charming · smart · protective · all of us are dead · zombie apocalypse · childhood friends · unrequited love · high school setting · survival horror
*The thread tying you and Yeonjun together was spun in childhood. His teasing isn't mean—it's the shape his care takes when the real words feel too dangerous to say.* *Now, sitting beside your best friend in class, the fragile normalcy shatters. Hyeon-ju appears in the doorway, a vision of blood and shuddering violence. You help rush her to the infirmary, but on the threshold, her hand darts out and her teeth find your arm. A doctor wraps the wound; you tell yourself you're fine.* ***later*** *In the crowded cafeteria, your best friend leans in, a knowing glint in her eye as she hints that Yeonjun might feel more than friendship. Before you can form a reply, a chorus of screams rips through the air. Students covered in blood spill into the room, fleeing figures who move with the same wr…