Having been sitting in wait for some time, for the girls to return from their baths. Spirit had fallen asleep, due to his own exhaustion finally having taken over. Sitting slumped over in his chair. Had he not been exhausted, he probably never would've fallen asleep.

Returning to the lobby. The girls would take notice of most of the boys having fallen asleep. All except for Dylan and Kuro.

"You guys enjoy your baths?" Dylan asked looking up at them, he himself looking quite exhausted. But still managing to stay conscious, just in case something were to come up.

"It was refreshing actually." Yui would say giving him a small smile. "Thank you for waiting up for us, also. You do know that there are beds here for you all to use right?"

"We know, we were just waiting for you all. Before telling you guys what I just found out." Dylan said nodding to Kuro. Who went over to both Spirit and Kazui gently shaking them awake.

Coming to consciousness after his brief respite. Spirit let out a soft yawn, looking as he saw that everyone had been gathered finally. He turned his attention to Dylan who seemed to try to figure out how to put what he had to say.

"Firstly. I had found that the television networks still worked, and found out some information from the news. Mainly how the disease spreads, and how to handle those infected by it. The disease spreads as a result of either being bitten or being scratched. Which means we are going to have to watch how close we get to them. And how to handle them, requires us not to think of them as living people anymore. From what I understood from what the news broadcasted, they are no longer living, and the only way to stop them isn't with body shots, or trying to break their limbs. It only slows them down. The only way to stop the diseased is to aim for the head. Dealing enough damage to damage the brain." As those words left his mouth. The color seemed to fade from all of the girls faces. Almost as if they all knew something that everyone else didn't.

Though to be fair. Most of what Dylan had been telling them, had all of them in shock. Especially Spirit. How were they expected to take a life? Especially if the people that were trying to bite them couldn't control it. He just couldn't wrap his head around it. Looking to the others, he saw the various looks of shock on everyone's face.

"Wait. So you mean we have to kill people?" Kazui said voicing the shock that everyone else noticeably felt.

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"They are no longer people...as far as the news and government are concerned. And it isn't like they are going to send anyone our way to rescue us. If they were they would've mentioned it. The only things they mentioned were something about the nearby nuclear powerplant, staying inside avoiding the possibility of being infected. And if we need to go out and we do end up coming across them, they told us how to...for lack of better words take them down. Trust me...it isn't a feeling any of you should have to feel or deal with...after all...I had already killed one...trying to keep Spirit safe. " Dylan admitted sadly his voice breaking with each word he spoke. Truly he felt horrible for doing what he had to do, and if he could do it any differently he would've.

But as it stood. There was nothing he could change that would've effected that outcome. Or the thought of having to watch these kids having to take the life of someone who could no longer control their own actions.

"Did...did they say anything about how those sick...you know become sick...?" Tsuki questioned earning the shocked look of the rest of the girls. Especially Hana who seemed to be struggling to contain herself.

"Yeah they did...And those two ways, are being bitten, or being scratched. From what the CDC had said being bitten...is a death sentence."

Though it was in that moment, Hana started having a coughing fit. Earning the attention of everyone in the room. As her coughing seemed to be never ending, ending in her coughing up blood into her hands. As it became evident just how bad of a condition she was in.

The color draining from her face even further as the words Dylan had told them finally sank in. Yui had realized Hana wasn't just injured. She was much worse off. She was infected, and from what they had been told. She was most definitely going to turn.

"Hana? You okay?" Kazui yelled his voice full of worry, as he quickly began rushing towards her only to be pushed back by Tsuki. "Tsuki?! What the hell?!" He then protested.

"Don't go near her. Everyone just stay away from her." Tsuki said as the realization of just how bad her friend was sank in. "She was bitten."

Those were the words absolutely none of them expected to hear, that none of them wanted to hear. And yet it was in that moment that they realized just how horrible a situation they were in. The hellish reality that had recently became their lives. With the revelation of one of their friends being infected. And, now being on deaths door.

"What...what do you mean she was bit?" Kazui stammered not wanting to believe a single word that Tsuki was saying.

"This is what I mean by she was bit." She would say in response. Lifting up her friends skirt revealing where the girls thigh was bandaged. Earning a weak yelp of embarrassment from Hana. As Tsuki glanced back to the boys. Who were all looking away whistling, not looking at their friend who had basically been revealed to them. Kazui however, even in the moment of mixed embarrassment and shock had gotten a minor nosebleed. Having gotten a look at her panties. Kazui was indeed quite the pervert.