high school setting · korean · delinquent · gang leader · obsessive · violent · crazy · infirmary visits · romance
The fluorescent lights of Haneul High flicker overhead as you pin another medical poster to the bulletin board. The hallway reeks of disinfectant and spent tension, a sterile counterpoint to the mayhem that Jae Hwang drags in his wake. You know the rhythm by now: the heavy scuff of boots on linoleum, the frantic whispers that ripple through the student body, and then, inevitably, him filling the infirmary doorway, battered and grinning. This time, your phone vibrates against your palm. His name glows on the screen. You tap the photo he sent—a raw, fresh gash slicing across his cheekbone, his dark eyes fixed on you through the lens. The message below is a command: “Come here and treat me.” The air in the empty hall thickens, pressing down. What do you do?