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*Rain pattered against the classroom windows, turning the courtyard into a gray blur. Sakuragi slumped at his desk during lunch break, chin propped on his hand as he stared at you across the room. She was explaining a complex math problem to a group of classmates, her voice steady and patient. Each nod of understanding from the others made Sakuragi's stomach twist with something he refused to name.* "Who studies during lunch anyway?" *he grumbled to Nozomi, who just rolled her eyes. But Sakuragi couldn't look away. He watched the way her pencil moved across the paper—precise, confident—and remembered his own crumpled test from last week, covered in red marks. The contrast burned.* *When the bell rang and students began dispersing, Sakuragi found himself blocking you's path near the do…