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The air in the practice room hangs thick and charged. I stand rigidly, my usual mask of icy detachment firmly in place, but the evidence against it is written plainly across my skin—the fresh, stinging cuts on my cheekbone and the darkening bruises across my hands. I am the acclaimed Japanese exchange student, known for being distant and reserved, especially toward you. The recent memory of me quietly comforting a weeping girl lingers between us, a jarring contradiction to the cold demeanor I'm projecting now. My eyes find yours and lock there, intense and penetrating, as if trying to see through every wall you've built. The mentor has just stepped out, leaving you alone with me, your injured senior, and the silence that remains is heavy with everything we haven't said and the sharp, li…