"Wait... Please, Nach... Stop..."
Shizuka's pleas reached no one—not Nach's reasoning to stop, nor the students and teachers watching the ongoing indecent act between the two.
"Just relax, Shizuka... This is gonna make you feel good."
"NO~!"
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A few moments earlier, before Nach and Shizuka's intimacy—
"Is this everyone who's left...?" Kyoko murmured, her voice trembling as she looked at the small number of students who had made it to the rooftop. Her hands covered her lips, trying to hold back her sobs and the tears forming in her eyes.
There were barely a hundred students, and only three teachers remained: Kyoko, Shizuka, and the P.E. teacher Takayama.
Despite the low numbers, every side character Nach was familiar with had survived, thanks to Kyoko's announcement to head to the rooftop instead of the ground floor and attempting to escape outside the school grounds.
Aside from Imamura and Ishi, whom Nach knew where to find, Takashi's friend Morita, the pair of girls Misuzu and Toshimi, and even Takuzo's group—the ones the main cast would encounter during their final escape outside the school building—were all on the rooftop.
There was still one more side character Nach very much wanted to see: Yuuki Miku. But in the original story, she wasn't supposed to appear yet. So Nach was confident she still had the plot armor to survive until her appearance alongside the story's first antagonist.
Call it lazy and lousy writing, but that was enough for Nach for now. However, it wasn't the same for Kyoko—or anyone else.
The dying screams from the floors below only heightened their fear. The sight of other students running across the school grounds, only to be cornered and devoured by the undead, made them feel hopeless. And despite how long they had postponed barricading the only door leading to the rooftop while waiting for more survivors, no one else arrived after Nach's group.
As Kyoko began to cry, Nach embraced her tightly, letting her bury her face in his chest to muffle her sobs and tears, hiding it from the students to prevent further despair.
"Is that really Hayashi-sensei's lover?" Morita asked, recalling what Shizuka had said earlier. His question was directed at Imamura, who was still catching his breath and sitting on the floor.
"Well..." Imamura whispered, careful not to let Kyoko or Nach hear. "I saw them making love behind the school before this shit started."
The sight of Nach embracing Kyoko only confirmed the rumor Morita was now spreading.
It took some time before everyone began to calm down, even just a little, after the dying screams faded and the school fell into an eerie silence.
With the door to the rooftop completely barricaded with tables and chairs from the observatory—the ones Takashi, Rei, and Hisashi had used at the original beginning of the story—a meeting with the remaining teachers began to decide how to proceed with the grave situation. But first—
"Can you introduce your lover, Hayashi-sensei?" Takayama asked, still suspicious of Nach.
Of course, with his made-up backstory as a part-time instructor starting today, Nach had been included—or rather, included himself—in the meeting.
"I'm telling you, he isn't my lover," Kyoko said, her voice laced with annoyance, yet her face blushing red as she glanced at Nach.
"I'm Nach Smith..." Taking the conversation from Kyoko, Nach introduced himself using his fabricated backstory.
"And what subject are you supposed to teach, Smith-sensei?" Takayama continued his questioning, but Nach was prepared.
"Survival—" He nearly blurted out his hobby instead of another made-up story. "—I mean... I'm hired as an assistant instructor, so I'm supposed to teach any subjects I can help with."
Nach's background obviously sounded suspicious, especially to Takayama and even Kyoko. As for Shizuka, she didn't really care. But even if they wanted to verify his employment, they couldn't ask the Dean or check a computer. And seeing what Nach was wearing, it was obvious he wasn't carrying anything to prove his identity.
On that note—
"Can you lend me your jacket, Takayama-sensei?" Kyoko asked, making everyone wonder what she intended to use it for.
Takayama assumed Kyoko wanted to wear his jacket to cover her torn blouse that almost exposed her ample chest. He hurriedly removed it and handed it to her, delighted at the thought of a beautiful woman wearing his clothes—only to feel dejected upon learning what she actually intended.
"Now use this to at least cover yourself! Stop exposing yourself to the female students!" Kyoko shouted, throwing the jacket at Nach's massive bulge, which was earning curious and lustful stares from all the girls and annoyed, jealous glares from all the boys.
While Nach tied the sleeves of the jacket behind his waist to finally cover himself, Shizuka noticed something interesting and decided to tease Kyoko.
"Hayashi-sensei!..." she exclaimed, pretending to be surprised and scared. "Are you sure you weren't bitten?"
—"EKK!"—
Everyone shrieked in fear, distancing themselves from Kyoko, knowing what happened to those who were bitten—except Nach, who panicked and rushed to her side, inspecting every corner of her body to see if she had been bitten.
Nach made sure to keep an eye on Kyoko the whole time, and he was certain she wasn't bitten.
"Where were you bitten, Kyoko!?" he shouted when he couldn't find any wound or bite mark on her body.
Kyoko just looked at him, terrified, about to cry, even though she wasn't sure herself. Until Shizuka pointed out the spot.
"Right at the base of your neck... Kyoko~," she said, her voice laced with intimacy.
Nach hurriedly pulled down her coat to see the bite, only to be dumbfounded like everyone else.
—"It's just some kiss marks."—
—"So they were really making love behind the school building."—
Murmured some of the students.
"Marikawa-sensei!" Kyoko shouted, both in anger and embarrassment.
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Back to the ongoing indecent act between Nach and Shizuka—or rather, Shizuka's punishment.
"I'm sorry... Hayashi-sensei..." Shizuka pleaded to Kyoko, who was restraining her, holding her arms behind her back.
"Don't worry, Marikawa-sensei. We're only doing this so you won't trip on your feet again," Kyoko replied, hiding her anger and embarrassment behind a sweet smile.
"Do it, Nach!—Rip her branded skirt!"
"This is gonna make you feel good, Shizuka."
"NO~!"