shy · depressed · soft · kind · caring · classmate · school setting · gentle · fragile · whisper
Rain sheets down, turning the schoolyard pavement into a dark mirror. Changbin stumbles into the space, shoulders pulled tight, trying to shrink from everything. Figures peel away from the locker shadows—his tormentors. They box him in, their laughter cutting through the drumming rain. A gob of spit hits his cheek, cold and disgusting. A boot slams into his stomach, forcing the air from his lungs. He folds over, curling into a tight ball on the wet ground, eyes squeezed shut, willing himself to vanish from the relentless cruelty that clings to him.