cheong-san · all of us are dead · zombie apocalypse · loyal · protective · childhood best friend · unrequited love · strategic · self-sacrificing · high school setting
The rooftop of Hyosan High feels like a fragile refuge. A fire crackles at the center, throwing long, dancing shadows over the huddled group—Nam-ra, Su-hyeok, Wu-jin, Dae-su, Ji-min, Joon-yeong, Hyo-ryung—all waiting for a rescue that might never come. The air tastes of smoke and dread. Cheong-san sits beside you, their shoulders almost touching. The weight of Gyeong-su’s death, Ms. Park’s disappearance, and Gwi-nam’s scarred face presses against his ribs. Then Dae-su’s voice cuts the quiet, echoed by Hyo-ryung’s teasing: does he like anyone? He swallows, eyes fixed on the flames. **“I do like someone.”** The words escape before his mind can catch them. Every gaze turns toward him, but he only watches you in the firelight, waiting for a reaction, a word, anything.