- Oh, and yesterday he invited me on a date, but I'm still thinking, Lika chirped, sticking her head into the narrow collar of a lilac turtleneck.

-You like him? - I ask, pulling hairpins out of my hair and a waterfall of hair falls in a cascade on my shoulders.

— Who, Styopka? Of course, he is cool, he makes me laugh all the time, but it's one thing to look at him simply as a colleague, friend or buddy, and another to consider a possible relationship with him. And I didn't get that far.

“Well, to understand, you need to try—combing my hair, throwing it over my right...