Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 161

Chapter 161: Something More Dangerous than Apocalypse

“You are acting way too different to not make anyone suspicious of you.” 2025 pointed out as Grace finished her skin and haircare routine, and got ready to begin the day.

Unlike her usual dark clothes, she had picked dark blue jeans with a lemon colored woolen top today. While the change gave her look some colors, the clothes were still perfect for her to comfortably move around with ease. The sneakers she put on at the very end, completed her look.

She was about to pull her waist long hair in a bun, but changed her mind and left it loose for the time being, something she hadn’t done in months.

Despite the situation, she was unable to ignore the need to get ready for the very first day of her… relationship. She had even put on her favorite lip tint.

But as she stared at her reflection in the full-length mirror, she realized that 2025 was indeed right. She was looking… different. Even though there was a time when she used to wear luxury clothes, high heels, makeup, and all, she hadn’t done that ever since the rain disaster happened and the world changed.

A sigh escaped her lips and she asked 2025, “Should I change and just get ready like usual?”

“Don’t.” 2025 replied in a calm voice. “While this might cause a few eyebrows to raise, I’m sure Dr. Kian will be happy to see you like this. Let today be an exception… for the two of you.”

That’s exactly what she wanted to hear, someone telling her that it was alright to do what she was doing. That she could be a little selfish for once and enjoy this new experience of her life.

With that positive thought in mind, she stepped away from the mirror and walked out of the walk-in closet.

This morning, the breakfast was to take place in Unit 2203 so that they could discuss the plan for the day. On her way out, she stopped by the kitchen to shift the big boxes of food inside the space that she prepared before shower, and headed to Unit 2203.

It was Kevin who opened the door for her when she arrived, and the way he arched his eyebrows after seeing her, made Grace recall 2025’s words. Still, she neither said anything nor reacted at all, and just walked past him.

“Wow! Someone’s shining so brightly this morning. Boss, are you trying to make all the guys here fall for you?” Aleena teased the moment she saw Grace.

“That’s the plan.” Grace replied with a little wink, knowing that it was the only way to make everyone stop talking about her change in look.

It worked as both Aleena and Kevin just smiled while shaking their heads and shifted their attention to the boxes Grace was taking out of the space and placing on the table.

“What have you here for breakfast, Boss?” Nathan asked as he came to inspect the big boxes.

“Pizzas.” Grace answered, surprising everyone present in the Unit.

“For breakfast?” Ryan questioned as he came to stand on her other side. They never had a pizza party for breakfast before.

Grace shrugged her shoulders as she replied, “Well, the idea of enjoying some pizzas and colas right before going out to do some killing – sounded good to me.”

Nathan clicked his tongue, immediately agreeing with her plan. “You are absolutely right for this, Boss. And the pizzas are smelling delicious.”

“Thank you.” Grace felt happy to know that the team appeared happy about the pizzas. Right at that moment, her attention was pulled toward the entrance of the unit as Dr. Kian, Rune, Davian, and the rest of the team arrived.

Her gaze found the pair of deep blue orbs and her heart skipped a beat immediately. She could hardly process the way her body and heart was behaving at the sight of her… boyfriend.

She never knew being in a real relationship felt like this.

“Looking really nice.” Rune was the first one to compliment her as he approached her and pulled her attention away from Dr. Kian. He came to stand where Nathan was just moments ago, next to her, and checked the boxes of pizzas before giving a nod of approval.

“Are we getting any drinks with these?” He asked, reminding her that she hadn’t taken out the colas yet.

She first confirmed that everyone was alright with cola before she took out a box of cola cans from the space. Ryan and Rune helped her distributing the cans before they all settled down around the table to enjoy the breakfast.

“No wonder you said that you will prepare the breakfast on your own.” Davian said as he placed a piece of pizza in her plate.

When they decided to have breakfast together the previous evening, he did offer to do the cooking, but she told him that she had it all planned. He was worried at first but eventually listened to her.

Though preparing these big pizzas wasn’t easy, Grace didn’t have to do much except for heating them up in the microwave. With 2025’s help, the pizzas were kept warm up until the boxes were opened at the table moments ago.

For the next forty minutes, they all enjoyed the breakfast while making plans for the day. Since the two missions from the previous day earned them only about 100,000 points, Grace had come up with a great idea to kill more zombies and earn more points.

Throughout the discussion, her gaze kept wandering toward Dr. Kian who was sitting on the first seat to her left, and almost every single time she found him looking back at her.

The moment their gazes would met, they both would immediately look away with their faces on fire.

“You two are being impossible.” 2025 commented through the shared mind-link, being done with the first-seat experience of what was going on between these two people.

“I can’t help it. Do you think I’m enjoying this?” Grace returned through the mind-link, being fully aware of just how out-of-character she was behaving.

Love could really be dangerous… more than an apocalypse.