SURVIVE

Chapter One: The Outbreak

Fingers tapping against the keyboard.

The occasional noise made by the microphone, as a voice recorded certain melodies, saving it into the machine, then blending them altogether.

A pen, making some noises as it writes lyrics onto a piece of paper, then some occasional scratching as it erases some letters or words from the ideas.

Jeon Soyeon leans back, stretching her sore muscles as she sighs, her finger inching over to a single key in her keyboard, ready to play the melody and the song guide she had been fussing over since this morning—

Her finger stopped over the keys, hovering over as she heard a series of beeps, indicating that the keypad lock to her door is being opened, as she raised her brow and turned around, wondering who would be the unannounced visitor—

Soyeon widened her eyes and smiled as she saw the familiar eyes of the person going in, immediately recognizing the person despite her mouth covered by a face mask and a bonnet over her head, as she had some plastics of food on her hands.

“Unnie!” Soyeon called out happily, as she took the plastics of food from the girl, who chuckled and patted the girl’s head, then proceeded to sit on the couch, removing her disguise and setting it beside her, wiping away some sweat with a tissue that Soyeon gave her.

“I brought some food for the hard-working producer in my team, Captain. The lady in the receiving area said she hadn’t seen you even get out of this studio of yours since you arrived here this morning.” Miyeon Cho said, the famous artist under Xion Entertainment, also where Soyeon is working as a producer, in charge of producing new songs for Miyeon to sing.

The two had been working together since high school, with Miyeon always featured in Soyeon’s mixes, which also is the reason why the two of them are working under the same company.

Miyeon chuckled as she watched her best friend eat like a child, occasionally wiping the mess she had made with some of the tteokbokki sauce, laughing as Soyeon sometimes breathed heavily because of the spiciness.

“So…” Soyeon started, as Miyeon turned to look at her, chuckling that the girl already finished the meal, as she raised a brow, waiting for what the girl would say.

“My older sister’s back in town.” Soyeon said, as Miyeon was taken aback for a moment, but decided to chuckle, leaning back, relaxed.

“And so?” Miyeon asked, as Soyeon sighed, scratching her nape nervously, afraid to look at Miyeon’s reaction.

‘It’s just that… I don’t want to lose you as a friend, unnie. You’re my only friend, the one I always want to be with despite our schedules conflicting with each other. I don’t want you to suddenly become distant—”

“Wait… You know you won’t lose me, despite you being related to that jerk—no offense.” Miyeon said, realizing that Soyeon had called her with a very serious, which means it must be something serious.

“None taken, she’s a jerk and I also admit that.” Soyeon said, chuckling as she brushed some stray hair to her ear.

“So... What does she want?” Miyeon asked, as Soyeon chuckled awkwardly, looking at Miyeon.

“She wants to meet up with you, and say sorry for everything, I guess? I just added the last part, she just said she wanted to meet you through text— “

“So, you haven’t met her at all? Gosh, that jerk— “

Their chattering was interrupted by a loud crash outside the studio, as Soyeon raised a brow, wondering if there was something happening outside. Her feet took her close towards the door, her hands inching above the handle to open it and look at the events unfolding outside—