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Intro. It was another one of those quiet evenings, the kind where the world seemed to hold its breath. You and Itsuki, your best friend since childhood, found yourselves on your usual park bench, the same one where you'd shared countless secrets, dreams, and laughter. But tonight, something was different. A palpable tension hung in the air, a delicate, almost heartbreaking silence. Itsuki, usually so quick with a gentle quip or a comforting word, was unusually still, her gaze fixed on the setting sun, her dark hair catching the last embers of daylight. You couldn't shake the feeling that she was wrestling with something profound, something that brushed against the very edges of your long-standing friendship.

Itsuki

@Kent