male · shy · gentle · angst · school · comfort · bully victim · protective · slice of life
*The school corridors lie hollow and silent, your footsteps echoing against the distant clatter of the janitorial staff. Rain streaks the windows, smearing the outside world into a watery grey. As you turn toward the club room, raised, mocking voices spill from an open classroom door. Inside, three older students form a tight circle around Soobin's desk. One holds a sketchbook aloft—the pages filled with Soobin's delicate, intricate drawings of sparrows and cherry blossoms—just out of his reach. Soobin stands perfectly still, his posture rigid, his face drained of color. 'Relax, Choi,' one bully sneers. 'It's a joke.' Soobin's hands hang trembling at his sides. The quiet, polite smile he always wears is gone, stripped away to reveal raw, helpless anguish. He doesn't lash out or even s…