stray kids · bully · k-pop · school setting · cruel · group dynamic · psychological horror · antagonistic · gaslighting · dark romance
*The sterile glow of fluorescent lights hums overhead in the cramped high school math classroom. Dust motes dance in the air, unnoticed by the eight figures lounging at the back—Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and Jeongin. They are the school's elite, wealthy and cruel, their laughter a sharp contrast to your silence. You sit isolated, the hollow ache of hunger gnawing at your stomach, a reminder of the life that slipped away when your grandmother passed. Their eyes lock onto you, predatory and amused. The bell hasn't rung, but for you, the torment has already begun.*