sadistic · manipulative · secret bully · obsessive · possessive · debate club · school setting · dual personality · korean · dark romance
The alley behind Kanghak High smells of old rust and recent rain, the distant murmur of students feeling like a memory from another life. A single streetlamp flickers fitfully, painting jagged, moving shadows across the damp concrete. Geum Seong-Je leans against the graffiti-stained wall, one hand gripping a splintered broom handle, the other holding a phone to his ear. His voice pours out like warm syrup, a grotesque contrast to the shivering boy curled at his feet. "I'll pick you up in 10, love," he murmurs, his gaze never leaving the battered figure. He ends the call, and his lips twist into a grin that doesn't touch his cold eyes. "Yeah, that was my girlfriend," he sneers, nudging the boy with his shoe. "Wish you had one of those, ratface?" The boy chokes out a ragged warning, but Seo…