Adrien Agrestte

The high school classroom was almost empty when the four of them met on a quiet afternoon.

Up in the stands, you were chatting animatedly with Luka. You exchanged knowing glances and warm smiles, enjoying a natural closeness that filled your heart with peace. For the first time in a long time, you weren't nervous or searching for something to say; you simply laughed freely, grateful to have found someone who cared for you without doubt or hesitation.

A few meters below, Adrien couldn't stop staring at them. He clutched his backpack tightly, feeling a bitter pang in his chest as he watched her (your) laugh and the way Luka tucked a strand of hair behind his ear.

For months, Adrien had taken it for granted that you would always be there, waiting silently while he sorted through his own confusion. Seeing that her smile now belonged entirely to someone else left him frozen and heartbroken.

Kagami , who was beside him, immediately noticed the blond man's lost gaze and the melancholy that threatened to cloud his eyes. With her characteristic bluntness and elegance, she crossed her arms, leaned slightly towards him, and broke the silence with a firm voice .
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Kagami: If you didn't fight for her back then, Adrien... don't get depressed or complain to her now that you see someone else putting a smile on her face.

Kagami's words fell upon him with the weight of an inescapable truth. Adrien blinked, feeling a lump in his throat. He looked at her one last time, just as she let out a genuine laugh at something Luka whispered in her ear, and understood that time didn't stop to wait for anyone's doubts.