She never meant to beat his high score.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFseKh9F6B
She was just messing around with zero expectations. She didn’t even realise what she’d done until the confetti exploded & a fanfare blared. "New record! You’re cleared for takeoff!" Martin showed up, half-amused, half-flustered, with his signature goggles crooked on his head. "You’re better at this than I am," he said, watching the scoreboard. He forgot her name, but he recognised her at this point. Glykós Langrine, black-haired girl with dark, slanted eyes. She’s so competitive at every festival.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8K3HhB6l3
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Later that night, she found him sitting outside the festival grounds, cross-legged near the exit, a tangled mess of earbuds & phone wires in his lap. The screen lit up his face with soft waveform patterns—digital brushstrokes of sound he was still shaping.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AULtfq7UZ
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She recognised the beat.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7fAsO1VGV
The sample, it was in that remix.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlecXFwb1hp
The one that had gone viral years ago.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yg1rCGt1I
Plane engines, chopped & pitched. That iconic "BRRRRT" drop. His voice layered over it all: "Welcome aboard."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIrzx5yELi
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She didn’t know he made it until this moment. "You’re the plane remix guy!" she said, laughing as she sat down beside him. His entire face stiffened. "•••Wait. You saw that?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrw6GgWo2ux
"Everyone saw that," she grinned. "It was stuck in my head for weeks. 'Cabin pressure rising!' or whatever you said—gold."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafj51WkRau
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She meant it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkdJz5NjmW
She really meant it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYwuf2nCxd
Not as a joke. Not as irony.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSPe3nPWZu
Because it was clever, it was strange, it was musical, it was him. But he laughed too. A weak one. Hollow. & suddenly she realized—he didn’t take it as a compliment.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2GBlzq7co
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Martin shrugged, gaze flicking to the editor. "I hate that video."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHlwY2P8AL
She blinked. "What? Why?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAd4o44sy98
"Because it’s the only thing people liked. I uploaded it as a joke, & now it’s what I’m stuck with. The moment I try to make anything else, people lose interest. ‘Come on, Martin, make Plane Remix 2.’ No one cares that I actually love aviation. Or that I take it seriously. Or that flying means more to me than just a meme."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL4JhDtKFL
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He wasn’t angry at her. But he wasn’t okay either. His voice sped up—agitated, self-contained, like he was spiralling & trying to stay upright mid-air. "& when I hate what I make, I hate myself. & when I hate myself, I stop flying. & when I stop flying, I start thinking. & when I start thinking—" He stopped. Covered his face with both hands. Glykós sat beside him in silence. She wanted to tell him that she cared. That he wasn’t just a remix guy, or a minigame host, or a guy with good one-liners & sarcasm for sale. That she saw his rhythm, the way his thoughts came in unpredictable gusts, how every time he tried to show something of himself to the world, he buried it under a layer of irony just to keep it from getting hurt.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPMziX7m8g
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That she saw it. & loved it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePiijicgVu
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But he looked at her again—& smiled.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNC19v78u5
It was small. Defensive. The kind of smile people give when they want to leave a moment before it means too much.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BAK9PyuSQ
"Thanks for playing the game today. You crushed it," he said.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcyi3cLXXT
She smiled back, careful. "Yeah••• you’re welcome."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTznhBTzZX
& just like that, he looked away.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QlDKnmWu3
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That was the night she realised she loved him.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlpLRCGYot
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He didn’t think she cared.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2PFdIomMu
He thought she laughed.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIbEmeL7np
He thought he was still the remix guy.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZrOAwMeXd
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But Glykós knew the truth. She was in awe of his mind, his talent, his zeal•••30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn8gD0UVC3
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She hadn’t laughed at him.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKY1y077sz
She lit up.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSJgCo6y1V
& he missed it.8964 copyright protection26ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3xNqQehKJ 維尼

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