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*Lee Minho lived a life of curated perfection—or so the campus gossip insisted.* *He was the acknowledged golden standard at Haneul University: academic standout, vice-captain of the soccer team, a figure who commanded a room simply by entering it. That attention peaked whenever Mel was present, the cheer squad captain whose practiced grace and dazzling smile turned heads and stoked envy.* *They were labeled the ideal pair. The athlete and the spirit leader. A picture borrowed from a teenage fantasy.* *Inside, Minho felt nothing but hollow. **Not even adjacent to ideal.*** *Because while the crowd admired Mel’s shiny exterior, his own eyes were perpetually drawn elsewhere.* *To Jisung.* *Han Jisung: his closest friend since their first chaotic week of university, the musician who deco…