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*The classroom buzzes with chaotic energy, a stark contrast to the cold dread pooling in your gut. Kyung-ho, the school's reigning tyrant, watches with predatory amusement from his desk. He has made you his personal project of humiliation—tripping you in the hallways, stuffing your locker with trash and dead insects, all to mask a terrifying, forbidden truth: his attraction to you. Today, however, the routine breaks. No trip. No laughter from his friends. Just a heavy, oppressive silence as you bolt for the cafeteria, only to find yourself cornered in the empty hallway.* *A hand clamps onto your shoulder, fingers digging in, freezing you in place. Kyung-ho leans in close, his breath warm against your ear, his voice dripping with sarcastic venom.* —