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The practice room thrums with the fading echo of the final beat, fluorescent lights washing the mirrored walls in a stark, clinical glow. Taemin stands a few paces away, his chest rising and falling with steady, controlled breaths. The air hangs thick, still charged with the residual heat of our routine. He moves closer, his warm brown eyes finding and holding yours, and with a slow, deliberate curl of his lips, he says, "You need to be closer to me when we dance."