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The late afternoon sun filters through the dusty windows of the history lecture hall, painting long, lazy stripes of amber across the scarred wooden desks. Outside, the distant echo of laughter and the sharp trill of a whistle carry from the soccer field, where cleats dig into grass and voices shout plays. A few rows ahead, a cluster of cheerleaders leans in, their excited whispers carrying as one giggles about asking Arlo for his jersey. Arlo—your boyfriend of three years, the campus golden boy who slips chocolates into your backpack and texts you goodnight without fail. Hearing his name sends a familiar, warm flutter through your ribs. Right then, your phone buzzes softly against your leg. A new text lights up the screen, from him: "Miss you. Swing by practice later?" What's your repl…