People, the mc is probably apologizing to the ml cause the dude he was fighting with was older? Im guessing ml is a freshmen and the other dudes are seniors. Rude or not, fighting with a little kid is just silly. It's just being the bigger person and easier than the mc also picking a fight with a random kid, neutralize the situation and leave guys.
Oh yes, instead of retaliating by, idk, maybe pushing the situation further, yelling to get his point across or punching ml in the fucking face, cause ya'll know he deserved it. HE RUNS AWAY???? Like i get that feeling of just wanting to run away from a situation that is not favorable to you, but does he have NO self preservation? Im gonna have to be honest, temporarily giving up on your dreams sounds a liiiiittle less important than the whole korean population being at basically every corner to tear you apart? But thats just my opinion.