(A/N:- Heyy ik its been a while, as i said before i have special surprise! Its at the end of the chapter u can scroll down rtn if u want or read the story and then go check. Either way its up to u guys <3

A little headsup, its not related to the plot u'll find out when u get to it :]  )

Kim Seokjin's P.O.V

"C'mon Yera, get up...we can do this.." Seokjin grunted as he heaved the exhausted girl up and draped her arm around his neck. She shook her head, unwilling to continue, bumping into one of the dead ones surprised the both of them. Since they had both declared 'right' being the safest out of the two aisles. He could still remember how she stood in front of him, shielding him from the bloodthirsty monster. No, she wasn't bitten, thank god for that. But bashing its skull in with just her bare fists had her drained completely.

"Yera, you need to let me HELP you," he said with a grim expression.

"Five minutes...I can't.." she whispered, too tired to finish her sentence.

"I'm sorry Yera, I really am but we can't waste time. We need to leave here now..it's not safe. You can rest later...I promise-" he was cut off by a sudden low growl echoing down the aisle.

"Shit!"

"YERA, I'M JUST GOING TO DRAG YOU AROUND IF YOU DON'T STAND UP AND LET ME HELP!" Seokjin's whisper laced itself with panic as he began to speed walk, hauling Yera's limp body along with him. Her feet dragged across the floor before settling to work themselves.

"Finally! You're awake!" he sighed in relief, but never once did he loosen his grip around her waist. Fearing that if he did, she would fall or something worse.

"Yeah...I'm just barely working right now...using the last bit of energy I have stored.." she grunted in disgust when her eyes landed on her hands. They were coated tip to wrist in thick blood, he wasn't sure whether it was the zombie she mauled or if it was her blood, nevertheless, her hands were a mess.

She opted to wiping them down on her pants, uncaring of the stains.

"We'll have to try those doors again..."

"Whilst we're on the topic of the doors...Do you...remember the-"

"The stuff on the wall? Yeah, I remember. It wasn't the gasoline we used, was it.." he questioned with furrowed brows, wondering how the liquid on the wall got there. It couldn't have been the members because he presumed that they were outside already. But if it wasn't the case, then they too had the same plan that he and Yera had made.

"Looks like there's more than just one barrel of gasoline...not surprised since this store is huge as shit and they SHOULD be stacked to the brim.." Yera confirmed.

"There, the doors. It looks like the coast is clear...maybe it's safe to try again" the both of them hid behind a large rack and took turns peeping to check the status of their surroundings.

Seokjin's eyes travelled down from the doors towards Yera's concentrated expression. Her head barely reached his shoulder and he found her short, feisty nature adorable. He reached out and brushed a few strands of hair away from her face, a force of habit whenever he was with the members. He watched the blood rush to the apples of her cheeks as she locked eyes with him. They shared a few seconds of silence, trying to figure out what that gesture meant, even Seokjin himself was confused by his actions. And as if something clicked between them, their hands flew forward pointing at each other.

"ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!!" the duo whispered hurriedly.

"BURN IN HELL!" Seokjin hissed and retracted his hand sourly. Yera smiled smugly and blew at the imaginary smoke flowing out of the tip of her finger gun.

"Get your ass over there and unlock that door-" Yera's words died down when she met Seokjin's 'I'll  smother you, in your sleep' glare. And so she decided to stare at the floor until the pissed looking man walked away.

Utterly humiliated, he shuffled over to the doors, grumbling incoherent swears as his eyes searched around, precautiously.

He wiped away the sweat on his hands nervously before gripping the handle and gently adding pressure to turn it. He winced when a slight squeak erupted from the door when he pushed harder.

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon...please, please-" he whispered this mantra over and over until he was finally able to open a crack between the wall and the door. A small breeze blew in from the slit, sending a shiver down his spine as satisfaction oozed over him.

He then turned around and signaled Yera with a quick wave of his hand, motioning her to come.

Being the cautious person she was, she looked to her right and then her left before hurrying over to Seokjin.

"Lighter?" he inquired as he opened the door slowly.

"Check"

"Ugly-uggerson?"

"He's no where to be seen.."

"Aww, you thought I was talking about the monster? Sweet, sweet Yera...your poor thing~" he cooed in a condescending tone, which resulted in him earning a sharp left hook from Yera in the stomach. She then pushed him aside and exited the building, secretly smiling at Seokjin's teasing.

"Holy s-shit- Girl you can throw a punch.." he grunted, stumbling outside with his face turning red from the pain in the upper half of his body.

"I aim to please~ Now shut your ass up and close that damn door.." Yera smirked, reminiscing the compliment. Not even a few seconds later and she noticed the silence in the air. The sudden feeling of something bad coming their way filled her with a sense of questionable dread.

"That's strange...where are the zombies?" Seokjin questioned as he closed the door and stepped towards her. He must have noticed the atmosphere as well, having to voice out that fact only made her suspicions worsen.

"Yeah...what's up with that..." she turned around to take a look at the opposite end of the alley. Almost instantly, Yera's stomach dropped, mimicking a rollercoaster diving down the track. There at the very end of the alley, she found a rather gigantic horde standing very still, watching them and waiting for their next move. With their blood dripping, mangled mouths agape they stared without making so much as a sound.

Yera's mouth ran dry like the desert and the wind in her lungs seemed to have disappeared. Her shivering hand reached out to the clueless Seokjin, who had his back turned to the horde, scratching his head at the missing zombies in the area.

"S-seokjin...I..f-found them-" she stuttered shakily with her eyes wide.

"Huh?" mid scratch, he turned around to question her vague choice of words and seemed to have seen stars for a few seconds before returning, back to reality. His mouth dropped open in a silent scream and his hand (equally shaking as Yera's) held onto hers tight.

"Oh...there they are..." he licked his chapped lips, and hesitantly took a step back, making Yera do the same.

Every step they took to escape, the horde inched forward menacingly. It was as if they could start running towards them at any given moment, this thought only burdened Seokjin. If they were to run, what would the horde do? What were they doing?... Why weren't they attacking like they usually did? What were their intentions?

"Yera...when I tell you...run towards the door and get inside...I'll be right behind you...got it?" his brows furrowed when he didn't receive an answer. Taking a chance, he slowly angled his head to look at the silent girl standing next to him. His eyes widened when he noticed the visible tears in her eyes.

He had never seen Yera cry before, his first impression of her when he met her was that she seemed like the type of person who didn't fall prey to emotions easily. Even during that confusing, stressful and utterly chaotic first few days of the semi apocalypse, she remained the strong, influential and comforting person the boys could lean onto...but right now...it looked like she was the one who needed to be comforted.

"I d-don't...want to go back in there..." she sniffed quietly and swiftly wiped her face. She was trying to suppress her emotions, Seokjin knew this behaviour all too well. Yera reminded him of a certain boy with mint coloured hair, who did the same when he was upset.

"Yera...love... I don't think we really have a choice.." he chuckled nervously, fearing something might happen to Yera if they decided to run somewhere else. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze, making her look at him from the corner of her eyes.

"Would you rather stay out here, knowing there's a higher chance of not surviving or get inside where we at least stand a chance...we don't even have our weapons.." he reasoned with her, hoping she would understand the urgency of the matter. He knew how hard it must be to go back into that dark, suffocating and dangerous building. He knew it felt like all hope came there to die.

Yera looked more than just conflicted but she agreed nevertheless and removed her hand from Seokjin's gentle grasp so that she could run when he said so. Seokjin smiled slightly and brought his gaze back to the horde standing in front of them. Even though this matter only took just a few seconds to fix, to him it felt longer. To him, he just had a long conversation with Yera, discussing her problem, albeit, in reality, it was just a small exchange of words that sorted it out.

"Now.." as soon as he whispered this, Yera took off in the direction of the doors. The horde started running towards them at full speed, tripping over each other and scrambling forwards on the floor to get there first.

All that bravery Seokjin had a few seconds ago? It threw itself out the window screaming sayonara the moment the zombies started running. Seokjin's vocal cords seemed to have forgotten how to react like a normal human being and so he reacted the only way he knew how ....he screamed bloody murder. This act only drew the attention of even more stragglers in the area to join the race for flesh, which they craved so badly.

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Third Person's P.O.V (basically no-one's)

"Y'all hear that?" Jungkook questioned.

"Yeah...sounded like a squealing seagull..." commented Jimin as he looked up from the rope he was busy knotting.

Silence entered the atmosphere before everything clicked, the group caught each other's gazes and nodded in a quiet agreement.

"Seokjin..." they all whispered simultaneously as if hearing him scream like that was the norm.

"I don't know why we split up but I feel like leaving him with Yera seems like a good idea, she can handle him.." Namjoon's observed.

"C'mon, it's time, everything is set to go. Now we just have to find them and leave before this shitstand gets blown to hell.." the boys nodded at Yoongi's command and started picking themselves up before heading out of the room they had just settled in, to carry out their plan.

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Jungkook looked up at the sudden clattering heard above him. His hand flew up instinctively, stopping the boys in their tracks. Jungkook's eyes stayed trained on the ceiling, where metal vents ran around like webs, surrounding the entire building. His ears listened intently to the continuous sounds being made above them.

"What in the 'sweet home' FUCK are we doing?? This isn't that kind of movie where we just stand around acting like we have no idea whatever the fuck that thing is in the vents! Need I remind you, we deadass trapped a crawling freak in there so CAN WE PLEASE GET A MOVE ON??" Hoseok hissed, interrupting the noise. He marched forward, pushing passed the group and made his way down the corridor.

Just when the boys started to follow, a sudden 'boom' erupted from behind them. Jungkook snapped his head towards the noise and his breath was caught in his throat. Hoseok's fear had come true, said freak was now poking its head out, upside down, from a hole in the ceiling connected to the vents. It turned its head slowly and locked eyes with them. Its eyes were pitch black and it's cheeks were hollow. It bared it's yellow teeth as if it were trying to smile.

"Holy fucking shit...I almost pissed myself.." Jimin gulped and gripped the gun strapped onto his belt, his knuckles turning white from the force. Jungkook noticed and wanted to calm him down but how could he when his own hand was shivering like a leaf from fear.

The boys, too frightened to move, had frozen mid-walk and were now staring with horrified eyes and wide-open mouths. The creature dropped down from the ceiling and landed on the floor on all fours like an agile cat. It's bones creaked awkwardly as it jerked out from random part of its body. The bones were definitely shattered but it didn't look like the creature was feeling any sort of pain. It cocked its head to the side, studying them, it then took a step forward resulting in the (shit-scared) boys taking a step back. The creature then snarled and took off running towards them with demonic speed.

Hoseok visibly paled, it was apparent that his soul had packed its bags and left his body faster than he could say.... 💀

"HOLY FUDGE NUGGETS-" without being able to question Taehyungs weird choice of a cuss word, their bodies turned around and hooked it out of there.

"WHERE'S THE BLOODY EXIT WHEN YOU NEED IT??" Yoongi screamed when he looked back at the creature bounding towards them like a hell hound. Its sharp nails scraped against the cement as it ran, creating a rather loud, shrill effect echoing throughout the corridor.

"OVER THERE!" Jimin pointed, running in the direction of the door that looked like a blessing from heaven at the very end of the passage. There on the door as bright as day was the one word they had hoped to come across.

'EXIT'

(A/N:- SURPRISE LOVELIESS IK THIS ISNT THE KIND OF SURPRISE U WERE EXPECTING BUT STILL- UR GONNA LOVE IT-

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE AMAZING DRAWINGS!! <33 @stars_over_me_too ILYSM

THESE ARE SOME DRAWINGS OF THE HIGHLIGHTED SCENES IN EACH CHAPTER AND IM JUST BLOWN AWAY- 💨🏃‍♂️✨

THE DETAILS ARE SO INTRICATE YOU ARE SO FUDGING TALENTED BISH-

I'VE MADE THIS ACC MY OFFICIAL DESIGNER FOR THIS BOOK SO PLS SHOWER THEM WITH LOVE <3333

If ur a reader of this book i bet u can guess which chap and scene this is ;)) comment to see if im right <3

Im convinced the monster shes drawn looks like Koro sensei from Assassination classroom UWU

YALL I WAS STARING AT THIS FOR DAYSS THE DETAILS ARE JUST *CHEFFS KISS* KSJEFHKEFH

I KNOW YALL KNOW WHICH CHAP AND SCENE THIS IS ISTG IF U DONT-😤👊✨

Seokjin do be looking kinda dangerous tho tbh-😳 (Him and his cute ass spatula, who's he finna hurt? My heart? yES)

ANYWAYS I HOPE U GUYS ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER ILYGSM

<Fair warning> Next chap will be of the cast and the roles they play and a few interviews with the characters, but the chaps after that will continue like they usually do.

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