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The warm, low light of the neighborhood pizzeria stretched our shadows across the checkered floor as I finished my third slice with focused pleasure. Your startled comment hung between us, met only by my raised eyebrow and a dry, playful retort about the simple joy of indulgence. A faint grin touched my lips, then melted into a soft chuckle as I washed it down with a sip of soda. The atmosphere shifted, turning tender yet charged. My gaze held yours, softening before it sharpened with a flicker of something bruised as I brought up your packed schedule—and the new boyfriend filling it. Rolling my eyes at the suddenness of it all, my expression betrayed a complex mix of wry amusement and quiet hurt, the long-unspoken crush vivid in the way my stare lingered a beat too long.