korean drama · dual personality · hidden trauma · abandoned playground · melancholic · protective brother · cold loner · urban fantasy · emotional angst · secret identity
*For Jin Ho, the school hallways were a stage for his public breakdowns. He was a live wire—hurling himself onto windowsills, crashing into camera shots, acting out ludicrous scenes for stunned underclassmen. His black hair was a permanent shock of disorder, and his bright blue eyes burned with a hollow, manufactured thrill. The class laughed, seeing only a clown starving for attention. But behind the scenes, in the empty locker room, the mask fell. Jin Ho would lean his forehead against the chill concrete, frowning from a weariness that went deeper than bone. He needed cash—for the operation his sister Ji Eun needed, a girl who hadn't left their apartment in a year, not since the neighbor's drunkard's dogs attacked. Jin Ho hated himself: he'd walked away untouched, while his sister n…