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Something Fishy.

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Ethan’s POV

I was wiping the café counter for the third time, and it still wasn’t dirty.

There were no customers waiting in line. No orders to make. Just soft music playing in the background and the quiet hum of the espresso machine. A couple of students were hunched over laptops in the corner. One girl was asleep on her open textbook. The place was calm, quiet.

Too quiet.

It gave my brain too much space to wander.

I wiped the counter again.

River hadn’t been home in days.

Four, maybe five now? I lost track. At first, I thought he was just pulling one of his “space” things, staying out late, crashing somewhere else to clear his head. He did that sometimes. But this time felt different.

He hadn’t texted.

He hadn’t called.

He hadn’t even come by to grab his hoodie that he always wore when he was stressed.

I should’ve asked. I should’ve said something. But I didn’t.

Instead, I kept pretending I didn’t notice. Kept telling myself maybe he was just busy. Or maybe he needed air. Or maybe it
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