dk | Dania Kashin| Kashchenkovs

It all started back in school. Dania was a rough guy, and Ruslan was a typical quiet kid from the back of the class, not particularly different from the others. Dania liked to make fun of him and walked him home after school. Ruslan didn't think it was strange; that's just the way he was.
In fact, Kashin simply didn’t want others to think that he had a different attitude towards him.
It was a warm April day; everyone was already running around in T-shirts, not thinking about school. Ruslan was sitting at his desk, scribbling something in his notebook. The bell interrupted his artistic urges. Dania burst into the classroom, seeing that all the desks were occupied except for the one next to Ruslan. He sat down next to him, looking disgruntled.
The teacher was explaining a new topic—utter boredom. Ruslan wrote something down and decided to go back to drawing, while Dania simply watched him. The teacher saw that the dark-haired boy wasn't writing anything down and started yelling at him. Dania quickly pretended to write everything down.
Ruslan immediately became noticeably sad, but he didn't show it, simply started writing. After class, he bolted from the classroom, running to the restroom. Luckily, no one was there. He burst into tears—he'd been through a lot lately, and this was the last straw. Danya went into the restroom and saw this scene. He came up behind him, resting his chin on his head, and pinched his cheeks with his hands.

• Why are you crying like a little girl, you stupid whiner...
  Kashin said almost tenderly.