This wasn’t working out. The whole dying nobly and not puking up your guts, literally, in front of the girl you liked thing. Not going awesome.
R knew eventually he’d die (again). He just assumed it’d be by the traditional, old school ways like a sniper picking him out in a crowd or an ax to the face or even a decapitation, not that survivors liked doing those anymore. Too many heads still biting back. Dying a second time around was only a matter of when. R thought he’d gone through every possible scenario of dying: he just…hadn’t pictured this. Not by some lakeside with a Living girl trying to do the decent thing and staying with him. Being there. Funny how that worked out.
R assumed he’d die like every other corpse out there – anonymously.
“Hhhere?” The zombie choked out. He needed that knee bracing himself up at this point because it was the only thing keeping him upright, R using the warmth of Julie’s hand on his back to help him focus. The words still came like miracles. “…Try….ing but…ssor…”
Trying wasn’t enough. R eventually ran out of sludge as he slumped to the side, his mouth slack as he continued to choke on air, his lungs wheezing while the last of the tar oozed down his chin. Without realizing what he was doing, his hand groped out for anything. A connection, maybe. Checking to make sure Julie was still there. Comforting her? Maybe he just felt better holding hands. He didn’t know. At this point R wasn’t thinking about how he could scare Julie off making any sudden moves. His fingers closed tight on hers. He managed to hold on for a long moment before even that seemed not worth the effort, R’s grip relaxing. His hand slid away because he just lost the rest of his motor controls, his corpse giving a few last death throes on him while he was still trapped inside.
Here, though. Julie was still here.
The zombie was still trying to find something else to say – maybe to thank her for staying or even another sorry – when the poison finished him off. R twitched one last time and then stilled, his eyes still frozen on Julie.
Whatever he'd been about to say rattled out and was gone.
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R knew eventually he’d die (again). He just assumed it’d be by the traditional, old school ways like a sniper picking him out in a crowd or an ax to the face or even a decapitation, not that survivors liked doing those anymore. Too many heads still biting back. Dying a second time around was only a matter of when. R thought he’d gone through every possible scenario of dying: he just…hadn’t pictured this. Not by some lakeside with a Living girl trying to do the decent thing and staying with him. Being there. Funny how that worked out.
R assumed he’d die like every other corpse out there – anonymously.
“Hhhere?” The zombie choked out. He needed that knee bracing himself up at this point because it was the only thing keeping him upright, R using the warmth of Julie’s hand on his back to help him focus. The words still came like miracles. “…Try….ing but…ssor…”
Trying wasn’t enough. R eventually ran out of sludge as he slumped to the side, his mouth slack as he continued to choke on air, his lungs wheezing while the last of the tar oozed down his chin. Without realizing what he was doing, his hand groped out for anything. A connection, maybe. Checking to make sure Julie was still there. Comforting her? Maybe he just felt better holding hands. He didn’t know. At this point R wasn’t thinking about how he could scare Julie off making any sudden moves. His fingers closed tight on hers. He managed to hold on for a long moment before even that seemed not worth the effort, R’s grip relaxing. His hand slid away because he just lost the rest of his motor controls, his corpse giving a few last death throes on him while he was still trapped inside.
Here, though. Julie was still here.
The zombie was still trying to find something else to say – maybe to thank her for staying or even another sorry – when the poison finished him off. R twitched one last time and then stilled, his eyes still frozen on Julie.
Whatever he'd been about to say rattled out and was gone.