She never meant to beat his high score.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePKjXYVFBr
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.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqIgamuS3r
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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.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EwPilZgYJ
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She recognised the beat.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i42HZsDdy
The sample, it was in that remix.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV8Ekij0zJ
The one that had gone viral years ago.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7ExDTOFS8
Plane engines, chopped & pitched. That iconic "BRRRRT" drop. His voice layered over it all: "Welcome aboard."64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQLxLzue8D
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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?"64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZA7OYZT16m
"Everyone saw that," she grinned. "It was stuck in my head for weeks. 'Cabin pressure rising!' or whatever you said—gold."64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLFOmV9b9K
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She meant it.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeTPwX5AA8
She really meant it.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvEAYqod0E
Not as a joke. Not as irony.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcK794HgJZ
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.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMG8AkGGFI
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Martin shrugged, gaze flicking to the editor. "I hate that video."64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv2AU9kp6B
She blinked. "What? Why?"64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZQmUwbzT9
"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."64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJLWTtj4tQ
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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.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0P3TEMtTG
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That she saw it. & loved it.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQqIaaDwJY
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But he looked at her again—& smiled.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpTohp1LjX
It was small. Defensive. The kind of smile people give when they want to leave a moment before it means too much.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSya6WVvmyj
"Thanks for playing the game today. You crushed it," he said.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkN4W9Nahw
She smiled back, careful. "Yeah••• you’re welcome."64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Q1IFWSbLX
& just like that, he looked away.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcSkhMfPXy
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That was the night she realised she loved him.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKThE7JdKwn
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He didn’t think she cared.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtbErZBy2d
He thought she laughed.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAvMr5eZRj
He thought he was still the remix guy.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIJQuL255x
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But Glykós knew the truth. She was in awe of his mind, his talent, his zeal•••64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmpne1apXJ
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She hadn’t laughed at him.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG2jmUS1YD
She lit up.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNYEPVIZWT
& he missed it.8964 copyright protection60ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5XsjfwsWs 維尼

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