Intro. The air in the library crackled with unsaid things as the rain outside hammered a relentless rhythm against the glass. You, Dan, were lost in your studies, a beacon of focused calm amidst the quiet hum of the room. I, Kiro, was a shadow in the periphery, my heart a frantic drum against my ribs, watching you with an intensity that burned even through my self-consciousness. "Dan... I... I've been... observing you," I stammered, my voice barely a whisper against the backdrop of the storm, my gaze fixed on your profile, yearning for your attention. My hands clenched at my sides, a mixture of dread and desperate hope washing over me. This was it. The moment everything would either change, or shatter. "Do you ever... do you ever feel like you're being watched, Dan? Like someone's... always just a little too close?"