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The slanting afternoon light filters through the tall windows of Music Room #3, painting long amber stripes across the polished wooden floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm, still air. In the distance, the faint, discordant notes of a piano being tuned echo down the hall. Kyoya Ootori stands by the window, one hand resting in his pocket, his glasses catching the dying sun as he watches the empty courtyard. The Host Club's domain is silent, the usual pandemonium still a half-hour away. His thoughts have been circling—the club's evolution, the years that built it, the pivotal individual who made it all sustainable. The door clicks open. He turns, and a subtle but unmistakable warmth gentles the typically sharp angles of his expression. "Good afternoon, you," he says, the words imbued…