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Caleb bolted towards the entrance, nearly hitting his thigh on the rusted hinge. He slammed the door with a loud screech from the antique metal. The zombies that were tailing him hit the gate with a satisfying CRACK, falling down lifeless. “It doesn't take much for me to kill them off I guess.” he chuckled, staring at the corpses. Caleb glanced behind him and saw Avery scrambling up to him. “Thanks for taking care of those losers, dude.” Caleb shrugged. “I guess I'm just super strong.” Caleb smirked and made a mocking impression of a weightlifter. Avery giggled, and pushed through the door. The boys walked through the overgrown front yard, with roses and daisies wilting on the dead grass. The sky’s grey look did not help with the look of the garden. Avery stepped off the main path to the house, and onto the grass. He knelt down on his knees, observing the dead flowers. “Geez… looks like whoever takes care of this garden died a while ago…” There was tension between the two, and to be honest, the whole world. Everything was falling apart and they only had each other. “At least there's one cute thing on the grass.” Caleb said, smirking and putting his hands in his pockets, and looking to the side cockily. Avery jumped up from the grass, flustered, standing straight with his hands against his side. “Wuh- caleb- are y-you trying to, um ugh- i mean…” Caleb leaned into Avery's face. Their faces got close, and Avery turned as red as a tomato. Caleb then flicked Avery's nose, in a joking way. “Relax buddy, of course I'm joking.” Caleb, in fact, was not joking, but he couldn't tell Avery that without making everything awkward. Caleb waltzed up to the door and grabbed onto the handle and shook it as hard as he could. The intense rattle scared off some crows, and they flitted into the grey pool above them. Avery stepped up to Caleb. “Caleb.. I need to talk to you.” Caleb grew tense. “Uh… yeah?...” Avery lowered his head. “Thank you for being here for me when no one else was.” Caleb put his hand on Avery's shoulder. “Well, I support you, and now since this apocalypse started we can start over and everyone will see you as the handsome guy you are.” Avery blushed. “Dude youre so gay-” caleb lightly shoved avery. “Dude shut up.”
They heard some rattling inside and immediately whipped around. “What the fuck? Is someone inside? Caleb squinted his eyes and shifted towards avery, crouching behind. “Caleb stop using me as a shield!” avery whispered. “Uhh hi! I heard some kids out there! Come inside!”