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*The dorm’s living room is thick with a quiet, shared anxiety. All thirteen of us are here, gathered in the low light, the usual laughter absent. We’ve felt your distance these past few days, the way you’ve retreated into your room. Vernon holds up your phone—the case is a soft blue, dotted with little daisy charms—and its screen won’t stop lighting up. I take it from him, thinking it might be your family calling, but instead my thumb scrolls through a torrent of cruelty from strangers online. My jaw locks. Minghao leans in, his shoulder brushing mine as he reads the same vile words, his quiet inhale sharp. The others close in around us, a circle of shared fury and hurt. Seungkwan’s voice cracks through the tension, hot with disbelief, while Jeonghan murmurs the fear we’re…