Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

"It's nothing, you really don't have to go this far to thank me. We should focus on leaving."

Jin-woo fidgeted due to the amount of gratitude washing over him, after all, he was partly the reason they were in this situation in the first place. He didn't know how they would react when they found that out, so he rather not have them thank him like this.

Unlike the young students, the two female and three male teachers were more composed as they thanked Jin-woo. They then did their best to settle down the forty or so students, before directing them to leave.

Jin-woo also advised them to stick to either side of the hallway as they moved while he stood at the center since he had a gun.

One of the male teachers suggested that Jin-woo hand over the gun and he would stay in the center to protect everyone, but Jin-woo rejected the idea, and to avoid anyone questioning his eligibility to hold a gun, he mentioned that his father was in the Marines and had taught him how to use it.

The teacher relented after a while, but Jin-woo could see that he only made such a suggestion because he realized Jin-woo's exhaustion as well as his dislocated arm and wanted to help.

So, with Jin-woo at the center, while the others remained on either side of the hallway, everyone quickly made their way down to the ground floor.

However, unbeknownst to the students and teachers, Jin-woo was only paying attention to the front, and would only turn his head to the back occasionally to check on Seong who was tasked to watch their rear.

Like this, the group made it to the ground floor with the cafeteria just around the corner of the last staircase.

"I'm going to go rescue Ah-yong on the fourth floor before heading to the west wing to escort the others. The cafeteria is filled with zombie corpses so after barricading the doors you would have to clean it. Just put the bodies inside the walk-in freezer at the back. Oh, and remember not to drink the water at the pipes, it contains the zombie virus."

After giving his lengthy instructions to the students and teachers at the bottom of the stairs, Jin-woo turned and rushed up the steps once again to head, this time, to the fourth floor.

Everyone watched as Jin-woo sped up the stairs with his arm in a sling while complex expressions played on their faces. By now all of them had realized how exhausted Jin-woo was after he escorted them here. Several times did they thought he would collapse after seeing him slightly sway, but each time he stubbornly persisted.

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Perhaps it was because of this stubbornness that none of the teachers felt they would be able to convince him to rest and let them do the escorting.

"Come on, let's go, let's go."

One of the male teachers said while ushering the students around the corner and into the cafeteria. However, as they locked the metal doors, faint sounds of vomiting could be heard drifting into the hallway. Obviously, a few students couldn't handle the gruesome sight inside, which unfortunately added to the cleaning workload.

Meanwhile, Jin-woo was briskly walking down the hallways heading to the stairs leading to the third floor under Seong's direction.

Seeing Jin-woo's slight increase in pace, Seong was first taken aback, but thinking of something a sly smile formed on his lips before he said.

"Whoa, whoa, hold on Jin, it's not like Ah-yong is going to run away, no need to be so hasty."

Upon hearing this, Jin-woo's face reddened slightly as he indeed felt a bit of excitement when he thought about meeting Ah-yong. However, Seong's words didn't make his pace lessen.

Seong chortled and then spoke again, this time as if he was an experienced dating coach.

"Remember Jin, you can't show your impatience in front of Ah-yong, it'll make you look desperate. You're tired right now which is good. After reaching just pant a bit more heavily after opening the door. If Ah-yong offers to help deny it at first, and instead ask her if she's okay. This would make her first impression of you increase by a notch, and first impressions are everything!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

After that you're going to throw out the hook while escorting her by swaying and then leaning against the wall, remember to make it look natural. If Ah-yong approaches you to offer help for a second time, then that means she's a good girl that repays the kindness shown to her. It also confirms she has a good impression of you!

With this confirmation, you can reel in the hook and accept her proposal to let her help you. She will definitely feel satisfied that she was able to repay a bit of the kindness you showed her. However, she will ultimately feel that it's not enough and will think of other ways to help you. Now this is where you go in for the kill!

Using her kindness and willingness to repay you, just directly confess your feelings, and before she could voice a response just interrupt her with a long and passionate kiss. Remember to make sure you two are alone so that this kiss will have a chance to lead to something more, like touching, removing clothes, or even having s-"

"Wait, stop, stop, stop. What are you even suggesting when we're still students?!"

Jin-woo was actually listening to Seong's advice seriously at first, however, upon hearing the mention of kissing his expression became skeptical, but then the last sentence he heard caused him to become utterly dumbfounded.

A time skip! Wasn't there supposed to be a time skip somewhere in there to when they were older?

Not backing down, Seong looked at Jin-woo and said with an overly serious expression.

"Jin, my consultation isn't a joke! It's a strategy meant to build a natural and harmonious relationship that will eventually help our nation strive to revitalize our declining birthrate! Not to mention how this apocalypse will affect said birthrate, yes, it's immoral and hasty, but at a time like this we need all hands-on deck in creating the next generation that will be the future hope!"

"Shut up! Stop talking right now!"

Jin-woo's slightly pale face was so red that he looked like a tomato. He immediately attacked Seong, trying to get him to shut up. However, with only a flicker Seong disappeared and reappeared further down the hallway.

"Jin, stop diddle-daddling, Ah-yong is waiting for you~"

"Seong!"

Jin-woo almost yelled but managed to let out a harsh whisper instead. He let his glare do the yelling.

"I almost forgot how much I hate it when you try to embarrass me, and you really shouldn't be joking about stuff like that!"

Still with a serious expression on his face, Seong said.

"I would never joke about my best friends' future kids. After all, they're my future nieces and nephews as well."

Jin-woo gritted his teeth, his steps still kept at the same pace as before. While glaring more fiercely at Seong as he approached him, Jin-woo said through his gritted teeth.

"If you mention anything about kids or baby-making action again, I'll make you walk around the Third Dimension in your underwear— No, completely naked!"

Seong wanted to laugh at the words 'baby-making action,' but he managed to keep it in. With purse lips he made a motion of zipping his lips shut as Jin-woo turned the corner passed him; all while still shooting him a glare.

After Jin-woo walked past, Seong started skipping behind him while humming a random tune. However, though this tune sounded random to outsiders, in Seong's mind it was a song about a man and a woman getting together in the apocalypse and performing baby-making actions to have children.