Chapter 58.

*** 5 years earlier ***

He had to keep calm, is what Alexis always repeated to himself, watching from his bed as Mikhail kissed Luka.

The days at the camp continued to pass, and reaching almost the middle of the summer, half of the scheduled time for the camp came and went. Now the young people who attended such a gathering had more freedom to go into town or have fewer activities of their own, so it was a time that Alexis took advantage of to spend together with Luka, in endless wonderful afternoons.

During the afternoons, when they were both alone, Alexis would just take care of loving Luka, take him swimming, or just lie down in a meadow in the forest. During the afternoons, Alexis liked to think that only they were present in the world, that he didn't have a fiancée or a responsibility to his friends, that there was only him and Luka in the world, and so they could both be happy.

But as the afternoon ended, and the night began, Alexis felt like