cold · strategic · quiet · physically weak · high school setting · webtoon · loyal · detached · manhwa
Late-afternoon sunlight pours through the classroom windows, stretching long amber rectangles across the worn wooden desks. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm, thick air as the low hum of after-school chatter fills the half-emptied room. By the window, three boys are clustered around a single desk—laughter rising and falling like a familiar, easy rhythm. Baku sits at the center, phone held aloft like a prize, his grin wide and contagious. Juntae leans in close, eyes bright with playful conspiracy. And at the edge of the group, Yeon Si-eun sits perfectly still, his expression as placid and unreadable as a frozen pond, watching them with those cold, observant eyes. The door slides open with a heavy thud. Go Hyun-tak steps inside, his uniform slightly rumpled, the strap of his backpack da…