'A minute ago, he seemed to be dead, but now he was not. His whole body was shaking, he was twitching. His jaw looked dislocated and wide open, showing his bloodstained teeth and torn tongue. His eyeballs, bloodshot, rolled in their sockets and his...
"Go out?", Seokjin contemplated on the fact for a while. When Jungkook saw that Seokjin was not saying anything, he overlapped.
"I don't wanna starve to death in here. I'm going out."
Jungkook's gaze was fixed on Seokjin's head, which was hung low now, as he waited for a reply. Seokjin lifted his head and looked back at Jungkook, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but nothing audible came out.
Jungkook sighed, he stood up and walked towards the door. He flinched a little when his skin touched the cold metal handle of the door. He turned his head around to look at other's faces, fear written in everybody's eyes. He slowly twisted it and pulled the door open to see nothing.
There were no creatures in sight, neither did he hear anything. He stepped out of the bathroom slowly and looked all around, still nothing.
He quickly stepped back inside the bathroom.
"There's nothing out there. I didn't see anything.", he whispered, closing the door slowly and quietly.
"I guess they're all gone.", he said. "I hope they're all gone."
Yes, hope was a very important factor.
"Okay, come on then... Let's go get something to eat.", Seokjin declared and the rest of them stared at him. He had made up his mind. He couldn't let fear take over. He had already faced them once, he could do it again, or at least he hoped.
Hope.
He quickly stood up and started putting his shoes on, putting extra effort into tying his shoelace, you might never know when you have to run.
"Wait... We're going now?", Hoseok asked, surprised, his eyes as big as they could get.
"Yes... If not now, then when?", Seokjin said, his focus still on tying his shoelace.
"I think Hoseok, Jungkook and I should go.", Seokjin suggested, after making sure that his shoelaces were tied taut ready to go.
"What about me?", Taehyung furrowed his eyebrows, his lips in a small pout.
"You can stay here with me. Won't you?", Yoongi suddenly held onto Taehyung's hand, which made Taehyung change his mind.
Yoongi was afraid, his recent near-death experience with one of the creatures was not something you could forget in a blink and Taehyung knew it.
Hoseok stood up and stretched his body, his muscles felt stiff and weak. He looked up to the ceiling as if he was praying something and then sighed.
"Come on! Let's go!"
The three of them quietly stepped out of the bathroom into the dim atmosphere of the supermarket. Taehyung wished them luck and locked the door from inside. They were to knock on the door three times when they returned, only then Taehyung would open it.
Seokjin looked straight ahead and saw the place where he had assaulted that creature last time, with a frying pan. The frying pan was still there but the creature was not, but some residue of the dark red discharge from its mouth still remained.
The odour was revolting, but they managed to move through with their shirts pulled up to their faces. They had to get food and water quickly and get back inside before something undesired happened. So, they decided to check in the supermarket staff's kitchen, which was quite near to the bathroom.
Seokjin found water bottles on the way and crouched down on the floor to pick as many as he can, while Jungkook kept a watch on the surroundings about them. Hoseok had gone into the kitchen to find food.
A few minutes passed by and Hoseok was still not coming out.
"What in the hell is taking him so long?", Jungkook whispered, biting his lips. Seokjin shrugged his shoulders.
"You go in, I'll stay watch.", Seokjin sighed after waiting a few more minutes and Jungkook slowly walked towards the huge grey kitchen doors.
The doors were closed, but the two big glass-covered openings on them revealed what was inside and he could see Hoseok standing in the farthest corner from the doors.
But something was not right.
Hoseok was standing perfectly still, his eyes fixated on something inside the kitchen.
Jungkook slowed down his steps and slowly pushed open one of the doors.
"Hoseok?", he whispered.
Hoseok suddenly snapped his head to Jungkook and signalled with his hand to stop walking. Jungkook noticed how tense Hoseok looked, the veins popping out his forehead, he was barely breathing.
Hoseok turned his head back to his front and gulped slowly and that's when Jungkook saw them.
Two of those creatures standing right in front of Hoseok, a few feet away, turned away from him, leaning onto the wall.
"Oh fuck."
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Hey guys, how's the story till here? As I said earlier, this book's gonna have like 26 chapters and I'm almost done writing it. I hope you're liking the book and I love all of your comments.
Today is a very important day for me cuz my results are coming out, it decides my future. I'm really tensed, I hope I'll get a good rank. I really need all of your prayers. Thank you.
Anyhoo, next chapter will be out on 1 October, 2020.
Love, PAPRIKA 💜
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