Hyunsu turns his back to you, body tense as he heard the voice in his head again, the monster reigned inside him through his sheer self control taunting him, making him overthink of how he could suddenly lose himself and hurt you and the others.

Everyone knew what he was, even you. A monster, the nosebleeds didn’t go unnoticed and it didn’t take the residents long to show their cowardice and point fingers at him, demanding him to leave. Eunhyuk decided against it since Hyunsu had yet to harm anyone, isolating him in one of the basement rooms.

The dark and dingy atmosphere did not bother him, as long as he was away from others, away from the possibility of hurting someone. Being alone was nothing new, before or after the apocalypse. But Hyunsu failed to realize he had someone now. And it was you, your trust in him after you found out more about him remained unwavering even as every other resident avoided him like a plague.

“Why….why are you here? It’s not safe for you to be here.”

If her really was a monster capable of harm, why was he anxious upon the mere sight of you? The stress in his demeanor was enough to bare witness to just how human he was.