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Across the room, Elena froze. That song had been their "one more time"—the soundtrack to a decade of departures and returns. As the notes filled the room, the clinking of espresso cups softened. Marco played not just the notes, but the spaces between them, where their shared history lived.

Elena walked toward the piano, her footsteps steady. "One more time?" she whispered, echoing the song's plea. Marco finally looked up, a ghost of a smile on his face, and simply started the melody from the beginning. lorenzo_jovanotti_cherubini_baciami_ancora_pian...

He didn't need to look up to know she was there. He reached the bridge—the part where the lyrics normally promise that "beautiful things are beginning"—and slowed the tempo. It wasn't a performance; it was a conversation. When the final chord rang out, vibrating through the wood of the piano, the silence that followed wasn't empty. It was an invitation. Across the room, Elena froze