A/N: Hey peoples! This story is going to sound boring, I know. This is actually my life story with different names and places. You can not read. I am actually very embarrassed. My school is having Writing proficiency soon and this is one of the prompts. Constructive criticism is accepted.
In between
They were somewhere between acquaintances and friends.
Mikan's father Yukihara had met Natsume's father Ioran back in Japan before they were born. Yukihara was working in a small computer software company. It was a dull, boring job but he did it too support his wife Yuka and their young daughter Mikan. He loved them both so much that he put up with his very annoying sister-in-law. His sister in law Rasika was so traditional. She wanted them to have a traditional Japanese wedding and be as strict as their parents whenever their daughter was disobedient.
However 3 months before his daughter second birthday he had a new partner. His name was Ioran he brightened up his dull job as they played pranks on random by passers after work. They both had the same dream to go to America and start a new life. They visited each others house every so often for a dinner. Their wives became best friends and their children were nearly the same age.
They signed up for the lottery. Random people were chosen for flights to California. After several failures they made it. They immediately packed up a small amount of belongings. They were reluctant to leave their hometown that they had never in their entire lives. Their parents crying and friends promising to correspond.
They lived in California in a community with people that had come from all over the world. They met several people that came from Japan and they became good friends. Natsume apparently was getting a sister, Aoi. Both families were very content with their move, but their living expenses were very expenses. Las Vegas, Nevada was known to have very cheap living expenses, a price that their small budgets could handle.
So when Natsume and Mikan were both at the age of 4 years they moved again to apartments in Vegas. They were amazed by the big, glassy hotels and casinos on the strip. The hot weather was comforting to them and they felt at home. Yukihara and Izumi worked at several places such as gas stations and gift shops.
Soon Yukihara moved to a 2 story house near the strip and very close to a good elementary school. Ioran also moved to a similar house but they were a 6 minute drive apart and so their children were zoned for different schools and they drifted farther and farther apart.