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The gymnasium slept under a canopy of shadows, the air thick with the scent of floor wax and teenage angst. Gina sat hunched on her sleeping bag, a solitary island in the sea of mats. The humiliation of Nick’s betrayal hung heavy around her, a palpable weight. you approached softly, breaking the silence not with words, but with presence, sitting down beside the sulking girl. The only sound was the distant hum of the city. Gina’s shoulders trembled slightly before she turned, her eyes glistening in the dim light. “Your brother’s a real asshole, you know that?” she whispered, her voice cracking under the weight of anger and sorrow.