《hostage | all of us are dead》chapter 6
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nayeon sat next to me, i took ahold of her hand to prevent her from moving, another thirty minutes had passed and i almost fell asleep on her, i was bored
i sat there thinking to myself, what really happened to me? this doesn't feel like a dream, im aware of it, but can't control the others, so it's not lucid dreaming...what could it be?
finally, a hour passed as i huddled up to nayeon, ms park went to retrieve gyeongsu from the recording room
gyeongsu reluctantly got out after cheongsan threatened him
"shouldn't you apologize?" jimin said, glaring daggers at nayeon who remained silent
"jimin's right, nayeon, why don't you apologize? everything will be fine once you do" ms park said
nayeon didn't speak but i could hear her breathing become uneven, her chest heaving up and down
"are you okay?" i whisper, she gulped and looked away from me, she was sweating and had her hand on her chest with faint pain in her face
"nayeon?" i went to touch her but she flinched and stood up, stumbling a bit
"I'm sorry" she blurted out "I'm sorry" she was visibly shaking, was she having a panic attack?
"nayeon,hey, it's okay" i stood up and put a hand on her shoulder
"im sorry, it's my fault" she was crying too "i should leave, i shouldn't have said anything" she tried to make a run for the door but i stopped her
"nayeon, its okay, you apologized, right? gyeongsu? you don't have to forgive her, just acknowledge that she apologized" i looked towards him as i intertwined my fingers with hers
"it's...fine, i guess? i don't care anymore, it's like she tried to kill me, anyone would have been scared in that situation" gyeongsu said "nayeon, I don't like you at all, but we should learn to trust each other in this situation"
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nayeon nodded slowly, sniffling "calm down, it's okay" at this point ms park was by my side, checking nayeon to make sure she was alright
"guys...i probably shouldn't say this...due to the situation" suhyeok started to talk, looking uncomfortable "then don't say it" wujin smacked his stomach, suhyeok grunted
"doesn't anyone need to pee?"
mijin and joonsung argued about whether they should go at night or now, but minjae and I didn't pay them much attention, as the baby started crying again
minjae held onto it, trying to put it to sleep, but it didn't work
"what a wonderful day to have a baby" i sighed "it couldn't wait a little longer?"
"at least it didn't happen while you were running for your life, by the way, if you don't mind me asking, who's the father?" minjae asked
"ugh, just some random douchebag, we were drunk" i shook my head with disgust "he bragged about fucking me so i told everyone he had a tiny penis, shut him up real quick"
"wait, do you mean the guy from art class? i heard about that" hari said "everyone was talking about his small dick for weeks, it was hilarious"
"that's him, I don't even remember his name" i sighed "im so stupid"
"why are you guys talking about small dicks?" mijin said "we should be talking about our plan to get out of the school"
"we're gonna need more arrows before we leave" hari said "the archery building isn't far, we could reach it without dying"
"so let's leave now?" "let's just do it at night, the zombies won't see us then" joonsung complained , mijin rolled her eyes "what about you guys? what should we do?"
"i feel too weak to move anymore, we should rest" i said "heesu's right, birth is exhausting, let's rest, we'll also have to find food for the baby later"
"can't she just breastfeed?" "well, yeah, but she might not want to" "why not? "i don't know! don't ask me" "heesu, can't you breastfeed?" "shut the fuck up"
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