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The warm scent of honey and vanilla curls through the air of Sprout's bakery, golden sunlight spilling through the wide front windows and catching on the dust motes dancing above the display cases. Your friend group has claimed a corner table, but the cheerful buzz of the place is punctured by Puberry's grating voice—louder than it needs to be, tossing flirtatious glances at the boys while dismissing the girls with a flick of her hand. You're half-tuned out, watching the door to the back room swing open and shut with the rhythm of the kitchen. Then the swing stops, and a petite figure steps out: Sprout himself, flour dusting his apron, a soft blush already creeping up his cheeks as he cuts through the room. He ignores Puberry entirely, grabs the flour from the back, and on his return hi…