The three of you walk store to store, finding it all looted. Honey, gone. Air fresheners, also gone.
Were you the only survivor who knew nothing about breeders and such? Well, then again you were protected for months so of course you didn't have any way of seeing it for yourself...
"Maybe we could check the mall...?" Oscar questions and you frown slightly. "I haven't been to the mall since that day you got ready for your crush." "Oh, heh. I remember that." She smiles. "You came to my job in a suit and we danced." "Yeah. I remember because those assholes gave me a red suit when I asked for black." "I didn't know that!" She giggles and you do the same. "Heh, yeah."
Alex frowns as he watches you two. "I wish I wasn't so jealous..." He whispers to himself. "Oscar looks like a nice girl..." Alex shakes his head and sighs, closing his eyes. "I just need to focus... Maybe if I focus, I can control it."
After agreeing to head to the mall and getting there, Oscar took out all the zombies. Only one caused a problem which was a breeder, but you killed her.
"Don't worry, Oscar. I believe you can overcome this." You pat her head and she frowns sadly. "I don't want to be this... I want to be me again..." "I'll fix you someday..." You smile sadly at her.
"Alex, check that shop over there." You look at him and point in a direction. He nods and leaves. "So," You look at Oscar who was searching around for anything that could help. "Do zombies decay?" "Oh, of course!" Oscar's eyes widen. "You haven't seen how terrible some zombies look!" "Well yeah, you killed them before I could." You smirk and she smiles, giving two thumbs up. "Yeppers."
"Why haven't you decayed?" You question suddenly and her smile falls. "I have. It's... Slow, but... I can shape myself to fix it." "Ooh." You gasp and she nods. "It's pretty cool. Alphas don't have an exact form so if I get hurt, I can fix it." "Cool!"
"I'm going to go check the store next to this one." "Alright." You watch her leave then go back to searching. "C'mon!" You growl, knocking over big things to look behind them, and you were angry since you found absolutely nothing.
This day, wasted! Nothing found!
You angrily kick a little knocked down table. "Dammit!!" You growl but sigh, trying to calm down. "The day isn't over yet, Y/n... Hm?" You look up, hearing a low growling noise.
You look at the entrance, seeing a zombie. "Oh, I thought Oscar killed you all." You pull out your gun only to realize it wasn't there. "Uh, excuse me?!" You search everywhere on you and the zombie starts to run at you. You quickly dodge it and try to run to the entrance to escape it.
'If I scream then the others could hear me!' You think in your head, "But then other zombies could hear it too... Ugh, dammit!' You finally make it to the entrance, but the zombie manages to jump on you. "W-wha?!"
You both tumble to the floor and you scream, holding the zombie back. In a blur, the zombie was off of you and onto the floor, being ripped to pieces. "A-ah?!" You quickly sit up and scoot back, bumping into something causing you to squeak and look up, seeing Oscar. "O-Oscar?! That wasn't you that attacked that zombie?!"
Oscar looks down at you and helps you up. "No, it wasn't." She says and you try to look back to see who it was, but she covered your eyes. "H-huh?" "It's a gruesome sight, Y/n..." Oscar said, but she really only wanted to cover your eyes so you wouldn't know it was Alex who had saved your life.
When Oscar left, she saw Alex leaning on the wall with his arm. He looked to be in some sort of pain, which was obvious since he wasn't done changing. He begged Oscar to hide the fact that he was a zombie and Oscar just couldn't say no. Although it was such a dumb idea, she saw the pain in Alex's eyes when he thought of losing you because of something he didn't want to happen in the first place.
Oscar knew how terrible it was to be this beast and she pitied the man who only wanted a friend... She was just like him when she met you...
So now here she was, helping out the other alpha who wanted to take her best friend. Oscar sighs sadly. She didn't want to use you like her other side does. You're not a breeder, you're her best friend.
You gulp at the loud noises of the two until it died down. The zombie was probably, and finally, dead. Again.
After a while more, Oscar uncovers your eyes and you see the zombie was in pieces. "So much for shielding my eyes from the gruesomeness, hm?" You look at Oscar and smile. She pouts, "Sorry." "So, who did it?" You question and she shrugs. "They left so I don't know." "Oh..." You pout. "I'd of loved to say thank you..." You mumble. The only thing you saw from the beast was a black jacket... But you weren't fully focused because you were afraid so you could have been wrong.
"What happened?!" Alex rushes in and you look at him. "Alex, you're ok!" You run over and hug him causing him to blush. "U-uh, last time I checked, my direction wasn't the direction of a woman screaming..." "I-I know." You blush. "I-I meant, if I had a zombie then maybe you could have too!" "Nah, I'm fine!" He smiles and you smile back. "Good."
"Alright, enough." Oscar growls, separating you both. "Jealous~?" You tease and she glares at you. "S-sorry..." You look away and she rolls her eyes. "Let's keep searching."
~
Finally nighttime came but you all were still searching, not even realizing the time. Most of the time you all were having nice conversations actually. It felt nice, honestly. Like nothing bad ever happened. Then, you'd look around and see the blood and the mess and it brought you back to the sad truth. Earlier after Alex came in, you also realized he was all bloody. His mouth and hands were red all over but he said he was fine so you left it at that. You weren't in the nosy mood today.
Right now you were searching some more while Oscar was taking a short break. She wasn't tired but she found this really pretty glittery nail polish and just had to use it for herself. You, on the other hand, found it a huge waste of time but she was happy and that's all you cared for.
"I'm so gonna knock all those zombie boys and girls dead~!" Oscar says excitedly, absolutely loving the color of her nails. "Hell yeah you are." You say, lifting up a sheet to look under it. Nothing but roaches as they scurried away in fear.
You sigh and drop it. "We found nothing..." "Yeah, such a shame..." Oscar pouts but she really wasn't focused on the conversation, but instead looking for other nail polish she could take.
"Why did we check a beauty store...?" You question yourself then realize Oscar was the one that brought you all here. "Oh, right..." You shake your head in disappointment then gasp. "Perfume could work!" You look around, seeing Oscar had left to find other beauty products. "Alex?" You question and look around some more, seeing him sitting on the floor in a corner as he leaned back with his arms wrapped around him. He seemed to be in some pain which worried you...
You walk over. "Hey, you ok...?" You question and he nods. "Yeah..." He smiles at you, trying to make you less worried for him but it didn't really work so he gave up and looked away with a pained expression.
You pout and look down, biting your bottom lip. "I'll leave you be." You leave him alone, searching some more. Half an hour later, you sat on a little stool and watched Alex.
Something was definitely wrong... He covered his face with his hand, but you could already see the expression he was making.
'I thought he had a jacket...' You tilt your head a bit in realization. He had some jacket, you couldn't remember the color, but now it was gone. All you see now is his red and white striped shirt.
You sigh sadly, wishing you could help him. He'd help you if you were in pain... Maybe he was hungry...? You both haven't eaten since you left the bunker... 'We should head back...' You think in your head. What time was it anyway...?
Snapping out of your thoughts, you gasp. 'Where did Alex go?' You question, seeing his spot was now empty. You look around only to jump in surprise when you were hugged from behind. "Y/n~" He rests his head on your shoulder and you smile, going to look at him but he used his hand to cover your eyes. "Oh, not this again." "Oh, it's this again." He chuckles and you smile more at his childish behavior. "Alex, what do you want." "You~" He speaks in a low voice and you blush. "W-what?!"
"Just one kiss..." He whispers and his hand slides from the glass of your gas mask that was covering your eyes to the bottom of the gas mask. He grabs the bottom and your eyes widen. "Alex, what the hell are you doing?!" You grab his arm, trying to move it before he pulled the mask off. "One... Kiss..." He repeats in a very low voice and you scream, unable to remove his hand. The mask comes off slightly and you quickly cover your mouth and nose.
Alex snaps out of it and looks at you and the mask. "A-ah!" He quickly fixes it and jumps back. You stand up and glare at him. "What the fuck is wrong with you?!" You scream in anger as you grab a perfume and throw it at him. "Y-Y/n, calm down!!" He dodges it, holding his hands up in defense.
"Calm the fuck down?! Do you want me to be a mindless fucking zombie?! HUH?!" You throw more things. "I-I'm sorry!!! I-it... It was a joke!!" He lies and you growl at him. "FUCK YOU AND YOUR JOKING!"
Oscar rushes in, wondering what was going on. "Guys??" "This idiot tried to pull off my mask as a JOKE!!" You look at her and point at Alex.
Oscar growls and looks at Alex. "I-I..." Alex gulps. "I-I'm sorry..." That was all he could say. "We need to have a talk." Oscar goes over to Alex and tightly grabs his arm, dragging him out of the beauty store.
Once they were out, she lets go. "Alex! You need to control yourself!" "I-I'm sorry!" He pulls off his mask and starts to cry. "I-I can't handle it! S-she's just so... So..!" "I know! You think I don't feel it?!" "No, you don't!" Alex yells, clenching his fists. "What...?" Oscar stares at him in confusion. "Of course, I-" "I love her..." Alex whispers and Oscar keeps quiet. "You're right, I don't..." She mumbles. "I love Y/n, but not like that."
Alex wipes away his tears. "I-I'm in so much pain when she's around... It's because I'm fighting it for her... Oscar, please... I-I don't want to hurt her..."
Oscar stares at the poor boy as he cried. She sighs and closes her eyes then hugs him. "It's gonna be ok, Alex..." She says, rubbing his back to comfort him but it didn't help much. He kept thinking about almost turning you into a zombie from the gas. "I-I almost killed her..." "Sh... No more thinking about it..." Oscar mumbles, not wanting to think of losing her only best friend.
Oscar looks at Alex's face, seeing his eyes were red. They must have been that way when he tried to get you too... "Come on, Alex... Focus. Change." "Ok, ok..." Alex tightly closes his eyes, trying to think.
"Think of yourself... What you look like and who you are." Oscar says and Alex does just that. Pretty soon, he opens his eyes and they're back to normal. "Good job." She smiles at him. "Now, come on. A very angry girl is waiting for us." "Damn... Wish I could think that away too..." Alex chuckles and Oscar nods. "Me too, Alex... Me too..."
And with that, they head back into the beauty store where you were angrily waiting to yell at Alex some more for his stupidity.
