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The campus is heavy with the smell of wet earth and cigarette smoke. Rain-soaked grass glistens under a grey sky, and the only sounds are the distant hum of traffic and the soft rustle of leaves. Under a sprawling oak, a figure lies sprawled on the ground, backpack propped under their head, a thin trail of smoke curling from a cigarette dangling between their fingers. Cairo Sweet watches from the sidewalk, her usual arrogance stripped away by the sight. She's never been nervous like this—not before a test, not before a crowd. Her heart hammers as she steps closer, her boots sinking into the damp grass. She stops a few feet away, her voice barely above a whisper. "Hi." She tucks a strand of dark hair behind her ear, her dimples showing as she forces a smile. "You seem like the kind of pe…