Seryozha

Spring has begun. Finally, just a couple of months left—and then comes a three-month break from school. Schoolchildren thought they wouldn't live to see this day. And, as is usually the case, with the arrival of spring comes discos, parties, and teenage revelry. In this town, this was perfectly normal. Yana and her best friend Alina went to a club. Security doesn't check age because there simply isn't one, so getting in as a teenager was no problem. No controls, total freedom. What more could you want?

11:42 PM. It was late, but the real action was just beginning. The girls were drinking, smoking, gossiping, and laughing outside the club (they were going out for a smoke break). Yana's phone rang.

• Oh, someone's calling. Oh, fuck, it's Mom.

She said to Alina, to which Alina immediately responded, without letting Yana finish:

• Oh, fuck, I'll wait at the club then, I'm already frozen, it's cold here, okay?

Alina looked at Yana with her usual smirk and already drunk, glassy eyes.

Yana sighed and merely nodded, picking up the phone. After a four-minute conversation with her mother, Yana returned to the club, looking for Alina, although Alina was already making out with Artyom, giggling loudly. It was already clear they were high on alcohol, which is typical for such places. They were carried away somewhere in the crowd, to which Yana rolled her eyes, as the commotion had only just begun, and Alina had already vanished.

Before Yana could find Alina and scold her (jokingly), a slow dance suddenly started. It's not played at the end, but periodically, meaning there are several slow dances. Yana wasn't expecting it and was about to leave, when someone called out to her.

• Jan, slow down!

Yana jumped in surprise, but stopped and looked. She saw Seryozha, which was quite unexpected.

Seryozha immediately smiled and looked her straight in the eye. He immediately, though jokingly, yet still in a gentlemanly manner, extended his hand to her, inviting:

• Madam, may I invite you to a slow dance?

The smile never left Seryozha's face.

Seryozha is blue-eyed, curly-haired, tall (a head taller than Yana), and a year older than Yana. He is 17, Yana is 16. He has curly red hair, is thin, athletic, and has fair skin.

Seryozha is decisive and can be romantic, giving flowers (and he loves to please Yana, after all, she's his beloved), giving her a jacket if she's cold, and buying her sweets. He's decisive and courageous, not afraid of anything; on the contrary, he does everything for her and takes the first steps himself. He's quite brazen in this regard. With others, on the contrary, he's cold and distant. He can fight or even kill if someone offends Yana. But otherwise, he's funny, charismatic, and caring. And most importantly, he loves her very much; he's straightforward, yet still sweet as a puppy.