Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

When everyone was almost finished eating, the other three, along with Lily, finally came out of their guest room.

"Welcome back, Tianci."

Xiaoyun waved at Tianci's, whose eyes indicated she was back to normal.

"Good morning..." Tianci replied as she sat down and started eating silently.

Seeing the two interacting awkwardly, Yuqi decided to bring something up.

"Since it's a break day, how about we all go shopping?" Yuqi suggested.

"Would the shops even be open?" Nami quickly pointed out.

"I guess you're right. Then we're just going to stay at home all day today?"

"How about we hit the gym? I haven't used it for a week now." Yueyue suggested.

"Nah, I'd rather go to sleep than exercise." Yuqi rejected.

"Same, I'd rather just watch a movie," Nami added.

As the three continued back and forth, talking about where to go, Wuli decided to chime in.

"How about we just walk around the town?" Wuli suggested.

"Hell no. It's so hot outside." Nami rejected.

"Then what do you two want? Just not going outside at all?" Wuli asked.

"Now I think about it... That doesn't sound that bad."

As Nami thought more and more, Yuqi was fully supportive of her idea.

"How about we go to the recently built park? It has shades and trees if you don't want to be in the sun.

And Yueyue and Wuli can go for an exercise like they wanted. We can do an outdoor picnic too when we get there," Shuli suggested.

"Doesn't sound that bad... Mom, what do you think?"

Yuqi shifted everyone's attention over to Leyan, who had been silent the whole time as her mind seemed to be preoccupied.

"Me? I'm fine with whatever."

Leyan still seemed to be preoccupied as she gave a brief reply.

"How about you four? Do you want to go to the park?" Yuqi looked over the right.

"Sure, I haven't got some fresh air since working in the factory all day." Anna nodded as she replied.

"Not like I have a choice..." Lily looked down as Nami kept looking at her with threatening eyes.

"If Xiaoyun is going, then I'm going," Kate replied as she finally finished her food at last.

Everyone's attention on the table quickly shifted over to Xiaoyun, who had been watching the whole time.

"Tianci, you want to go?"

"I... I don't mind it." Tianci replied.

"Okay, then I'll go."

Xiaoyun nodded after hearing Tianci's response.

"Great, since everyone is already finished eating breakfast. Let's go get ready right now."

Yuqi hurried everyone out of the kitchen as everyone went back to their room to prepare.

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When they finally arrived at the park, there was barely anyone there.

"Oops... I forgot the park technically isn't open until next week," Shuli stated as they walked inside.

"It's fine. That's even better for us. Having it all to ourselves." Yuqi smirked as she looked over to Xiaoyun.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xiaoyun got a little confused as they settled down on a nearby bench.

"Mom, can you take care of Qiaolan for a bit?" Yueyue asked as she handed her baby over before Leyan could say anything.

"Sure. Don't go too far, okay?" Leyan instinctively warned.

"Mom, I'm not a child anymore..." Yueyue rolled her eyes.

"My bad, force of habit."

As Yueyue and Wuli went out for a walk around the park, Yuqi and Nami went over to the grass area under the tree to begin laying down several picnic blankets all over the grass field.

"You guys want to sit over here instead?" Yuqi asked as the bench they were sitting at was under the sun.

All of them quickly made up their mind as they moved over to the picnic blanket.

"The fresh air smells so nice..." Shuli murmured.

"Yeah, a lot better than the foul smell that came from the wall." Yuqi nodded in agreement.

As they relaxed on the large picnic blanket, Leyan suddenly brought something up.

"Tianci, when are you two marrying?" Leyan asked.

"I-I don't know." Tianci looked down as her face started to blush.

"Mom really is becoming those moms who kept their son to marry," Nami murmured.

"Yeah, and when his son already has six." Yuqi quietly replied.

Seeing Tianci couldn't answer, Leyan turned her attention over to Xiaoyun.

"When are you going to do it? You need to give her an answer." Leyan raised her voice as she asked Xiaoyun.

"We'll marry at the start of next month. Tianci, you don't mind, right?"

Xiaoyun looked over to Tianci as he patiently waited for her answer.

"I... I'm not sure if I'm ready."

Tianci looked down at the grass as the memory of what happened last time still haunted her.

"Tianci..."

Xiaoyun didn't know how to respond as he sat still like a duck.

"Come on, Tianci, the sooner you join, the more fun you'll have with us." Yuqi suddenly patted Tianci on the back.

"Yeah, you don't want just to watch us every time, right? We really don't mind you joining." Nami added as she moved closer to Tianci.

"Ahem, you guys shouldn't pressure her on this kind of stuff. She needs to think for herself."

Kate separated the two from Tianci as she didn't want her friend to regret her life decision.

"I don't see the issue. She can just always divorce if it goes wrong." Anna pointed out as she got a little confused by Tianci's hesitation.

"Sister Tianci, do you want to go on a walk with me?" Lily suddenly suggested.

Tianci quickly nodded and left for a walk with her.

"Leyan, did you really have to ask me that right now?" Xiaoyun asked as his voice sounded a little irritated.

"What? You took her the first time, and you're not going to be responsible for it? I'm just trying to get you two to move along instead of an awkward standstill." Leyan argued.

"It just makes it more awkward than it already is. You know what she went through." Xiaoyun argued back.

"Because I know what happened. That's exactly the reason why I'm hurrying it. The longer this stalls, the lonelier she will feel living with us...

Nami, didn't you feel the same thing when we were doing it, and all you could do was watch?" Leyan fires back.

"Yeah... It did feel a little isolating." Nami looked a little down as she thought back to those times.

"Ahem, let's stop talking about this kind of stuff and make some food!"

Yuqi ended the conversation as she could feel the atmosphere getting more and more intense.

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When the food was finally finished, the four who had left finally came back from their walk.

"Oh my. Is that a sandwich?" Yueyue asked as she sat down next to Yuqi.

"Yeah. All the ones that have already finished building are in the basket over there." Yuqi pointed over.

"How do you make this?" Wuli asked as she sat next to Shuli.

"It's just a sandwich, not some rocket science." Shuli rolled her eyes as she couldn't believe what Wuli was asking.

"Hey, you're the one that always cooks. How am I supposed to know how to make a sandwich?" Wuli argued.

"Yeah, yeah, just watch, okay?"

As Shuli taught Wuli how to make a sandwich, Leyan was surrounded by the three babies as the other two dumped it over to her.

"Mommy!"

All three of them were constantly saying it at the same time as they ran in a circle around Leyan.

"Okay, okay, stop running in a circle. It's making me dizzy."

Leyan quickly grabbed onto the three and stopped them from their track.

Meanwhile, Lily went over to sit with Nami as they rested on the grass.

"Lily, have you done your homework?" Nami suddenly asked.

"Um... Maybe?" Lily replied.

"You better finish it when we get back home," Nami warned.

"Geez, it's a break day. Do I really have to do homework?"

"You miss a day of homework, and that's how you fall behind..."

Nami started lecturing her as Lily started regretting sitting next to Nami and completely gave up arguing back.

"Sometimes I forget there is still a zombie outbreak out there..." Anna murmured as she sat next to Kate.

"What do you mean? We literally almost died yesterday if we couldn't hold it." Kate rolled her eyes as she tapped on Anna's head.

"Stop that. I really mean it... At least for me. All I had been doing was going to work every day and experimenting. It's almost like my dream job."

"Sure, then your dream job got to be the easiest thing to fulfill."

As the two continued talking, on the far right side of the picnic blankets were Tianci and Xiaoyun, who sat in silence watching them.

"Tianci, do you feel better now?"

"Yeah... I can feel everything is normal now if that's what you are asking..."

Tianci looked down at her legs as she thought back to how her tiny entrance was finally just like everyone else.

"Sorry about that night..." Xiaoyun apologized again.

"It's not your fault... I know you didn't mean to do it, and it was out of your control."

Tianci looked back up to the sky as she revealed why she had been so hesitant.

"I'm just conflicted about something..."

Tianci hesitated for a second as she couldn't decide if she should bring it up or not.

"What is it? Just tell me, and maybe I can help." Xiaoyun curiously asked.