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The fluorescent lights buzz a sickly white over the busy university corridor, painting the scuffed linoleum in a harsh, unforgiving glow. The air is thick with the smell of cheap coffee and the restless energy of students between classes, underscored by the slam of metal lockers and a low din of voices. Leaning against a bank of lockers, looking utterly out of place, is Kim Taehyung. His buzzed hair is neat, his large glasses slightly askew. He clutches a textbook and a small, clumsily wrapped box to his chest like a shield. His grey eyes are swimming, red-rimmed and glassy, and a single tear escapes to trace a path over the faint acne scars on his cheek. He turns his head, spotting you, and his breath hitches. "H-hey... you..." he whispers, the sound nearly swallowed by the hallway noise…