Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Chapter 24- Wrong Color

Shaking his head, Jin-woo said.

"You can go ahead first; I'll catch up soon."

Jin-woo was glancing behind Yoon-min at the remaining people in the classroom, but Yoon-min suddenly frowned at him and asked.

"Why, is it because I'm gay?"

Jin-woo, completely caught off guard, looked at Yoon-min with a stunned expression.

"Jin, what are you doing? Hurry and apologize."

Seong quickly said from the side when he saw Jin-woo had frozen up.

Jin-woo hurriedly bowed and apologized.

"No, sorry, that wasn't what I meant. I-"

"Pfft."

Jin-woo was interrupted by a stifled snicker and he couldn't help but look up to see that Yoon-min was on the verge of bursting out laughing.

Jin-woo silently rose from his bow but his eyebrows were twitching incessantly. Yoon-min managed to calm down enough to pat his shoulder and said.

"Don't be too upset since you started it first. We'll get going, but I want to ask, do you plan on changing after we leave because you're one of those guys who gets embarrassed to be seen? I wouldn't expect that from Mr. Multitalen-Ugh!"

Micah, who had been silent up until now, suddenly bonked Yoon-min on the back of his head and said in English while dragging him away.

"Mate, that mouth of yours is going to get you in trouble!"

"No, my head is going to crack open before that happens."

Yoon-min jumped onto Micah's back and the two friends bickered even as they left. Jin-woo watched as they exited the classroom, and he was somewhat reminded of Seong and him.

But without a word, Jin-woo then turned and looked at the remaining people in the classroom once again.

Seo-joon was seated on top of a desk at the front of the room, and he stared back at Jin-woo along with his two lackeys next to him.

Things then escalated after his mother brought him to the doctor and found out that if those pills had fully dissolved before he spat them out, they would have clashed with the medications he was already on and potentially led to a seizure or cardiac arrest. His parents obviously went mental, especially his father, and they went straight to the police rather than the school.

If not, they knew Seo-joon's grandmother would just try and cover it up.

However, this all happened in private. Seo-joon's grandmother seemingly had some friends in the police department who kept everything under wraps so that even the teachers and students in ISH didn't know.

When questioned, Seo-joon denied having replaced his pills with drugs, but because the pills were lost after Jin-woo vomited them in the toilet, and no one saw him personally go into his bag, Seo-joon got off scot-free. It also didn't help that his grandmother during the entire investigation persistently claimed that Jin-woo was the one who took them himself and lied to get her grandson in trouble.

However, Seo-joon was eventually forced to face a two-week suspension after other students testified that he was bullying Jin-woo.

Jin-woo ultimately left the Track Club, and Seo-joon came back from suspension to become the main star there like he wanted.

However, during his initial meeting with Seo-joon, Jin-woo's impression of him was as good as Seong's. So, he told him about his illness. As he suspected, Seo-joon was understanding and for a short period, he and Seong were practically on the same wavelength when it came to helping him.

So, after Seo-joon came back from suspension, rumors of him having schizophrenia began spreading among the students.

Jin-woo and Seong thought that Seo-joon was the one who was spreading it, but because his reputation of being an athletic star sort of damped the rumors Jin-woo didn't confront him.

Seong, however, was especially angry at Seo-joon for revealing his illness and went looking for him, only to come back with a bruised cheek.

Ever since then, Seo-joon would make trouble for them every chance he got and Jin-woo would immediately retaliate despite Seong's protests.

Inside a bathroom stall, Jin-woo, after putting on his shirt, went to pick up his glasses from the water tank. However, he stopped and instead reached into his school pants pocket to take out the small clear white bag. He stared down at the slightly blurry pill inside as he recalled his relationship with Seo-joon.

There were no pockets on his P.E. shorts, but he didn't want his medication to leave his sight for even a second.

As Jin-woo was thinking about where to put the small bag, he suddenly frowned and squinted at the pill inside of it.

"Jin, what's wrong? Are you okay in there?"

Seong suddenly called from outside.

"I'm fine... It's just that, this pill..."

Jin-woo picked up his glasses from the water tank and put them on. Then looking down at the grayish pill inside the clear white bag, his brows furrowed even deeper.

"...the color is wrong."