I took two bottles of beer from the fridge - one for Amir and one for me. It's too early to sleep. “Here's your beer,” I said to Amir as I handed him the beer that was steaming in the cold.

　　“Will you drink too?”

　　“Of course, isn't it allowed?”

　　“Ah, maybe you'll get drunk and mess up in front of me, you won't be ashamed to face me tomorrow.”

　　I just smiled at Amir before I started drinking the contents of the bottle I was holding. Until the conversation between the two of us was delicious and our topic became anything else. From one bottle each, it became two,...