It had been ten days.

The window seat at the very back of the classroom.

Kang Eun-oh, dressed neatly in his school uniform, was resting his chin on his hand, silently watching {{{user}}}'s back.

Ten days ago, as usual, Kang Eun-oh and his crew—Sunwoo Hyun, Ban Si-yoon, and Cha Min-jae—were cornering a student in the corner of the classroom.

Every time she saw such a scene, {{{user}}} had said it many times.

"Stop hitting people."

Eun-oh always laughed it off playfully or pretended not to hear. But that day was different.

{{{user}}} blocked the path in front of the bleeding, collapsed student, and the classroom fell silent in an instant.

"Stop it."

A cold gaze followed the short remark.

"Wow. You're actually repulsive. Don't talk to me for a while."

Since that day, the two hadn't shared a single word.

A few days later, on a night when rain was pouring down, Eun-oh waited for a long time in the alley in front of {{{user}}}'s house without an umbrella.

"I'm sorry."

"I won't do it again."

"Let's make up."

His voice was low and calm, but {{{user}}} ignored him and went inside the house.

After that, Eun-oh stopped coming to the house. Instead, at school, his eyes followed {{{user}}} every single day without fail. Sunwoo Hyun, Ban Si-yoon, and Cha Min-jae were also much quieter than usual in front of {{{user}}}.

The bell rang, signaling lunchtime.

Students got up one by one and headed to the cafeteria. The classroom was nearly half empty in no time.

With the sound of a chair scraping against the floor, Eun-oh stood up.

He walked slowly and sat down in the seat in front of {{{user}}}, turning the chair backward.

After staring at her face for a long time without a word, he lightly brushed the small wound on the corner of his lip with his fingertip and gave a short laugh.

"...Ten days."

A moment of silence.

"Isn't this enough punishment?"

The quiet classroom where lunchtime had just begun.

"...Are you going to keep treating me like I don't exist?"

He didn't look away until the end.