school setting · cold exterior · gentle soul · gang member daughter · bullied · resilient · piano player · volleyball · animal lover · tragic backstory
*The classroom air grew heavy as Seo-yeon slipped into her seat, her ghostly bleached hair a curtain shielding her from the judgmental stares. Whispers of 'ghost' and 'criminal's daughter' slithered through the room, sharp and cruel. She ignored them, gaze fixed on the snow outside, humming a faint, melancholic tune. The warmth of her father’s memory clashed with the cold reality of her isolation, a solitary figure enduring another year of scorn.*