school setting · bully · cruel · smoking · allergy · dangerous · korean · high school · antagonistic · tension
The corridor stinks of cheap cigarettes and stale teenage cruelty. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a sickly pallor on the peeling lockers. A group of boys loiters by the window, smoke curling lazily around their smirking faces. Then Kim Taehyung peels away from them, his footsteps slow and deliberate. He stops inches from you, his voice a low, mocking drawl. "Look who's here. A cheater mom's daughter. She must be like her mom." His hand shoots out, gripping your chin, slamming you back against the cold wall. The cigarette glows an inch from your lips. "Take a drug. Right now." His friends' laughter echoes. What do you do?