The morning came. Orel lay relaxed in his luxurious bed with his eyes closed. He wasn"t asleep, so he heard a soft knock on the door at once.

"Yes? Who"s there? Come in," he turned onto his side tiredly and opened his eyes.

Nikto entered the room.

Seeing him stand in the doorway hesitantly, Orel sat up forgetting about sleep at once.

"You?!"

"Can I come in?" Nikto asked warily.

"Yes, of course… sure… come in," Orel started smoothening his disheveled hair hastily. "I"m sorry, I thought it was a servant. I didn"t expect to see you," he began to explain.

Nikto smiled a little. "Did I disturb you?"

"No, no, don"t leave! That is, come in, you don"t disturb me at all."

Nikto walked in and stood with his back to the window.

"You used to came to my room frequently," he said. "Now you don"t. So I decided to visit you myself."

"You"ve done the right thing! Sit down please!" Orel got up, pulled thick curtains over the window and turned to Nikto. "Is it better?"

Nikto smiled and nodded.

"Thank you," he sat down on the edge of the bed. "You don"t talk to me at all lately. Are you tired of me?"

"How could you think so!" Orel exclaimed. He sat down in front of Nikto, with his feet on the bed. "I just… I always do stupid things," he lowered his eyes. "I"ve ruined everything."

"Don"t say nonsense," Nikto laughed. "I forgot about it a long time ago! Didn"t Lis tell you?"

"He did," Orel nodded, "but…" he stammered not knowing how to say that. "I didn"t want to intrude," he exhaled. "I did a lot of wrong things anyway."

"And that"s why you decided to ignore me. Right, Arel?"