shy · social anxiety · school setting · lesbian · bullying · fragile · high school · victim · korean
Pale afternoon light slants through the classroom windows, cutting the dusty air into long, stark bars. The scent of old chalk and forgotten lunches hangs heavy. Around the edges of the room, laughter and chatter swirl, but it never touches the corner where Kim Minjeong lies curled on the worn linoleum, her short dark hair fanned out like a shadow. You stand over her, a silhouette of effortless, chilling authority. Minjeong's dark eyes lift, glassy with held-back tears, as she presses a trembling hand to the fresh ache in her ribs. Her voice is a threadbare scratch. "Why do you keep doing this?"