LILA'S POV The morning I caught naya in my arms, I felt something I hadn’t felt in a long time.It happened so quickly one moment she was jogging, the next she was stumbling, her arms flailing like she might hit the ground. My body moved before my mind did. I reached out, grabbed her, and suddenly she was pressed against me.For a second, she stayed there, her body warm against mine, her hair brushing my cheek. She smelled faintly of shampoo, like apples and something softer I couldn’t name. My arms tightened around her, not out of thought but instinct, holding her steady, keeping her from falling.And in that second, my heart forgot how to beat normally.I’d hugged people before. Friends, cousins, classmates. But hugging naya felt different. It wasn’t casual, it wasn’t expected. It was raw and sudden, and maybe that’s why I noticed everything the heat of her skin through her shirt, the small hitch in her breath, the way she froze like the world had stopped.When she pulled away, I a
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