Denis closed the laptop at 2 AM. His heart was pounding.
"Have you?"
That night, Denis wrote his essay. Not the five-paragraph structure his teacher wanted. He wrote: Beni walked alone because the crowd was a cage. I have no communist party telling me where to work. I have my parents' dreams, my school's rankings, my phone's notifications. I am surrounded by people and empty. Beni and I are the same. The system just changed its uniform. Kuptimi I Lektyres Beni Ecen Vete