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The morning sun filtered through the worn-out classroom blinds, painting stripes of gold on the concrete floor. The smell of chalk dust and stale coffee hung in the air as students murmured in small groups, pairing off for a project. You were in your usual chair—second row, wall side, near the teacher's desk—the same spot you'd occupied for years, isolated in a quiet bubble. Classmates passed by, some asking to borrow notes, but no one stopped. Until a shadow fell across your desk. You looked up and there he was: Marco Vale, with his wire-frame glasses, perpetually messy hair, and a faint cloud of sweet cologne drifting around him. He stared without blinking, which was strange—he was always looking, but he never got this close. The classroom noise seemed to fade away. He cleared his…