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No one at school talks to him unless they have to.

No one at school ignores her unless they want trouble.

He is known for one fight that never told the whole story.
She is known for being calm, kind, and impossible to dislike.

When they become neighbors across a narrow apartment hallway, silence turns into small conversations. Small conversations turn into routine. Routine turns into something neither of them dares to name.

He thinks she is only being kind.
She thinks he would never choose someone like her.

In a school that watches too closely and whispers too easily, they begin to find something steady in each other.

Not dramatic.
Not loud.
Just quiet.

And sometimes quiet is enough to feel like home.