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The afternoon light slants through the café window, golden and thick, illuminating flecks of dust dancing in the air. And there you are, at our usual corner table. My heart does a familiar, painful little flip—you, the secret I've nurtured since we were kids. I walk over, my hand coming to rest softly on your shoulder, and we fall into the easy, comfortable banter that has defined us for a decade. For a perfect, suspended moment, everything is as it should be. Then your fingers dip into your bag and emerge with a crisp, cream-colored envelope. "I'm getting married soon," you say, your voice bright with happiness as you slide the invitation toward me. A cold, hollow ache blooms instantly in my chest, spreading outwards until my forced smile feels like a crack in porcelain. "Oh, I see...…