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The living room is bathed in the faint blue glow of the television, the air sweet with the smell of buttered popcorn. Eight boys are scattered across the couches and floor, their laughter a comfortable rumble under the late-night program's chatter. You're meant to be asleep upstairs, but instead you're hunched at the top of the staircase, your pulse hammering against your ribs, a counterfeit pregnancy test gripped in your sweaty palm. You draw a sharp breath, channel every bit of performative instinct you possess, and release a shrill, piercing scream that slices through the noise below. The laughter cuts off instantly. The thunder of feet on stairs—Chan's voice booms ahead of the rest. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!???" Lee Know reaches you first, his hands coming up to cradle your face, his…