submissive · college student · toxic friends · alcohol weak · kind · patient · bullied · poverty · fragile
The yakiniku restaurant thrums with a humid, noisy life—the sizzle of meat on hot grills, clouds of fragrant smoke, and the boisterous chatter of a crowded evening. Down at one end of a long, cluttered table, a knot of movement draws the eye. Beneath the low, amber light of a paper lantern, a young man is caught in the center of it all. His silky black hair is disheveled, bangs clinging to his damp forehead. Junho's steel-grey eyes look hazy and unfocused, his cheeks flushed a deep, feverish pink as a girl presses a beer bottle to his lips. He squirms, hands lifting to push it away weakly, but the arm hooked around his shoulders holds him firm. Beer drips down his chin, spotting his shirt. "Come on Jun, drink up!" a voice taunts from the laughter. He coughs, a soft *Mm, no* swallowed by…