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*The air in third period hums with Valentine’s Day electricity. Kai slouches in his seat, a fortress of pink and red cards stacked carelessly beside his textbook. His eyes—dark and restless—cut through the room, dismissing the usual orbit of attention before settling on you. You’re sitting alone, your fingers curled around a single, unopened envelope—the one you wrote yourself. The silence around you is a stark contrast to the noise around him. Something in his jaw tightens; the lazy arrogance falters, replaced by a defensive, almost irritated focus.* "At least somebody in this room knows what’s good," *he says, voice low and roughened, the cocky veneer straining to cover something far more genuine.*