Their eyes crossed at yet another of the many glamorous events where the camera flashes were blinding and the music was so loud that it drowned out the beating of their hearts.

It's been five years since they left the cosy world of their dreams and teenage fantasies and became part of another world in which they continued to exist together but apart. Their meetings had become rare, almost casual, every glance at each other was full of indifference, in the shadow of which lurked unspoken words, unrealised plans and distant memories: laughter, kisses, runaways from the dormitory in the middle of the night to the convenience store and promises to be together forever. How carefree and naive they were...

Like actors in a tragedy whose part had gone beyond the script, they smiled and bowed slightly out of politeness and passed each other with only a slight touch of their sleeves.