QT: Against My Will

140 3.11.45 – The Twilight Queen – Downfall of Humanity

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By the time they arrived at city D, the sun had replaced the moon.

Bing Shi raised a question, “Will you catch me if I fall?”

“I’ll think about it,” he gave her a prankish smile, finding it cute, how she levitated like a little monk in a cross-legged position.

“Then I better not fall,” Bing Shi’s barrier functioned a lot on her wishes, needs, and emotions. She knew that with Ziek, she’d be forced to depend on herself. She flew up at the rooftop of the first building, while Ziek followed after her with laughter.

“Why are you laughing so much? I can’t focus,” Bing Shi wobbled to the sides, up and down with a giggle; his laughter was contaminating.

Ziek clutched his stomach hard, his eyes teared up from too much laughing as he recorded her on his phone, “You fly like a drunk monk.”

.....

“Psht...You are luring in the zombies,” Bing Shi shooshed him and continued on her way, occasionally she would send Ziek’s phone a peace sign. ??

‘The height isn’t as terrifying as I thought it would be. Jumping on a bike from a high staircase is a lot scarier!’

[Host.]

Kuro waved at Bing Shi and Ziek.

“I’m here. Did you miss me?” Bing Shi landed on the rooftop and hugged the nodding Kuro, who flew towards her.

Ziek looked around, “What now?”

Bing Shi took out a blanket from her mountain backpack, “You look like you had a rough night.” She set it against the wall and sat down, leaning over Kuro, she pointed at the spot next to it, “You can sleep next to Kuro.”

Ziek could only marvel at how seamless she made everything look. What made her think that he’d listen to her?

“I won’t be able to fall asleep with such a bright light shining at me,” Ziek sat next to Kuro stalwartly.

“Oh, then I’ll show you a trick,” Bing Shi created a barrier around them, grabbing her phone, she blocked out the sunlight from entering the barrier. The surrounding suddenly turned pitch black, “Cool, right?”

“You are wasting your energy,” Ziek looked around.

“I usually save it before going to sleep, but now I have the strongest companion with me,” Bing Shi searched up some music on her phone, “What type of music do you like?”

“Whatever, as long as it sounds good. But I don’t listen to music during sleep,” Ziek closed his eyes, “You are not going to sleep?”

“No, I still have something to do,” Bing Shi switched on her tablet and opened a folder with her plans, “I’ll wake you up if something happens.”

Ziek was very, very, tired. Not the kind which came with a tired body. This one wore of his emotions, an ingrained part of his life that... wasn’t lived.

A few moments later...

“I can’t fall asleep,” he said with closed eyes, well, he didn’t plan to fall asleep in the first place.

“Ehm, then let me help you,” Bing Shi started to sing her version of twinkle star, “I’ll give you a taste of my angelic voice ??.”

A few moments later...

Ziek plugged his ears, “Fück my ears, what was that?!”

“A deathly lullaby,” making her voice sound intentionally bad, Bing Shi laughed at him, “I’m surprised that you didn’t faint.”

“...” Ziek started to laugh, “Sing it again.”

“No way,” Bing Shi refused flatly.

“Please.”

“No.”

“Please. Please.”

“No. No.”

“Please. Please. Please.”

“No. No. No.”

· · — · ???· — · ·

“Grandson, wake up ??,” Bing Shi called out while Kuro poked Ziek’s shoulder.

Ziek grabbed Kuro’s tail before it could touch him and scrunched his eyes at the bright light, which arose out of a sudden.

“For how long did I sleep?” asking, he let go of Kuro’s tail.

“Four hours, my energy was running out, or else I’d let you sleep longer,” said Bing Shi, a few beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Zombie nuclei were used as a way to upgrade the power of the ability user, it didn’t replenish the user’s energy, LVL 1 and LVL 2 nuclei had no more effect on Bing Shi. She looked at the LVL 3 nuclei in her hand, which took an hour and utmost focus to absorb it fully.

“Did I do anything unusual during my sleep?” Ziek asked. Could someone tell him how the hell did he fall asleep?

Living with Xuan Mu, Bing Shi learned many ways how to put a person to sleep.

Bing Shi placed the nucleus back inside her pouch, “I’d like to say that you snorted like an elephant but no. You were pretty much silent the whole time.”

“How did I fall asleep?” Ziek covered his eyes. Why did she have to add the elephant part? Thank god, if he dreamed aloud, he’d kill both of them on the spot.

“I think you gave up after two hundred and eighth ‘please’. Better than counting sheep, huh? ??” Bing Shi smiled and leaned against Kuro. “It’s my turn,” she said and closed her eyes, “Good night. From now on, remind me to never touch Fu Lian’s food.”

“...” After a while, Ziek stood up. “Watch her for a second,” he whispered to Kuro and went inside the building to use the toilet as fast as possible. Returning, he sat back and played games on his phone while protecting Bing Shi in silence. Despite the gas mask obscuring his view, he’d still give her a few short glimpses here and there.

Ziek felt no sympathy, but he could tell that Bing Shi was tired too, as he wasn’t the only one with dark circles under his eyes. But why was she so ridiculous?! And why did he find it funny? He stopped the game and watched how her head kept falling to the front. And how Kuro pushed her head delicately against its body, for it to fall to the front again.