmen he had to look good so that partners or future partners would take it into account and thus be able to enlarge his company. .

They only saw his son as a fine jewel that they could sell to the highest bidder.

"Come on, that was very little and we can't afford to be weak, remember we have to run a lot so you won't gain weight if that's your concern."

His mind was blank, he didn't know exactly what to say.

What else did it matter?

His parents weren't there to scold him, besides he was already an adult at that time he didn't think the image was important.

»To hell with the image«. was what he thought.

At that moment he didn't know if he would still be alive in an hour, so it was time to break the rules that his parents had set for him.

He had to live his last moments as he has always wanted and what better way to live them next to that pretty chestnut.

"Do I help you." was the only thing he answered.

The girl smiled at him and they both began to look for what they would prepare.

(...)

It was almost eleven o'clock at night, Yangmi looked out the window discreetly so as not to attract anyone's attention.

She hung up the call again as no one was answering, she had spent most of the afternoon trying to contact her parents and they weren't answering.

Would they be okay?

She was very worried.

She closed the blinds and went back to the room where Yongmin was watching the news.

Fortunately there were still some channels that had not cut the transmission.

"How is everything?."

"Nothing relevant." he nodded without taking his eyes off the television.

Yangmi approached the door of the apartment, opened it just a little, making sure that there was no one in the corridor, it was strange not to hear noise in all the time they had been there.

She closed the door and locked it, looked at the small table that was on the side.

Would it work?

No, she needed something heavier.

She returned to the living room and began to drag the single seat, he watched the girl's action, not knowing what she would do with that object, she helped move it to the door of the apartment.

The girl accommodated him better so that they could not enter the apartment easily.

"Yes, you think of everything." she was surprised by the girl's action.

"We have to be careful with everything from now on, we can't trust anyone. Maybe we'll take turns keeping watch." I stare at him.

"I didn't think it was necessary, this place has a burglar alarm so before I sleep I'll turn it on and if they try to break in it will go off immediately." I clarify showing the device that was to one side of the door.

Yangmi just nodded.

They both returned to the room and paid full attention to the recommendations they were giving at that moment, at least she was the one who was concentrating. Yongmin had an internal debate and didn't know what to do.

"I can get us out of here." she spoke so fast that she believed that the girl had not understood her.

"You really can do that?" a shred of hope harbored within her.

"I think so." She nodded her head.

Yangmi got up from her seat with a smile that faded as soon as she heard the sound of the helicopters.

Yongmin quickly approached the window and watched six helicopters above the sky.

"He didn't think it was possible to get out of here." stood behind him boy looking at the streets.

"Maybe we can make it." He wanted to sound sure of his words.

"Not Yongmin." walked away from him and Yongmin walked away from the window. "The military will be more attentive to whoever leaves and enters, so rest assured that it will be difficult to leave even if it is in search of a refuge."

He sighed sorrowfully, for he hadn't thought of that.

A hand on his shoulder made him look at the brunette's pretty smile. His chest felt warm.

"We'll get out of here, don't worry, I'll do my best for both of us to survive and I'll find a shelter, I'll also help you find your family." he smiled making his eyes form two lines.

"Don't worry, I promise I won't be a hindrance, I will also help you and protect you with my life if necessary."

Their words felt so sincere that they both smiled at each other.

"From now on it's you and me." I make a fist in front of the boy.

We'll do our best to find a safe place." He bumped his fist into hers.

They both nodded.

"We must rest and tomorrow we will think about what we will do."

"There's a guest room across from my room. I'll sleep there. You stay in mine." I point to the girl.

"Don't worry I don't want you to leave your room because of me." she quickly denied.

"Don't worry, it's fine, I insist." smiled at the girl.

Both boys went to the rooms not before turning off the television and the lights.

Yongmin activated the alarm and they both tried to sleep, since it was almost impossible because they had to be attentive to anything.

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