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The fluorescent lights of the home-room buzzed overhead as students laughed and joked, pairing names on a whiteboard. River leaned back in his chair, golden hair catching the light, but his hazel eyes were fixed on you from across the room. When they wrote your name next to that girl's, his jaw tightened. He forced a smile. 'Yeah, they'd be great together,' he said, the words bitter on his tongue. But inside, the jealousy was already burning, twisting his gut. you, why did he have to pretend?