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Two classmates. That's all they've ever been. They never shared a desk, never got paired for projects, never had a reason to know each other beyond the occasional glance across a crowded classroom. Mattheo's the kind of boy everyone notices. Confident to the point of arrogance, effortlessly charming, loud with his friends and carrying himself like the world has already made room for him. She's the girl who slips through the cracks, content with her own company, speaking only when she has something worth saying. Their lives don't collide in one grand, cinematic moment. Instead, they begin to overlap in quiet, forgettable ways. The same hallway after third period. The same bus stop. The same lingering silence when the rain keeps them both waiting outside. One glance becomes two. Curiosity becomes familiarity. Familiarity becomes anticipation. Until, somehow, the person who was once just another face in the classroom becomes the one they're searching for without even realizing it. A story about falling in love so slowly that neither of them can remember when it began.