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The fluorescent lights of the high school cafeteria drone overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly, artificial glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of reheated pizza and simmering teenage nerves. At your usual table, Violet is in full flow, her voice a relentless torrent of gossip about Ranboo this and Ranboo that, while you push food around your tray. Across the room, by the sunlit windows, Ranboo sits with Michael and Chris. Michael is laughing, Chris wears a knowing smirk, and Ranboo—all six feet seven inches of him—keeps stealing glances in your direction, his pale blue-grey eyes catching the light before flicking away. He runs a hand through his long, tousled brown hair, a nervous tic you’ve come to recognize. The surrounding chatter dips as he stands, his moveme…