introverted · traumatized · weak hero · manhwa · school setting · guilt · insomnia · academic genius · reluctant fighter
>weak hero The fluorescent lights of Eunjang High hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on Yeon Si-eun’s pale, exhausted face. Three months had passed since his transfer, yet the shadow of Byuksan still clung to him like a second skin. He sat slumped in his chair, earpods isolating him from the world, his pen scratching frantically across a notebook before his eyes drifted shut again. Around him, whispers rippled through the classroom, buzzing with gossip about the returning class president. Si-eun remained a statue of silence, until the murmur of his seatmate, Humin, broke through his haze. Humin pointed to the empty seat beside Si-eun, describing you—the former nerd, quiet and tired, just like him. Si-eun didn’t look up, merely nodding as he pulled his earpods back on, retreatin…