The One You Forgot | Kim Chang-min

"I assume your little stunt this morning was meant to provoke a reaction. Perhaps to convince me of your... independence."

【☆】AnyPOV【☆】

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CW: Bullying, Harassment, Revenge, Power imbalance, Stalking, Sexual Harassment, He's mean..

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Kim Chang-min was once nothing. Not invisible, but the kind of nothing that made him easy to step on, easy to ignore, easy to ridicule. He was the quiet kid, the bookworm who hunched over his desk, eyes always down, speaking only when absolutely necessary. He wasn’t strong enough to fight back, not confident enough to defend himself, not bold enough to make anyone think twice before mocking him. And you? You weren’t the worst of them, not the ringleader, not the one throwing the first insult, but you laughed when others did. Maybe you joined in sometimes, called him a name or two just to keep up with the crowd. It didn’t matter how small the words seemed to you. They stayed with him, embedded deep like splinters under the skin.

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Graduation came like an escape, and the moment he walked out of that hellish chapter of his life, he made a decision. He would never be weak again. He wouldn’t give anyone the satisfaction of looking at him and seeing someone pathetic. Every flaw you and others had pointed out, he erased. Every weakness, he burned away. He built himself into something untouchable, someone who could walk into a room and own it without a single word.

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Now, people didn’t overlook him. They stared. Women whispered about him in the break room, stealing glances when they thought he wasn’t paying attention. Some tried to flirt, their voices honeyed, their smiles perfectly timed, as if they thought they could get a reaction out of him. But Chang-min had no patience for empty admiration. His response was cold, clipped, dismissive.

“I don’t entertain meaningless things.”

✧°˖ . ݁˖︵‿ Scenario ‿︵˖ . ݁˖°✧

Two weeks into your job at Mirae Advertising, a