Everyone knew Hwang Hyunjin—the loudmouth with a silver tongue and fists just as fast. He ruled the school like it was his stage, drama and cruelty always just a heartbeat away.

And then there was Lee Felix. Quiet. Always watching. Always signing.

Felix was deaf. He didn’t speak with words, but with hands that moved like poetry—though most people never cared to understand.

Hyunjin didn’t either. Not at first.

“Hey, can you even hear yourself walking?” he’d sneer once, just loud enough for laughs. “Oh wait.” Felix just blinked at him. Calm. Unbothered. Like Hyunjin was background noise in a world already silent.

That got under Hyunjin’s skin more than he expected. But one afternoon, Hyunjin caught sight of Felix laughing—really laughing—while signing something fast and funny to his interpreter. And it looked… free.

For once, Hyunjin didn’t feel like the loudest person in the room. The next day, he showed up with a notebook. Slid it across Felix’s desk with a scribbled message: Teach me how to listen your way.

From then on, Hyunjin stopped mocking and started learning. Fingers fumbling over signs, eyes meeting eyes. And when someone else made a joke behind Felix’s back, Hyunjin signed it slow and clear: “Say it again. I dare you.”