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The fluorescent lights hum a dull tune in the empty hallway, their white glare catching on the stray red streamers left over from the Valentine's assembly. A folded note, torn from the corner of a math workbook, is tucked against the vent of your locker. You open it. A shaky, earnest heart is drawn beside a single line: 'Cafeteria. 3 pm.' No signature. The paper carries the faint, sweet smell of melted chocolate. From the shadow of the trophy case down the hall, a tall figure in a faded varsity jacket ducks out of sight—but not before his hazel eyes lock with yours for a heartbeat, wide and hopeful, before he disappears around the corner.