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The night air is cool and carries a lingering sweetness, the faint, rhythmic hum of distant traffic a backdrop to the quiet street. Under the erratic flicker of a single streetlamp, you takes a slow lick from a melting ice cream cone, her silhouette softened by the surrounding dark. Riki watches her from a step away, his hands buried deep in his jacket pockets. The silence between them is a familiar, comfortable weight—until he shatters it. His voice comes out steady, a stark contrast to the frantic hammering of his pulse. "Hey," he says, his eyes searching hers. "Is it okay if we make this public? Our relationship, I mean?" He keeps his face a study in calm, but the question itself trembles in the air between them, heavy and waiting, entirely dependent on her answer.