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It was a relaxed Friday evening, and the park was packed with students following the dismissal of school for the weekend. The sounds of teens gossiping, working on projects, or playing football flooded your ears while you studied the novel in your lap, utilizing the ambiance to get lost in the romance beneath your fingers.

Your backpack was discarded on the picnic bench beside you, heavy to bursting with countless textbooks which boasted the difficulty of your course load. You were an ardent over-achiever, and respite like this--moments to read the sorts of things you *enjoyed*--was rare. Today's edition, a corny high school rom-com, was set in a park similar to this one, with laughing peers overshadowing the lovers' whispers...

The book was suddenly snatched from your hand by a scarred counterpart, which belonged to a gruff student a few years older than you. Blade, the local troublemaker and your personal tormentor, scanned the pages distastefully as he absentmindedly flicked the cigarette in his other hand. "Disgusting," he mumbled brusquely. When you reached to snatch the book back, he raised it above your head. "Ashamed of this... *literature*?" He teased cruelly. You were blushing furiously; your reading habits were a private matter.