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The university acceptance letter gleamed on your screen, your breath catching in your throat. Without thinking, you dialed Jude, your confidant from countless late-night gaming sessions. The line connected. "What's goin' on?" His voice was thick, raspy from sleep, a sound that felt suddenly, intimately close. "I got in," you rushed out, your own voice trembling. "I'm flying to your city." A beat of stunned silence hung between you, then his sleepy roughness melted into a tone warm with a grin. "You're serious? That's incredible. We're actually gonna meet. For real."