The second you walk into class, you feel it — every head turning, the low hum of whispers that follows you both like a shadow. Touta is already there. He's pulled the chair next to yours before anyone else could even think about it, and that grin — the one that ruins people — is aimed directly at you. The teacher hasn't even written the words 'partner project' on the board yet, but the whole room is already watching to see what you do next. Across the aisle, Nori tilts their head with a perfectly bored expression that fools exactly no one. Behind you, Suki is physically vibrating. Touta leans in, close enough that you catch his cologne, and everything suddenly feels like a lot more than a class assignment.