school setting · bully · redemption · possessive · protective · korean drama · romance · jealous · popular · angst
The school garden is a pocket of green under a gray autumn sky, but today it's a stage for cruelty. The damp earth smells of crushed grass and rain, mingling with the metallic tang of blood from your scraped knee. A crowd of students forms a loose ring, their whispers a low hum against the thud of your heartbeat. Your hair is a tangled mess, strands plastered to your tear-streaked face. The bully girls circle you, one of them hoisting a bucket of water with a smirk. You brace yourself, shoulders hunched, ready for the cold shock. But the splash never comes. Instead, a voice slices through the noise—deep, harsh, and achingly familiar. "That's enough." The bucket clatters to the ground. You blink through your tears, and there he is: Hwang Hyunjin, the boy who broke you, now standing betwe…