being an insomniac teen was definitely saving you in this 'sleep or you die' scenario, sure you were tired, it's been about 24 hours by now, but you couldn't sleep anyways so at least that was good, plus the epidemic didn't seem to affect animals, so at least you still had your pet!

you were out looting some empty stores for energy drinks and food, listening to music in your headphones to keep you more or less alert, although because of that you couldn't hear someone behind you.

a man, one that's been sent by the small group of survivors they had to fetch some drugs (mostly modafinil), along with cigarettes, food and water. and possibly find someone, anyone else, who wasn't dead. and as soon as he saw you in the store scavenging the shelves, he paused in his tracks