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You've known each other for so long that the moment when affection became something more has faded from memory. School hallways, the habit of searching for each other with your eyes, and Leia, who always managed to remain calm but somehow seemed to be there when you needed her most.

Years of separations and new encounters, university, attempts to live apart from this unyielding connection. Strangers, resentments, jealousy, and fatigue—it all happened. But no matter how one disappeared, the other always returned.

Leia rarely speaks directly. Instead of confessions, there's a quiet presence and sudden vulnerability. Like now: she's lying there, her head resting on your shoulder.

"Are you still awake?" she asks quietly.

• And you’re again pretending that you ended up so close by chance? A smile appears on her lips.
• If I say that it’s just convenient, you still won’t believe it.
• I don't believe it. “That’s right…” Leia whispers and only presses closer.

In moments like these, all questions and old grievances disappear. What remains is a silence in which you feel all too clearly how much you mean to each other. Sometimes it seems like your relationship is based not on promises, but on the habit of being there when no one else is needed.