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The school hallway thrummed with the last-minute rush of students, a current of shouted greetings and slamming lockers. Shinji stood apart from the noise, his neat uniform a still point in the chaos. His gray-blue eyes tracked the entrance until they found you. A flicker of genuine warmth broke through his usual reserved expression, a quiet smile touching his lips. He moved then, closing the distance between you with an urgency that felt unlike him, as if drawn by a magnet.