Trapped with the Zombies

"I like you, Arix!" Yam confessed her true feelings for her best friend.

They've been best of friends for three years now and would it end right there because of her confession? My God! She didn't even know when and how was that "liking" all started and developed but yeah, she likes him or maybe she's in love. Yeah, crazy Yam and in any minute, she might lose a good friend.

Well, she can't blame her defenseless heart from falling for this man because aside from the fact that he has the good looks and wit, they really get along so well and he is always been there for her no matter what and he's such a very lovable person. Arix Barber is a half german-half filipino, he was born in Germany and studied there until junior high, but since his grandmother passed away, his Family had to come back to the Philippines to see his mom's mother for the last time. Until he decided to stay in the country with his widowed aunt who had no children and continue his studies here. His parents went back to Germany to take care of their Food business.

He met Arix during senior high, at first she was a bit skeptical because he did not seem to be friends with average looking people - like her, but her impressions didn't last because when they became seatmates he befriended her and they clicked. She was an epic fail when it comes to academic, so Arix is ​​always the rescuer of her grades, it's unfair because she only excels in sports while Arix excels in everything he do. He's also one of the campus' kings and everyone adores him in school; female and gay students or maybe all the creatures on earth will probably like him.

"What are you talking about, Yam?" Arix asked her with a curiousity in his eyes.. Didn't he get his heart-warming confession or he was just too surprised by his sudden revelations?

Argh! She remembered her Taekwondo troops called "Wilab", they always tease her with Arix and it seemed to be one of the reasons why she fell for this man. She secretly shook his head.

"Ahm, Arix, i think, I have fallen in love with you." she said it again, biting her lower lip. Her heart beats doubled and she almost fell because of the trembling of her knees, luckily she was holding a monoblock chair in front of her. They were in the gym and had just finished their taekwondo class and she kicked out his friends first before revealing her heart to the young man.

Arix covered his face and sighed. There was a moment of silence between the two of them. Fortunately, none of the troops were there because otherwise they would have died laughing at her.

"Look, Yam..." he couldn't continue on whatever he has in mind. Her heart beat seemed to be doubled when she started predicting on what Arix would say and what she would feel if he friendzoned her?

"You don't need to answer my confession because it's not even a question, I just said how I feel for you." she replied to reduce the embarrassment she was feeling.

"No, you need to know what I have to say," he said.

"No, Arix, you don't need to answer immediately--"

"I already have someone else in my heart, Yam." he interrupted her and which also shocked her. She didn't know that he's already in love with someone else and he didn't told her about it. Ouch! Before he was telling all of his secrets; from his crushes to his girlfriends and stuffa, but why did he keep this thing from her?

"W-What?"

"I haven't told you about Mary yet."

"M-Mary? As in Mary Magdalene of the fashion designing department?" she confirmed, which he also quickly nodded. "What?!" she dropped her shoulders in pain and frustrations.

Arix is ​​in love with the beautiful, sexy and smart Mary Magdalene Peralejo! She felt her heart suddenly shattered into pieces. She wanted to run away from him and sulk in a place where she's alone but her feet could not move, as if she had become a statue in front of him.

She felt Arix touched her shoulders. "I'm sorry, Yam, you know that i only see you as a best friend and a little sister." since he was a year older and he had problems with his transferee then.

Yam forces her feet to leave if she does not want to be hurt more, and thank God because she quickly removed his hands from her shoulders.

"I know, Arix, don't worry, I'm fine." she lied. Then she immediately turned away.

He heard Arix called her name again, but she just turned a deaf ear. She walk so fast because she could not hold back the tears anymore. She didn't see the person in front of her.

"Sorry." she said and left but she was surprised when that person stopped her, so, she quickly looked at him. "Ricardo?"

"Damn! You and your Ricardo again. Will you stop calling me that name? It's Richie, okay?" he said laughing, then stared at her face, he must have noticed that she was crying, so she quickly wiped her eyes. "Are you crying?"

"No." she said, she was about to leave when he heard Arix called her name again, he was already behind her.

"Arix, did you and Yam fight?" Richie asked.

Ricardo Rivero was one of their friends, ka-tropa in wilab, taekwondo clubmate and classmate in their Business Management course. There are two other members of the "wilab aka baliw troops", Viva and Mark.

"We didn't fight." she said, then quickly hugged Arix to show Richie that she and Arix were okay, even deep inside she was completely ruined.

"Yam?" the expression of Arix's beautiful eyes on him was sad, as if he was hurting too but of course she understood why he couldn't answer her confession.

"We're still best of friends, Arix, I'll be okay in a week, believe me." she whispered to him.

He tried to smile and nodded. And before she could cry again in front of the two men she quickly escaped.

"You are strong, Yam, you are strong!" she consoled herself but she could not stop the tears from dripping from her eyes. She found herself behind the gym and while she was sulking and crying, she suddenly heard a loud and scary screams on the vacant lot next to their school campus.