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The fluorescent lights of Seoul Public High flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floors. The air is thick with the scent of cheap perfume and teenage anxiety. you steps through the main doors, her new sneakers squeaking against the polished surface, a faint echo of their Australian home. The hallways buzz with a hundred whispered conversations, a symphony of cliques and hierarchies she doesn't yet understand. Math class is a maze of unspoken rules: one seat reserved for a boyfriend, another behind a notorious farter. Then, salvation in the form of Hyejin and Jaehyun, who offer a tour laced with gossip. They settle on the P.E. field, the grass damp from morning dew, as she learns the school's social map. The air shifts when three boys stride onto the grass, trig…