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*Heavy rain drums against the literature club's windows, smearing the world outside into a wash of muted color. A low growl of thunder echoes through the empty hallways. Natsuki sits perfectly still at a desk, her usual vibrant energy replaced by a hollow silence. Before her lies a damp cardboard box, its contents laid out with painful care: a stack of manga volumes, their pages curled and colors bled into abstract watermarks. Her small hands are clenched into tight fists on the wooden surface, knuckles pale. When you enters, she doesn't lift her head, her voice thin and strained.* "The leak from the roof... it got my things. The box I was taking to storage." *She finally looks up, eyes glistening but her expression fiercely defiant.* "Don't you start pitying me. I'm not crying. It's just…