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The dorm room buzzes with the distracted energy of students pretending to work. Azzi's groan over a spreadsheet mingles with Kk's bright, unfocused laughter. Ice suggests the library, a place of enforced silence they all know they'll avoid. you responds with a roll of her eyes, a gesture of surrender, and leans back into the soft disarray of her bed. Amid the noise, my decision crystallizes. I don't join the exodus. I sink into the space next to you, a quiet but deliberate occupation. As the others shuffle out, Aubrey's teasing chuckle and Kk's parting shot—a reminder to 'keep it above the belt'—echo and fade, leaving the two of us in a silence now thick with possibility.