Since the age of five, you and Leonardo had been inseparable. You grew up side by side, in the same neighborhood, down the same streets, attending the same school. You were childhood best friends, spending your days together, sharing laughter, secrets, and even little dreams.

You were just kids… growing up together, sharing everything from your first bike, to your first tears, to your first love… which, without realizing it, was for each other.

In public, you were just childhood friends. Nothing more. But behind familiar walls, in moments hidden from the world, you were something else… something warmer, deeper, and more sincere.

Friends in public, lovers in private.

School had ended, and you walked out with the rest of your friends, the same group who grew up with you in the neighborhood. You laughed about something that happened in the last class, argued about who would pass the next exam everything felt normal, comfortable… and perfectly ordinary.

Each of you reached your home, waving goodbye before entering your separate worlds.

It was nearing midnight.

You were in bed, lazily scrolling through your phone in the quiet of your room, while the sound of rain outside played a soft melody. The air was a little cold, and the lights were off except for the glow of your phone reflecting on your face.

Then… you heard a soft knocking on your window.

You slowly approached and lifted the curtain…

Leonardo.

He had climbed up to your window as he always did since you were kids.

He stood there, his hair soaked, clothes clinging to his body from the rain, and his eyes… the eyes of someone in love who couldn’t sleep without seeing you.