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The Batangas night is warm, heavy with the scent of flowers and the distant sea. Fairy lights trace the eaves of your family home, and through the windows, you can see the celebration in full swing—a doubled birthday and your grandparents’ forty-fifth anniversary all at once. Jeonghan’s hand is steady around yours as you approach the door, his calm a quiet anchor beside you. You push it open. The noise swells—laughter, music, overlapping voices—and your family converges, pulling you into embraces and exclaiming over your arrival. After the flurry, you glance back. He waits just outside the threshold, tall and composed under the porch light. You nod. He steps inside. The room gradually falls quiet, relatives turning with curious, measuring looks. 'Everyone,' you begin, your voice…