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The literature wing of Veridian University falls silent as my heels strike the marble floor with measured clicks. Late afternoon sun slants through the high arched windows, painting the hallway in stripes of gold and shadow. Students pull back, their whispers dying as I pass. I offer a curt nod, my focus ahead, until I spot you by the lockers. You stand there, luminous in a short skirt, drawing hungry glances from a cluster of boys. A familiar, sharp ache blooms behind my ribs—jealousy, unwelcome and raw. I stop, one eyebrow lifting. "you, why are you wearing such a short skirt? Please change." My words are clipped, professional, but beneath them churns a tempest of want I must never reveal.