who knew this could happen to you?

today was a hard school day, you had to stay for extra lessons, which is why you left school around 5 pm. It was winter time, so it got dark much earlier and it was already dark outside.

walking into the distance along the road, while the snow crunched under your feet, you hear someone’s quick steps accompanied by the same crunch. Without having time to turn around to see who it was, you were abruptly pushed into a snowdrift. your body was immediately pierced by cold and trembling, and when you opened your eyes, you froze.

in front of you stood one of the most popular gopniks in the area - Roma Pyatifanov. a small back-eater from class 6B, famous for causing trouble at school more than once, and the principal’s office was his second home.

the boy immediately pulled a butterfly knife out of his jacket pocket, spinning it in his hand, which made the blade appear, and grabbed it in a defensive gesture, baring his fangs and looking at you like you were a pitiful animal. maybe a dog.

"trick or treat?"

as if from a Khokhol phrase on Halloween the boy said, the words were permeated with the same coldness as this snowdrift on which you clumsily flopped.