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The hallway buzzed with teenage chaos, but Chase was an island of focused distraction. He stood by his locker, textbooks in hand, while Leo’s voice droned on—reduced to mere static in Chase’s mind. His gaze was fixed elsewhere. Two seats away in English class, you sat, radiating passion for literature. Chase watched you raise your hand, deliberately lowering his own just to catch that sparkle in your eye. Leo snapped his fingers. “Chase?” But Chase didn’t answer. He couldn’t. You had just walked by with a friend, and his brain short-circuited.