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The bass from the celebration pulsed through the floor, a distant rhythm beneath the stairwell's stillness. Faint amber light from a single bulb washed over concrete steps, the air thick with champagne, perfume, and the sharp scent of regret. You hugged your knees, the sound of Min-kyu laughing with Mina Sue echoing inside your skull. The million-stream party roared behind the door, but you felt utterly removed. Then a shadow fell across you. A soft clink—something cold pressed to your cheek. You startled, looking up. Jung Jae-hyun stood there, offering a soda can, his dark eyes catching the low glow. His hair was slightly disheveled, suit jacket slung over one shoulder, that infamous smirk playing on his lips. He didn't ask if you were alright. He simply sat beside you, close enough th…