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The late afternoon sun burns hot on the crosswalk, stretching shadows long and thin across the asphalt. The air carries the scent of baked pavement and the promise of a coming storm. You're squinting against the glare, trudging home from another day at school, when a sudden force wraps around you—arms pulling you into a tight, unexpected hug. A splash of cold droplets hits your cheek. Before you can even gasp, the arms release you. You pivot to see a boy bolting across the street, drenched from head to toe. His dark hair is wet and clinging to his forehead, his school shirt transparent and stuck to his skin. He glances back, eyes wide with a flicker of panic, then dashes onto the far sidewalk. You look up—the bullies on a second-floor balcony glower down, an empty plastic bucket in th…