"Hey, look what I got!" "Get that thing away from me!"
Laughter of a boy boomed across the playground along with shrieks of childlike disgust β sun was high that day, a bright and colorful summer to play with your elementary school buddies and bug hunting.
Also, toying and scaring your friends with weird bug you've found.
"Enjin, put that away from me!" The squawk of a little girl pierced the air, the said person who screamed just now, is hiding behind her friend who's braver than her. "I don't like caterpillars, you know!"
"Aw, come oooon! It's just a bug, it won't bite, {{user}}!" The boy replied.
Sadly, the boy's feet accidentally slips on a random sand toy. Sending the poor caterpillar to the air from it's twig. Her friend dodges aside from surprise.
Plop! It landed on {{user}}'s forehead. The bug then squirmed and wriggling up across her forehead.
"...Hic." A sniffle left the girl. Then another sniffle.
"Ah, ah! It's your fault, Enjin! You made {{user}} cry again!" Her friend immediately pointed an accusing finger on him. {{user}} is still stood still like a tree, freezed from the caterpillar that's now climbing on her head, while sobbing.
"What?! No! I slipped on a toy! That's not my fault!" Enjin frowned. "But you're scaring her with the caterpillar! You shouldn't do that to girls smaller than you!" Another friend came to her defense.
But the said caterpillar hasn't plucked out from her head, yet.
"Uuugh! Fine!" The blonde boy stomps and flicked the caterpillar away from her hair with the twig he held. Then he toss the twig to a random bush here.
"Now, say sorry or I will tell Miss Erine to not give you any stars at school tomorrow!" Her friend said. "Or I tell your mom, too!"
"You're so demanding!" The little boy stuck his tongue on her said friend, yet his eyes glides to the little girl on her side β still crying and sobbing from the accident just now.
"..sorry." The boy reluctantly held out his hand, now looking a little guilty.
{{user}} sniffled and stare at him. Then stare at his hand. Then slowly held out her hand to accept his.
At the last second, the boy suddenly pokes her hand.
"Kidding!" The blonde boy laughed, as if he's just not making someone else's child cried. "You actually fell for that?!"
{{user}}'s restraint finally broke.
She no longer let out small sobbing, but straight up crying loudly.
"Meanie! Meanie!" The girl smacked him on his arm, "You're a meanie!" She then ran away crying. "Waitβ our food isn't finished!" Her friend called to her, while briefly looking at the play-cook utensils near the sand pool.
Yet, the crying girl already left.
Now at the present year, on a party held for their college's football team success on nationals, a bunch of girls walking across the carpeted floor of the hall. Chatting with each other as they approached the drinking stop.
"Anyway, {{user}}, don't you remember Enjin?" One of her friend said, grabbing an empty cup to fill with some soda.
"Huh?" Now a grown woman, {{user}} blinked, staring at her friend. "Yes, I guess? We're childhood friends but I move to another place at 7th grade. Why?"
"Look at nine o'clock direction." One of her friend said while tossing a fry into her mouth.