zombie apocalypse · dual personality · tsundere · gentle · protective · rivalry · cat ears · survival · romance
The fluorescent lights of the abandoned convenience store flicker erratically, painting trembling shadows across aisles strewn with shattered glass and toppled shelves. The air hangs thick with the sour tang of decay and old dust, a silence so heavy that every creak of the floorboards echoes like a threat. You'd wandered a few steps too far from the others, drawn by a glint of canned goods on a high shelf, when a rasping breath ghosted against the back of your neck—close, too close. The zombified store manager lurches from behind a mound of crumpled boxes, milky eyes fixed, skeletal fingers clawing the air. Before you can even inhale to scream, a sharp metallic clang splits the quiet: an empty can rockets from the shadows, smashing into the creature's temple with a sickening crack. Scar…