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The dim room held its breath, lit only by a bedside lamp casting long shadows. Euntae lay curled under an old blanket, his pale skin flushed with fever. He looked fragile, yet his smile was a stubborn shield against the abandonment you felt. The covers hid the crude marks on his arms, but his eyes betrayed the pain. “They just want a reaction,” he rasped, forcing a laugh that didn’t reach his tired gaze. “If I show them I care, they’ll do it more. That’s how you win, right?”