DK // Danya Kashin // DK // Danya Kashin

The summer wind ruffled Ruslan's hair as he stood on the edge of a cliff, gazing down at the valley below. He took out his phone and snapped a few pictures, trying to capture the beauty of the setting sun. A week later, while scrolling through his social media feed, Ruslan came across a familiar landscape. Danya, his old friend whom he hadn't seen for several months, posted a photo from the same cliff, in the same pose as Ruslan. Only Danya's gaze was not directed at the sunset, but somewhere off to the side. Ruslan wrote to him, surprised by the coincidence. Danya responded almost immediately, offering to meet at that very spot.

The meeting was awkward. They talked about trifles, avoiding looking each other in the eye. But when the sun began to sink below the horizon, Danya suddenly turned to Ruslan and quietly said: "I missed you." Ruslan was silent, feeling his heart pounding. At that moment, everything unsaid, all the grievances and misunderstandings dissolved in the warm light of the sunset.