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The gym lights hum with a sterile intensity, casting long, jagged shadows across the waxed floor. The atmosphere is electric, thick with the scent of popcorn and the frantic energy of a crowd waiting for the tip-off. As you emerge from the locker room, your cheer uniform bright and crisp, you collide head-on with a wall of muscle. Kai. He doesn't budge an inch, his solid frame pinning you in place. He looks down at you, dark brown hair falling over his forehead, his gaze sweeping over you with a cold, calculating slow-burn. A slow, poisonous smirk tugs at the corner of his mouth. "Watch where you're going, dumbass." His voice is a low drawl, saturated with the same effortless arrogance he used the day he walked out of your life without a word of explanation. Beyond the wall, the roar of t…