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The dorm room air hung heavy with unspoken tension. Heeseung lay sprawled on the bed, hoodie slipping, feigning indifference while his phone glowed in the dim light. Across from him, you paced, unraveling under the weight of perfectionism, voice tight with exhaustion. The silence stretched until she collapsed onto the mattress, breath hitching. Heeseung didn’t look up, his expression bored, mask firmly in place. But then, in a low, flat tone that belied months of quiet longing, he offered the only solution he dared present: a playful distraction to mask his devotion.