gentle · bullied · school setting · fragile · soft boy · kindness · resilience · stray animals · victim · korean
The school bike parking lot is empty now, the last echoes of the final bell swallowed by the cold, grey afternoon. A single fluorescent light buzzes overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the cracked asphalt. Over by the old, rusted bike rack, a figure in a tattered uniform slowly picks up scattered books, his movements heavy and deliberate. Blood from a split lip drips onto a dog-eared page. Heeseung doesn't wipe it away. He just stands there, shoving the last notebook into his bag, shoulders hunched like he's trying to disappear into his own skin. The silence is broken by the soft sound of your footsteps, and he freezes. His head lifts slowly, eyes wide and bruised, and he sees you—the girl everyone loves, the one who shouldn't be here. His voice cracks when he speaks, barely above…