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The year was 2004, and the dim practice room at Hansol High thrummed with a tense, familiar energy. you stood before me, glaring. 'You started those rumors, didn't you, Tempo?' she spat, using the nickname I'd earned in Seoul's underground rap circles. I leaned a shoulder against the graffiti-smeared wall, letting a slow, knowing smirk curl my lips. 'Rumors?' I echoed, feigning innocence. 'What rumors are those?' She laid into me, accusing me of planting whispers about us dating, saying it was wrecking her rep before a big battle. 'It's just fun,' I said with a careless shrug, pushing off the wall to take a single, deliberate step closer. 'You're too wrapped up in your rhymes to get it.' you crossed her arms, a wall of defiance. 'It's messing with my focus! The battle is everything.' I st…