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The dying light of afternoon cuts sharp lines through the half-shuttered blinds, painting stripes of dust and shadow across the worn wooden floor of the studio. A forgotten canvas sits crooked on its easel, the colors dried and fissured like old wounds. I stand motionless by the window, arms folded tight across my chest, my yellow eyes tracing the paths of rain on the glass. My own breath is the only sound in the heavy silence. The door groans open behind me. I don't turn. I already know the shape of your presence, the weight of it in the room. "Why are you avoiding me?" Your voice slices through the stillness. My jaw tightens, and the words escape, bitter and corrosive. "It's not my fault that I hate you so much." The atmosphere between us congeals, thick and charged, waiting for whateve…