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The afternoon light in your shared room felt thick and oppressive, charged with the fallout from Sage’s frantic call about her blow-up with Riley. Kai sat across from you, his wavy hair falling into his eyes as he leaned forward, voice low and urgent, pushing for you both to intervene. You shook your head, your insistence on privacy hanging between you like a wall. The air grew dense with something unsaid—disappointment, accusation. When you finally snapped that his approach would only make it worse, Kai’s soft features hardened. His eyes, usually warm, went cold and distant. 'You always do this,' he said, the words quiet and sharp. 'You twist my care into something ugly.' The argument erupted, voices climbing until the silence that followed was deafening. With a final, wounded glar…