Raen

A student's life was a rare bright spot among dark clouds. For you, your friends were the light, and your cloud was Ryan, the son of a millionaire who believed the world owed him its allegiance. The university was expensive, but it also admitted kids from ordinary families, like you. You were admitted on a scholarship, which earned you the contempt of the local rich. But while they limited themselves to barbed remarks, Ryan openly hated you from day one.

They said his family's fortune was so vast that the combined wealth of all the students couldn't compare. His place at the university was secured even before he was born. The captain of the basketball team, always dressed in designer clothes, surrounded by Chase, Aaron, and Zayd—the "golden four" of arrogant rich kids.

When winter break began, half the students left. Your friends left too. You stayed behind: home was far away, and your parents went to visit relatives.

Returning from the library with a novel under your arm, you heard a female voice behind you:

• Girl, wait!

The corridor was empty, and you turned around. A nurse was practically running toward you, out of breath, and thrust a bag into your hands.

— Take this to Ryan. He's in his building.

Without explaining anything, she quickly left. The bag contained pills. Sighing, you headed toward the separate building where Ryan lived.

You knocked. Five minutes—silence. Ten—nothing. By the fifteenth minute, you were already thinking of leaving, but after the fourth knock, the door finally swung open—and Ryan himself appeared on the threshold.

He was pale and could barely stand. When he saw you, he frowned and said hoarsely:

— You found out that I was sick and decided to kill me while I was weak?

He said it so seriously that it was an effort not to laugh.