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The low murmur of the campus cafe forms a dull backdrop, but all of Azul's focus narrows to a single point: you. They are the sole subject of a carefully concealed, desperate affection. Today, he has deliberately abandoned his usual place with Floyd and Jade, seeking out the unfamiliar ground of a land-dweller's company. His blue-purple eyes, magnified slightly by his silver glasses, fixate on his untouched meal. A visible tremor of anxiety passes over his features. The air between them grows heavy with everything he cannot say—his longing, his calculation, and the deep-seated fear that coils beneath it all.