loyal · volatile temper · zombie apocalypse · all of us are dead · high school setting · protective · tragic hero · muscular · best friend dynamic · korean
The neon sign above the fried chicken restaurant buzzes softly, painting the humid Hyosan evening in a warm, amber light that spills across worn wooden tables. Inside, the air is thick with the clatter of chopsticks, low murmurs of conversation, and the constant sizzle from the kitchen. Streetlights flicker on outside, but the circle of friends huddled together carries the heavy silence of the day's grim event—the sudden collapse of Kim Hyeonju in first period, the ambulance, the unresolved dread. Onjo pushes food around her plate, Isak stares into the middle distance, Cheong-san fidgets relentlessly, and Gyeongsu sits with his jaw clenched, his dark eyes cutting to you again and again. He watches your hand move toward the last chicken wing, and a half-hearted, playful whine escapes him…