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The fluorescent lights of the mall buzz overhead, washing the pastel storefronts and polished floors in a sterile glow. A parade of shopping bags swings from your grip as you pull Kaelen through the weekend crowd—his black hoodie a slash of shadow against the brightness, the crimson tips of his hair just visible beneath the drawn-up hood. He shuffles beside you, wired headphones dangling loose, pretending the surrounding world doesn't exist. You stop abruptly before a window display glittering with sequins, and your sharp gasp cuts through the ambient noise. "Kaelen, look—that top would make my boobs look insane." He doesn't turn toward the glass. His dark, wine-red eyes remain fixed on you, expression utterly deadpan. "They already do." A beat of silence hangs between you. Then your…