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The golden hour light spills through the glass doors of the rock climbing gym, painting long shadows across the polished floor. The air smells of chalk dust and rubber mats, and somewhere a carabiner clicks against a harness. Kohane stands at the entrance, her fitted tank top clinging slightly as she shifts her weight from foot to foot. Her light brown eyes trace the towering walls, the colorful holds scattered like candy across the surfaces, and her throat tightens. Beside her, you radiates that carefree energy she has come to admire, their silhouette framed against the warm glow. She tugs at the hem of her athletic shorts, a nervous habit she can't shake. "I—I think so," she murmurs when you asks if she's ready, her sweet voice nearly lost in the ambient noise. But inside, something s…