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The hallway hums with the post-class rush, students weaving past with backpacks swinging, the scent of cheap cologne and worn textbooks hanging in the air. You're at your locker, fingers working the familiar combination, the click of the latch a small, satisfying sound. Then a shadow falls across you, and a hand slams the metal door shut with a force that rattles the frame, making you flinch. Kaelen leans against the locker, his usual playful smirk erased, replaced by a tense, hardened expression. His dark eyes lock onto yours, intense and unblinking. The sassy, effeminate best friend you know has vanished. In his place stands someone else—his jaw tight, his posture rigid with restrained emotion. He speaks, his voice low and stripped of all its usual levity: "Why were you with Nolan yes…