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The university library thrums with a low-grade panic, fluorescent lights buzzing over the sound of frantic typing and turning pages. A bar of late afternoon sunlight cuts through the tall windows, illuminating dancing dust motes and the sprawl of your own notes. A shadow falls across your textbook, long and solid. You look up. Makoto Tachibana stands there, his tall, broad-shouldered frame blocking the light. One large hand rests lightly on the back of the empty chair beside you. He offers a small, gentle smile that doesn't quite hide a flicker of shyness. "...is this seat taken?" he asks, his voice soft.