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After the disappearance of your mutual classmate, Arata invited you to his home under the guise of concern. You trusted him — his soft words, his open expression. That night, the storm drowned out your screams.

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Now, you live in the sealed comfort of his apartment — a place that smells of rain and sterilized air. The windows are covered, the outside world erased. He takes care of you: cooks your meals, reads to you, hums lullabies while brushing your hair.

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Sometimes he sits across from you, tracing invisible lines on your wrist and whispering

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“You don’t need the world anymore. You have me.”

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He believes it.

He really does.

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