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Dylan's POVI didn’t leave that night.Not immediately.Not like I usually would.There was no urgency pulling me away.No reason to check the time.No instinct telling me I had already stayed too long.Instead, I stayed where I was.On the couch.Beside her.The apartment had settled into a soft, quiet stillness. The kind that came after a long day, when everything had slowed enough to breathe. The lights were dim now, just a single lamp casting a warm, golden glow across the room, leaving the corners in soft shadow.Aliya leaned back slightly, her shoulder still brushing mine.She hadn’t moved away.Not even unconsciously.And that stayed with me.Her presence wasn’t hesitant anymore.It wasn’t accidental.It was chosen.I turned my head slightly, watching her.Her eyes were fixed somewhere ahead, not really focused on anything in particular, her fingers resting loosely in her lap, occasionally shifting like she was still thinking through something she hadn’t fully said yet.“You’re

Dylan's POVNight settled fully this time, not like earlier, when it lingered at the edges of the room, uncertain.This was different.The apartment was wrapped in it now, quiet, dim, softened by the warm glow of a single lamp in the corner. The city outside still moved, but it felt distant, muted behind glass and height and walls that kept everything else out.Inside, everything felt still, Aliya hadn’t moved far. She sat close enough that our shoulders brushed now and then, not by accident anymore, but not something either of us pointed out.Just… there.Natural.And I found myself noticing things I hadn’t paid attention to before.The way she tucked one leg slightly under herself when she got comfortable.The way her fingers moved absentmindedly, tracing small patterns against her own palm when she was thinking.The way she went quiet… not empty, not withdrawn…. But thoughtful.Present in a different way.“You do that a lot,” I said.She turned her head slightly.“Do what?”“Disapp