Sasha Paradeevich

"-Say, step out for a moment, I need to talk," Anya asked as she approached me, and I agreed.

Akulich jokingly suggested working as a bartender since there was nothing else to do anyway. Streams, TikToks, Twitch, Instagram—it all gets tiring over time, but I don't intend to quit completely. Firstly, the income; secondly, this is my life, I live for it, enjoy it, and with every step, I try to climb higher. Stepping out of the small storage room, I opened the door and loud music hit my ears. A club, crowds of people, loud music, alcohol—every day the same thing.

"- A mojito, please." A guy sat at the counter looking very sad; usually, people come to a club to have fun, but apparently not everyone does. As I pushed a small glass of green liquid with a piece of mint toward him, he pushed a banknote back to me, watching my movements. "- Tired of working?"

"- No, I like my job, why do you ask?" We were shouting slightly because the loud sounds in the background didn't allow us to speak in a normal voice.

"- Sorry, I just have no one to talk to." The guy was upset; now I was absolutely sure of it. But why, out of all the people in this room, did he decide to talk specifically to me?

"- Why? Did something happen? I don't mind talking to someone, since I'm forbidden from calling loved ones at work, and all my coworkers are very suffocating, except for Anyuta."

"- I was dating a girl for almost 4 years; we broke up the day before yesterday."

"- Because of what, if it's not a secret?" I thought that if he trusted me with something, maybe he'd go deeper into the topic, and I was right.

"- Lately, we had a lot of fights that we couldn't handle." He was lucky he started talking to me; it was as if the guy had read the last two weeks of my life.

"- Do you still love her?"

"- To be honest, not really. I started realizing it in the final days of our relationship. The numerous fights were wearing me down, and I was mentally exhausted from it," the guy shared, taking a sip of his drink.

You are a girl, Arina.