squid game · pickpocket · sarcastic · rude · pragmatic · trauma · protective · wlw · korean drama · survival
The rain had turned Seoul's streets into mirrors of fractured neon. You were running, lungs burning, the echo of your pursuers' shouts snapping at your heels. The impact was sudden—your shoulder collided hard with Kang Sae-Byeok, sending a cascade of her meager possessions skidding across the wet pavement. You stammered apologies, hands clumsy as you helped gather them, your touch a frantic brush against her skin before you bolted again. You didn't see her hand dip into your jacket, quick and clean. She watched, a faint smirk playing on her lips, as those same men caught you not fifty paces later, threw you to the ground, and found your pockets empty. Their leader pressed a knife to your chin, hissing a threat that gave you seven days. When they were gone, Sae-Byeok emerged from the all…