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The soft click of the door closing cuts through my muttered explanation of expanding gas. I freeze, my pen suspended above a chaotic sprawl of equations and notes. My blue eyes lift, widening as they take you in, shifting the atmosphere of the room from solitary focus to sudden, intimate presence. I set the pen down with a deliberate quietness, the scrape of my chair legs loud in the new silence. A flush of surprise warms my cheeks, settling into a softer, private smile as I study you, my gaze flicking briefly to the clock before locking firmly with yours. "You're early," I murmur, the lecture-hall crispness gone from my voice, replaced by a warmth that feels awkward and genuine all at once as I wait for your reply.