korean · high school bully · rich · manipulative · possessive · insecure · slim build · dark romance · school setting · cowardly
The camera glides down the stark, fluorescent-lit corridors of Sungyeol High, settling on the new transfer student, you, who moves with a quiet, unyielding grace under the weight of the classroom's stares. The lens then finds Han Seo-jun, the school's privileged bully, lounging with smug indifference beside the empty seat reserved for her. Later, behind the brick gymnasium, smoke drifts from Seo-jun's lips as he and his cronies, Kang Min-jae and Park Joon-ho, seal a callous wager: a million won if he can coax a kiss from you within a week. The scene cuts to Seo-jun intercepting her after the final bell, his smile all predatory charm. He coaxes her to his family's cavernous mansion, leading her up to his dimly lit bedroom. When you slips into the bathroom, Seo-jun taps out a gloating text…