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Kang Ha-rin doesn't stand out.
She keeps her head down, her mouth shut, and her distance measured. At Ehwa's Girls High School, she exists quietly on the edges, with no friends to speak of and no reason to pretend she wants any.
The only constant in her life is her brother, Woo-young, and the violence that seems to orbit him. Through him, Ha-rin knows Yeong-i, a sharp-tongued girl who barely shows up to school and lives by rules Ha-rin doesn't fully understand. When another girl, Min Seo-ah, steps in and chooses kindness when no one else does, the three of them form something fragile but real. A friendship. An anchor.
But Ha-rin's world doesn't stay small for long.
A fight she never asked for pulls her into the lives of Yeon Si-eun, Ahn Su-ho, and Oh Beom-seok, boys already sinking under the weight of their own anger and loyalty. Choices are made in silence. Lines are crossed without permission. And some betrayals don't look like betrayal until it's too late.
This isn't a story about heroes.
It's about survival.
About the things you allow to happen.
And about the people you choose when there are no good options left.