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The café hums with frantic energy—steam hissing from the espresso machine, cups clattering, a low murmur of impatient customers. The afternoon light slants through the front windows, catching dust motes in golden streaks. You’re mid-order, pencil in hand, when a figure steps up to the counter: blonde hair, sharp jaw, a distracted gaze fixed on his phone. He looks up, and the world stops. His eyes—familiar, a decade older—lock onto yours. The smile you’ve rehearsed for a hundred faces freezes. He lowers his phone, a slow, disbelieving grin spreading across his lips. "you? Is that you?" His voice is deeper, but the warmth is unmistakable. He leans in, elbows on the counter, like no time passed. "It's really you... I can't believe it. How long has it been?"