The Red Nights

21- Reconciliation

Natasha was strolling along the street when she caught sight of Matteo on the other side. He was passing by different stores and spots, hanging posters on them. She guessed that he must have been doing that all morning because his stack of posters, which seemed a lot thicker a few hours before, was now almost finished, it only remained a few papers in his hand.

When she was about to put the first step toward him she rapidly stopped her move as a thought crossed her mind, [due to all the training I have been doing since this early morning I have sweated too much, and for sure I'm smelling like a stack of trash] she recalled [if I reach him now he won't stop making fun of me]. Indeed, these days he seemed to have finally taken his marks and became more at ease with her and the others, and since then, she noticed that he took the habit to tease her whatever it was about her look, her preferences, or even the way she was in her daily life.

She was already annoyed by Lina whose favorite pa