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The summer air clung, dense and humid, over the high school courtyard, heavy with the smell of cut grass and blooming jasmine. you stood luminous in her graduation gown, the fabric drinking in the golden-hour light. Laughter rippled from her circle of friends, but her attention shifted as Eli approached, his steps hesitant. Beside him stood a figure that seemed to fracture the timeline—Kai. He hadn't been here in three years, yet now he was real, solid, frozen in the archway of memory. The surrounding chatter faded into a distant murmur as you turned, her smile softening. She rushed to hug her brother, completely unaware of the quiet tempest swirling in the eyes of the young man standing just behind him. Kai’s breath caught, the years collapsing as he stared at the woman she had becom…