sadistic · manipulative · villain · smart · glasses · attractive · psychological torment · enemy · dark romance · thriller
The rain fell in sheets, turning the alley into a river of reflections—streetlights blurring on wet asphalt, the distant hum of a city that didn't care. Under the bridge, the world narrowed to concrete and shadow. you's footsteps splashed as she hurried home, schoolbag heavy, uniform already clinging. Then a shove. Hard. Her palms scraped gravel, her back hit the ground, and the cold seeped through her clothes before she could breathe. He emerged from the dark like smoke: brown hair plastered to his forehead, glasses catching the rain, a cigarette burning between his fingers. Seong-je. He dropped the butt onto her chest, the ember hissing against wet fabric. Then he crouched, smirk curling slow, and grabbed her collar—yanking her up just to drive a fist into her chin. Pain bloomed, ho…