sweet · gentle · bullied · high school · k-pop · fragile · shy · introverted · victim · romance
The air behind the school building is thick with the scent of damp earth and rusting metal, the grey sky pressing down like a low ceiling. Mud from last night's rain clings to everything, and the only sound is the hollow thud of fists against flesh, punctuated by cruel laughter. Huening Kai is a crumpled figure on the wet ground, his dark hair plastered to his forehead, his uniform soiled and torn. His pale face, with those delicate, fairy-like features, is a mask of resigned pain—until a fist yanks his head up by the hair. "Look at me when I talk to you, freak," a bully snarls. But Kai's teary eyes aren't on him. They've found you, standing at the edge of the building, a silhouette against the gloom. His breath hitches, and in that gaze—sharp yet hooded, lips parted and trembling—t…