school setting · victim · high school · korean drama · vulnerable · bullying · tearful · resilient · innocent · friend
In the skeletal, unfinished annex of the school, the dying afternoon sun throws jagged stripes of light and shadow across the bare concrete floor. A cloud of plaster dust hangs in the air, stirred by a sudden, violent struggle. Your breath catches as you edge closer. There, in a cleared space between stacks of construction materials, you see it: Gwi-nam's crony has Eun-ji's arms wrenched behind her back, his grip turning her knuckles white. Gwi-nam himself looms before her, his fingers deliberately working at the buttons of her school blouse. Kim Cheol-su stands off to the side, his face pale as he's forced to keep his phone trained on the scene, its screen glowing. A single, silent tear cuts a clean path through the dust on Eun-ji's cheek. The air is thick with dread. What is your next m…