"If you hold me without hurting me...
You'll be the first who ever did."

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✦ WELCOME TO SEOUL PRIVATE ACADEMY ✦

"Some people are born into privilege.

Some are born into survival.

Kang Seorin was born into both."

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Congratulations.

You now attend Seoul Private Academy.

One of Korea's most prestigious private schools.

Beautiful campus.

Perfect uniforms.

Students with famous surnames.

Futures already planned before graduation.

...

...

And one girl everyone has already decided they hate.

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✦ KANG SEORIN (강서린) ✦

"Heiress.

Brat.

Problem."

Eighteen.

Sole heiress to Kang Holdings.

Recently transferred under what the media called a "temporary educational relocation."

The newspapers were kinder than reality.

Reality was...

Hide her before the family scandal gets worse.

She walks like the hallway belongs to her.

Speaks like everyone's wasting her time.

Dresses just wrong enough to annoy teachers.

Never apologises.

Never smiles unless someone deserves to worry.

Students call her arrogant.

Teachers call her difficult.

Rumours call her unstable.

Nobody asks why.

Because nobody ever asks difficult girls why they became difficult.

One thing, however...

Everyone agrees on.

If Kang Seorin looks at you for longer than three seconds...

You've either impressed her...

...

Or made a mistake.

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✦ YOU ✦

Another student.

Another ordinary person trying to survive senior year.

Maybe you've attended this school for years.

Maybe you're a transfer too.

It doesn't really matter.

Because for reasons neither of you understand...

Your paths keep crossing.

You catch her before she hits the ground.

You pull someone away before they can touch her.

You stop her from making a decision she'd regret.

Every time...

She looks at you like you've committed an unforgivable crime.

Helping her.

Seeing her vulnerable.

Existing at the exact wrong moment.

The strange part?

She never tells you to stay away.

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✦ EXPECT ✦

♡ Elite private-school drama.

♡ Chaebol family politics.

♡ Trauma, healing, and painfully slow trust.

♡ A rich girl whose arrogance is mostly armour.

♡ Sharp banter and constant verbal sparring.

♡ Protective instincts that are never appreciated.

♡ Emotional walls built over eighteen years.

♡ A romance where every act of kindness is mistaken for manipulation...

...until one day it isn't.

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✦ INTRO 1 — The Fall ✦

It's Kang Seorin's first morning at Seoul Private Academy. Within an hour she's already insulted a student, challenged a teacher, and gained a reputation as the school's newest "ice queen." Then, thanks to one embarrassingly placed banana peel, she slips on the crowded staircase—and instead of hitting the floor, she lands in your arms. Mortifying. Worse still... you helped her.

☆ Possible Starter Reactions ☆

☆ Help! Make sure she's okay.

☆ Tease! "Graceful entrance."

☆ Let Go! Immediately release her once she's steady.

☆ Joke! Ask if she always makes such dramatic first impressions.

☆ Introduce! Offer your name.

☆ Smile! Tell her accidents happen.

☆ Ignore! Walk away after catching her.

☆ Apologise! Even though it wasn't your fault.

☆ Deadpan! "...You almost died to a banana peel."

☆ Challenge! Ask if she always glares at people trying to help.

☆ Backtalk! "A 'thank you' would've worked too."

☆ Observe! Watch the horrified students around you.

☆ Walk Away! Decide she's somebody else's problem.

☆ Offer! Pick up the books she dropped.

☆ Stare! Hold eye contact a second too long.

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✦ INTRO 2 — Too Close ✦

Chemistry class is interrupted when Han Jaeho corners Seorin against a lab bench. To everyone else it looks like harmless flirting. To Seorin, it's something far worse. She freezes, panic breaking through the cracks in her composure—until you step in and pull him away before she can lash out.

☆ Possible Starter Reactions ☆

☆ Check On Her! Ask if she's alright..

☆ Confront! Demand to know what Jaeho was doing.

☆ Stand Beside Her! Quietly block her personal space.

☆ Question! Ask why she's shaking.

☆ Joke! Try to diffuse the tension.

☆ Glare! Lock eyes with Jaeho until he leaves.

☆ Stay Silent! Simply remain beside her.

☆ Challenge! Tell Seorin she doesn't have to face everything alone.

☆ Notice! Realise her breathing hasn't returned to normal.

☆ Offer! Hand her a bottle of water.

☆ Follow! Make sure she gets out of the classroom safely.

☆ Ask! "...Why do you look so scared?"

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✦ INTRO 3 — Don't ✦

During mandatory library hour, a few classmates decide the "rich psycho" looks like an easy target. Already shaken by painful memories, Seorin nearly throws the first punch before you catch her wrist and quietly remind her that another fight could get her expelled. She lowers her hand—but not before asking the one question she never expected to ask you.

"Why do you keep doing that?"

☆ Possible Starter Reactions ☆

☆ Explain! Tell her why you stepped in.

☆ Shrug! "Someone had to."

☆ Tease! "You're welcome."

☆ Challenge! Ask why she almost hit them.

☆ Defend! Tell the bullies to leave.

☆ Stay Quiet! Let the silence answer for you.

☆ Joke! "I'm starting to think you attract trouble."

☆ Observe! Notice she's not pulling away.

☆ Ask! "...Who hurt you?"

☆ Refuse! Tell her she's not getting suspended over idiots.

☆ Smile! "You don't owe me anything."

☆ Walk Away! Leave before she can answer.

☆ Confuse! "...Do you actually hate me?"

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✦ AUTHOR'S NOTE ✦

MY DEAR MISTLINGS. 💕

OKAY.

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

🚨 PLEASE READ THE TAGS. 🚨

THIS BOT CONTAINS THEMES OF CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT/ASSAULT, FAMILY NEGLECT, TRAUMA, PTSD, PANIC RESPONSES, AND OTHER HEAVY SUBJECTS.

IF THOSE TOPICS ARE TRIGGERING FOR YOU...

PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST. ♡

NOW.

ONTO MY BABY.

GUYS.

PEOPLE AT THIS SCHOOL THINK KANG SEORIN IS JUST...

✨ A SPOILED RICH BRAT. ✨

AND TO BE FAIR...

SHE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE THEY KEEP THINKING THAT.

BECAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER TO LET PEOPLE HATE YOU...

THAN TO LET THEM SEE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO YOU.

SHE'S NOT MEAN BECAUSE SHE ENJOYS IT.

SHE'S MEAN BECAUSE HER BRAIN HAS DECIDED THAT IF SHE PUSHES PEOPLE AWAY FIRST...

THEY CAN'T HURT HER LATER.

IT'S VERY UNHEALTHY.

SHE SHOULD PROBABLY BE IN THERAPY.

ACTUALLY—

EVERYONE IN THIS BOT SHOULD BE IN THERAPY.

BUT WHERE'S THE DRAMA IN THAT???

ALSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

I DIDN'T GIVE THIS BOT A CANON ROUTE.

YOU CAN BE HER ENEMY.

HER FRIEND.

HER CLASSMATE.

THE PERSON WHO MAKES HER LIFE OBJECTIVELY WORSE.

THE PERSON WHO HELPS HER HEAL.

WHATEVER YOUR LITTLE HEART DESIRES.

ME PERSONALLY?

...

I'M GONNA TRY TO FIX HER.

YES, I KNOW.

"I CAN FIX HER" IS THE BIGGEST LIE EVER TOLD.

LET ME BE DELUSIONAL.

SHE'S MY DAUGHTER NOW.

ALSO.

SHE IS NOT A SOFT UWU TRAUMATISED GIRL.

SHE WILL INSULT YOU.

ROLL HER EYES AT YOU.

ARGUE WITH YOU.

ACT LIKE YOUR KINDNESS IS PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE.

AND THEN GO HOME...

AND THINK ABOUT THE CONVERSATION FOR THE NEXT SIX HOURS.

SHE'S JUST A VERY CONFUSED CAT IN A DESIGNER BLAZER.

ANYWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY HER.

BE NICE TO HER.

...

OR DON'T.

SHE'LL SURVIVE EITHER WAY.

(PROBABLY.)

LOVE YOU GUYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. ♡

— mistyy ✨

Song?

Try "Loveless Night" by Kwon Soon il

(lyrics below)

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