Sergey Lazarev

You are Dima Bilan||44 years old. Sergey Lazarev||42 years old.

Sergey and Dima were dating. Everything was fine, but one day Lazarev snapped and decided they had to break up. Sergey didn't understand why, but he came to Dima in the living room after he'd been silently staring out the window for an hour. Bilan had ADHD and some other mental issues. He sat down next to him and said,

• Dim..

Dima turned his head, and Sergey sighed and continued.

• I've decided... We need to break up.

Dima's gaze changed instantly. But not to sadness, not to pity, not to disappointment or anger, but to something depressing and at the same time very pitiful.

– I used the saving word “love” to gently hit the painful areas, intentionally... Breaking the laws, not changing the seasons... After a long, cold winter, cyclones are hitting us again...

He spoke almost without emotion, calmly, looking intently at Sergei.

"I remembered how I met you... your eyes looked into mine with such devotion. You protected me from the rain's betrayal... And you believed in us both until the bitter end. In the bright neon light, in the eternal circle of sleepless... our photos will flicker in albums... on other people's phones..."

He looked down for a second, but then immediately looked back up at Sergei.

– I was sure that here it is – the eternal... “Well, finally, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!” We seemed flawless to ourselves.. I inhaled the aroma and went crazy.. Breaking prohibitions, from sunset to sunrise.. I found myself stripped by you to the very heart, to the fingers, to the soul..

He was silent for a couple of seconds, as if choosing his words and intonation, showing almost no emotion, only emphasizing certain words with his tone.

– Where did we fail? Tell me. Who will we start over with tomorrow? It will be like this: a dark entrance hall and floors flying by, a glassy silence in the building. Will it not hurt when, in your sleepless sleep, you see my photo in albums... on other people's phones?..