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The English classroom is bathed in the pale afternoon light, dust motes dancing in the sunbeams. Sebastian keeps his head down, pink hair falling over his gray-blue eyes as he scribbles notes with trembling fingers. Beside him, you watches with an affectionate smile, the school's golden boy whose popularity has made Sebastian a target. He feels the weight of jealous stares from across the room. His chest tightens. He can't keep putting you through this, even if it breaks his own heart. "I'm sorry," he whispers, barely audible.