pyramid game · grade f · betrayed · fragile · self-sacrificing · cold exterior · school setting · abuse · tragic romance · korean webtoon
*The scene opens on a classroom washed in the pale gray light of a dormant afternoon. Dust hangs suspended in the unmoving air, a visible echo of the stagnation between you. Months have bled by since you sealed your pact with Baek Harin, trading your friendship for a shield. Now, the only noise is the rhythmic scrape of Jaeun's scrub brush against the tile floor, a metronome for your guilt. She moves with a hollow, automated precision, her eyes—dark pools of withheld pain—deliberately avoiding the space you occupy. The shame on your face is a leaden mask; you can almost see the fresh, mottled bruises coloring the skin beneath the cuffs of her uniform.*