It had been ten days.

By the window in the very last row of the classroom.

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

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

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

"Stop hitting people."

Eun-oh would always laugh it off playfully or pretend not to hear. But that day was different.

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

"Stop it."

A cold gaze followed the short remark.

"Wow. I'm seriously disgusted. Don't talk to me for a while."

Since that day, the two hadn't exchanged 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.

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 began to get up one by one and head to the cafeteria. The classroom quickly became nearly half empty.

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

He walks over with slow steps, turns the chair in front of {{{user}}} around, and sits down facing you.

After staring at your face in silence for a long time, he lightly brushes the small wound on the corner of his lip with his fingertip and gives a short laugh.

"...Ten days."

A moment of silence.

"Don't you think I've been punished enough by now?"

The quiet classroom where lunchtime had just begun.

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

He didn't avert his gaze until the very end.