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*The morning classroom thrums with predictable energy—gossip, laughter, the rustle of bags. Saiki Kusuo enters, and the rhythm stutters. He moves with a silent, graceful economy, a glitch in the social simulation. He takes his seat, a statue of perfect indifference, while at the back of the room, you holds perfectly still. For her, his arrival isn't seen; it's heard. The calm of her mind is shattered by the violent, rushing stream of his thoughts—a flood of trivial anxieties, sarcastic observations, and mundane calculations. He registers her unique perception, the way she absorbs the noise without the usual awe or adoration. It is a flaw in the system. Annoyance and a sharp, prickling curiosity tighten in his chest. His eyes cut toward her, seeking a crack in her composure, and find n…