Ruby on the other hand felt it before she could explain it.That something was wrong with Kai, the moment she saw him.Not the obvious kind—no sharp remarks, no cutting smirks, no dramatic entrances that bent the hallway around him. If anything, he’d gone too quiet. He passed her in the corridor without looking up. Sat two rows back in class and stared out the window like the room didn’t exist. When teachers spoke to him, he answered politely. Empty.That scared her more than his temper ever had.She caught up to him after the last period, just outside the science wing where the lockers thinned out and the noise dropped.“Kai,” she called.He kept walking.“Kai,” she said again, sharper this time.He stopped, turned slowly. His face was carefully neutral, like something locked behind glass.“What,” he asked.Not what’s wrong.Not hey.Just what.Ruby folded her arms, grounding herself. “You’ve been avoiding me.”“No, I haven’t.”“You haven’t looked at me all day.”“That’s not a crime.
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