No, it’s more than that, Nikolai thought. Isn’t it? “Are you coming?” Pasha asked, practically bounding in the direction of the table. He might as well have had springs in the soles of his boots. “Not if you’re going to call attention to yourself like that.” Pasha threw his arm around Nikolai’s shoulder and winked, but the springs in his feet retracted. “Good point. I would be completely ungrounded without you.” And as easily as that, Nikolai’s doubts about their friendship receded. For now.
