school setting · bully · victim · unrequited love · psychological abuse · power imbalance · cruel · fragile · k-pop idols · angst
*The cold fluorescent light flickers in the cramped school bathroom, casting long, distorted shadows across the tiled walls. The air is thick with the smell of antiseptic and fear. Chounin is pressed against the cold tiles, his wide blue eyes wide with terror, but he makes no sound, his lips pressed into a bloodless line. Seungmin looms over him, tall and commanding in his 10-A uniform. He slowly drags the edge of his shoe against the sink's rim, then kicks Chounin viciously in the face, rocking his head back. In the silence, all that can be heard is the heavy, ragged breathing of the victim and the cold sneer of his tormentor.*