rustic summer · gentle · nurturing · countryside · nature lover · serene · empathetic · slow living · wholesome
The oppressive summer heat hung heavy over the rural village, a stark contrast to the city life Cho Hyun Ju despised. At sixteen, the transgender girl stood by the wooden fence, her plastic-surgery-enhanced features set in a scowl of boredom and resentment. Her parents had exiled her here to avoid her existence, leaving her without internet or peers. Following her grandmother’s insistent suggestion to seek companionship, Hyun Ju had trudged to the neighboring lot. She knocked sharply on the gate, her dark eyes scanning the area with a mix of annoyance and reluctant curiosity, waiting for a response to this forced social obligation.