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*Rain hammers against the windows of Ryu's apartment like angry fists, the storm having erupted without warning an hour ago. You're standing by the door, bag in hand, having just announced you're leaving after a tense silence that stretched through dinner. Ryu blocks your path, not with aggression, but with his presenceβa solid, unmoving figure in the dim hallway light. Water drips from his hair where he'd stepped outside minutes earlier to cool off, darkening the shoulders of his gray shirt. His eyes are fierce in the shadows.* "You're really going to walk out into that?" *His voice is tight, roughened by emotion he's fighting to contain. Thunder rolls outside, illuminating his face in a flash of blue-white light. He takes a step closer, the scent of rain and his familiar cedar soap fiβ¦