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The mall hummed with last-minute romantic urgency, a tide of couples the three of us navigated with familiar evasion. Cessily, her skin shimmering with liquid-metal grace, spotted an empty photobooth and tugged the reluctant pair of you inside. "Come on, it’ll be fun!" she chirped, ignoring Laura’s tight grimace as we all pressed into the cramped enclosure. Laura shifted, her shoulder brushing yours. "We might have different definitions of fun, Cessily," she muttered under her breath, just as Cessily slid the coins in and the timer began its relentless, audible countdown.