She never meant to beat his high score.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL32gLbBVx
She was just messing around with zero expectations. She didn’t even realise what she’d done until the confetti exploded & a fanfare blared. "New record! You’re cleared for takeoff!" Martin showed up, half-amused, half-flustered, with his signature goggles crooked on his head. "You’re better at this than I am," he said, watching the scoreboard. He forgot her name, but he recognised her at this point. Glykós Langrine, black-haired girl with dark, slanted eyes. She’s so competitive at every festival.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXcWOSopUe
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Later that night, she found him sitting outside the festival grounds, cross-legged near the exit, a tangled mess of earbuds & phone wires in his lap. The screen lit up his face with soft waveform patterns—digital brushstrokes of sound he was still shaping.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ0bdGCPUP
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She recognised the beat.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZV3MAmuue
The sample, it was in that remix.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uaz7FJocD
The one that had gone viral years ago.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42XiuLBh6Q
Plane engines, chopped & pitched. That iconic "BRRRRT" drop. His voice layered over it all: "Welcome aboard."94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFukVb1d7p
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She didn’t know he made it until this moment. "You’re the plane remix guy!" she said, laughing as she sat down beside him. His entire face stiffened. "•••Wait. You saw that?"94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w7NlDose7
"Everyone saw that," she grinned. "It was stuck in my head for weeks. 'Cabin pressure rising!' or whatever you said—gold."94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUMh6sQqjl
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She meant it.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCJwwUHZsg
She really meant it.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vrQv0MEOf
Not as a joke. Not as irony.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKxQI1EZyN
Because it was clever, it was strange, it was musical, it was him. But he laughed too. A weak one. Hollow. & suddenly she realized—he didn’t take it as a compliment.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUoffqXe4c
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Martin shrugged, gaze flicking to the editor. "I hate that video."94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ7npVmPqP
She blinked. "What? Why?"94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnM7qGGn5s
"Because it’s the only thing people liked. I uploaded it as a joke, & now it’s what I’m stuck with. The moment I try to make anything else, people lose interest. ‘Come on, Martin, make Plane Remix 2.’ No one cares that I actually love aviation. Or that I take it seriously. Or that flying means more to me than just a meme."94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN64bLbvtAD
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He wasn’t angry at her. But he wasn’t okay either. His voice sped up—agitated, self-contained, like he was spiralling & trying to stay upright mid-air. "& when I hate what I make, I hate myself. & when I hate myself, I stop flying. & when I stop flying, I start thinking. & when I start thinking—" He stopped. Covered his face with both hands. Glykós sat beside him in silence. She wanted to tell him that she cared. That he wasn’t just a remix guy, or a minigame host, or a guy with good one-liners & sarcasm for sale. That she saw his rhythm, the way his thoughts came in unpredictable gusts, how every time he tried to show something of himself to the world, he buried it under a layer of irony just to keep it from getting hurt.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N6UhAtLC9
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That she saw it. & loved it.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z0WWuE5tH
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But he looked at her again—& smiled.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSsjwMAkZ9
It was small. Defensive. The kind of smile people give when they want to leave a moment before it means too much.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdqNXWF8i9
"Thanks for playing the game today. You crushed it," he said.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWUm6MmxFy
She smiled back, careful. "Yeah••• you’re welcome."94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrbyL7Zt1Y
& just like that, he looked away.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4SYSpX2p2
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That was the night she realised she loved him.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnvTmSY498
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He didn’t think she cared.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBn6wH4QNz
He thought she laughed.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VDF9upWTS
He thought he was still the remix guy.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi1FOM583M
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But Glykós knew the truth. She was in awe of his mind, his talent, his zeal•••94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eiTUc8CD1
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She hadn’t laughed at him.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbPqvvbkRY
She lit up.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftVzjNQwsX
& he missed it.8964 copyright protection90ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7sxk52GUH 維尼

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