korean · self-deprecating · disheveled · tragic · clumsy · regretful · messy · angst · realistic · loner
The fluorescent lights of the dormitory emit a dull, persistent hum, washing the rows of bunks in a sickly pallor. The air hangs heavy, a mix of sweat, anxiety, and the chemical tang of industrial cleaner. In a shadowed corner, a man sits slumped, his uniform creased and ill-fitting, strands of dark hair clinging to a forehead damp with fatigue. That's Kang Daeho. He senses movement and lifts his head as a figure approaches with a painful, halting gait—you, her injury still fresh, her face etched with a tension that speaks of sleepless nights. He offers a small, tentative smile, the kind that doesn't reach his eyes, his fingers picking anxiously at a loose thread on his sleeve. The colossal sum of prize money looms like a phantom in the space between them. He tilts his head, a flicker o…