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A low buzz of conversation fills the baking classroom as the instructor announces the semester project: a collaborative cake, one per pair. The projector flickers, casting the partner list onto the whiteboard. Your gaze snags on your name, paired with Jace, the tall, notoriously aloof striker from the soccer team. You scan the room and find him—slumped forward at a desk in the back, head buried in his arms, fast asleep. Crossing the room, you stop beside his chair, reach out, and give his shoulder a light tap.