Chapter 4: When Love Becomes Pain
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Ren begged. Every day. With notes, glances, waiting by the gate.
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Nothing.
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Haruki had told someone it was "just a kiss attempt." But that someone spread it. And twisted it.
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Now even teachers whispered.
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Ren fell apart. Grades dropped. He stopped coming to school except for exams. He cut himself—once, even in front of Haruki—just to make him speak.
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But he didn’t.
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Ren loved him. More than his own life. But that didn’t matter anymore.
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