[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-surviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl":3,"chapter-surviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl-surviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl-chapter-113":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Surviving the Apocalypse With My Yandere Ex-Girlfriend",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1745868,2231,"Chapter 113: Unfamiliar","surviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl-chapter-113",113,"\u003Cp>I was starting to think I had insomnia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was the trembling infected outside. They wandered through the dark streets, clawing at the boarded-up doors, laughing or muttering profanities to themselves. Even through the wood and nails, their voices carried. Made something as simple as sleeping feel like a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe it was the fact that no one had been keeping watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila rested beside me, her arm draped across my stomach like she always did. According to her, it was for warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew deep down I couldn’t swear that was the only reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was quiet except for the wind pushing against the loose boards on the windows. I stared at the ceiling, wide awake, thoughts refusing to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something felt wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not loud. Not obvious. Just a faint itch in the back of my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of feeling you get when you’re running and suddenly realize your shoelaces might be untied, but you’re too busy to stop and check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I told myself it was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apocalypse had trained my brain to expect the worst. Every sound. Every shadow. Every creak of wood in an old house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes things weren’t actually as bad as I imagined. And when that happened—when nothing terrible followed the tension—I felt something warm coil in my chest. Relief, I guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better than lying here wondering if that noise downstairs was a rat. Or something that used to be a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully, I sat up. The mattress shifted under my weight. I rubbed my eyes and leaned slightly over Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand hovered over her mouth for a second before I frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lila,\" I whispered. \"I know you’re awake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her nose twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like she was hoping I’d believe the act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lila.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a quiet sigh and opened her eyes, stretching her arms before looking up at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to check something downstairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swung my legs off the bed. The floorboards creaked the second my weight touched them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila frowned but pushed herself up anyway, copying me. Her feet met the floor with another soft groan from the wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhh,\" I whispered, glancing at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked back at me, confused, but stayed quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment we both listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infected outside were still wandering the street. Their distant voices drifted through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t what had woken me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound came again\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gestured for Lila to arm herself with a ply board that rested on the door while we crept downstairs. I frowned as she showed me a makeshift shiv that I wasn’t even aware she made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn’t even feel it in her pocket while we cuddled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My grip tightened on the gun as I made sure my feet were quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we got down, the first thing I was able to see was an open window— unboarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that I was sure I hadn’t left unopened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We both immediately crouched under something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I finally caught the sound. Faint footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One. No...two. Three??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they seemed too coordinated to be baseline infected. Could be the ones high on amber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No...no I would’ve smelt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be—?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it doesn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t interested in finding out what it was. Threats were threats, infected or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave Lila a quick look and nodded. She moved first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila slipped out from behind the cabinet and grabbed one of the figures from behind, pressing the shiv against their throat before they could react. I stepped forward at the same time and locked my arm around another one’s neck, pulling them back while keeping the gun ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggling followed immediately. Shoes scraped against the floor as they tried to pull free, muffled grunts filling the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then someone panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait wait wait! It’s us! It’s us!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of the dimlight, I was still able to pinpoint that exact cadence and voice. Familiar. One I hadn’t heard in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman flicked on a flashlight, illuminating her features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark locs that tied behind her head. Dark skin. Eyes staring right back at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I realized the person I had grabbed from behind wasn’t her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Aubrey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped back immediately, letting go of her like I’d touched something hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes went back to Julia and before I could stop myself, I pulled her into a hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second neither of us said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she hugged me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss you, Adrian,\" she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them, Aubrey dusted herself off as she watched the two embrace each other. She couldn’t help but feel something akin to jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she expecting...? A hug from him too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been the one to abandon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She noticed Lila beside her, one that Isabella was slowly backing from. She was too busy watching the two embrace as well to acknowledge her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fists tightened, corneas burning red then reverting back to its regular white color, over and over again. Like a red light being switched on and off. She blinked once. Twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aubrey frowned at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathless, I looked back to the rest of them. Aubrey, who...well, I wasn’t too hot on seeing. Isabella too. I never really knew how to feel about her. In the end— she had picked Aubrey over us...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who wouldn’t, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar faces. Though— they seemed like strangers all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you guys—?? How did you—??? When did you even—!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turns out Aubrey here is the expert tracker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to Aubrey with a frown as Julia said that. She looked away— not seeming too keen on tooting her own horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn near surprised even me.\" Julia added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beat passed and Julia’s eyes settled on Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her smile lit up immediately at that. Lila’s was the exact same. And...for some reason, I wasn’t able to tell if it was forced or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia closed the gap in a single motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aubrey was quick to speak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Julia—...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hugged anyway, Lila closing her eyes as she embraced her. Julia doing the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God damn...I miss you two so much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled away at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look’s like the gang’s all back together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aubrey stood there for a second longer than she should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shoulders were stiff, her eyes fixed on the two of them like she was trying to replay the moment in her head and make sense of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked... stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like she couldn’t figure out if the hug she had just watched was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I thought too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hell, even Isabella looked thrown off. She kept glancing between Julia and Lila like she had just missed an important piece of the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quiet beat passed between all of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia was the first to notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The hell’s wrong with you guys?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked and forced myself to move again, rubbing the back of my neck as the moment snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, uh... yeah,\" I muttered. \"Good to see you all again, I suppose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words sounded awkward the second they left my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s it?\" she said. \"That’s the reunion speech?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s three in the morning and you broke into my house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your house?\" she repeated with a grin. \"Look at you getting territorial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes drifted back to Aubrey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still hadn’t said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood near the window with her arms folded, avoiding my gaze like the floor had suddenly become the most interesting thing in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same old Aubrey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except... not really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked thinner. Tired. There were new scars on her arms that I didn’t recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She finally noticed me looking and shifted uncomfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Nice place,\" she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" I said. \"Real luxury. Comes with keeping away from people who’re so willing to stab you in the back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aubrey grimaced at that, trying to keep her mouth shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That earned a look of confusion from Julia, as her gaze flickered from me to Aubrey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella stayed quiet, still watching Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually... staring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I noticed the distance between them. Isabella had backed away earlier and hadn’t moved any closer since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila didn’t seem to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood beside me with the same calm expression she always had, arms relaxed at her sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia clapped her hands together once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright,\" she said. \"Now that the awkward reunion part is done, can someone explain why you two are living in a haunted house?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Safehouse,\" I corrected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For who?\" she asked. \"The stupid infected outside who only know how to scream and kill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For people who don’t climb through windows in the middle of the night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grinned again but didn’t argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aubrey finally stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes moved around the room, taking everything in. The boarded windows. The barricaded doors. The supplies stacked along the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve been here a while,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her eyes shifted toward Lila again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second, I saw something flash across Aubrey’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confusion. Suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could say anything, Isabella suddenly spoke, her voice quiet and careful, like she was afraid she’d set something off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Lila.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila turned her head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were locked on Lila’s face like she was searching for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you feeling... okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room went quiet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice sounded normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression looked normal. Not twisted and pychotic like usual. Like what I was used to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could’ve sworn all hell would’ve broke loose when I hugged another woman, but...it didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella didn’t relax. If anything, she looked even more tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia frowned. \"What kind of question is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella didn’t answer right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes stayed on Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she said something that made the air in the room feel colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Your eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment nothing seemed wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Lila blinked— that’s when I saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just for a split second, the red flickered in her eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time... it didn’t disappear immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>",1716,"2026-06-06T16:52:01.117Z",1,"novelbin.me","222b762c16c9e0834765fd988909b3d2b8113777e39a630590c87a7605067d93","surviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl-chapter-114","surviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl-chapter-112",202,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-apocalypse-with-my-yandere-ex-girl-cover.jpg"]