"An amusement park! I should've known" I mumbled as Namjoon climbed over the gate. The time the apocalypse broke out, the park was closed so hopefully there were not a lot of walkers inside.
"Do you need help?" He asked pointing to the gate. I shook my head and followed his tactics to climb over the gate. It was cool because I felt like I was doing parkour and jumped over to his side. It was unusually quite but I liked it. Of course the power supply was cut off through the whole park so none of the rides were working. Not a single person was walking around other than us.
I felt Namjoon grab my hand and start walking around. I looked around and felt unusually sad with no sight of other people. Normally, families would be walking around, kids eating their cotton candies and teenagers riding on the most horrifying rides.
"I didn't know you were the type to bring girls to an amusement park" I said trying to fill the silent void.
"Then what type do you think I am?" He asked, surprised.
"I don't know..." I started thinking. "The type to go to parties or bars" I shrugged. Namjoon laughed.
"I mean I would've done that if half the population would still be alive" He said.
Namjoon stopped in front of an enormous Ferris wheel. I stopped in my track and stared at him with wide eyes hoping he wasn't thinking what I was thinking. If this was his idea of a date I would punch him. I instantly made a U-turn and started walking the other way.
"Wait Sora!" He shouted after me.
"I am not going on that thing" I said pointing to the Ferris wheel. How was he going to make it move anyway?
"I want you to face your fears" He stated. "Do you really think you'd be able to survive this world if you can't climb, if you're afraid of heights?"
I stayed quite because he was right.
"Plus it's such a beautiful view up there, it's perfect for a date" He reasoned. I thought about it for a moment before looking up at it again. I guess it was worth a try.
"If I die, I'm going to kill you" I threatened and walked passed him. I know it didn't make sense but it was what my mind came up with at the moment. I stepped closer and examined how far up the highest cart was.
Namjoon grabbed my hand again and led me to the back of the wheel, where stood a safety ladder leading up to the centre of the wheel for workers to fix if something was wrong. "Just follow me" He said as grabbed onto the ladder and started climbing up.
I took a deep breath and followed him, carefully placing my foot in the first step. I was terrified but I had to pretend that it didn't affect because Namjoon kept looking down at me. "How are you doing?" He asked as he pulled himself up on the platform in the centre of the giant wheel. I kept my eyes closed and grabbed another step then hoisted myself up. It felt like hours, climbing up there and I kept getting this urge to look down and see how far the ground was.
"See? That wasn't so bad" He said as soon as he helped me get on the platform. I sent him a glare knowing it was the scariest moment of my life.
"Now what?" I asked, confused on how we were going to get to one of the carts. He had this evil smile on his face that made me shudder. He put his right foot on one of the long poles that ran through the middle of the wheel and started going sideways. He was grabbing onto the metal parts of wheel to prevent him from falling off and I gasped in shock. This whole thing was so dangerous what the hell was he thinking?
"Are you trying to get us killed?" I asked following him none-the-less. He shrugged and climbed into a blue cart. It was a 4 seater and held a large space for us to sit on. He helped me climb in as well and I finally let out a sigh of relief. "That was scary as fuck" I mumbled as I sat beside him and observed the view.
It was very beautiful, looking at the scenery from up there just like Namjoon had said. Although I kept thinking about how we were going to get down or how far high up we were, I felt like I had to make it seem like I was enjoying it. The man beside me had closed his eyes to feel the fresh wind blow on his face and looked like he was at the beach.
I nervously looked down then back at him wondering how long we were going to be up there. There goes my imagination of a perfect date. Namjoon sighed beside me and mumbled something alike 'aish this girl...' then smirked at me. I raised my eyebrow but then he stood up and started shaking the cart.
"NAMJOON WHAT THE FUCK" I started yelling at him as I tightly gripped the railing beside me. I started to shout at him to stop but he wouldn't listen. I felt so scared that I grabbed him instead and buried my face into his chest for no reason. If I was going to die falling, then so was he. He stopped shaking the cart and laughed loudly while I continued to hide my face in his chest. "I hate you" my voice came out muffled.
Later we climbed off the ride somehow and breathed out the biggest sigh of relief. Namjoon teased me about being scared and hugging him but I ignored him, keeping a sour face on to let him know that I was going to punch him if he came near me. He stayed 5 feet away from me from there on.
"Hey" Namjoon said, coming up to me an hour later. He handed me a canned drink (which hopefully wasn't expired) and sat down on a table.
"Where'd you get this?" I asked as I popped open the can and took a big gulp.
"I smashed the vending machine open" He shrugged.
"You really like smashing things don't you" I asked as I enjoyed my drink. He was drinking beer to my surprise while I drank Sprite because I still hadn't had my first sip of anything alcohol.
The day went by and slowly I started enjoying it. Namjoon kept trying to cheer me up and even apologized for the wheel thing but I didn't answer him, wanting to play hard to get. We decided to head home by sunset.
There were a few walkers walking on the roads but we didn't them any attention and quickly got into the car, wanting to avoid fighting while it was still a date. "So did you have fun today?" Namjoon asked just like any typical human being.
"If it weren't for the Ferris wheel then yes" I answered vaguely. He chuckled and drove to my grandmother's house. It was a nice evening and good first experience so I had a small smile on my face. Some may think I've changed a lot but trust me I'm only like this when I'm with Namjoon, because he's the only person I've ever opened up to. So it isn't going to hurt to be a bit nice.
Namjoon parked the car in the driveway and I looked out my window only to gasp in shock. The door to halmeoni's house was lying on the ground as if someone had broken it open and there was a trail of blood on the pathway. I instantly jumped out of the car and took out my pistol, sneakily walking up the steps so no one could hear me from inside.
From what it looked like, these were real functioning humans who had broken into her house because walkers weren't able to do that. They were too weak and had no idea people were living inside. I peeked into the empty hallway and almost dropped in shock when I saw all too familiar bodies lying on the floor. I dropped my guard instantly and ran over to them to make sure they were alive.
There, on the ground lay my sweet old grandmother and my cousin Bora with blood gushing out of their heads.
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