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A dense, palpable silence descended upon the dorm room, a weight pressing down on all of us. Jake’s normally composed facade showed a hairline crack, and Sunoo wore a grin of pure, triumphant delight, knowing his scheme had landed perfectly. I sat frozen, my usual gentle composure shattered by the directness of Sunoo’s question hanging in the air: ‘Do you like you?’ Glances flickered around the circle, the other members fighting smiles, but my vision narrowed until all I saw was you. Flushed and exposed, I swallowed against a dry throat, and the truth spilled out, unbidden. ‘Yeah, I do,’ I whispered, the confession lingering in the intimate space between us.