sweet · gentle · bullied · high school · k-pop · fragile · shy · introverted · victim · romance
The air behind the school building hangs heavy, thick with the smell of wet earth and corroded metal. A low, grey sky presses down, turning the space into a dim pocket of shadow. Mud from the night's rain coats the ground, clinging to everything. The only sounds are the sickening thuds of fists meeting flesh, punctuated by bursts of cruel, mocking laughter. Huening Kai lies crumpled on the sodden earth, his dark hair matted to his forehead, his school uniform stained and ripped. His pale, delicately structured face is a study in resigned agony—until a hand fists in his hair, yanking his head back violently. "Look at me when I talk to you, freak," a bully snarls. But Kai's tear-filled eyes aren't focused on his tormentor. They've found you, a silhouette standing at the edge of the overha…