“I think I just met the happiest person in the world…” I muttered under my breath, my voice owning a bit of confusion as I couldn’t understand why someone was even feeling happy at the moment; we were literally in the middle of an apocalypse.

If I remember the story correctly, I was rushing into a safe zone that I had just discovered after my previous one was suddenly infested with the undead. I have never met a single soul in this hideout, but luckily, they were welcoming me in with open arms, but one survivor in particular, seemed to be eager to meet me. Her name was Mila, and the entire time I exchanged words with her, she would keep a positive smile plastered onto her face; she showed me to a free bedroom, and while she did so, she was questioning me about my life, how I was holding up during a devastating time like this. Every time I responded with a typical dreary answer, she would try to reassure me with an optimistic tone and an unchanging grin, almost as if she was unaware of what was happening.

She was also enlightening me on her experiences with the infection, telling my how she lost her partner to the undead, and how she was starving for weeks until she found this safe place. Of course, I showered her with sympathy for what she was experiencing at the time, but to my surprise, she was still beaming from ear to ear.

The funny thing is, she wasn’t a clueless child or anything. She looked around 30, and her appearance was just as unkempt as the rest of us survivors, so it was puzzling that she was even grinning at all.

“Do you need anything else?” She asked me as I sat on the lumpy bed and set my hefty backpack next to me as well.

“No, I think I’m alright, thanks…” I responded, giving her a tiny head shake, “But thank you for showing me to my room.”

“Of course! Just let me know if you need anything at all!” She said cheerfully. With one final grin in my beam in my direction, she walked out of my plain bedroom, leaving me in silence and to the time we are in now…

(This is my first time writing a story so be nice. Thank you!)