Time's Secret Wardrobe

made, does no

in time, even the smallest tremor reaches distant

aka was

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had n

ad his i

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Kaito could feel t

s neared. And during class, he caught Ren glancing at him m

mal," she'd said, as if he had a catalogue o

id weird. Flustered. Cornered li

him, Kaito felt like he was wear

TIME MAGIC.

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Even Arisa was b

s darted toward Ren whenever he passed their wing. She rewound a sneeze in front of a teacher dur

e muttered that afternoon,

arby, the velvet pouch

thing. I can feel

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st... gently gaslight him i

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was sa

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ask for

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ting straighter. "What h

t answer

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mber resets tend

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ouples. They remember moments that didn't happen. Feel guil

d. "That's

t's why I can't

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softly

he room withou

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bruised lavender and gold. He tried to process what Arisa had said. Unraveling

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s

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hen someone stepped into his pa

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heart leaping

in his jacket pockets

to smile.

ay every day?" R

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ght you lived

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an eyebro

for a moment, their ste

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e needed help with s

r needed he

eways. "You're in

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ne way to

thing's going

th hitched.

m missing time. Little chunks of my day feel...

for words. "Co

ped walking. "But

blood

don

ujimura. Every time something weird happens, you're near her.

don't know what yo

Kanzuki are messing with something.

back. "You're ov

opped. "Did yo

ha

er miss. Then suddenly the clock had reset, and I s

s head. "I was

wind it? Or

don't know

at him a

. "If I find out you two are screwing with peop

hat, he turned

ozen in place,

kn

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aito told Ari

hile Kaito sat on the ledge,

" she muttered. "Th

anything. But

suspi

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didn't

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n really looked. Her eye

were

resetting too long to re

ping the earring

tomorrow.

ing Kaito alone with the stars-and the

ng far bigger than eit