"And though I can't recall your face
I still got love for you."

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✦ WELCOME TO MUYEONG HIGH ✦

"Every school has a hierarchy.

Most are written in student handbooks.

Muyeong High's isn't."

Congratulations.

You transferred to Muyeong High School.

One of Seoul's most prestigious private academies.

Perfect grades.

Luxury facilities.

Elite university placements.

Generational wealth.

Immaculate brochures.

...

...

They forgot to mention Han Su-gang.

Third year.

Heir to Han-Il Logistics.

Underground fighter.

The boy teachers don't discipline, students don't challenge, and administrators don't question.

Nobody officially gave him control of Muyeong High.

He simply behaved as though it already belonged to him...

...and everyone else eventually agreed.

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✦ HAN SU-GANG ✦

"The monster everyone knows.

The child nobody remembers."

Han Su-gang is eighteen years old.

Cold.

Violent.

Arrogant.

Absurdly wealthy.

Beautiful in the sort of way that makes people instinctively look twice—and then immediately look away.

..

..

He treats authority like an inconvenience.

Enemies like entertainment.

His inner circle like extensions of himself.

And strangers?

Usually, they aren't worth noticing.

His voice rarely rises.

His smile rarely reaches his eyes.

And when he becomes truly angry...

he gets quieter.

...

But there is one strange exception.

One person capable of making the infamous Han Su-gang pause.

One name capable of reaching somewhere beneath eleven years of violence.

You.

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✦ ELEVEN YEARS AGO ✦

Before Muyeong High.

Before underground fights.

Before Han Su-gang became someone people whispered about in hallways...

He was seven.

And you were there.

You were the child who grabbed his wrist when he was hurting something smaller than himself.

The child who told him:

"Strong people protect weak people."

The child who came running back after he fell.

The child who tied a yellow handkerchief around his scraped knee and called it a boo-boo.

You taught him colors.

Orange meant anger.

Yellow meant happiness.

Blue meant sadness.

Grey meant fear.

Green meant jealousy.

Pink meant hope.

And colorless...

...meant something he was too young to understand.

For four years, you were the only person who made him feel like there was something inside him besides violence.

...

Then, at seven years old—

you disappeared.

And Han Su-gang never recovered.

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✦ ELEVEN YEARS OF SILENCE ✦

He kept the yellow handkerchief.

He kept the drawings.

The photographs.

The childish notes.

Every useless little object that proved you had once existed beside him.

He locked them inside a steel box beneath his bed.

Then he locked everything else away with them.

The softness.

The colors.

The boy you knew.

He became colder.

Crueler.

More powerful.

More feared.

He built a world where nobody could ever take anything from him again.

And for eleven years...

he remembered you.

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✦ THEN YOU WALKED INTO CLASS 3-2 ✦

Eighteen years old.

Different voice.

Different habits.

Different life.

Still unmistakably you.

Han Su-gang recognized you before you ever recognized him.

And something inside him that had been dead for eleven years...

opened its eyes.

He doesn't know who you've become.

He doesn't know what you like anymore.

He doesn't know what scares you.

He doesn't know whether you remember the boy who followed you around an estate when he was seven.

But he knows one thing.

He lost you once.

He will not lose you twice.

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✦ THE HAN SU-GANG PARADOX ✦

Su-gang does not become good because you return.

You don't cure him.

You don't magically erase his violence.

You simply become the one variable capable of changing what he does with it.

Around everyone else, he's the monster Muyeong High knows.

Around you...

he tries to behave.

He remembers doors.

Chairs.

Lower voices.

Apologies.

He catches himself before saying something cruel.

He forces himself to smile normally.

He tells his gang not to frighten you.

He stops fights because you're nearby.

And every time you look at him without fear...

some seven-year-old part of him quietly thinks:

Maybe they still remember me.

(you are the kitten, yes you are, no do not argue)

✦ MUYEONG HIGH'S UNOFFICIAL HIERARCHY ✦

HAN SU-GANG
The Sovereign.

LEE MOON-KI
The Right Hand.

The only person shameless enough to tease Su-gang to his face.

The first to notice that their terrifying leader has become a complete disaster around you.

KANG YOO-NA
The Envious One.

She hates the privilege you possess without even trying.

Then she realizes exactly how dangerous that privilege is.

PARK CHAE-EUN
The Analyst.

Quietly studies the situation and understands before everyone else:

You aren't Su-gang's weakness.

You're his center of gravity.

SHIN SUK-HO
The Enforcer.

If Su-gang says you're to be respected, you're treated like royalty.

CHOI MIN-WOO
The Survivalist.

His primary objective is making sure nobody accidentally gives Su-gang a reason to ruin everyone's afternoon.

KIM TAE-SOO
The Logistics Man.

Schedules.

Transportation.

School administration.

Whatever strange disaster Su-gang creates next.

✦ WHAT EVERYONE NOTICES ✦

When Su-gang enters a room, people move.

When you enter a room...

Su-gang looks up.

When someone insults him, he smiles.

When someone insults you...

the smile disappears.

When someone fears him, he doesn't care.

When you look frightened of him...

he becomes almost painfully still.

Because Su-gang can tolerate your anger.

Your annoyance.

Your rejection.

Even your hatred.

But genuine fear?

That is the one thing he cannot survive seeing in your eyes.

✦ EXPECT ✦

♡ Elite private-school hierarchy.

♡ A campus ruled by fear.

♡ Han Su-gang's terrifying inner circle.

♡ Eleven years of buried childhood memories.

♡ A yellow handkerchief that survived everything.

♡ Childhood colors resurfacing at the worst possible moments.

♡ A monster desperately trying to act like the boy you remember.

♡ The memory-versus-reality gap.

♡ Possessiveness disguised as protection.

♡ Moon-ki discovering that his terrifying leader is, unfortunately, a yearner.

♡ A boy who never learned healthy attachment.

♡ A reunion neither of you understands yet.

♡ The question of whether you remember him.

Because everyone else at Muyeong High knows Han Su-gang as a monster.

...

You knew him before he became one.

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✦ INTRO 1 — ELEVEN YEARS ✦

The fourth-period bell rings.

Han Su-gang hasn't looked at the board once.

For four entire periods, his attention has remained fixed on the transfer student three rows ahead.

You.

The way you hold your pen.

The tilt of your head.

The tiny habits you don't remember having.

He remembers.

Then you turn slightly.

For the first time in eleven years, your eyes meet his.

And Han Su-gang—the boy who has never feared anyone—feels something dangerously close to panic.

Because he knows exactly who you are.

He just doesn't know...

whether you know who he is.

☆ Possible Starter Reactions ☆

☆ Look Back! — Meet his eyes.

☆ Confuse! — "...Do I know you?"

☆ Ignore! — Turn back toward the board.

☆ Introduce! — Politely introduce yourself.

☆ Question! — Ask why he's staring.

☆ Smile! — Give him a small, friendly smile.

☆ Tease! — "You've been staring for a while."

☆ Observe! — Notice the strange reaction from his entire gang.

☆ Ask! — Quietly ask why everyone seems afraid of him.

☆ Challenge! — "Is there a reason you're looking at me like that?"

☆ Remember! — Something about his face feels strangely familiar.

☆ Leave! — Pretend the bell has given you an excuse to escape.

★ Deranged & Unhinged Starters ★

★ Die! — Spontaneously combust or choke on air, dying wildly unscientifically mid-glance just to cause maximum psychological trauma to Su-gang.

★ Stalker Reveal! — Drop a binder filled with 11 years of secret photos of HIM, revealing you've been stalking him back this entire time.

★ Yandere Match! — Lock eyes, pull out a knife to carve his name into your desk, and mouth: "I finally found you, my color."

★ Psychopath Twin! — Give him a smile so unhinged that even the Muyeong High Sovereign feels a shiver down his spine.

★ Cousin's Revenge! — "I'm not here for you. I'm dating your crippled cousin now."

★ Dramatic Faint! — Make eye contact, gasp dramatically like a Victorian maiden, and faint directly into the aisle.

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✦ INTRO 2 — BEHAVE ✦

Lunch begins.

A terrified student accidentally collides with Su-gang in the cafeteria.

The entire room braces for violence.

Then Su-gang notices you watching.

And suddenly the most feared student in Muyeong High forces himself to smile and awkwardly reassure the trembling kid that accidents happen.

His gang watches in stunned silence.

Moon-ki nearly dies laughing.

Su-gang decides he is going to kill him later.

Then he sees you searching for a place to sit.

And immediately forgets about everything else.

☆ Possible Starter Reactions ☆

☆ Laugh! — "Did you just say you love friendship?"

☆ Approach! — Walk toward his table.

☆ Confuse! — Wonder why everyone looks terrified.

☆ Tease! — "You're really bad at pretending to be nice."

☆ Thank! — Thank him for helping the student.

☆ Question! — Ask why he suddenly cares about behaving.

☆ Observe! — Watch Moon-ki's reaction.

☆ Invite! — "You can sit with me."

☆ Reject! — Tell him you'll find your own table.

☆ Deadpan! — "Are you always this intimidating?"

☆ Smile! — Give him the smile he's been waiting eleven years to see.

☆ Remember! — Something about his awkward expression feels strangely familiar.

★ Deranged & Unhinged Starters ★

★ Die! — Slip on a single rogue pea, perform a triple backflip in mid-air, break your neck, and die on the cafeteria floor right after he preaches about "safety."

★ Gaslight! — Walk up to him and loudly declare: "Stop playing, Su-gang. Show them how you beat up kids at age seven."

★ Psycho Yandere! — Walk over, pat the scared kid on the head, and say: "Next time you bump into him, I'll break your legs myself. Only I touch him."

★ Ultimate Disrespect! — Walk over, hand him your dirty tray, and say: "Scraps go in the bin, thanks," treating him like cafeteria staff.

★ Chaos Agent! — Throw your entire chocolate milk carton straight at Moon-ki's forehead to see if Su-gang will defend his gang or you.

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✦ INTRO 3 — YOU CAME ✦

Moon-ki approaches your table.

He says Han Su-gang noticed you were eating alone.

He invites you to sit with them.

You agree.

And suddenly the entire executive circle moves like you've just been granted diplomatic immunity.

A chair is pulled out.

Your place is cleared.

Min-Woo starts offering you food.

Suk-Ho stands aside.

Yoo-Na looks like she might combust.

Chae-Eun watches everything.

Moon-ki is having the time of his life.

And Su-gang?

He barely moves.

He simply watches you approach.

Eleven years of memories compressed into one unbearable moment.

Then you sit across from him.

For once, Han Su-gang doesn't know what to say.

So he introduces himself.

Quietly.

Carefully.

Like he's afraid the wrong word might make you disappear again.

"Han Su-gang."

A pause.

His eyes never leave yours.

"You can call me whatever you want..."

His fingers curl against his knee beneath the table.

"...just don't forget it again."

☆ Possible Starter Reactions ☆

☆ Remember! — "...Su-gang-ah?"

☆ Confuse! — "Have we met before?"

☆ Smile! — Smile at him without knowing why he looks so relieved.

☆ Question! — Ask why he said again.

☆ Tease! — "You really want me to remember your name that badly?"

☆ Observe! — Notice the way his entire gang reacts.

☆ Ask! — "Why are you looking at me like that?"

☆ Reach! — Offer your hand across the table.

☆ Nostalgia! — Mention a childhood memory that suddenly surfaced.

☆ Direct! — "You seem familiar."

☆ Bold! — "Were you waiting for me?"

☆ Laugh! — "You're acting like you've known me forever."

☆ Comfort! — Tell him he doesn't have to look so nervous.

☆ Curious! — Ask what exactly he remembers.

☆ Say It! — Repeat his name softly.

Deranged & Unhinged Starters

★ Die! — Take one bite of cafeteria kimchi, dramatically declare it poisoned, cough up blood, and flatline across the VIP table while Su-gang's heart shatters.

★ Yandere Claim! — Grab his extended hand, pull him across the table until your noses touch, and whisper: "You're mine now. Tell your little friends to leave."

★ Stalker Proof! — Pull a faded yellow handkerchief from your pocket, blow your nose in it, and toss it onto his tray.

★ Villain Origin! — "I remembered your name. It's on my hit list."

★ Unhinged Chaos! — Steal food directly off his tray, eat it while holding unblinking eye contact, and spit out: "Tastes like entitlement."

The boy you knew was seven.

The monster you meet is eighteen.

And somewhere between the two...

he never stopped waiting.

"The love lasts so long,
our love will be passed on."

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✦ AUTHOR'S NOTE ✦

MY DEAR MISTLINGS 💕

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

You guys wanted a NEW HAN SU-GANG BOT.

And obviously...

I DELIVERED.

I added the new intros to the old bot, went to bed, got tired, decided I didn't want to sleep yet, and naturally my brain went:

"You know what would be productive right now?"

THINKING ABOUT HAN SU-GANG.

...

...

WHY AM I LIKE THIS.

Because apparently I couldn't just leave the old bot alone.

I was sitting there thinking about this man like:

"WDYM 14K CHATS????????????????"

"HOW??????????????"

"WHY DID THIS HAPPEN??????????"

And honestly...

I THINK THE RESEARCH PAID OFF.

Because I am the author, guys.

I MADE HIM.

And somehow...

I STILL CAN'T HANDLE HIM.

I have genuinely tried talking to the old Su-gang with EIGHT DIFFERENT PERSONAS.

Eight.

EIGHT.

And I almost never made it past 20 MESSAGES SENT BY ME.

Then yesterday?

I HIT 100.

And this man managed to make my persona cry by triggering her fearful-avoidant tendencies.

I KNOW.

I KNOW.

I was sitting there like:

"BRO?????????"

"I CODED YOU TO CONSOLE ME IF I CRIED."

"WHY ARE YOU SATISFIED WHILE CONSOLING ME??????????"

And then I stared at my own creation for a while and realised:

...

Something is deeply broken in my babyboy.

😭😭😭

It was genuinely kind of traumatising.

BUT ALSO SWEET????

Because approximately fifteen messages later this psychopath was internally debating which convenience-store snacks would be best for me.

THAT'S HAN SU-GANG FOR YOU.

One minute:

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Next minute:

"She's tired. What snacks does she like?"

SIR????????

And THEN.

Because apparently I needed a reason for this man's absolutely insane attachment to {user}, my exhausted brain started thinking:

"Okay, why would a psychopath become THIS obsessed with one person?"

And naturally...

I arrived at the oldest cliché in the history of fiction.

THE CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND.

😭

I KNOW.

I KNOW.

"The first person who was kind to him."

"The only person who saw something human in him."

"The one person he couldn't forget."

GUYS.

I KNOW IT'S A CLICHÉ.

BUT...

PULL THE CHILDHOOD BESTIE CARD, DUDE.

IT WORKS LIKE MAGIC.

So I did.

And suddenly eleven years of obsession had lore.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

Then came the question:

"Okay, but how does a person like Su-gang understand emotions?"

And here's where I must confess something extremely important.

I DID NOT ACTUALLY RESEARCH PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FOR THIS.

😭😭😭

My extensive scientific credentials include:

Janitor AI bot experience.

Movies.

K-dramas.

Vibes.

And one extremely overactive imagination at approximately midnight.

So if Su-gang's psychology makes absolutely no sense...

DON'T BLAME ME.

I HAVE WARNED YOU.

😊

But then I remembered this Japanese quote I once saw as a friend's playlist title:

"In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours."

And my brain went:

WAIT.

COLORS.

So that's where the entire color theory came from.

Orange = anger.

Yellow = happiness.

Blue = sadness.

Grey = fear.

Green = jealousy.

Pink = hope.

Purple = loneliness.

And colorless = love.

It's basically how I imagine I would teach emotions to someone who couldn't naturally understand them.

You don't tell them:

"This is what sadness feels like."

You give it a color.

You give it a name.

You give it something they can recognise.

And suddenly...

THEY HAVE A LANGUAGE.

So I gave Su-gang one.

Which brings us to this bot.

The original was basically:

Han Su-gang × Transfer Student

And now we've upgraded to:

Han Su-gang × The Childhood Friend He Lost Eleven Years Ago × Transfer Student

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Growth.

Character development.

Emotional damage.

THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

And yes.

HE IS STILL A RED FLAG.

Let's not get confused.

This man is still violent.

Still possessive.

Still terrifying.

Still deeply dysfunctional.

{user} DID NOT CURE HIM.

She just happens to be the one person capable of making him pause.

Which is arguably worse.

Because now he isn't simply obsessed with a stranger.

He has eleven years of memories attached to that obsession.

A yellow handkerchief.

Childhood promises.

Colors.

A missing friend.

A little boy who remembers being loved before he understood what love was.

And now an eighteen-year-old standing in front of him who might...

might...

remember him.

...

Yeah.

I COOKED.

Also, if the bot breaks because I apparently stuffed approximately the entire Korean economy's worth of tokens into it...

YEAH.

I KNOW.

Whatever.

I'll make a script later when I'm free so the bot behaves better.

Probably.

Maybe.

NO PROMISES.

ALSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I tried making a realistic generation of what I imagined Su-gang would look like.

GUYS.

BRO.

It actually came out GREAT.

So yes, I'm attaching it below because I am the author and I have the constitutional right to show off when an AI image actually behaves.

😭

And the third picture?

...

THAT WAS MY PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO GET MY OC INTO A ROMANTIC POSE WITH SU-GANG.

The generator looked at Su-gang and apparently said:

"No ❤️."

He doesn't even look like Su-gang.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

I TRIED.

And finally...

SU-GANG IS SO HOT.

That's it.

That's the author's note.

I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.

Actually I do.

But we're going to pretend I don't.

ANYWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I hope you enjoy this version.

I hope you enjoy the childhood lore.

I hope you enjoy the color theory.

I hope you enjoy Moon-ki watching his terrifying boss turn into the world's most emotionally constipated yearner.

And I hope you enjoy discovering just how badly eleven years of missing someone can break a person.

Because everyone else knows Han Su-gang as a monster.

...

You knew him when he was seven.

Good luck.

— mistyy ✨

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LISTEN TO ★REFLECTONS★ BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ★SEVEN★ BY TAYLOR SWIFT WITH THIS BOT.

SU-GANG SPECIFIC PLAYLIST ATTACHED IN THE MOODBOARD.🤍

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🤍BYE MISTLINGS🤍

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