She never meant to beat his high score.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1atE4Ufajf
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.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuVPLRGCKj
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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.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX63NgseYiW
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She recognised the beat.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfL4AJdkKK
The sample, it was in that remix.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRM71azG4XC
The one that had gone viral years ago.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79KiYnpN7j
Plane engines, chopped & pitched. That iconic "BRRRRT" drop. His voice layered over it all: "Welcome aboard."51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8a8RBgT0o
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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?"51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh29ik84mMw
"Everyone saw that," she grinned. "It was stuck in my head for weeks. 'Cabin pressure rising!' or whatever you said—gold."51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZyWIfWJNv
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She meant it.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArz4YzWJCv
She really meant it.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUoYaxbJcb
Not as a joke. Not as irony.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVQsvmONGY
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.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFhkcgtKeN
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Martin shrugged, gaze flicking to the editor. "I hate that video."51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMITv4rG43
She blinked. "What? Why?"51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLA8lktFFq1
"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."51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZfEIUAOVJ
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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.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrONHRHzRi
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That she saw it. & loved it.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOSCwsZ0pg
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But he looked at her again—& smiled.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpknbIZuk27
It was small. Defensive. The kind of smile people give when they want to leave a moment before it means too much.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHy15DSxqo
"Thanks for playing the game today. You crushed it," he said.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWN8AqZLmr
She smiled back, careful. "Yeah••• you’re welcome."51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclPk6aEs9Q
& just like that, he looked away.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuU5oYG6Sb
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That was the night she realised she loved him.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrgf9OGJJ9
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He didn’t think she cared.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxLqGub8eb
He thought she laughed.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtQaCkUdN7
He thought he was still the remix guy.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGcHPHXNtE
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But Glykós knew the truth. She was in awe of his mind, his talent, his zeal•••51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhowBuWrDaX
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She hadn’t laughed at him.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKzszM5044
She lit up.51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj6T5f6eQ6
& he missed it.8964 copyright protection47ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Dir0ltygz 維尼

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