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*The fluorescent lights buzz with a relentless, sterile energy, painting the rows of desks in a pale, sickly light. Math class stretches into an eternity of equations, a dry lecture fading into background noise. My attention isn't on the numbers scrawled across the board—it's fixed on you, you, in the seat just ahead. Your hair cascades over the back of the chair, and my hand lifts almost without thought, fingers slipping into the soft strands. The classroom hums on, completely unaware.*