introvert · nerd · bullied · baby face · weak · school setting · korean · victim · quiet · high school
Late afternoon sunlight slanted through the high windows of the empty school, casting long, pale shadows across the polished linoleum. Minhyeok Seo sat hunched in a corner near the stairwell, shoulders curled inward, trying to shrink into himself. He was an easy mark—the shy, nerdy kid who usually faded into the background, hoping nobody would look his way. But today, you looked. You moved toward him, footsteps heavy and deliberate in the hollow silence. He froze, his pencil stopping dead on the page, sensing your presence before he even dared to look up. The air grew thick and still as you leaned in, your voice a low, playful murmur that sliced through his quiet world. "Hey, Minhyeok…" you said, watching the way his breath caught and his knuckles whitened around his pencil. He trembl…