A/N: Does anyone know any good hwang jun-ho fanfics? (you know... the police man in squid game😂😂)
"No one's coming here to save us"
I looked at Nam-ra.
"Why do you have to be so pessimistic?" Joon-yeong asked.
"Don't you know my mom? She would've torn the school apart looking for me, but she isn't here yet." Nam-ra continued.
"So, what do you want to do?" Ji-min asked.
"I'm just trying to point out the facts"
I felt a hand slide across my back and hold my waist.
I turned to Su-hyeok, who was smiling at me, before winking.
I hid my own smile and just raised my eyebrows at him before turning to Nam-ra again.
"We all know that no one's coming. So I think we should just figure out what we're gonna do next." Ji-min stated.
"We have to wait to be rescued. We can't leave somewhere safe to go somewhere dangerous." On-jo said.
"And what if nobody comes?" Nam-ra asked, making On-jo turn to her.
"We haven't been waiting that long yet."
"How long do you think we have to wait? Do you think we should wait until we die?"
"No" I stepped in.
Nam-ra's head turned to me and I could see her expression soften when she looked at me.
"Let's just wait as long as we can" I suggested.
"Yeah, there's no way we can go out right now, anyway" On-jo continued for me.
"It's probably because it's nighttime" Su-hyeok uttered.
"I'm sure somebody will come in the morning, maybe. There are a lot of choppers flying around. Let's just wait until tomorrow and we'll see"
Everyone nodded.
***
Opening my eyes, I felt sunlight blind me a bit.
I had fallen asleep against a cupboard.
I looked around to see no one awake yet and I decided to stand up.
Suddenly a hand pulled me back and I fell to the ground again.
I looked over my shoulder to see Su-hyeok leaning against the same cupboard as I was, half asleep while pulling me back to him.
I noticed that I had his jacket draped across the two of us.
"Su-hyeok" I whispered, trying to wake him up.
I saw Cheong-san awake in his chair and looking at me.
As I felt Su-hyeok pulling me back into his embrace I couldn't help but notice that he had changed out of his shoes and his bare feet were sprawled across the floor.
Bare-su really suited him.
I looked back up at Cheong-san.
"Hi" I whispered, not knowing what else to say.
"Hey"
He then signalled me to go back to sleep, so I let myself lean against Su-hyeok again while closing my eyes.
***
After everyone had woken up, they all went to sit at the desk, except for Su-hyeok, me, Cheong-san and Ji-min.
Su-hyeok and I were still sitting against the cupboard together as Cheong-san and Ji-min were at the windows.
"They'll come for us eventually" On-jo's voice broke the silence.
"How long do we wait?" Hyo-ryeong asked.
"Until they come"
Cheong-san walked over to On-jo and Nam-ra.
"There's no guarantee they'll come, though" I sighed.
Su-hyeok grabbed my hand and smiled comfortingly when I looked at him.
"Don't lose hope" he smiled.
On-jo also turned to me:
"Besides, I don't think that you want to go out there"
Ji-min turned around from her spot at the window.
"Even if they come, they won't find us if they don't know we're here."
"Well, we can put a sign up for help."
"How?"
"I remember my dad taught me a signal that's used internationally."
"What is it?" Hyo-ryeong wanted to know.
"It was...red and blue arranged together to create some sort of a pattern." On-jo tried to explain.
Nobody really knew what was meant with that.
"Maybe we could just write SOS on a curtain or something?" I suggested.
"Yeah, let's do that" On-jo replied, nodding.
"We can't last long, anyway" Nam-ra spoke up.
"Three minutes without oxygen, three days without water, three weeks without food."
"What's that?" Su-hyeok asked.
Nam-ra looked at me, as if she wanted me to say it.
"It's how long a person can survive, Su-hyeok" I said as he looked at me.
"It's only been a day, you know. We have to try the best we can" On-jo tried making the situation better.
I smiled at her for her efforts.
"We'll show signs of dehydration today and we won't be able to move by tomorrow." Nam-ra stated.
"What are you trying to say? Are you saying we should go out, or... are you saying we'll die anyway, so we shouldn't bother doing anything?" On-jo asked.
Nam-ra stayed silent for a while.
"I don't know" She then said.
"Then don't say anything" Ji-min rudely said.
"Hey, stop it. She's just trying to say that we need to understand the situation to be able to take action...right?" I told her.
Ji-min snapped her head towards me as she gave me a cold stare.
Nam-ra nodded.
"Yes, that's right"
"Well, I totally agree with that. We need more information to decide whether to wait, run or get out." Cheong-san stepped in.
"What can we find out on this situation and also, how?" Dae-su asked, nervously smoothening his hair.
"We can check online if we have a cell phone" Cheong-san suggested.
"But we don't" Su-hyeok uttered.
My eyes widened as an idea crept into my mind.
"The teacher's office" I stood up from the ground, seeing Su-hyeok's expression telling me to come back into his hug.
I walked towards Cheong-san.
"Phones have to be there. It's our only chance to get help" I stated as I walked to the window.
I heard Su-hyeok jump up from the ground, as Nam-ra, Cheong-san and On-jo stood up from their chairs.
I climbed onto a windowsill.
"Y/n" I heard Su-hyeok say as I looked out of the window.
His tone made it clear, that he wanted me to stop.
The teacher's office is so close.
I turned to the others, determined.
"Two rooms across and one floor down. Then we're at the teacher's office"
"She's right" Cheong-san said, stepping closer to the window.
On-jo looked at the two of us, worry clear on her face.
"No, you shouldn't go" On-jo told us.
"If I can't make it, I'll just come back, you know?" I shrugged.
"I'll come with you" Cheong-san announced.
"No. It's too dangerous" Ji-min said.
"You don't need to worry" I chuckled.
"I'm not worried, I'm pissed off at you"
"Fine" I said and stepped onto the thin ledge outside of the window, hearing Cheong-san follow me.
I took a deep breath.
Don't Look down, Y/N.
Don't Look down.
Just don't.
Biting my lip I tried to calm my fear of heights.
Soon after, Su-hyeok was also outside.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him, confused.
"I just want to help you two"
As I slowly continued walking across the ledge, I slipped lightly.
I held onto the rim of the window tighter.
"Careful, N/n" Cheong-san said.
I breathed in and out, composing myself from the sudden shock and continued.
I stopped as I heard Cheong-san talk to Su-hyeok:
"Why do you keep following me?"
"I'm not following you" Su-hyeok smirked as he nodded at me, making Cheong-san roll his eyes.
I laughed a bit before continuing to creep my way across the outside of the building.
Now I needed to pass a column that was directly next to me.
"Careful" Su-hyeok was also reminding me.
I peeked into the room from the outside, only to be met by a sight of a hoard of zombies crowded in the room.
I quickly pressed my body back against the wall behind me.
"Can we go in?" Cheong-san asked.
I rapidly shook my head.
"Come back" Su-hyeok ordered and I listened to him as he and Cheong-san backed up.
"What should we do now?" Cheong-san asked.
"Let's hang by our hands and go across"
"Are you kidding me?" I groaned, knowing I would never be able to hand by a ledge this thin.
"No, I don't mean that" Cheong-san cleared up.
Thank you.
"What were you and On-jo talking about on the stairs?"
Wait what?
"What do you mean?" Su-hyeok asked.
"When Hyeon-ju was taken to the hospital, me and Y/n saw you two talking"
Oh, now I remember.
"How is that important right now?" Su-hyeok asked.
"Just tell me"
"Why, do you want to know if she asked me out or something?"
I snapped my head towards him.
"What?" I asked, frowning.
"No, no! That's not what I meant...I. Ugh, no she doesn't like me, okay?!"
I raised an eyebrow.
"She told me she likes you, Cheong-san."
"You're lying, quit it"
"You asked and I answered honestly"
"Forget it"
I rolled my eyes at the two boys.
"Come on, Y/n. Go" Cheong-san nudged me.
"Wait, really?" I asked, dreading the next thing I had to do.
But it was inevitable and soon the three of us were hanging by the ledge and slowly making our way across the wall.
Cheong-san was nice enough to go before me.
Finally, I arrived at the end, behind Cheong-san and the three of us had to squish onto a piece of the gutter.
I saw Cheong-san looking into the window of the teachers office.
Then we started hearing wailing coming from inside.
Though, the zombies inside didn't move.
My hands started slipping off of the gutter.
"Shit" I whispered, trying to hold on.
Then I felt a hand steady me by my waist.
I looked up into Su-hyeok's eyes, feeling my breath starting to fasten.
But I quickly snapped out of it.
Cheong-san slowly slid the window open as he crouched down on the ledge.
He made a loud noise and I cringed, knowing that the zombies must have heard this.
But they began running into the opposite direction and out of the room.
We immediately used this opportunity to climb into the office.
As we crouched onto the floor, we began moving through the room like this.
Suddenly Cheong-san stopped as we heard a thumping sound.
"What is that sound?" I asked as quietly as possible.
"I don't know, let's go see" Cheong-san said.
End of chapter 14
~Brianna