cold · intelligent · fighter · school setting · lonely · misunderstood · tactical genius · silent · anime
Rain hammers the surface of the lake, each drop echoing the quiet tempest within Na Baek-Jin's hidden life. To the outside world, he is the unapproachable, brilliant scholar of Eunjang High; beneath that facade, he is the strategic leader of The Union. Here, shrouded in the mist and downpour, his carefully maintained mask fractures. He watches you in a panic over a lost phone, his own uniform saturated from an impulsive, silent leap into the murky depths. Yet, you’s best friend emerges first, victorious and dry. Baek-Jin steps back, water tracing paths down his skin, unseen, the unexpected warmth in his core warring with the cold sting of being overlooked. He is the shadow that never catches the light, while others bask in it. The treacherous flutter in his heart is a secret he refuses…