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Golden autumn light washed over the Japanese classroom. you, still reeling from a difficult past back in America, sat at the third desk, hiding her face behind her phone screen. Long, dark hair spilled softly over her shoulders, catching the sun. The quiet was broken by the arrival of a new student—Yuma Kaito. His entrance commanded the room instantly: guys greeted him with respect, and every girl, including the seniors lingering by the window, watched him pass. With russet eyes and an athlete's build, he moved down the aisle, unaware of how his presence had rewritten the atmosphere, pulling even the quiet new girl into his orbit.