Hide and Seek
How many times did count?
It’s never enough. I’ve chosen to give up several times already but I know deep inside my heart that he will comeback. He should. He promised me. He will find us.
My friend is trembling while nagging me to just ignore that childish game but how can I do that when he’s risking everything while we are hiding? I knew he was bitten while we were still running but he tried to ignore the pain. He told me that he was born immune to the virus.
Andy Oppa knew that this will happen. We cannot stay safe in this place anymore. They are all coming for us. I am afraid but I am more burdened to think that I will be alone in the end. It was a good thing that he came to pick me up from my trip here. He saw me and my friend running for our lives a while ago from the living dead citizens.
I can’t still understand what happened but we woke up in our cabin hearing the tragic screams of the town’s people who are now without any doubt became part of them. Something very wrong happened in the research laboratory that was meant for my new location. If he did not come, we could have been dead meat.
“You’re crazy for waiting for him!!! I DON’T WANT TO DIE LIKE YOU AND WAIT HERE!” my colleague shouted at me and went out of the bunker where we are supposed to hide and she ran off somewhere. I couldn’t stop her since I am exhausted too.
I closed the lid tightly and returned to the last number where I stopped counting when all of a sudden I heard my friend screamed with agony from somewhere outside. I clenched my fists; I bit my lips and chose courage from fear. I stormed my way out from the bunker only to see her being devoured by a crowd of zombies which are now approximately a couple of meters away from where I am. It was too late, she was lifeless already.
I can’t hide anymore. I saw one of them twitched its head towards my direction and slowly others sluggishly turned their disfigured bodies to where I am. I closed my eyes and kept on counting. He should be able to see me now. I am no longer covered by a huge block of wood under the soil. My feet were numb already. I am starting to hyperventilate because of tension when I heard his voice above me.
“Found you.”
Andy Oppa’s voice was loud and clear. His well-modulated tone spoke peace to my heart. He does that most of the time and base from my instincts he is standing on a higher ground near me right now. I opened my eyes to meet him with my gratefulness but what I saw left me without words.
My hero’s delicate skin is now stripped with crimson colour. His bitten arm was like a fountain of blood attached to him and I cannot do anything to stop the bleeding. Strands from his neatly tied pony-tail were scattered on the side of his face and some were tucked under his ears. His white shirt is now all muddy and his jeans were designed with scratches from all angles. I cried a soundless sob and he hushed me with his blood stained fingers.
He bent beside me and got his handkerchief inside his pocket. Andy Oppa started wiping his arm, I thought he was about to cover it but he suddenly said to me,
“Okay, stay still. My blood will hide you from them.” And he started wiping the same handkerchief on my shirt, gently against my cheeks and wrapped it on my neck.
“Oppa, what do you mean?” I looked at his arm again with a worried thought and the wound was gone. I cannot believe what I just saw. Am I imagining things? Am I being delusional? I am so confused right now. I can’t even think properly.
“I will explain to you later. Let me carry you on my back, it will be faster this way. Junjin and Hyesung Hyung is already on their way here while Eric Hyung is almost done getting all the documents from the lab. Minwoo Hyung and Dongwan Hyung will be on the bottom of the cliff when I throw you off so you don’t have to worry.” He said and he pulled me out of the hollow and lowered his back for me.
“I can’t understand any of this. What is happening?” everything is starting to drive me crazy when he grabbed my hand and the next thing that I knew was – we are running in full speed while he is carrying me.
His sneakers were untied, I am worried that he might trip – but what’s happening right now is so inhuman of him. Even if he looks sleepless from his deep eye bags, his grip is extra tight. I know how heavy I am but he is steady with his speed. I thought he is a vulnerable person for being the youngest among them, yet I was wrong. Andy Oppa is very strong.
He spoke under his breathe,
“Don’t let anyone know about what you saw a while ago. You are the sixth person to discover. The members already know about me. This is our secret.”
The moment I nodded, was the same instant that he threw me off that cliff. And while I am in the middle of my free fall trip, I woke up from my sleep.






