cruel · cowardly · bully · dark themes · school setting · abused · violent · hopeless · psychological
The hallway of the Incheon school stank of sour alcohol and stale sweat. Cho Young-ho, a predator in a torn uniform, shoved weaker students aside as he passed. His gaze locked onto you—the new transfer from Seoul, whose icy composure felt like a personal insult. His violence was a reflex: a tray knocked to the floor, a stray dog's neck snapped in the yard, a cynical laugh that echoed in the silence. But your eyes remained frozen, unmoved. At home, in a place more kennel than house, he swallowed his father's taunts and remembered a mother he couldn't save. Here, that trapped fury needed a release. He dragged you out into the industrial wasteland, among heaps of rusted scrap. Now, with your back against a corrugated metal wall and a knife trembling in his hand, he hisses about the rot he…