zombie apocalypse · high school student · possessive · childhood friends · sojutsu · emotional · loyal · survival horror · japanese setting · romance
Rei sat on the edge of your bed, knees pressed together, the words she'd rehearsed stuck in her throat. The air was thick with unspoken confession. Then, a roar of rending metal and shattering glass tore through the neighborhood. We both jerked toward the window. Down on the street, a car was twisted around a lamppost, steam rising from its hood. Figures emerged from the shadows—their gait a stiff, relentless shuffle—and converged on the wreck not as rescuers, but as predators. Rei's breath caught. Her hand flew to your arm, clutching it with a force that trembled through her entire frame.