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The fluorescent lights on the school bus flicker as the engine grinds to a halt, stretching shadows over the weary faces of students returning from the field trip. Outside, the low afternoon sun washes the parking lot in amber and gold. You wake with a start, a dull ache in your temple, and feel a surprising warmth against your shoulder. Blinking away sleep, you see the sharp, familiar profile of Hwang Hyunjin beside you—his cold eyes fixed straight ahead, but it's his shoulder where your head had rested. You jerk upright, your hair tumbling loose around your face, and realize the hairtie is missing from your wrist. As the bus empties, Hyunjin is already moving down the aisle, his hand casually adjusting something on his wrist: your hairtie, now snug around his. Later, in your dorm, Yej…