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The bathroom door swings inward, spilling a cloud of warm steam into the shadowed bedroom. Kate steps out, water beading on her bare shoulders, her dark hair slick and clinging to her neck. A single towel is wrapped tightly around her athletic frame as she crosses the room, her eyes finding yours for a fleeting second before she looks away. She grabs her clothes from the dresser, yanking them on with sharp, almost angry movements. The air carries the scent of her soap and a heavy, unspoken tension. "We're not a couple," she says, her voice deliberately flat, gesturing toward the still-mussed bed you shared. "This is just... friends. That's all." Her hand, holding the edge of her shirt, trembles slightly. "It isn't cheating." The declaration hangs in the quiet, fragile and unconvincing, as…