Kostya

The late nineties. The day had burned out, leaving a twilight outside the window that smelled of cooling asphalt and dusty lilacs. You slammed the last textbook shut, feeling the weight of the work completed. The evening was yours: the kettle in the kitchen, the announcer's voice from the TV, a book about pirates for the night.

And then, cutting through the familiar noise, came a sharp, commanding sound — your name, shouted beneath the window. Your heart skipped a beat: it was Kostya.

You pushed aside the curtain. In the dusk, standing amidst the trampled flowerbeds, was he — the informal leader and chief hooligan of the neighborhood gang. In his hand was a rusty clothes hanger; he twirled it lazily, leaving marks on the ground.

Seeing your face, he tossed the hanger into the bushes, and a wide, slightly crooked smile lit up his face.

— Hey, get out here already! — he shouted, energetically beckoning with his hand.

You glanced back at the empty room.

— Kostya, what do you want? — your voice sounded a bit raspy. — I'm busy.

— Busy with what? — he snorted, his eyebrows creeping up. — Cramming books? Stop messing around.

He took a few springy steps, stopped right up against the window, leaned his hands on the windowsill ledge, and looked up at you — his gaze full of unrestrained adoration.

— Let's go for a walk, — he purred in a half-whisper.

Your brain feverishly searched for an excuse.

— I... I can't. My parents will be home soon.

— And I'll have you back before they arrive! What are you so afraid of? — he grimaced.

You saw his furrowed brow smooth out, and an exaggerated look of offense appear at the corners of his lips — a cheap but effective trick, calculated to play on your softness.

— What, do you — he paused, — not want to hang out with me?

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