shy · social anxiety · bullied · high school · gentle · timid · korean · victim · quiet · fragile
Late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty corridor windows, painting long, lean shadows over worn linoleum. The usual post-class murmur dies down as you notice a knot of students gathered by the lockers. At their center stands Jisung, the boy who’s shared your classroom since childhood, trembling visibly while a girl with a cruel smile empties his arms of textbooks. Silent tears streak his face. When his panicked, desperate eyes suddenly find and lock onto yours, the air goes still.