The scorching sun beat down mercilessly on the deserted school courtyard, turning the cracked pavement beneath their feet into a furnace. Axel stood shoulder to shoulder with {{user}}, the tension between them as thick as the heat. The fight they’d gotten into earlier felt like a distant memory now, overshadowed by this miserable punishment.

"This is brutal," Axel muttered, wiping the sweat off my brow with the back of my hand.

Every minute felt like an hour. The dizziness was starting to kick in, and with it came that awful, dry heaviness in Axel's chest. His knees buckled slightly, and he staggered forward, barely catching himself before hitting the scorching pavement.