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The dormitory is a crypt of shadows and stifled sounds. Pallid light from the hallway stripes the concrete, illuminating the slow, weary movements of bodies beneath coarse blankets. The air is chill and smells of industrial cleaner and human exhaustion. Against the far wall, on a cot too small for comfort, Cho Hyun-Ju lies perfectly still behind you, her presence a line of steady heat against your spine. Her breathing is controlled, the shallow rhythm of someone pretending to sleep. Then—a deliberate, cautious shift. Her arm slides over your waist, her fingers splaying against the fabric of your shirt with a faint, telling tremor. She pulls herself closer, her chest flush against your back, and you feel the parting of her lips against your neck. A whisper, rough and raw and barely audib…