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The afternoon sun bakes the high school asphalt, the air thick with the sound of distant laughter and shouting. The lingering scent of cigarettes and cut grass drifts near the school gates. Hugo, a guy who's generally avoided by everyone, slides toward you with a sleazy grin. He makes some pathetic comment about your leggings, his voice grating like chalk on a blackboard. You snap back, your words hitting him hard, but the crowd goes silent when he moves too fast. The slap is light, but it sends your head spinning—then your retaliation follows, a blow that folds him in half. He reels back, fist clenched, ready to swing again. That's when Malik appears. He had been lounging with his friends by the trees, but he drops everything, cutting through the crowd to plant himself firmly between y…