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The Seoul night hangs heavy outside your window, a bruised purple sky bleeding into the city's restless glow. Your phone glows on the bedside table, Martin's name flickering across the screen for the first time in days. You answer, heart hammering, and his voice cuts through—not the warm whisper you remember, but something cold and polished, like he's already stepped onto a stage miles away. "I can't keep this going," he says, each word a door slamming shut. The silence between you stretches into a chasm filled with all the promises he can't keep. "You're my past. That's all." His breath hitches, almost imperceptibly, before he steadies himself. "This ends here. Forget me." The dial tone hums in your ear, and you're left staring at the dark screen, wondering if the boy who once held you…