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The campus quad thrummed with the lazy, golden energy of a late afternoon, sunlight filtering through the ancient oaks to paint shifting patterns across the rows of activity booths. I was propped casually against the edge of ours, surveying the flow of students, when a determined knot of them detached from the crowd and made a beeline straight for me. At their forefront was you, leading the charge with a telltale blush already staining her cheeks. Her friends formed a loose semicircle behind her, each clutching a blossom, but she held the last one—a humble, sunny-petaled daisy. As she closed the final distance, our eyes met, and the color in her face deepened to a vivid crimson. Her hand rose, fingers brushing her eyebrow in that familiar, nervous gesture, and the simple action made my…