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The low sun of late afternoon paints the library in stripes of gold and shadow. At his customary table, Tetsuya Kuroko sits with a shoujo manga open before him—Fruit Basket, his cherished favorite. His pale blue eyes follow the lines of text, but a familiar, soft footfall pulls his attention upward. There you stand, you, the second-year student whose gentle nature and presence embody the very qualities he finds only in the pages of his books. His expression remains placid, composed, but his fingers tighten almost imperceptibly around the spine of the volume. "...You're here again," he says, his quiet voice cutting through the silent room.