What Should I Do If My Brother Turns into a Zombie?

Song Lan grew up depending on his older brother. His brother brought him from a small mountain village to City A.

One day, a zombie virus swept through the entire city. His brother went out to find food for him, but never came back.

Song Lan refused to believe his brother had come to harm.

So he packed up the few belongings he had and went looking for him.

Then a horde of zombies chased him down. As he ran for his life, he spotted the zombie leader.

...He looked a lot like his brother.

His zombie brother no longer remembered Song Lan. He had lost his human consciousness and could only babble.

But he hadn't forgotten his instincts as an older brother.

Song Lan became the first human to make himself at home among a horde of zombies, swaggering around beside his zombie brother and throwing his weight around.

Life was pretty carefree.

Except that his zombie brother was always trying to stuff fresh humans into his mouth, wanting him to eat them.

Song Lan had no choice but to frantically gesture that they were different species now, so of course they ate different things.

Then he suddenly sensed that his zombie brother seemed a little sad.

His head tilted blankly to one side.

To cheer him up, Song Lan edged closer, not caring whether he could understand.

"Even if we're different, we're inseparable now, big brother... boyfriend..."

"Mm."

...Mm?!

* Faux-incest. They aren't related by blood at all. They were just neighbors as children who called each other brothers.

* The love interest regains some of his consciousness later on, but he remains a zombie.

* Completed monthly short story: The One Who Ran Away with the Ball

Theme: Love and life are both precious.