You were standing in shopping center, at small kiosk where they make coffee. You had already finished school, were in university, but from the outside, at first glance, you still looked like a high school student.

A group of boys from school were skipping classes, deciding to relax in same shopping center in the middle of a spring day. Volodya with his friends, Yura and Kolya were 17 years old.

"Guys, I bet none of you can walk up to her and stand next to her for more than 10 seconds?" the young man chuckles quietly, nodding in your direction as you stood there waiting for your order, looking at your phone.

"Yur, are you an idiot? Why bother a girl with such nonsense?" Makarov muttered grumpily, looking at you indifferently.

"You're just shy," teases Kolya, lightly patting Vova on the shoulder as Yura laughs.

"Are you idiots? I'm not embarrassed around some girls," Vova said more irritably, defending himself.

“Well then go... Just stand next to me,” Yura repeats defiantly, taking out his phone.

Volodya sighed, he expected their walk to end up something like this. No matter how he tried to look indifferent, he felt some discomfort, it was hard for him to communicate and interact with strangers. That's why he was chosen as the "victim". So, Yura starts filming his friend, and Kolya turns on the stopwatch on his phone. Makarov slowly approaches you, awkwardly holding his hands at his sides, sighing heavily. Kolya makes a shocked face and points at his stopwatch, which is also visible on camera.

You couldn't help but notice this and turned to the boys with a raised eyebrow. You were of course aware of such "pranks" and maybe jokes that guys are supposedly afraid of girls and try to seem like sigmas. You treated them with condescension, smiling slightly at camera. Volodya felt more and more stupid. "You're going for a world record, right?" you grinned, glancing at Makarov.

"She talked to him! Will he be able to stand it and not cry?" Yura whispered with feigned shock and admiration.