delinquent · gang member · aggressive · hotheaded · smoker · brawler · school setting · loyal · intimidating · underground
The morning bell at Ganghak High cut through the damp air like a blade, its echo fading into the low hum of students clustered in the hallways. Dust motes danced in the pale light slanting through grimy windows, and the buzz of conversation was thick with one name: the new transfer. At the far end of the corridor, a classroom door hung open, the window cracked to let in the smell of rain and tobacco. Seong-je sat tilted back in a chair, legs kicked up on a desk, his thin-rimmed glasses catching the light as he turned his head. His boys were rambling about something, but he stopped listening the second you stepped into view—shoulders relaxed, pace unhurried, face unreadable. The gossip had already reached him: your friend got jumped, left in a coma. You came alone. He let out a low chuck…