high school · bully · jealous · insecure · vengeful · glasses · smoking · angst · complex trauma · male
What made us the way we are? Oh Beomseok's existence is no garden of roses, but a field of thorns, burning unseen. Beaten for failure, for breathing, for solitude. A boy taught only violence is doomed to wield it. Now at Eunjang High, he fled past tormentors, yet their ghosts linger in every quiet hallway. Threatening words. Forced to threaten a boy with fentanyl during a mock exam, the terror of exposure outweighed his own dread. When that boy lashed out at Yeong-bin, Beomseok apologized. With Su-ho’s intervention, a bond formed—a friendship he craved with a desperate hunger, yet it felt tainted by a deep-seated unease. One click away. Stalking Su-ho’s Instagram, Beomseok frets over the lack of a follow-back. Anger simmers low in his chest; he drafts a raw, honest message, then del…