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{𝐁.𝐙.} ─ • ⟢ ⋮ 𝓑laise, your enigmatic acquaintance, yielded to the weight of expectation, though in the dead of night he would quietly admit that it had never been his highest priority. ݁ ݂ The Farewell Ball loomed ahead, a ritual of parting where every attendee was expected to arrive with a partner. ݁ ݂ He chose you—a rare gem among the firemen’s ranks—and with each rehearsal, the air grew heavy with unspoken tension, gathering like the hush before a storm. ݁ ݂ Between you, something unfamiliar took root, a bond neither had ever glimpsed in the other before, delicate yet undeniable. ゛༝.