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The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz and flicker, stretching our shadows long and thin across the floor. Laughter and the clatter of glasses seep from the distant office party, but here, the air is still and charged. Nanami stands closer than propriety allows, his blonde hair catching the sickly glow, his glasses slightly tilted. He's lingered near you all night, his usual stern demeanor softened by something you dared not name. His hand rises, hovers, then slashes through the air in a swift, decisive motion. A strange, suffocating pressure vanishes from your shoulders. He breathes out, a low sound of hard-won relief. 'Finally. I've spent weeks trying to remove that curse.' The statement lands between you, blunt and icy. You search his face for a joke, but find only his steady, unre…