My Juniors Is My Protector
9. It's Not Your Fault

After hearing all the stories of Haruto, he felt that he also fared the same as himself because he had lost several times their loved ones, Gaeul then invited Haruto to go home so that he could rest

"We better go home, so you can rest first" Gaeul said, holding Haruto's hands

"Hm, you're right" Reply Haruto nodded

"Good! you're a good brother!" Gaeul stroked Haruto's hair gently

"Sister?" Haruto muttered softly

"Yes, sister! didn't you say yourself that you were younger than me, so I could call you with a sister's call?" Gaeul said with a smile

"Hm,. all right, brother!" Reply Haruto returned Gaeul's smile

"Come on!" Gaeul invites Haruto to get out of the place and take a taxi and return to Gaeul's house

Arriving at Gaeul's house, Haruto is a little surprised why he was taken to Gaeul's house instead of his own

"Hey, why did you bring me to your house?" Haruto asked in astonishment

"Looking at your current condition, it seems like you can't stay alone just yet, so you should stay here for a while" Gaeul explained

"Huh? you think I'm a kid??" Haruto said in a sharp tone

"Yes, you're still so small! so you must obey my orders! besides, my age has entered the adult phase compared to your little one! Ahhaha!" Gaeul mocked Haruto with a laugh

"Hmm, Yasudah, I will obey you for a while, when technically you and I are only different Less than two years" Haruto said in a flat tone

"Have²! Now let's go in! and clean yourself up! then get some rest!" Gaeul said then they came in

When entering the house, Gaeul did not find her grandmother even though before she left the grandmother was still in her house

"Mis?? grandma?" Call Gaeul looking for his grandmother in the whole corner of the room

"Gaeul's? why are you looking for your grandmother? she's okay, right?" Ask Haruto

"So, before I went to see you, my grandmother was still here, and why she had disappeared now" Gaeul replied

"Maybe your grandmother went out to buy something" replied Haruto

"Let's know, maybe what you said is true but my grandmother never left before telling me she was leaving" Gaeul said, then sat in her chair

While chatting, a news outlet reported that there was an explosion at the South Korean branch of the Phoenix laboratory, located in Seoul, and while reporting the news suddenly from behind the reporter saw some people running, but some of them looked strange and suddenly the reporter was attacked by someone who then bit his neck, it was recorded directly by the cameraman who then immediately ran to his car and the footage ended

"What the fuck was that??" Gaeul looked curious

"The person who attacked the reporter just now looked like a starving, bloodthirsty beast, and. like a zombie.." Haruto said as he looked at the TV

"What?? A zombie?? Is that true??" Gaeul was shocked half in disbelief

"Yes, Zombies! as we saw in the movies that the incident we just saw was like a zombie, but maybe he contracted some kind of rabies, like a dog biting a human with its saliva containing rabies" Haruto replied with a serious look

"If what you're saying is true, then what should we say now?" Gaeul asked looking agitated

"The point is we don't panic first, we better buy some groceries now if it really happens, and we can stay here for a week" Haruto replied

"We'll go look for him together after the supermarket" Haruto replied

The two then rushed to the supermarket and bought some groceries such as 4 raw meat, vegetables and two boxes of mineral water, after which they returned home by taxi

"Let's go find your grandma!" Haruto and Gaeul nodded

But as he walked out of the house, he saw a mother running towards him in a hurry

"Son!" Call the mother while talking

"What's wrong, ma'am??" Ask Gaeul

"Your grandmother..grandmother..you..." Answer the Mother

"What??!!" Gaeul was shocked and silent

"What does she mean, Mom??" Haruto asked, asking

"Look, kid, an hour ago there were some people in white clothes taking your grandmother by force, maybe taking her somewhere, but that was when she just got home from work, mom saw a dead body figure lying on the side of the road, and it was Gaeul's grandmother!" The mother replied explaining then took her cellphone and showed a photo of the corpse which was Gaeul's grandmother

Haruto and Gaeul immediately saw the photo, Gaeul also reflexively covered her mouth with both palms and tears

"grandmother..." Gaeul said softly, Haruto immediately grabbed Gaeul and stroked her

"The strong! you must be strong!" Haruto calms her down

"Mother go first, you guys should also get in as soon as the people in town start acting weird and biting each other, like zombies!" Said the mother then left

Half an hour later, Gaeul had started to calm down even though he was still crying as much as he wanted, Haruto cooked him a warm soup and a cup of tea

"Eat first, you'll get sick" Haruto said as he placed a tray containing a bowl of warm soup, but Gaeul shook his head

"If you don't eat, you'll only get sick and continue to torture yourself" Haruto continued, stroking his back

"But grandma is no more, what am I living for? I have no one else..." Gaeul stared at the soup on the table blankly

"You still have me, at least for now you have to eat, your grandmother must be sad to see you like this" Haruto replied then took a spoonful of warm soup and told Gaeul to open her mouth

"Aaaa... open his mouth..." Haruto said a little consoling Gaeul

"Pfft!.." Gaeul chuckled slightly and opened his mouth and Haruto fed the soup

After that, the day began to look dark, the omen of night began to arrive, and the atmosphere of the night seemed silent and gripping, the mass media began to intensively preach about the strange events of the day, the day after, and when 22:15 p.m., the government around announced to level 3 which means alert sign that out there is something dangerous happening

"Suddenly it's already level 3?? something must be wrong!" Haruto said as he scrunched his forehead

"What's Haruto??" Ask Gaeul who just finished taking a shower

"The government here has set level 3 which means we must be alert if at any time things happen that cannot be predicted" Haruto explained

To be continued...