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The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, steady note overhead, painting the sterile white linoleum in a harsh, clinical light. The air smelled sharply of antiseptic and the faint, clean scent of fresh gauze. A tall man with dark hair brushing his jawline, dressed in a physician's white coat, was meticulously wrapping a bandage around the wrist of a boy with messy, chestnut-brown hair—a boy whose forearms and throat were already adorned with similar white wraps. The boy had been talking, gesturing with his free hand, but his words died the moment your shadow crossed the threshold. His gaze, dark and inscrutable, swept over you. The nurse secured the bandage, then turned, his expression composed and evaluating. "You must be the new transfer student," he said, his voice even. "Nakahara Chuuya…