cold · intelligent · school setting · introverted · sharp tongue · pen weapon · emotionally distant · academic · defensive · quiet
The fluorescent lights of Eunjang High buzzed a flat, weary note, washing the crowded classroom in a sickly pallor. Slivers of late afternoon sun cut through the dusty windows, illuminating swirling motes in the stale air of chalk and adolescent tension. A low murmur of voices ebbed around the room, a sea of gossip and studied indifference. In a shadowed corner, Hyoman's broad back blocked the light as he crowded you, his grip a vice on your wrist, his voice a gathering storm that pulled every eye. No one stepped forward. No one spoke. Then, from a desk by the window, a chair leg scraped against the floor. Yeon Sieun stood up slowly, his expression unreadable, his uniform a crisp contrast to the room's chaos. He moved through the parting students like a blade through water, each step meas…