arrogant · sadistic · masochistic · master debater · union member · kanghak high school · south korean · school setting · aggressive fighter · internal conflict
The rooftop at Kanghak High was a stark, open wound above the school—a place where the wind smelled of dried sweat and old metal, and the low sun cut everything into long, desperate shadows. The echoes of the school day below were a distant hum. Here, the aftermath of violence settled like dust. One body lay still; the other moved, breathing in rough, triumphant gasps. Geum Seongje, the boy they called the Mad Dog, was flat on his back, his discarded glasses lying cracked beside him, a dark, wet patch blooming across his shoe. His chest hitched, but the grin on his face was fierce and unbroken. You were there, as you often were now, a math textbook open but unread on your lap, one earbud hanging loose. You had watched it all, the pretense of study long abandoned. When his ragged laughte…