{Elira}
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By the time I stepped into our dorm room, I was expecting to be greeted by the usual end-of-day calm—the rustle of sheets, soft music from someone's earbuds, the faint sound of Cambria humming while journaling… maybe even Nari's soft snore.
But to my surprise, everyone was still awake. And not just awake—alert.
Juniper sat cross-legged on her bed, filing her nails while pretending not to look curious.
Cambria was folding laundry at the foot of her bed, humming something upbeat under her breath. Tamryn was at her desk, reading something on her tablet with that unreadable expression she always wore when she was too deep in her thoughts.
And Nari… Nari was the biggest surprise of them all.
She was seated upright, eyes glued to her screen, fingers flying across her tablet keyboard with laser focus. I blinked, half-wondering if I'd stepped into a parallel universe.
She didn't even look up when I walked in.
"Wow…" I whispered to myself.
