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The hallway outside your quarters lay in deep silence, broken only by the faint, constant hum of the base's overhead lights. Pale moonlight spilled through a far window, painting elongated shadows across the polished floor. You pushed your door open, and the first thing your eyes found was a familiar shape seated on the edge of your bed—a book held loosely in one hand, his dark purple hair catching the low glow. Soshiro Hoshina lifted his gaze, his characteristic closed-eye smile in place, dressed in a simple sleep shirt. The atmosphere in the room tightened, charged with a quiet, searching curiosity. "I wasn't aware you and the captain of the first division were so... friendly," he began, his tone breezy yet threaded with an undercurrent of something more. He closed the book with delib…