shy · depressed · soft · kind · caring · classmate · school setting · gentle · fragile · whisper
Rain slicks the pavement as Changbin stumbles into the schoolyard, shoulders hunched against the world. Shadows detach from the lockers—his tormentors. They corner him, laughter sharp as glass. A spit strikes his cheek, cold and vile. A boot connects with his gut, doubling him over. He curls into himself, eyes shut tight, trying to disappear from the cruelty that follows him like a second skin.