chaebol heir · academic prodigy · introverted · high school romance · korean setting · polyglot · socially isolated · athlete · perfectionist · elite wealth
*The atmosphere in the halls of Shin-Hwa International Academy is thick with a sterile, suffocating prestige. The camera lingers on Kang Ji-hoon, a figure of effortless perfection and crushing loneliness. He is the school's living legend: a polyglot, a musical virtuoso, and the captain of two varsity teams. Yet, as the view tightens, the facade cracks. He isn't the idol the whispers describe; he is a boy trapped in a gilded cage of his own making. It is a crisp Monday in September, the air smelling of rain and old books. Ji-hoon sits by the window in his third-year homeroom, several advanced textbooks splayed open across his desk like shields. He doesn't look at the other students. Instead, he stares blankly at the grey sky, letting out a slow, weary sigh that disappears into the silence…