"I mean, like, does it matter what goes in the first cereal or the milk? It's going into the same organ no matter what they put in first!" Yozora exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air to emphasize the dramaticness of the topic. Soocheol, on the other hand, only laughed at her way of describing the situation while walking by her side.

"True, but most people say the milk goes in first." He said what he had heard and preferred.

Well, I just ate it. No milk, just dry cereal." The girl confessed her way of eating breakfast, leaving the boy with wide eyes.

"Aren't you just a menace to society, huh?" He chuckled, bumping shoulders with her, and she laughed along with her. Before they even knew it, they were at the footstep of their old hiding spot in the rest area, where the others were. But it seems a little off. No one was on guard duty above the building, and the doors were wide open.

They exchanged an uncertain look with each other before grabbing their riffles and moving in.

Slowly inspecting every corner and nook for any spheres.

Everything was wrecked inside. The whole place was a mess, with furniture and objects mindlessly thrown everywhere. It looks like they were attacked and had moved out in a rush.

She was feeling anxious as her mind drifted off to how the others might be or if they were alive and well.

Yozora spared a glimpse at Soocheol, as he had an empty tin can in his hand. Nodding his head once as a way of indicating he would throw it to gain the sphere's attention, he did. Seconds later, the snarling noises of the creatures got louder and louder as they started coming at them.

Without wasting time, they started firing at them from every direction. Making sure none of them got too close to them as they shot every single one of them.

Minutes passed as they got all of them safely. Their backs pressed against each other as they were shooting from the same spot.

"You okay?" Soocheol was concerned as he turned to her.

Yeah, Im fine-you?" She asked back, heaving a breath out of her system.

"Yeah..." He put his rifle away and sat by one of the chairs that were lying around while Yozora quickly went over to the vending machine. Reaching into it, she pulled out the walkie-talkie she had left for them to use for raiding, and one of them is now with them. A note stuck to it in hurried handwriting.

"We're moving to Seoul," It said as she removed it and switched it on before holding it close to her mouth.

"Star to Specs, do you copy? I repeat, Star to Specs, do you copy?" She spoke to the device, hoping for a response from the other side. Her foot tapped against the tile in anticipation, waiting for the other side to copy.

"Star to Specs, do you-" She was about to repeat herself just in case they didn't hear her properly when the other line spoke.

"Specs copying... Yozora, are you at the rest area? And is Soocheol there? Are you two okay? No one's hurt, right?" She bombarded her with questions, and before she could say anything more, the other side spoke up again.

Yah, Yozora, are you alright? You hurt anywhere? You better be okay or else Soocheol's going to get it from-" Bora talked about fighting for the small device to talk to the girl.

Yozora, are you okay? You're not hurt, right? Hey wait, I need to talk to her first. Yah Yah.

"Shut up Taeman and clean the gear." Soyeon scolded the boy and shoved him away to the side.

Ok, ok, guys, calm down. We're both safe, okay? Don't talk all at once; the signal won't reach properly if both lines are speaking." She learned from the earlier experience she had gained from staying with her friends before being here.

Alright, and yes, we are also fine. We are going to head towards Seoul after taking some rest. We are close to the resting area. Younshin left traces for you guys to follow. Copy," She quickly stated.

"Copied. We'll be heading to you soon, then." She lastly stated before attacking it to the waist band of her pants.

"C'mon, let's first find anything we could carry all of these in and head out." She said she was taking a step to do the same when he spoke up.

"But wait. I thought we agreed on clearing out the spheres." He said it in a furrow, as it was still in his mind to at least try and get rid of them by hand. Yozora walked over to him and took his hands in hers.

"I know and I still remember,but right now we need to keep moving. Besides, we've killed a lot these past few days; I'm sure more will come along, so don't think of it now, okay? Our safety matters too." She caressed his hands with her thumbs and pecked his cheek to make him feel better about the situation.

"Okay?" She asked him once more. Staring into his eyes for an answer.

"OKay..." He heaved a sigh and forced in a smile before parting ways to complete the task.

After about half an hour of searching and packing up, they were finally ready to leave the place.

They took everything they packed and left in hopes of reaching far before sundown.

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"Hey... Um, are we going to tell the guys about us, or should we talk about it some other time?" Soochul asked from beside Yozora as they walked along the lonely path of the road. Following the arror marks left behind and keeping an eye out for any spheres.

Uh, I think it would be best to tell them later, when things are more settled, you know." She said this after a moment of thinking.

"Okay, and what about the radio? We still don't know if they saw the footage or not."

"I don't know myself, but from how they spoke, they didn't sound any different."

"But they might be waiting to sort things out till we reach..."

"Still. The chances of things going well are quite high if you ask me-I mean,we explained our whole intention with all of this anyway."

"True. Oh well, let's just focus on getting back with them first and worry about the rest later."

"Agreed..."

To be continued🎐

Written: 03/08/23
Published: 03/08/23

OMG HI MY PPL IM SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG WITH AN UPDATE I FR FORGOT THIS BOOK STILL EXISTS AND THAT PPL ARE ACTUALLY WAITING OML 😭💔

AND IM ALSO SORRY FOR THE REALLY SHORT A$$ CHAPTER I PROMISE TO COME BACK WITH A LONGER AND MORE CUTE CHAPTER AS AN APOLOGY I LUV YOU GUYS BYE TAKE CARE ❤