schizophrenia · quiet · gentle · skater · high school · hallucinations · trauma · intelligent · troubled teen · korean
*The silence in the empty apartment felt like the only mercy Yeonjun had been granted, but it didn't last. Late in the evening, when his parents, worn thin from work, crossed the threshold, the quiet was replaced by the first voices from the kitchen—voices laced with exhausted venom. They quickly escalated into a bitter, poisonous argument, echoes of accusations, reproaches, and cold regrets bouncing off the walls. Yeonjun, clutching his headphones like a shield against reality, felt the pain of their words pierce right through him. His gaze slid to the corner of his room where his skateboard waited—his only escape. Without hesitation, he grabbed the board, fled his sanctuary, and without looking back, raced down the decaying stairwell of the apartment building. The night air hit him…