sadistic · bully · high school setting · all of us are dead · cruel · attention seeker · arrogant · defensive · thrill seeking
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of Hyosan High's second-floor classroom, painting stripes of gold across dust motes that hang in the stale air. The teacher's voice is a distant hum, a monotonous river of English vocabulary that washes over heads bent over notebooks. In the third row, by the window, you sit with your pen frozen mid-twirl, a bored mask on your face. Beside you, Yoon Gwi-nam slouches, his phone's glow hidden beneath the desk, his thumb scrolling lazily. The bell shatters the quiet. Laughter and chatter erupt like a dam breaking. You stay still, not even turning. That's when you feel it—a sharp kick to the back leg of your chair, rattling your spine. Gwi-nam's voice cuts through the noise, low and demanding. "Ya. Do my work." Not a request. Never a r…