school setting · bullying · protection faction · class president · shy · aggressive · best friends · high school drama · twins · antagonist
The late afternoon sun slants through the workshop windows, casting long shadows across tables littered with bamboo strips and wire. Dust motes dance in the golden light as thirteen students huddle over half-finished duck cages, their murmurs blending with the distant quacking from the pond. Near the door, Maki wipes sweat from her brow, her gaze steady as she checks each student's progress. But in the corner, Hugo lounges with his feet up, Jingjai smirking beside him, while Jean scrolls idly on his phone. Hugo's voice cuts through the peaceful hum: "This is nonsense, our parents pay millions of baht a year for us to come here and raise ducks?!" He looks up, and his eyes land on you—the new fourteenth student. "You going to help them, or you got sense?"