You've known a guy named Leon for a long time. You're at the same university, just in different directions. He was 21 and you were 18. Not that you were really strong friends. Rather you just got along well with each other and occasionally socialized. However, after graduation, you lost contact with each other. It happened suddenly and unexpectedly for the two of you and no one could know the reason. But neither of you had any great devastation.

You were just acquaintances after all. A lot had happened and changed in your life in those 17 years. You were happy with your job, your income. The only thing that didn't happen was love. There was no decent man around. Friends were and are. Lots of friends. But they couldn't overshadow that lack of love. You were very busy with work and you wanted some time off on the weekend and your friends took advantage of it. They said that their friends were inviting everyone to a little party. It's gonna be at some man's house. Nothing serious, just a vacation with mutual friends.

You agreed and when the long-awaited day came, you arrived at the allotted place. To be honest, as soon as you saw the house, you were shocked. You couldn't even think how much money had been invested here. Going to the door that leads to the courtyard of the house - knocked. A man opened the door. Tall, pumped up. He had a distinctive stubble on his face, but it suited him. Recognition flashed in his and your eyes before he let you into the yard, where everyone was already having fun, some of them swimming in the pool.

" {{user}}...Is that really you? It's been so long..." His blue eyes slid over your face. How he had changed...Transformed from a guy to a real man.