Although Nikki's heart was beating like an orchestra, he immediately fell asleep as soon as he dropped his head onto the pillow

DING- DONG-DEN-DON DONG-DING -DEN

He wakes up as the bell of the nearby Catholic church greets the twelfth hour of a hot, sunny day of early October. He washes his face, turns on the TV and sits by the window. An old woman with her grandson, a group of executives going to lunch, a couple (probably adulterous giving the age difference), a drunk old man... All happy people enjoying a hot afternoon, he thinks...

PING

He opens the microwave, sits on the couch and eats while watching TV. After a 15 minute meal, he cleans up the kitchen and leaves the house, tucking the spare key deep into his shoulder bag

A 3 minute walk to the other side of the block, the concrete stairs take him to the 5th floor where a small grey door, invisible at first glance, opens itself onto the roof. He immediatly locks the door with the key already in the outside lock and looks back…

A two meter high green fence surrounds the roof, giving a nostalgic feel to the south coming wind. Light brown hair blows over the fence. Nikki climbs past it. A girl, somewhere between 12 and 15 years old sits there, swinging her legs to certain death. Dressed in her school uniform, her beautiful brown hair perfectly matches the image of the most beautiful girl in school. She turns to him…

They kiss!

And then the following…

Hello Nini, you’re late!!

Sorry Nana… overslept…

As life companions, they spent their days together on that same roof top everyday... no point was found between them to do anything else besides existing for one another. Sitting side by side beyond that fence, Nikki puts his head on her shoulder and they both stare far into the horizon. The boy confesses to her everything he experienced the previous night. If there was anyone he could trust, it was Nana... Both equally victims of life, left the world and created their own on that roof top, for years past claimed as their own.

When he ends, the girl says nothing, as if their gazes were not allowed to move. For a while they just stood there, as if eager to leave the confessionary. She puts her head on his, relieving Nikki of all his weight. And just like that they would go on forever, only interrupted by the old lady of the 405 offering some cookies.

They drop a bucket attached to a rope, which the old lady fills with cookies and milk. They sit by the light of a full blast sunset with their legs to certain death, watching the people returning home, tiny little ants full of emotion - they think laughing with the same feeling one have when sick at home, look at the watch calculate what the classmates are doing.

An hour or so has passed, and all the sunshine power has been lost to Luna. They kiss each other with a "see you tomorrow" as if there was a need for it. After the grey door is closed, the two flights of stairs take Nikki to the third floor, where he puts his key in the 304 door.

As he do so, a woman, casually dressed in jeans and a black shirt, gently touches him on the shoulder. The boy looks behind and stops before the beauty of the woman, short dark hair and snow-white skin like a majestic snow queen

Come with me - she whispers in his ear.

The twelve year old boy does not ask a question, but quietly follows her into the black car waiting outside.