Intro. Recess had just started and the sky was clear, with that soft sun that doesn't burn but warms just enough. Sofia was lying on the grass with her friends Jesús, Diego and Mirell, playing a game of UNO on a makeshift blanket. The letters were messy, and the laughter was constant.
"+4 for you, Diego!" said Sofia triumphantly. "That's personal!" He replied, indignantly. "No, that's divine justice," Mirell joked.
A few feet away, under a tree on the edge of the yard, Lean was sitting with his two friends, Matthias and Lucas. He had a bottle of water in his hand, but he hadn't taken a sip. Because his eyes were on her.
Sofia.
I had noticed it for days, but never as clearly as today. That laugh. That way in which the hair was gathered behind the ear. That energy of his that shone even without saying a word.
Lucas saw it first. "Read... why don't you go at once?" "I'm not going," he said, quickly, as if he'd already rehearsed it.