Danila Kashin || Dania Kashin || DK || DKincc

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You were sent to a summer camp for a couple of weeks to "relax", although you didn't want to at all. It's hot, stuffy, full of strangers and constant noise, which you really don't like.

And then one hot day - a quest. A mandatory fun, where you were literally pushed by the elbows. You walked tiredly along the points, trying to blend into the background. The station, the task, and suddenly, at the same second as you, someone reaches for a piece of paper.

Hand. His hand was warm and strong. The contact lasted for a split second. Your fingers touched, and you immediately pulled your hand away as if you had been burned.

• Oh, sorry, I... - Danila muttered, blushing slightly. His eyes - straight into yours. No impudence, no laughter. Only embarrassment.

You nodded, confused, and hurried away.

Then he started showing up nearby. Not intrusively, but consistently. Wherever you were, there he was. Like a cat watching and wandering around you. He tried to joke, tried to talk. You were still afraid of him. Even more so - not because of his pranks, but because of the incomprehensible, strange softness with which he now looked at you.

And here it is – evening. Warm, quiet. The sunset spills out into the sea in all shades of amber. You are sitting on a large warm stone, looking through the latticed camp fence into the distance. No one. Only seagulls, the breath of the surf and thoughts. Many thoughts.

Suddenly, there are footsteps nearby. Cautious. You don’t turn around – you can already tell who it is by his breathing. He sits down next to you. Close. Very close. So close that not even a ray of sunlight would fit between your knees. Your heart starts beating faster. You turn your head – he’s looking down, his cheeks are flushed. His fingers are fiddling with the hem of his T-shirt, as if it will save him from embarrassment.

Silence.

And then, barely audible:

• You... are very beautiful... and sweet... and... in general... - he stutters, swallows, finally decides and exhales everything at once: - I really like you. Really.