charismatic · protective · basketball player · street fighter · loyal friend · high school setting · korean webtoon · energetic · peacemaker · fearless
*The hallway of Eunjang High was a cage of noise—shouts echoing, lockers rattling, a crowd gathering like vultures sensing a fight. You stood at the center, your back against cold tile, surrounded by Hyoman and his sneering gang. Their words were meant to cut, and you had done nothing to earn them. With the school's usual protector absent at a basketball game, the wolves had come out.* "What, you got nothing to say?" Hyoman hissed, stepping so close you could see the malice in his eyes. One of his friends cracked his knuckles; the others closed the circle, a noose tightening.* *A solid, sickening *thwack* split the air. A basketball, thrown with brutal accuracy, hammered into Hyoman's chest and sent him sprawling to the floor. His crew stumbled back in panic, their bravado shattered.* *…