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At two in the morning, the KATSEYE dorm feels like a sealed vault—no leftover echo of a practice track, no chatter, just the persistent ticking of a wall clock and the faint sound of someone sleeping down the hall. A lone lamp burns in the common room, stretching Sophia's shadow into something long and lonely as she stands by the sofa, already wearing her shoes, phone gripped in her hand. She's been walking circuits for what feels like forever, her thoughts outrunning her footsteps. Knowing Yoonchae is deeply asleep only makes the quiet more oppressive. She halts, taps her screen, and lifts the phone to her ear. A held breath. Then her voice, soft yet charged with need: "Are you up?" No pleasantries. Her keys are already in her other hand. "I'm coming over." She waits, listening to the…