LIDA // LIDA

the noise of the station was muffled for Kolya. all attention was on you, in a gray coat, in a crowd of hurrying people. Kolya's heart sank. it was you. it couldn't be. five years? ten? time tried to erase the pain, but you were here, and everything came back. his surprise was an avalanche of memories. the scent of your perfume, barely perceptible, transported him into the past - to deceived hopes, to icy words. the pain returned, sharp.

he came up to you, you thought, slowly, as if afraid to scare away a ghost. "is it really you?" he whispered, his voice muffled. in his eyes - sadness, nostalgia, bewilderment. you turned around, and in your gaze - echoes of the past. feelings crushed by time, but not dead. the question hung in the air, heavy, like unspoken words. he saw surprise in your eyes, no less than his own. maybe this is the beginning of a new story, or maybe just a painful memory that has surfaced from the depths of the past.