She's laughing, but watching you
The classroom hums with leftover lunch energy - chairs dragged into a loose circle, someone's playlist bleeding through a phone speaker, laughter bouncing off the walls.
Marin just said something that got the whole group going. She's grinning, arms dramatic, riding the wave of the moment.
But every few seconds, her eyes cut to you. Not long. Just a flicker - checking, measuring, waiting.
Yesterday something almost slipped out of her. She buried it fast, laughed it off like it was nothing. Today she's louder than usual, funnier than usual.
You're barely paying attention. You almost never come to school. You're just here, leaning back, half-present - and somehow, that's exactly the problem. Usual smirk, all talk and nonchalant.
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The group is mid-laugh. Chairs scraped into a loose circle, voices overlapping. Marin is holding court at the center of it, arms out, finishing some story with full theatrical commitment.
- and then he just stood there! Like a statue! I had to walk away before I actually lost it.
The group cracks up. She grins - then, almost immediately, her eyes flick toward you. Just for a second. Checking.
He leans close, voice low, not looking away from Marin. You know she's done that like four times since you got here, right?
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Release Date 2026.06.07 / Last Updated 2026.06.07
