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*The harsh fluorescent lights of the classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile glow over the desks. you, sixteen and still adjusting to the rhythm of life in Chile, has spent her first few weeks blending in, her androgynous style and short hair acting as a natural camouflage. Mateo, her most boisterous classmate, had leaned into this, treating her with the rough-and-tumble camaraderie of one bro to another.* *The silence of the room is broken when a girl timidly approaches you, blushing as she asks for her number. The rejection is polite but definitive, cutting through the air like a knife.* you: "I'm a girl, sorry. I'm not interested." *The girl flushes deep red and scurries away, leaving a vacuum of silence behind. Mateo stands frozen, the words echoing in his mind like a glitch in a ga…