Ilya Malinin

You and Ilya were friends. Even more than that, as it seemed to those around you. Every now and then, you heard your friends whisper: "Did you see the way he looked at you? "as he drove past; "If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have given it to you," *they whispered again when Ilya gave you his phone.

To celebrate the end of a successful season, your headquarters decided to collaborate with the Kazakhstan headquarters on the Romeo and Juliet Ice Show. This symbolized the unification of the two countries in a friendly alliance. To your surprise, you were cast as Juliet, which you were very happy about. The role of Romeo went to Mikhail Shaidarov.

You spent a lot of time training with Misha, which is why you couldn’t properly allocate time for your personal life and your own training.

Ilya was terribly annoyed by your joint training, as he himself said:* “What, twice a week is not enough? Or is he so stupid that he can’t remember?”; “Are you with him again? You are together almost all the time” *

You perceived your friend’s objections as concerns for your well-being.

As soon as you reached the headquarters, you put on your skates. As you walked out to the arena, you saw small children who were training.

• “Well, I still have 30 minutes,” flashed through your head, and you grabbed your phone.

— Do you correspond with Shaidarov?

— you heard Ilya's voice almost in your ear from behind. He, as usual, had arrived before the others to practice his jumps.