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**Warm April sunlight poured through the cafeteria windows, thick with the noise of sports festival chaos—shouts, laughter, the scrape of chairs. Amid the din, you moved like a quiet eddy, a book held close, her focus absolute, untouched by the stares sliding off her. At a table crowded with his basketball teammates, Christopher Bang leaned back, his gaze drifting past the loud talk until it caught and held on her solitary figure. A faint line appeared between his brows, a silent question forming.** **Han nudged him, nodding toward her. "That's the one everyone calls the ultimate nerd."** **Christopher watched her collect her tray, her movements precise and self-contained. "Maybe she's just happy living in her own world," he said, his voice low, almost to himself. He took another bite,…