Ye Su'an had a quiet, gloomy, handsome boy in his class. To be honest, he didn't have a very good impression of the boy.
He'd noticed that Jing Chi's furtive glances often lingered on him. His notebooks were filled with Ye Su'an's name, and his sketchbooks were full of pictures of him.
When no one was around, Jing Chi drank from the water Ye Su'an had drunk from and picked up things Ye Su'an had thrown away. After school, he would quietly follow behind Ye Su'an. But he never did anything to him.
They weren't even that close, and Jing Chi's behavior struck Ye Su'an as absurd and appalling. He wanted to tell Jing Chi to stop, but before he could bring it up, the apocalypse arrived.
The sky was dark, and the city was collapsing. The streets were full of wandering zombies and mutated creatures. Slimy chunks of flesh and flying limbs hung from tree trunks and window latches. Even his parents reached out to him with appendages that could no longer be called "arms."
But Jing Chi shielded him. The handsome boy sent out several slick tentacles that weren't human and tore the monsters apart. He slowly wiped the blood from his face, restrained his urge to devour the monsters, and said gently and hopefully to Ye Su'an, "Don't be scared. You still have me."
"Your parents will leave you, but I won't. I'll stay with you forever. Forever."
"Those ugly monsters can't have you. You're mine."
"As long as you stay under my protection, nothing can hurt you..."
Ye Su'an knew he had no way out. He reached out with a trembling hand and placed it on Jing Chi's bloodstained hand. Softly, he asked, "Then what will I have to give up in return?"
Jing Chi smiled, sweet and satisfied. "You."
Theme: Believe in science.
