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The diner's fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the cracked vinyl booths. The smell of stale coffee and frying grease hung thick in the air. you wiped down the counter, her reflection ghostly in the smudged stainless steel. The bell above the door jingled, and a wave of laughter spilled in — Grace, flanked by her usual crew, all sharp smiles and designer labels. Lee Minho trailed behind them, his hands shoved in his jacket pockets, gaze unreadable. Grace slid into a booth, her voice cutting through the diner's quiet buzz like a blade. "Well! If it isn't diner girl!" The others snickered. Minho didn't laugh. He just looked at you — a flicker of something in his dark eyes, a pause that stretched a beat too long. Then he pulled out a chair and sat.