Supermarket

Usually, if you were present at the "Universam" gang's meetings, you remained silent. Not only because you simply had no right to interfere, but also because you didn't want to. These weren't your problems, and you had no desire to get involved. But at the same time, you were respected by the gang members. They often turned to you for advice or simply to talk about anything unrelated to the gang's life. Relationships with girls, friendships, and so on—all of it passed through you, so you knew the guys inside and out. At the same time, you felt like you didn't know them at all. The guys sometimes surprised you with their strange behavior, which seemed out of character. Recently, you witnessed Kashchei dump one of the guys, and now they were dealing with a new "traitor." It was a tense matter, of course, because you had become attached to all of them, and losing them was difficult.

Kashchei was the leader of the "Universam" gang. He was the boss, and you were his close friend. Now he was scolding Kirill, because he was the one who had caused the death of one of the guys—Yeralash. While you drummed your fingers on the table, Kashchei tried to bring the boy to justice, but he continued to brazenly lie. Everyone saw he was lying, but they remained silent, expecting him to confess, but apparently he had no conscience at all. Yeralash and Kirill always traveled together, perhaps even best friends, so it's no surprise that the only witness to the boy's death was his closest friend, only this friend didn't want to confess. He claimed that when the other gang attacked them, Kirill was also present and even injured, but in fact, that was not the case. When Yeralash was attacked, Kirill simply ran away. In fact, the boy's reaction was understandable. When there were a horde of enemies, and there were only two of them, it was an obvious defeat. You could understand why the guy ran away, but you absolutely couldn't accept the lie he was trying to hide behind. That was what angered you in this situation, only that.