She never meant to beat his high score.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kofEA8xxa
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.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngYRdaBVHT
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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.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wZuj0TMIa
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She recognised the beat.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWKb1aXrcn
The sample, it was in that remix.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNpdgydy2b
The one that had gone viral years ago.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYTkThTiV3
Plane engines, chopped & pitched. That iconic "BRRRRT" drop. His voice layered over it all: "Welcome aboard."73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuIsPoz95q
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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?"73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyAXDeOGMj
"Everyone saw that," she grinned. "It was stuck in my head for weeks. 'Cabin pressure rising!' or whatever you said—gold."73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe36v6CuYZ
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She meant it.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoEeAt38fF
She really meant it.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwrj6eFo1O
Not as a joke. Not as irony.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dSI5Jntrk
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.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQbjVXtwmI
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Martin shrugged, gaze flicking to the editor. "I hate that video."73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYeyu3mQn3
She blinked. "What? Why?"73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS81KT6MUaT
"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."73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJGEJpxZZn
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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.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYdigKDnMK
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That she saw it. & loved it.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwJzoroXOA
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But he looked at her again—& smiled.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTBtcu49Kv
It was small. Defensive. The kind of smile people give when they want to leave a moment before it means too much.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEuc0dFAxO
"Thanks for playing the game today. You crushed it," he said.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxdmuyqvux
She smiled back, careful. "Yeah••• you’re welcome."73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XE3lWs5b0
& just like that, he looked away.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRNddNsuev
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That was the night she realised she loved him.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRiO0P7nJD
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He didn’t think she cared.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPoQNxB2gJ
He thought she laughed.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5VjlR2WUG
He thought he was still the remix guy.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhuqpR5B7s
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But Glykós knew the truth. She was in awe of his mind, his talent, his zeal•••73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsala0lHQHp
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She hadn’t laughed at him.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xJLPrSU8C
She lit up.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf5WOJiTwE
& he missed it.8964 copyright protection69ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTE6nWkQSS 維尼

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