03 It's my area (2)
Are you a kid?
I wanted to ask. It seemed childish, like drawing a line on the desk and saying, "This is my territory, so don't come over!" I graduated from that kind of territory play a long time ago. But if I uttered those words, I felt like I'd be chopped off by that axe in his hand. His axe already bore countless marks, and his eyes were blazing with annoyance. So it was a reasonable expectation. Fortunately, maybe it was because everyone else was thinking the same thing, so they kept their mouths shut and said nothing. They were all obviously nervous.
Everyone was tense, but only Yoon Jeong-han was smiling faintly. It was as if he was enjoying the situation.
…Is he really crazy?
“Hey, I asked you. What are you guys?”
He asked again, his patience reaching its limit as he waited for our answers. Judging by the strength in his grip on the axe, he seemed determined to chop us down if we didn't answer this question. "I don't want to die like this," I said. Just as I was about to open my mouth, Yoon Jeong-han blocked my path. Until just a moment ago, I'd only noticed his handsomeness, but seeing his back from this close up, I felt a sense of solidity. Perhaps it was because he was biologically male.
“Are you the kid from the school next door? Your name is Choi Seung-cheol.”
“What? How do you know that?”
The eyes of the boy called Seungcheol seemed to be gradually loosening, perhaps intrigued by Yoon Jeonghan, who knew him. He must be letting his guard down around us. But don't you usually become more cautious when someone knows you? Apparently, this guy wasn't exactly normal. Well, where could a normal person be in this apocalypse? But it seemed like there still were. Lee Seokmin was terrified. That's how you react when you encounter a zombie. I was like that at first, and he's probably still terrified now. I'm scared myself, but how could Lee Seokmin, who looked so obviously timid, not be scared in this situation? Still, since we'd already given our names today, I was worried, so I turned my head slightly to look at Seokmin. As expected, he was faintly trembling with fear. His face was already pale. But Yoon Jeonghan didn't pay any attention to Seokmin. Was this what a business relationship was?
“You’re famous, aren’t you? I’m Yoon Jeong-han. The kids here are my juniors and friends I just met. They’re from the school next door, so why don’t we get to know each other a little better?”
“I don’t like it.”
He refused firmly, not even pretending to care. Yoon Jeong-han smiled faintly and said,
“Then are you going to kill us?”
“Leave everything you have in your hands here and go. Then I won’t kill you.”
“What if you don’t like it?”
“I have to die.”
It seemed like the situation I'd been worried about was about to unfold. Those two were determined to fight until one of them died. Since they were both meeting for the first time today, I wasn't particularly emotionally shaken, but I still didn't want to see Yoon Jeong-han, who had already declared his identity and told me he liked me, die. Perhaps that's why, without realizing it, I lunged at Choi Seung-cheol just as he was about to swing his axe. I probably thought I could barely block the axe with my sword. I really thought I could. I don't know what gave me the confidence to believe I could stop an axe swinging from someone much larger than me. Anyway, I lunged at him and helplessly got my arm grazed by the axe. Fortunately, it didn't hit me. Choi Seung-cheol swerved just as it was about to hit my arm, and it only grazed me. Still, the axe wound caused a frightening amount of blood to flow out.
“Ha… shit… it hurts.”
Choi Seung-cheol frowned for a moment. It seemed he had no intention of killing me. Judging by the way the axe swung when I lunged at him, Choi Seung-cheol seemed to be a man with a weakness for women.
"what……"
But the one who was most flustered and panicked here wasn't me, the injured party, but Yoon Junghan. It wasn't a minor injury, but it was still just a graze. Well, there was a lot of bleeding, but thanks to Soonyoung ripping my clothes to stop the bleeding, it was fine. Still, Yoon Junghan lunged at Choi Seungcheol, his face filled with rage. As if he was going to kill him at any moment. Even if we were in an apocalypse, I didn't think it was right to kill each other indiscriminately, so I blocked Yoon Junghan's path. Yoon Junghan's face was still filled with rage. I couldn't believe such emotions could be expressed on such a pretty face.
“Why are you so angry? I’m the one who got hurt.”
“Because it’s you……!!!!”
Yoon Jeong-han got angry for a moment, then took a breath and continued speaking calmly.
“Because it’s you… Because you’re hurt…”
I couldn't understand what he was saying. Of course, I couldn't understand his actions either. We just met today, and why was he so sensitive to my hurt feelings, even getting angry? It was as if we'd met before.
like……
As if I had experienced my own death.