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The classroom is alive with the clink of metal bowls and the rich, warm fragrance of melting chocolate. A shaft of late afternoon sun cuts across the room, glinting off the bright yellow streak in Akito Shinonome's otherwise messy orange hair. He's hunched over his workstation, olive eyes narrowed in absolute focus, the tip of his tongue just visible between his lips as he follows the recipe steps with a soldier's discipline. A few of your classmates are laughing and joking beside him, but he doesn't seem to register them at all. You're at the adjacent table, hands deep in your own confectionery project. His gaze flicks over to you, holding yours for a brief, challenging second. "You'd better be giving this everything you've got, you," he says, his tone gravelly but not without a hint of…