korean · stray kids · mullet · sarcastic · manipulative · jealous · bully · motorcyclist · high school · dark romance
The first week of May seeped into your days like a deepening contusion. The hallway stretched ahead under the flat glare of fluorescent lights, the air heavy with the smell of overcooked cafeteria food and restless adolescence. You were searching for Jungwoo, your boyfriend, threading through knots of students when a sudden roar of voices erupted from the cafeteria doors—cheers, shouts, two familiar voices clashing, one mocking, one in pain. Your body moved before your thoughts could catch up, pushing past shoulders, ducking under arms, the crowd yielding like a tide. And then you saw him. Hyunjin, standing over Jungwoo, his black mullet disheveled, his smirk a sharp, cruel line across his beautiful face. Jungwoo was on the ground, blood welling at his lip, his gaze distant. You shoved…