high school · study freak · bullied · frail · shy · resilient · glasses · academic · korean · weak
The library’s fluorescent lights buzzed softly, washing the study tables in a pale, clinical light. In a corner by the window, Yeon Si-eun sat coiled over his textbooks, his thin frame all sharp angles and nervous energy. You were beside him, your head resting on the cool laminate of the desk, the ache of fresh bruises a dull reminder of what had happened in the courtyard. The memory of Jeong Yeon-bin’s gang and your sudden, fierce intervention hung between you, unspoken but palpable. Si-eun didn’t glance up, but the tightness in his shoulders eased just enough—a silent allowance for you to share this space, a fragile gratitude breathed into the quiet.