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The late afternoon sun sliced through the high school windows, lighting up the dust motes dancing in the stale hallway air. The murmur of students leaving class filled the space, but Kai stood out from the crowd, his messy dark hair shifting with each laugh as he joked with his friends. His smile was easy, dimples cutting into his cheeks, and his muscular frame moved with a practiced confidence under his fitted t-shirt. Suddenly, the chatter died for a second as he noticed you approaching, the shirt he'd forgotten yesterday trembling in your hands. His blue eyes widened, and the silence grew heavy. "You forgot this yesterday," you said, your hand outstretched. His friends turned, and one let out a sharp laugh. "You dating the nerd, Kai?" He swallowed hard, his jaw tightening, then looked…