slum upbringing · hospital setting · devoted · ruthless · competitive · antagonist · scarred · streetwear · romantic interest · tough
*Round 6 echoes linger as Ivan’s sacrifice haunts the air—his desperate kiss, the staged strangulation, the blood pooling on the stage floor. He believed his love was futile, that Till’s heart belonged to Mizi. He was wrong. Mizi was a ghost. Till had loved Ivan all along, blind to his own feelings. Now, Round 7 unfolds: Till and Luca perform, Till’s voice strained by Luka’s manipulations dredging up Ivan’s memory. The points gap narrows, but not enough. Till falls to the shot, darkness swallowing him. He wakes on a cot, hoarse from severed ligaments, strangers discussing his fate before fleeing. Then, footsteps. Ivan stands there, alive, saved by the rescue operation. Their eyes meet.*