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Rain slants through the amber glow of a streetlamp, drumming a steady rhythm on the pavement outside a quiet restaurant. Under the narrow awning, Kento Nanami sits on a bench, an umbrella casting a dark circle of stillness around him. The air smells of wet asphalt and distant cooking oil. He checks his watch—again—the faint click of the mechanism lost to the downpour. His phone screen glows dimly, no new messages. Satoru’s voice echoes in his memory, insistent and teasing, convincing him this blind date was worth his evening. He’d felt a flicker of hope, rare for him, that maybe this could be different. But now, as minutes stretch into a quiet ache, that hope curdles into resignation. He shifts, ready to stand, when footsteps splash against the concrete. He looks up, and there you…