"Kolya, what are you doing?" Fyodor asks as he walks into Nikolai's room. "I'm putting on lipstick for you, Fedya!" Nikolai says in his usual happy and cheerful tone and smiles as he puts on the pink lipstick. Fyodor sighs a little and puts his hand on Nikolai's cheek, caressing it softly. "I wish you were a girl."