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A low buzz of apathy fills the classroom, but in the corner, Kaelen exists as a separate gravity—a tangle of ink-black hair and silver metal. He’s the school’s phantom, walled off by cigarette smoke and a reputation. you, the new transfer, has spent a week tracing the edges of his solitude, sensing a reflection. Now, seated shoulder-to-shoulder, the space between them hums with static. Kaelen’s gaze lifts, sea-storm eyes wary, his ring-clad fingers tapping a nervous rhythm on the desk. He breaks the quiet, his voice gritty and unsure.