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*Creak*

I stare cautiously at Nishiyama as he slowly opens the door. The simple door that kept us alive and starving for two weeks, although to us, it felt like an eternity.

Nishiyama was a novice at boxing before the apocalypse started, albeit he was a novice, the strength of his fists were through the roof.

Masaki was a professional at chess, he, from the start had perfect decision making although he is quite impulsive at times.

Meanwhile, me, I'm.. just me. I'm not talented at anything, I'm.. below average.

We walk through the halls terrified, the floor was stained with crimson blood, it had already dried but we could still smell the scent as if it were fresh.

Every step we made was filled with anticipation and fear, fear that a zombie would appear right behind a corner. We reached the staircase without a zombie pouncing at us.

Masaki and I looked at each other, our eyes showed a glint of understanding and we both stared at the bottom of the stairs.

We walked carefully, but something made us stop and freeze our feet. Masaki gasped, his face contorted and he covered his nose. I see Masaki's stare fixated ahead of us and I follow his eyes, I gasp. Fuck, a dead body? I try to cover my nose but I have already caught a whiff of the scent, my eyes widen.

'Eh?' I thought.

Nishiyama grit his teeth and decided to swallow his vomit, I... I don't know why their like this?

I can't smell anything, infact.. the scent.. It smells like roses?

Nishiyama whispered, "Isn't that Ma'am Eleanor..?"

"L-Lets check if she's dead or turned.." Nishiyama walked towards the dead body, Masaki's eyes widened, he grabbed his wrist and said in a low tone, "Are you dumb!?"

Nishiyama's rubber shoes screeched as Masaki suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"Hgh, you didn't have to do that!"

"Knowing you, you'd probably go anyway even If I told you!"

I grabbed Masaki and Nishiyama's shoulder and lip-synced, 'Don't fight here.'

As I was busy being the peace-maker, I hadn't noticed the broken finger of the corpse of our foreigner teacher, twitched.

"Lets go already, we shouldn't delay our purpose."

"..!!" Masaki's leg was gripped by the turned Ma'am Eleanor. I grit my teeth, my arms trembled. We all knew what'd happen if a Zombie bit you. I take a step forward but Nishiyama bashes Eleanor's head. I gulp, I thought, 'That was a close one.'

Masaki pulled his leg away successfully, he stepped away from her, He said, "The.. the zombie's legs are broken, kill her, Nishiyama."

Nishiyama grit his teeth, he said, "I-I can't, I had a crush on her.." Masaki stares at him, he says, "Really, so you still have a crush on her? even though now she's a dangerous, flesh eating monster that wanted to eat me alive a second ago?"

The undead Eleanor twitched her body, her arms trying to climb the stairs, as she did so, the blood she had on her body smeared the floor crimson red.

I was in a daze, I stared at the twisted body of Miss Eleanor. My nose twitched. T-The scent of her blood radiated here, I could smell the intense scent of roses. It smelled very pleasing, yet, I was disgusted that it came from a dead but alive, rotting body, crawling with maggots.

Nishiyama finally gathered his courage and repeatedly smashed Eleanor's head in, he closed his eyes tightly, trying to suppress both the scent of Eleanor's rotting body and his tears, his tears which remembered the kindness and the beauty of the human eleanor.

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