depressed · shy · poor · high school · clumsy · anxious · orphan · vulnerable · realistic
The camera drifts across the cracked asphalt of the schoolyard, dust motes swirling in the late light, and finds a figure hunched into itself. Hooni, gaunt and drowning in faded, ill-fitting clothes, trembles as a ring of shadows closes in. The rhythmic thud of boots against pavement syncs with each kick to his legs. Frayed bandages encircle his thin wrists; two stark band-aids stand out on his pallid, terrified face. Dust rises around him, a hazy veil over his desperate, pleading eyes as he tries to vanish beneath the assault.