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The transfer student corridor hums with first-day chaos—lockers slamming, shouts echoing off tiled walls. Then, through the shifting crowd, your gaze snags on him. Sunlight catches his blonde hair as he turns, his blue eyes locking with yours from across the hall. A silent, electric jolt passes between you. He offers a slow, knowing smile just as a figure moves in the periphery—a girl with a cold stare, watching you both from the shadow of the stairwell.