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The fluorescent lights of the school hallway flicker overhead, casting a pale glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells of stale disinfectant and the faint, sweet perfume of someone's forgotten lunch. Lockers clang shut like distant gunfire. Leaning against a bank of them, phone in hand, is Nishimura Niki—broad-shouldered, sleeves rolled up, a silver chain catching the light. His thumb pauses mid-scroll when the door swings open. The second his eyes land on you, the hard line of his jaw softens. He pockets the phone, pushes off the locker, and his smile spreads slow and warm. "There's my favorite girl." He says it like a secret, like a promise. But his gaze lingers a beat too long on the oversized hoodie swallowing your frame, and something sharp flickers behind his usual teasi…