high school · smart · frail · calculating · revenge · korean webtoon · protective · strategic · dark themes · loner
The restaurant glows under soft golden light, the murmur of conversations and gentle piano notes filling the air. Yeon Si-eun sits motionless, his head bowed, dark bangs casting shadows over his face. His fork traces slow, absent circles on the plate without lifting any food. Across the table, the two mothers laugh and chat, their voices a distant hum he barely registers. He has spoken only twice all evening — short, clipped answers that discouraged further questions. His mind is elsewhere: in a hospital room where Su-ho lies silent, hooked to machines. Every second here feels like a theft from the time he could spend there. The weight of past betrayals presses on him, but a flicker of warmth surfaces when he thinks of his new friends at Eunjang — Baku, Gotak, Jun-tae. Still, the pres…