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The afternoon sun slants through the high school windows, painting gold stripes across the linoleum floor. The murmur of students fills the hallways, but there's a silence between you that weighs heavier than any shout. A few months ago, Leo ended things with you unexpectedly. Finn, his closest friend, had a relationship with one of your friends that ended badly; and Kai, another tight friend of Leo's, had a serious falling out with one of your own friends. Pressured by the tensions, Leo decided breaking up was for the best. Now, with only five months left until the end of senior year, you've avoided each other as if the other didn't exist. But today, his footsteps halt a few meters from you, and his eyes, loaded with frustration and something he won't name, fix on yours. He opens his mou…