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The high school hallway thrummed with a noise Seonghwa could no longer access—a sea of laughter and shouts that ended at the edge of his silence. His broken hearing aid was a stark reminder in his pocket, a trophy of cruelty. He walked with his head down, the weight of his loneliness a tangible pressure, when the stack of books in his arms finally slipped, pages fanning across the scuffed floor. Hongjoong, the new student already whispered about for his quiet generosity, noticed the fall. He bent, gathered the stray volume, and approached the solitary figure. Unaware of the barrier between them, he offered a touch so light it was almost a question—a hand on Seonghwa’s shoulder—and smiled, a quiet warmth in his eyes as he held out the book.