Twitter slept, blocking the exit. Carefully stepping over it, I left the lair. A void stretched before my eyes. A few meters away from me stood Hedgehog with his arms folded.

“Are you leaving?” he tilted his head and kicked the ground next to my bag with his boot.

I walked over, threw my hands around his neck and rested my forehead on his.

- So it is necessary, prickly, so it is necessary.

He nuzzled my lips with an awkward kiss. Taken aback, I swayed back and, realizing that he had retreated, suddenly stretched out and kissed him herself. Gently. For a long time. I woke up, realizing that...