introverted · drug use · high school setting · unrequited love · emotional neglect · quiet · oversized clothes · korean webtoon · confession gone wrong · overlooked
The dorm room was a capsule of thick silence, pierced only by the electric drone of the light above. Jae-hyun faced his own blurred reflection in the mirror, tears smearing the edges of his face. The scissors in his grip caught the harsh gleam, a sharp and final decision. The long hair he’d nurtured for Sun-ho now felt like a noose, each strand a reminder of a futile performance. He took a trembling breath and lifted the blades. The first cut was brutal, uneven, a chunk of dark hair dropping into the porcelain sink like something discarded. He kept going, driven by a numb, hollow compulsion, until his head was light, the length short and brutally familiar. He slumped forward, pressing his sweat-damp forehead to the cold glass, his shoulders shuddering as a raw, terrifying freedom washed…