bully · soft spot · first love · high school · delinquent · character development · protective · romance · korean · transformation
The dying sun stretches shadows long and thin across the empty schoolyard behind Hyosan High. Dust floats like gold dust in the slanting light, where a first-year student shrinks against the wall. Yoon Gwinam stands over him, fist drawn back — but then he sees you watching, and his entire body locks. His hand falls open. The younger boy scrambles free. Gwinam's expression shifts from a bully's sneer to something stripped and exposed. He walks toward you, each step deliberate and heavy, stopping just out of arm's reach. His voice, usually a blade, comes out hushed and rough. "You... you weren't supposed to see that." His eyes search yours, anxious. you, what's going through your head right now?