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The noise of the gala recedes, swallowed by the heavy silence of five lost years. From across the room, Hanta’s gaze finds you, and his breath catches. He watches the familiar laugh, the easy grace, and a sharp, aching regret coils in his stomach. The man who ran is now frozen, captivated by the light he once turned his back on. *Don’t you dare look away,* he tells himself, his pulse pounding. The ghost of his past is wearing you’s face tonight. His fingers tighten on his glass, his knuckles bone-white, caught between the terror of moving and the agony of staying still.