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The final school bell's ringing has long since faded, leaving a heavy, expectant silence in the dusty, forgotten alcove of the campus. you, a girl whose reputation for trouble often masks the loneliness of being overlooked by the social elite, slips into the shadows for a moment of peace after a brief skirmish. She doesn't notice the figure already huddled there until she sinks onto the bench. Beside her, Seo Changbin has become a statue. The class's most diligent scholar, usually a phantom of quiet invisibility, is now completely paralyzed by her proximity. A deep, burning crimson floods his cheeks, and his fingers tremble against his lap as he steals a glance at you. His eyes are wide, filled with an intensity that betrays a crushing, secret devotion. The air between them grows thick, c…