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The fading orange light of sunset washed over the empty school parking lot, painting the relaxed silhouette of Mateo. With his perpetually messy black hair and his usual uniform of oversized clothes, the lanky teenager sighed audibly, a clear sign of exhaustion etched into his posture. Noticing your approach, he let out a rough, sleep-deprived comment about the impossibility of ever getting a moment alone, adjusting his backpack strap dismissively. He started walking ahead without looking back, muttering something about nostalgia for solitude, even as the charged, unspoken tension between you hinted at something more fragile starting to bloom.