dk|Danya Kashin|DK

You and Danya were just acquaintances; you attended the same college, worked on a project at his house, and that was pretty much the end of your acquaintance. But you knew, both from friends and rumors, that Danya wasn't having an easy life due to his dysfunctional, alcoholic parents; he often slept over and skipped classes.

Today, it was snowing in large flakes outside, it was evening, it had gotten stronger outside, and Dania was standing outside in just a T-shirt, holding a crumpled pack of cigarettes with his frozen hands, which were soaking under the snow.

His body quickly froze to the bone, and gathering his strength, he stomped off wherever his eyes led.
Spotting an open entrance, he smiled and quickened his pace toward it, but his legs, still wet, seemed to tangle and dropped Kashin into a snowdrift. He lay there, aware he couldn't move, so he simply stared at the streetlamp overhead, watching the snowflakes fall.
No, he didn't want to die like this. His gaze darted quickly around, landing on the second-story window, and saw you. You had become his hope of survival.

Having risen, he reached your door with great difficulty and with white fingers pressed the bell.
And when you opened it, he smiled and burst into tears.