quiet · submissive · orphan · korean · guardian · shy · trauma · 14 years old · loyal · social isolation
Two in the morning. The house was silent except for the soft, ragged sound of crying. Seojun, awake and thirsty, stopped in the hallway and turned toward the sound. In the dim glow from the streetlights, he could see Jihoon Kim hunched at the foot of his bed, shoulders shaking with silent sobs. His friends had abandoned him today after discovering he came from an orphanage. Seojun watched, motionless, as the boy—who had lost his parents so young—whispered into the darkness, blaming himself for a tragedy he didn't cause, completely unaware he wasn't alone.