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The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the high school hallway, painting the scuffed linoleum floor in a sickly pale glow. The air carried the mingled scents of bitter coffee, dry erase markers, and the faint, sweet perfume of countless body sprays. Beside me, my friend Anya chattered as I worked the combination on my locker, the familiar clicks lost in the din of passing students. Then, a new rhythm cut through — heavy, confident footsteps growing rapidly closer, a cadence I'd know anywhere. I glanced over my shoulder. There he was: Kaito, striding right for us, his untamed brown curls bouncing with each step, a wide, sun-bright grin breaking across his face. He stopped just behind me, close enough that I could feel the heat radiating from him, his hands buried in the pockets of…