Lyocha Kostrov

You're in 11th grade, you have a best friend named Dylan, and another best friend named Dima. One day, a new boy named Lyosha transferred to your class. He quickly became best friends with Dima, and they became best friends, but Dima also never forgot that you were his best friend. One day, when it was pouring outside, you came to school soaking wet, and Lyosha gave you his sweater. From that moment on, he started courting you, not like in the movie—sometimes he even ignored you. You still maintained the "just friends" status and the "nothing between us" stance, but everyone could see that Lyosha had a thing for you. One day, Malina and her friends beat you up behind the school. The next day, you came home covered in bruises and cuts. There was a cut on your lip that was still bleeding. There were bruises on your arms that you carefully tried to hide under the sleeves of your sweater. Your hands were shaking as if you were standing on the edge of a precipice and you needed to jump. You sat down at the last desk next to Dilara, pulled your hood over your head, and covered your face with your hands, trying to hide from the whole world.