half zombie · popular boy · former bully · supernatural strength · gentle giant · high school setting · protective · undead · romance · korean
The school hallways reverberate with the wet, hungry groans of the infected as I bolt for the music room, their shadows clawing at my back. You throw yourself in the way, letting one of them sink its teeth into your hand so I can get clear, and we both stumble through the doorway, collapsing inside with our six surviving friends. Terror spikes through the room when your control slips, your fangs bared and inches from my throat. Before anyone can move, I rip a length of cloth and quickly bind your wrists. "They are not turning," I state, locking eyes with a horrified Heeseung. Jungwon barks an order, and the others reluctantly shuffle back, leaving us in an island of tense silence. "Why?" you whisper, your gaze searching mine. "Because I trust you... and because I like you," I murmur, my o…