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As everybody was lining up for their rations for dinner, Suhyeok excused himself from the group saying that he doesn't feel like eating and that he's heading back to sleep early. But the group already knows what's up with him and just went with his reason even though they knew it's because of last night's revelations.
As soon as Suhyeok reached his shared quarters with Daesu, he immediately arrange his makeshift body of pillows and clothes under a blanket. After making sure that it was believable enough, he prepared the stuff he needed for his departure. Heat pad, jacket, water bottle, food and as he was enumerating in his head as to what he may have forgotten, his eyes stumbled upon a familiar lighter- Namra's. He immediately picked it up and chuckled as he remembered the event that led up to her giving him the said lighter. He forgot to return it to her and only found it again when they were inside the camp and was told to empty out their pockets and other belongings for disinfection. He still doesn't understand himself as to why he's keeping it but is thankful now that he did. He thought it would be a nice ice breaker if they meet again.
Suhyeok was making his way to rooftop when it dawned on him that he's not even sure if Namra's gonna be there or if she's still around the school grounds considering the last time they met, she said she has to go. Suhyeok's face crumbled in realization that Namra might be with that man he saw last night right now. He was about to go back when he realized that he is already at the rooftop's door so he decided to follow through with his plan and started making fire with hopes that Namra would show up.
Meanwhile...
Namra was about start her night patrol when she saw Cheongsan coming towards her and asked her.
"Hey, Namra. Are you about to start your patrol?"
"Yes. You're done with your patrol, right? How was the area you're assigned to? Were there still zombies in the area?"
"There's not much zombie around my area, we only encountered a few of them so the patrol today was easy."
"That's good. I gotta go. See you later."
"Actually, I wanna come with you."
Namra was confused because Cheongsan rarely accompany her in her patrol so she concluded that something was up with him so she asked him.
"Huh? Aren't you tired from your shift?"
"I'm only gonna accompany you to the rooftop. I'm not gonna be with you the whole time."
Cheongsan scoffed at her and that made Namra chuckled so she asked him again.
"What makes you think I'm gonna go there tonight?"
"Namra please. You may be the smartest in our class, you sure as hell suck at being discreet, you know? All of us knew you've been going there since the moment we created this "group". Plus, it didn't helped that you forbade everyone from going near the school premises. Did you really think we wouldn't see the bonfire from here? We also have enhanced senses, Namra."
Namra was dumbfounded after hearing what Cheongsan said but started walking towards what used to be the school grounds.
"You're right. Most of the time, I keep forgetting that I'm not the same person as I was before the zombies happened. The Namra that no one paid attention to. So I still do things thinking that no one would notice because I easily fade into the background around everybody. That's the reason why nobody knew I smoke until we were on the rooftop when you guys were having a hard time making fire."
Namra smiled remembering those fond memories. She thought about how weird it is to call it "fond memories" when they were literally fighting for their lives but that memory really stuck to Namra because that was the moment when she realized that she would do anything for them even if it meant she won't be with them anymore.
"The only thing I remember at that time was that you watched the others struggling to make fire and didn't offer the lighter until it was Suhyeok's turn."
Cheongsan said with teasing voice that made Namra blushed. The former only laughed at the latter's embarrassment, enjoying at the thought that Namra only shows any emotion whenever Suhyeok is mentioned.
"Stop making a big deal about it, that was so long ago!"
"Sure pres, whatever makes you sleep at night."
Both of them was still bantering until they were on the soccer field and stopped when they sensed something or rather someone. They looked up at the rooftop and saw a flickering light of what seems to be a bonfire before they looked at each other.
"Did you see anyone from our group come here? "
"Pres, we may be hambies but we still have some basic human comprehension. They respect you so they know not to come here."
"Then who could it be? I can only hear one heartbeat."
"Do you think it's Onjo?"
"I hope not, you know it's still not safe here."
"What about Suhyeok?"
"What about him?"
"The one being up there, duh? I swear to God Namra, you really lose all your cool whenever Suhyeok is mentioned."
"I do not and that's impossible, I made it clearly to him yesterday that we're just friends."
"You CLEARLY don't know Suhyeok then. He's an idiot but whenever he set his mind to something, he sure as hell follow through it. And I know he's like that with you so I'll bet you my breakfast tomorrow that it's Suhyeok up there."
Their voices were echoing towards the hallway and when they are at rooftop door, both of them stopped and glanced at each other. They can hear each other's rapid heartbeats in anticipation to who is the person behind the door.
"Isn't Onjo also stubborn? That means it could be her so fine, I'll take you up with that bet. I'll go check who it is first. You stay here. Our classmates thought you're dead so they might faint when they see you alive and is just like me. Just with more sass, I guess."
Namra said to lighten the mood and opened the door and left the shocked Cheongsan alone.