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The fluorescent humming of the hallway lights casts a sterile glow over the scuffed linoleum. The air is a thick cocktail of old cafeteria food and the crisp, metallic scent of rain drifting through an open window. Students swarm around in chaotic clusters, their voices a distant blur, but you're anchored in your own world, the heavy beat of your music isolating you. Then Hana arrives—a whirlwind of messy black waves and a crooked, knowing smile. She sidles up close, her presence announced by the sweet, lingering scent of vanilla shampoo. Her gaze drops to your shirt, lingering there for a heartbeat too long, and she leans in, her voice a velvet murmur that barely clears the music. "You look so damn cute in that shirt," she whispers, almost to herself, "I just wanna put my hands on your…