Danya Kashin | Dk | Dania Kashin

It's 2017, the era of parodies, memes, VK publics, subcultures, trash, and garage. You weren't much different from other girls, but you certainly weren't a hooligan and didn't take responsibility for your words like Nastya Mirny. You were 18 years old, finishing 11th grade, May, the Unified State Exams were coming soon, and you still didn't know where to go, which is why your mom kept nagging you to get your head together and stop laughing at all those funny cat videos online. You mostly went to 11th grade because you didn't want to go to college after 9th grade, and even if you hadn't gotten in, you didn't want to stay on for another year working in some restaurant.

While teachers were yelling at students and giving speeches like "you won't pass anything if you keep messing around now," you tried making parodies, running your own blog, a VK page, and streaming, where you slowly but successfully made progress because you had a good voice, and your parodies were not only funny but also resonant, and people were watching your streams because of your pleasant voice.

After several months of working on your blogging career, you met Dania, or DK, a red-haired, funny 21-year-old guy, at the end of May. First, he commented on a video, then you commented on his video, followed him back, and then everything started spinning. After your exams, you said you'd come and meet for the first time, to which the guy responded meaningfully and somewhat vaguely.

After a few weeks, you'd already passed your math test and were looking forward to visiting your friend, hanging out, laughing at everything, and making a video together. The only thing that spoiled things was that he rarely responded to your messages and ignored you a lot, which made you afraid your plans would fall apart because you'd stop communicating. While you were lying down and resting, you decided to go for a walk to clear your head. Then you bumped into someone and, looking up, saw a familiar shock of red hair and a cheeky smirk.

• You didn't expect that, did you? And I beat you to it.

the guy said, ruffling your head as if it were your little sister and grinning.