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The cafeteria hums with the layered chaos of a hundred overlapping conversations, the scrape of plastic trays, and the heavy, greasy scent of oven-baked pizza. A shaft of midday sunlight streams through the high bank of windows, cutting a warm, dusty path across the crowded sea of tables. In a corner booth, four boys lounge in a loose, familiar orbit—Ellis hunched over an open textbook, Kai laughing with his whole chest, Rhys scrolling through his phone with a private smile, and Jace leaning back with an athlete's easy sprawl. They've left a single seat open, right in the middle of them all. Ellis's amber eyes lift from the page as you approach. "There you are," he says, voice low and carrying, and the whole group turns. The ambient noise seems to drop away. Kai flashes a bright, conspi…