AU and all that stuff. Beni is 6 and Ash is five. This is of part a serise that I'm doing. It's supposed to follow them growing up together as friends. This is when they first meet in this series. Something I did early in the morning so it isn't that great.
Also I'm moving a lot of my stories that I have on deviantArt on here. ; So if you have read this before that is why. Beni x Ash Love
Blue eyes sadly watched the neighborhood kids running up and down the street playing with each other happily while he just sat on the porch. The small kid was new to the neighborhood, well the country, and had no friends. The street that they had moved into had other kids around but he didn't any of them. And they all spoke Japanese. Sure he knew how to but not as good and not as many words as he did French or English. So conversing with the other kids would be hard.
Tears welled up in his eyes and he quickly jumped up and ran back inside where his parents were getting everything in the house settled. "I want to go home." He cried in French, tears now streaming down his face. The woman, his mother, gave a small sigh and stopped in what she was doing and took the boy in her arms.
She wiped away his tears and moved his cream blond hair away from his face. "Can't you at least give it a try? There are other kids around here that you can play with." When he shook his head she pulled him into a close hug and ran a hand through his hair.
"Ash, we live here now." His father spoke up and finally stopped what he was doing. "This is home. Just try it for a little while and if you don't like it, or make friends then we'll go back to France." Of course he didn't want to be here as much as his son did but his job had forced them all to pack up and move.
His wife shook her head and sighed once more. "Both of you stop it." She moved away from her son and picked up what she was doing and got back to work. The man looked at his son and gave a slight shrug.
Of course this wasn't comforting and Ash ran to the door and held it open. "I'm running away! I'm going back home!" He cried out and slammed the door behind him as he ran off the porch and down the street. He didn't care that a few of the kids were watching him confused and just kept running. Of course, for a five year old he didn't get very far and stopped when he reached the street corner, tears blurring his vision as he stopped on the corner and sat by the stop sign, his knees pulled up to his chest and his face hidden.
He could hear someone walking up to him but he still refused to move from where he was. "Oi." A voice spoke up near him but when he didn't move the kid blinked and frowned slightly. "Hey, kid." He tried again in English this time.
Sniffling Ash looked up at the blond haired kid. "You don't talk funny?" He asked his voice still shaky from the tears threatening to spill out any moment. "You talk English?"
The boy laughed and gave a nod. "Of course I speak English." He took a few steps closer and sat down besides Ash. "I'm not fully Japanese and I didn't live here for forever like the other kids. But why are you crying? Pretty things shouldn't be so sad, you know. It just doesn't fit."
Ash brought up a hand to wipe his tears away. "Because I don't want to live here. I want to go back home to all my friends and where people don't talk funny." He now looked down at the ground and moved around a rock with his finger. "I don't like it here…"
The other boy watched for a while before taking the rock away and throwing it somewhere behind his shoulder. "Well, first of all, you shouldn't be playing with rocks. They have germs. Second; why don't you try making friends? I'll be your friend."
"Really?" Ash asked looking up at him.
"Of course I will! Especially if it makes you stop crying. I don't like seeing people cry." He jumped to his feet and held out a hand for Ash to take. I'm Benimaru. But you can just call me Beni." He gave a smile as Ash took his hand and helped him up.
"I'm Ash." He dusted his clothes off with his free hand and stayed holding onto Beni's hand as he pulled him over to where all the other kids were playing.
"So what were you doing in the corner, Ash?" He asked as he sat them both down under a tree and passed over an extra juice box that he had, after opening it for Ash of course.
"Running away." He answered before taking a small drink from the straw. "I was trying to go back home."
Benimaru made a face and patted Ash's shoulder. "Promise me that you won't do that, okay? There are bad people out there. And if you do need to, then take me with you. I'll protect you, okay?"
Ash gave a small nod and Beni smiled at him. "Now, I'll introduce you to everyone." Beni stood up and called everyone over so that he could introduce them all to the new kid on the street.