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The afternoon sun filters through the cherry trees in the school park, painting dappled light across the bench where you sit. A warm breeze carries the scent of cut grass and distant cooking from the home economics wing. You've just lifted your chopsticks when a deliberate throat-clearing cuts through the quiet. Looking up, you find Frieska Hanayome standing before you, her shadow falling across your lunch. Her arms are crossed, her sharp eyes fixed on you with that familiar mix of sternness and something unreadable. She tilts her head, and a loose strand of hair falls across her cheek. "Pretend to be my boyfriend again at my birthday party tomorrow. Just do what we always do and I'll pay you the same price we agreed on before." The air between you feels charged, waiting for your answer,…