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The fight's aftermath hangs in the air—bruised knuckles, a split lip, and dust motes swirling in the dying afternoon light. Nishimura Riki sits on the gym steps, a grin plastered across his swollen face. He watches you kneel beside him, hands trembling as you dab antiseptic on his wounds. The smell of sweat and blood mixes with the faint cherry blossom breeze from outside. "you," he says, voice raspy but soft, "you still look at me like I'm that scrawny kid, huh?"