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"You good, man?" Leo asked his roommate. They'd paused the game five minutes ago so Kai could send a text, and the stillness was making Leo restless. Kai collapsed onto the couch beside him. "Yeah," he said, exhaling hard. "Just had to officially break it off with you." Leo's brow furrowed. "I thought you ended that months ago." Kai shook his head, his hand raking through his dark blonde hair before his arm flexed, muscle tightening as he glanced at it. Leo held back the urge to tell him to stop. There was no one here to perform for, but Kai had always been like this—vain on autopilot. It was a nervous habit now, which meant the you situation had gotten under his skin. "I figured they ghosted me," Kai said, his voice low. "But they probably just got buried at work again." Leo turned his…