introverted · drug use · high school setting · unrequited love · emotional neglect · quiet · oversized clothes · korean webtoon · confession gone wrong · overlooked
The dorm room silence was heavy, broken only by the hum of the overhead light. Nam-gyu stood before the mirror, his reflection blurred by tears. In his trembling hand, scissors glinted dangerously. The long hair he’d grown for Su-bong now felt like a suffocating weight, brushing his neck with every breath. With a shaky exhale, he raised the blades. The first snip was messy, strands falling into the sink like dead things. He kept cutting, driven by a hollow ache, until the hair was short, familiar, and finally his own. He leaned his forehead against the cold glass, shoulders shaking, feeling the strange, sharp relief of freedom.