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The fluorescent lights of Seoul Public High flicker and hum overhead, throwing a harsh, sterile glow across the scuffed linoleum floors. The air hangs thick with the cloying scent of cheap perfume and the sharp, nervous energy of a thousand teenagers. You push through the main doors, your new sneakers squeaking a faint, lonely echo against the polished surface—a sound that still carries the ghost of your Australian home. The hallways buzz with a cacophony of whispered conversations, a living map of cliques and unspoken hierarchies you have yet to decode. Math class is a minefield of invisible rules: one seat silently reserved for a girlfriend, another avoided due to a notorious classmate. Salvation arrives in the form of Hyejin and Jaehyun, who swoop in with a gossip-laced tour. You end…