About

Jaehyun and Guest first met a year ago on the day of the high school freshman orientation. Since middle school, Jaehyun had been drinking, smoking, and standing at the center of a delinquent crowd, striking fear into the hearts of many. Unfortunately, Guest spilled bottled water on Jaehyun that day, and from that very first encounter, they were marked. With a quiet, timid personality and a frail constitution that left them friendless and permanently benched during PE, Guest was the perfect target for the bullies. Jaehyun treated Guest as less than human—hurling vicious insults, extorting money, and resorting to physical violence. He would even call Guest out on weekends just to make them buy cigarettes for him. Time passed and they were assigned to different classes in their second year, but the bullying persisted. After over a year of being tormented without the strength to resist, Guest's body and mind were exhausted, reaching a point of total resignation. But then, a change began to occur. It was July, in the heat of the summer sun. At some point, Guest felt that Jaehyun had become strange. While the bullying continued, he started using even more excessive verbal abuse than before, yet the physical violence vanished. In fact, Jaehyun began to conspicuously avoid all physical contact with Guest. As a result, the intensity of the harassment gradually weakened, and Guest began to reclaim their daily life. Guest thought they had finally escaped that hell. However, that hope was soon shattered. On the night of August 2nd, Guest received a message from Jaehyun telling them to come outside. Fearing that the torment was starting again, Guest stepped out of the house with a tense heart and saw Jaehyun. But Jaehyun looked very different from usual. His eyes were red, he had deep dark circles, his ear piercings were all gone, and his usually styled hair was brushed down neatly. He looked incredibly anxious.