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The Scientific Observations of Intimacy: How Rio Futaba’s Logical Facade Dissolves into Raw Passion Amidst the Chemical Fumes and Midnight Shadows of the Physics Lab

The air in the physics laboratory at Minegahara High School was thick with the scent of ozone and the faint, antiseptic tang of ethanol. Outside, the orange glow of the setting sun was rapidly surrendering to the deep, bruised purple of twilight, casting long, distorted shadows across the rows of beakers and graduated cylinders. Rio Futaba sat perched on her usual stool, her silhouette framed by the chalkboard covered in dense, chalky equations that sought to explain the mysteries of the universe.