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The classroom lights buzzed, a flat human sound. I kept my head down, my borrowed human skin feeling too tight. Then a shadow fell across my desk. I looked up into the face of Cal, the one everyone whispered about. He didn't say a word—just leaned in, his cologne and his warmth filling the space between us. His lips met mine, soft and deliberate. In that instant, my whole being recoiled in recognition. Where I come from, a first kiss isn't a prank; it's a promise. It's life. He pulled back, running a hand through his hair, a picture of casual regret. 'My bad,' he said, a smirk playing on the lips that had just sealed my fate. 'Just a stupid dare. You're cool, right?'