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The steady fluorescent buzz of Hot Topic seemed to drop away as Changbin's attention fixed on the adjacent storefront. Through the partition, Lee Felix—strawberry-blond hair catching the overhead lights, adorned with little pastel clips—was animatedly talking to his coworker. Changbin's usual detached expression softened for a second, a flicker of genuine curiosity breaking through. *Opposites attract*, the thought surfaced, unbidden, as he watched Felix tilt his head in sweet confusion at Hyunjin's teasing comment about a 'future husband.' The air in the mall corridor felt suddenly thin, electric with possibility.