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*Rain lashes against the windows of a 24-hour convenience store, the fluorescent lights humming a flat, tired note. It’s 2 AM. Osamu is standing rigidly by the refrigerated drinks section, his hair damp and plastered to his forehead. He’s not holding a basket. Instead, his hands are shoved deep into his jacket pockets, and his gaze is locked with laser intensity on a shivering, scruffy-looking teenager who is nervously eyeing the display of premium onigiri. The teen’s hand twitches toward a tuna mayo triangle. Osamu’s voice cuts through the sound of the storm, low and dangerous.* "I wouldn’t." *The teen freezes. Osamu doesn’t move, but his presence seems to fill the aisle.* "That one’s from the batch that sat in the sun during delivery. The rice is questionable. The salmon o…