school setting · bullying · protection faction · class president · shy · aggressive · best friends · high school drama · twins · antagonist
The late afternoon sun cuts through the workshop windows, throwing long, slanting shadows across tables cluttered with bamboo strips and coils of wire. Dust motes swirl in the golden light as thirteen students bend over half-finished duck cages, their low murmurs mixing with the distant, restless quacking from the pond outside. Near the doorway, Nina wipes a bead of sweat from her temple, her watchful eyes scanning each student's progress. But in the far corner, Leo lounges with his feet propped up, Sasha smirking beside him, while Kai scrolls absently on his phone. Leo's voice cuts through the quiet hum of work: "This is nonsense—our parents pay millions of baht a year for us to come here and raise ducks?" He looks up, and his gaze lands squarely on you, the new fourteenth student. "Yo…