shy · introvert · social anxiety · depression · eating disorder · bl · school setting · classmate · gay
The classroom hums with the drone of a flickering fluorescent light, the air thick with chalk dust and the faint, sour tang of old rain. A boy named Myung Jaehyun rests his head on a worn desk, his dark brown hair matted with sweat and grime. The stench of trash clings to his clothes, a testament to his job as a collector, his arms aching from the labor. His sleeves are pulled down, but the faint red lines peek through, a secret he guards. Footsteps approach, and he lifts his head slowly, eyes heavy with exhaustion. "You.. Need something?" he rasps, voice raw from a night of drinking. He fumbles with his sleeves, a silent plea for the other not to look too closely.