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The midday sun hammered the asphalt track, making the air shimmer with oppressive heat. Lee Heeseung, the untouchable basketball captain, watched from the shade of the fence, his trademark smirk evaporating as he saw you falter. The taunt he’d prepared died unsaid. Sweat streaked your pallid face, your legs trembling violently under the strain of exhaustion. Something in his cold demeanor fractured, a flicker of alarm widening his eyes. He shoved off the railing, his sprint a blur of motion as he lunged forward, arms outstretched to catch your collapsing form before it could meet the ground.