Tatiana's POV

I needed to get my mind off Alexei and my wound also needed care so I took the first aid box from my room , washed the blood on my hands before caring for the wound . After dressing it , I went straight to bed .

I woke up to silence, not the absence of sound but my window looked like it could shatter from the cold. I stared around like it wasn't even my room before going straight to the balcony. I love balconies , it has always being my thing from childhood.

Watching the beautiful view would always be the best way to start my day , the snow falls on my skin but rather than feeling cold I felt relaxed . After staring at the view for a while, I went back into my room which is filled with clothes and books scattered everywhere.

My room was a disaster . “I need to clear this mess “ , I said to myself and started arranging my clothes back into my walk-in closet.

I could hear noise coming from the living room and without checking I know the boys are playing video games. Normally we play video games together but since Lev is mad at me for hanging out with the so called enemy and beating him up while Alek and Boris on the other hand would not want to interfere .

After over an hour of arranging my clothes. I went to the living room and Lev mood changes as he noticed me . Lev has a pack of ice on his swollen face , I guess my fist left a remarkable effect.

I sat beside him but he just moves from me , I don't regret hitting Lev but I feel bad for his face. “I am sorry” I tell him as I touched his face.

“Wait , did Tatiana just apologize” Boris asked .

“Yes , I just apologized which means Lev has to forgive me “ .

“Forgive you? , look at my face , it's fucking swollen and you should be glad I pitied you yesterday if not you would have being the one with a swollen face “ he tells me as he continues playing video games with Alek .

“Wow , someone loves to delulu himself. I wish I had time to argue with you but I have to go to school”

“Thank God I submitted my assignment already” Lev replied.

Now I wish I submitted my assignment when Lev and the others submitted theirs .

I went back to my room grabbed a towel , had my bath and wore the outfit I picked while arranging my clothes. It was a slate gray overcoat, matching mini skirt, a black turtleneck top, silver jewelries and a black high boots.

After dressing up , I picked a black Hermè birkin bag before proceeding to my full length mirror. I gazed at myself for about a minute before saying “Tatiana you are beautiful” .

Getting to the living room. Lev , and alek started hyping my looks nonstop. We played and laughed before I started approaching the door .

“Where are you going, Boris is getting ready to accompany you “ Alek asked.

“Uhmm, I don't need a bodyguard today. I will manage on my own “

“You must be crazy, grandpa would kill me if he finds out that we let you go out on your own “ .

“Well , grandpa does not have to find out “ I tell them before running out of the house. I was glad that they didn't stop me because they could have done that easily but they understand me .

When I got outside triumph palace that was when I remembered that I can't drive myself so i unlocked my phone and tapped on Yandex go and my ride arrived in less than a minute. To be honest, it's days like this that makes me wish I could drive.

Few minutes later, the driver dropped me close to the parking lot of MGIMO.

I was walking towards the lecturer office but was not focused on my path so I collided with someone. We ended up on the floor but I was on the person's chest.

I locked eyes with this person then realized it was Alexei. Out of everyone in this school I had to bump into Alexei.

“Can't you see?” I asked after lifting myself from his chest before trying to walk away but Alexei kept following me . I stopped and asked “why are you following me “ .

“I'm not “

It's really annoying being followed by Alexei. I get that we almost kissed yesterday but that does not give him the right to follow me .

Then I ealized that Alexei was not following me when we got to the lecturer office, we were just headed the same way since we're studying the same course.

We got into the lecturer's office together, the lecturer kept asking about our familys and treated us really nice. The lecturer complemented our overcoats that was when I realized I was wearing a similar overcoat as Alexei So the lecturer assumed we were dating.

After leaving the office, Alexei kept smiling because the lecturer thought we were dating. “What's funny ? “

“Nothing, I just did not realize that you are so good at stalking me “ he replied with a smirk .

“You wish Alexei “

“Why are you denying it , you are stalking me just admit “ he tells me as we continued walking.

“I am sorry Alexei but I just can't stop stalking you” I said trying to imitate a child's voice.

“You are forgiven Blue” he replied.

“BLUE ? “ . I asked but he just ignored my questions as we walked towards the parking lot.

I brought out my phone from my bag so I could ordered a ride then he interrupted after peeping at my phone. “ Don't bother, I will just drop you off at home “ .

“Drop me at home as what , one of the girls you sleep with? “ I asked because it was annoying for him to think he could just drop me off at home because we almost kissed even after I told him to forget about it. Now I can't seem to forget it too .

“I am not trying to sleep with you , I just want to be your friend. “

“Why will you try to be friends with me “ , I asked with a trembling voice.

“I like how I feel when I'm with you, and I am aware that we have not spent much time together but I want to be friends because you are different “ .

After hearing this words from Alexei, I could feel my heartbeat faster but he is right. I also like how he makes me feel whenever we are together.

“Fine , but just friends “

“Okay , so can your friend drop you off at home? “ .

“Yes , but just today “ his face lit up when I agreed . We approached his Mercedes Benz, Alexei opened the front door for me and waited for me to entered and closed it afterwards. I get why all the girls in campus wants to be around him , he treats women with respect, love and care .

After starting the car engine he drove out of MGIMO and took the wrong route, at first I thought it was because he didn't know my house. “ You took the wrong route “ .

“Oh , I know. We are going to get ice cream” .

“No , we are not . You did not even bother to ask me , you just start driving to God knows where “ I yelled at him .

“Come on , it's just ice cream and my gelato is not far”

His words kind of calmed me down but I was still pissed at him . When we arrived at my gelato , we got to the counter and the staff asked for our order.

“I will like the strawberry flavor” I turned and stared at Alexei, “which flavor do you prefer” .

“I would go with whatever you order “

“ok , we would like a medium sized cup of strawberry flavor “ I informed the staff attending to us . She wanted to serve it on a tray when Alexei stopped her and requested that the ice cream should be packaged because we would not be having the ice cream there.

I was stunned by his words, but he didn't even notice. Alexei collected the ice cream and grabbed my hands without force before guiding me to follow him .

“There's something called opinion , and I have opinions too . So don't make decisions for me without asking for my opinion “ , I yell at him immediately we got into the car .

His expression changed, it was quite confusing. “I'm sorry , just not used to asking for opinions but we learn everyday “ .

“Okay, so where are we eating the ice cream “ I asked staring at his neck tattoos.

“Here , or do you have a place in mind “ .

I looked around before answering “ No the back seats would be just fine “ . Then I moved to the back seat without stepping out of the car . But Alexei on the other hand decided that he had to go down before entering the back seat .

“You could have just squeezed your way to the back rather than stepping out “ I reminded him because he just made me look like a fool.

Before we started eating the ice cream, I removed my overcoat and dropped it on the front seat. His eyes scanned through every inch of my body and I noticed his stare . “Stop staring you pervert” I said before laughing at his expression.

We started eating the ice cream and I enjoyed each lick but Alexei spiced things up when he took a spoonful of ice cream and rubbed it all over my face. I acted like I was angry at first but it was just a way to revenge.

I took a spoonful of ice cream and rubbed it all over his face when he least expected and just like that we continued playing and eating. Until I was about to rub ice cream in his face filled with laughter and ice cream but I missed my step and ended up falling in his chest, Again.