I'm in the mood for another apocalypse roleplay... (CLOSED for now, welcome to stalk)

Tohru shook his head gently. He wasn't going to snap back with such a delicate topic.
"There wasn't a day I spent alone that I didn't think about giving up. But I wouldn't say it's better that way. I know pain. I've watched people turn. I wouldn't wish a fate like that on my worst enemy," he said quietly, "I'm fighting for a day where you kids won't know endless suffering. Even if I have to die trying."

"Well… it's either maybe waste it fighting or definitely waste it laying down and dying," Tohru replied, his voice breaking off a bit, "This hope of rebuilding, or having someone else rebuild if I don't make it- it's all I have. I don't believe in any god or afterlife. I just need to make things right here, as much as I possibly can. Some of our friends, our family, our lovers… they're dead and gone, but I'm sure they'd want us to push on. I don't see us in particular saving humanity, but the more of us that survive, the better chance we have at maybe being able to survive as the human race."

"Not right now, no. But if things calm down a bit, if a cure is found… People could start to repopulate again then. Mind you, I will not be helping in that effort," Tohru laughed slightly, "But, seeing as there are a lot of kids orphaned by all of this, I'd be more than happy to take some in."
Tohru paused a bit.
"Someone out there is definitely looking for a cure. Or at least a way to make it stop."

Tohru grabbed Kas' other arm, making sure he didn't fall.
"Here. You can just hold my arm the rest of the way down."
He gave a small frown.
"Zombies… are alive," he whispered, "Not sentient. But they are alive. At least, that's what the doctor and a couple of the scientists on my old team determined. At its base, it's a disease. Although the one thing I'm not sure about is whether the disease eventually kills, or if they keep living, as long as they have food. And they can eat animals as well, so even if humans evacuated-"
He stopped, his mouth going dry.
"I wish I'd understood what they were talking about better… Since I'm the only one left, possibly."

"I'm sure there are ways. They have some of the same limitations of the human body- because at the end of the day, it's still a human body. Just no pain receptors, so they can do more than we can. Trap them properly, leave them with food, see if they die off… It's possible, just not easy," Tohru agreed, "All of what my friends gathered was through observation in the environment alone. With the right equipment and team, I'm sure we could figure it out. It's just getting there."

"It's okay, Kas," Tohru soothed, "You're tired and stressed, and you're hurt. You'll be fine, but you really, really need to start resting more, once we get back to the others. You've got plenty of time to rest, I promise. Especially with Mori in his state, we're likely to stay here for a bit, so you don't have to like… admit to needing the time or anything."

Tohru dropped the crutches, trying to catch Kas in time, but he failed. They clattered to the ground and down the next few stairs. He dropped down so he was sitting next to Kas.
"Ah, shit…" he grumbled, "Kas, are you alright?"
Tohru let out a gentle sigh, pressing a hand on his shoulder.
"Deep, slow breaths…"

Tohru held Kas close, trying to comfort them through the pain.
"I know… take as long as you need."
He glanced down at the other's injured knee.
"Did you hit your injured leg at all?" he asked, clearly concerned.

"I'm so, so sorry," Tohru murmured, "I was supposed to catch you if- if this kind of thing happened."
He had a hard frown etched across his face, and his brow was furrowed.
"Careful, now. Maybe you shouldn't walk the rest of the way down. And when we get downstairs, we should get a cooling pack on that and make sure you didn't reinjure it."

"Kas, I know it's really hard right this moment, but you need to relax. You're making yourself panic," Tohru said, "And you're not a stupid klutz. Most wouldn't even dare to walk on an injury like that, and the fact you've managed this far is nothing short of impressive. But you don't need to impress anyone here. We've all got your back, and what's best for you right now is to not worry about being useless or immobile, and just focus on recovering. Like I said, we have the time for you to heal some."
His eyes flitted back and forth between Kas' worried face and his leg.
"We can sit here as long as you need to collect yourself, though."

"Kas. Please stop, you're going to hurt yourself-" Tohru started, but his voice broke off.
I'm so bad at this whole comforting thing… Like what the hell am I supposed to say to make things better? He can't keep going like this… He just can't.
"You can't walk right now, okay? You really, really shouldn't. Everyone gets hurt, and it just happened to be you this time, and it's really holding you back. But I'm dead fucking serious when I say if you don't let it rest now, you might be facing consequences for the rest of your life, and that is not something I would wish on you."

"For now, Kas, you do," Tohru replied, "And if we ditched everyone who was ever useless, even for a short period of time, we wouldn't even have people left. That logic just doesn't work."
He squeezed his eyes shut.
"I-I got ditched by the last three remaining people in my last group, and- and… I would never do that to anyone, especially not a kid."

"You're not going to die," Tohru promised, "None of you are going to die. I won't let it happen."
His voice went from gentle to very grating and emotional.
"And l-like I said, we've got at least a few days here. We have to. And you get to take full advantage of that."

"It has nothing to do with being a kid," Tohru said, "Listen, Kas, I spent a whole day and a half out of commission because a stupid panic attack. You're allowed to rest while recovering from a dislocated knee of all things. We don't have much that we need to do right now at all, and you will be able to help out again later. It doesn't matter right now that you can't do anything that requires moving. You can help cook, sort supplies, and help watch Mori, for example."

"I know," Tohru said, his brow furrowing a bit, "That medicine should kick in soon, and at least take the edge off. As for feeling stupid and useless… I don't really know what to tell you aside from the fact we've all been hurt and had to take time off. You aren't the first, won't be the last- though I wish that weren't the case."