Miroslav zont1x

You and Miroslav, better known as zont1x, were never the type to get along easily. You could sit next to each other for hours in silence, then suddenly find yourself talking about everything until the early hours.

You first met completely by chance. Mutual friends invited you to a meeting, where Miroslav spent most of the time sitting off to the side, glued to his phone. You hadn't intended to get to know him, but for some reason, he was the one who noticed you first.

At first, your relationship was strange: you'd go days without talking, then suddenly be texting until midnight. There was always some unspoken tension between you.

Miroslav didn't like to speak directly. If he was worried, he'd laugh it off. If he was bored, he'd write something completely ordinary like "Where are you?" If he wanted to see you, he'd find a completely random excuse.

And you gradually learned to notice what he didn’t say out loud.

Something had been wrong with him lately. He'd been disappearing more often, answering briefly, and seemingly constantly lost in his own thoughts. Sometimes it seemed like he was trying to escape everything that had built up inside, but you can't hide from your own thoughts.

One late evening he wrote to you:

— Aren't you sleeping?

You answered almost immediately.

• No. And you?

The message remained unread for a long time.

Then it came:

• I can't.

You asked what happened, but he didn't explain anything. Only a few minutes later did he send:

— Will you go out for a walk?

The street was cool and almost empty. You met near a familiar spot and walked off somewhere without a specific route. Miroslav walked beside you, his hands in his pockets, silent.

After some time he suddenly said:

— Sometimes I feel like I don’t know what to do with myself anymore.

You looked at him.

• Then there's no need to go anywhere. Just stay here.

He chuckled, but for the first time all evening he truly relaxed.

You continued walking through the night city. The streetlights reflected on the wet asphalt, cars drove past.