The Apocalypse started without zombies.

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Bite!

"Waaaaaaahhh!!!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha! Look at his face!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha! That was hilarious!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha! Did you film it?"

"Hahahahahahahahaha! Of course! I will post on fcbook tonight."

Awaken by the sudden stimulus of having the tip of my ear bitten, I look around and see a couple of gals surrounding me. They laugh and point at me with their cellphones, recording my reaction.

Seeing that I couldn't help but feel a growing anger and before I notice, I lash out at them.

"Hey! What the hell was that for!?"

"Sorry, sorry. You just smelled delicious, so I took a bite."

"It's your fault for looking so inoffensive. It's like you are asking to be eaten."

Seeing their seductive figure and smile, part of my memories start coming back.

(That's right! Fighting here is no good! This will lead to me getting beaten up by those assholes after school! I need to do something before it's too late!)

My anger slowly vanished and I decided to change my approach. I quickly remember a pick up line I saw in an educational movie and decide to use that.

"So? Did you like the taste? I got something stronger if you want."

(Man, I can't believe I actually said it!)

"Hahahahahahahahaha! Did you hear what he just said?"

"Hahahahahahahahaha! It seems like you woke up a beast. Carol, run! He will eat you up!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha! Right, Right! I'm soooo scared!"

(They aren't taking me serious at all! This is so embarrassing!)

"Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong..."

Suddenly the bell plays out and the lunch time is over.

Hearing the bell, the two gals stop laughing and start returning to their seats. And as Carol pass by me, she seductively whisper in my ears, stunning me.

"Bye bye cutie. You were delicious! Give me a call later, I will finish eating you up."

As I recover from my stun, I feel something in my breast pocket. I pick it up and it's a business card.

(Wow! This never happened before! Maybe this second chance wasn't such a bad idea!)

Slowly my memories keep coming back and I finally graduate from being completely lost to just partially confused.

(Today's date is 08/27/2019, just one day before the Apocalypse!)

(On this day, I had a fight with these gals, they called their boyfriends and their boyfriends ambushed me after school. After a not so friendly talk, I ended up taking the next day off to treat my injuries. And that's what saved me from being stuck in school when Apocalypse started...)

(Wait! There is something wrong with these memories!)

(I fought those gals because they kept laughing out loud, making it impossible for me to sleep, not because one of them bit me in the ear!)

(Could it be [Delicious Smell.] perk that I got when reincarnating?)

(If this is so, this perk is not as useless as it sounds. Maybe it will help me score some hot chicks...)

"Ouch!"

As I was in the middle of my thoughts, a piece of chalk suddenly hits my head.

"Student, if you are so confident of your knowledge that you think you can daydream during the class, you might as well show us the base of your confidence!"

"Eh? What?"

"Come here and answer the question in the blackboard! Or maybe I should schedule your visit to the principal."

As I looked forward I saw our Biology teacher, miss April, staring daggers at me.

(Fuck! It's Biology class!)

Miss April was known for being as fierce as her beauty, and god damn, she was one hot bitch! Straight long black hair, glossy lips, impeccable skin, huge breasts, nice and firm butt, long legs and a perfect waist that drew admiration and jealousy of all her rivals.

Not only she ranked on the top 3 targets for wet dreams of her young audience, she was a complete sadist who loved to see the suffering face of her victims as she enforce the school rules to the letter.

"No, I'm sorry, I won't do it again! Please have mercy!"

"Then you should start moving. I won't repeat myself! Come! Over! Here!"

(Wait...why am I making excuses? Apocalypse will start tomorrow anyway, so it doesn't matter what my grades are! It seems like old habits are hard to fix, but hard doesn't mean impossible! I always wanted to stand up to her, maybe this is my only chance! )

"No! I won't! I don't know the answer and I don't care!"

"W-What did you say!?"

Seeing my sudden change, not only her but the whole class felt surprised.

(That's right! I'm not the same wimp who was bullied by everybody everywhere I go! I will not allow others to just step over me like a bug! This time, I will fight back!)

"I said I won't do it, bitch! You arrive at class and acts like you own the place, not even remember our names and insult us right and left. I am tired of this bullshit! I won't accept being ordered by a authoritarian dictator who thinks herself too important to even hear the other side! Yeah, I was not paying attention! But so what? Did my not paying attention offended you so much that you had to stop the whole class just to make fun of me? Is the fact that I'm not staring at your breasts making them shrink? Or are you so interested in me that you can't allow me to think about anything else? Which ever is your problem, I don't care! I have my own matters to deal and no time for humoring you! Actually I must thank you! Since you made me realize how useless is to be attending this place, I will just save my time and get the hell out of here!"

After lashing out, I got up from my chair and walked toward her.

"Have a nice day, bitch!"

I whispered in her ears, slapped her butt and walked out of the classroom, closing the door.

""Wooooow!!!!!""

"Shut up! Shut up! All of you, shut up!"

A commotion started in the classroom, but I couldn't care less. I slowly walked down the stairs, heading toward the gate. Seeing me in a serious mood, the gatekeeper thought it was best to just let me pass and opened the gate.

Sigh....

Adrenaline was finally leaving my blood and I started to remember what I just did.

"Hahaha...hahahaha...hahahahahahahaha! I can't believe it! I did it! I told her off! I stood for myself! Hahahahahaha!"

(Thinking back, most of my lashing out was complete bullshit, because of my hot head I just told anything and everything that came to my mind, but well, it doesn't matter!)

(What matters is that it felt good! And tomorrow apocalypse will come anyway, so who will care about a little bit of bullshit I said the day before? Everybody will only be too busy fighting to survive!)

People started looking at me, laughing in the middle of the street, as a madman, so I started holding back again.

"All right. Since we got extra time, let's use our money while we still can."

Just as I was thinking about what to do to prepare, I felt something trembling in my pants.

Putting my hands in my pocket, and took out my smartphone. The one calling? My mom.

"Son! Listen well and please believe on what mother has to say..."

(??? I don't remember mom calling in the first time...)

"Go to the market and buy as much water and food as you can and stock them all at home."

(!!! Oh!! So I'm not the only one!)

"Mom, is this about the Apocalypse?"

"Y-you know!?"

"Yeah! I survived for five years, actually I was going to the market right now."

"Great! I am so glad! After losing contact with you, I had no idea on what to do. I tried going to look for you but it was just impossible with those zombies everywhere."

"I know, I know. I actually tried contacting you too, but with all electricity down, it was impossible..."

(Who would have thought...so my mother had survived for more than a year!)

After that I had a pleasant chat with mother about her experiences and all up until the point both of us finally notice one little thing... If both of us had our memories, a lot more people should have it too!

"Mom, I just noticed, since both of us got our memories, do you think other people got it too?"

"Hmm, yes, it's likely others have it too."

"Then, mom, we are out of time. Apocalypse already started!"

"Eh? What do you mean, dear?"

"I mean we should hurry up and get all supplies we can. The others should have already started taking action, we can't wait the food run out to start to move."

"Oh, my! You are absolutely right!"

"Stay safe, mom!"

"Take care!"

Finishing the call, I walked toward the market as my fears turned reality. In the televisions inside the stores there were multiple urgent news of people assaulting stores, killing each other and professing news of the Apocalypse.

All those people, like me, were having their second chance and they had already started moving out.

I also had to run, or else I would be left behind.

And that's how the Second Chance started.

Complete chaos even before the zombies arrived.

Truly worthy of the name Apocalypse.