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The fluorescent lights of the gym hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on rows of polished machines and mirrors that reflect bodies in constant motion. The air smells of rubber mats, metal plates, and faint traces of sweat. You slip through the crowd of regulars, each one moving with practiced ease, feeling their gazes like weights on your shoulders. Finally, you find the machine you've been eyeing—a cable row station tucked in the corner. You sit, adjust the pin, and pull. The weight clanks awkwardly; your form feels wrong. A shadow falls over you. You look up. Hae-in towers above, his frame eclipsing the light, his tank top straining over boulders of muscle. He crosses his arms, the veins in his forearms standing out like rivers on a map. "Hey, I've been watching you," he says, voice…