Makoto slowly moved her hair out of her face. She sat on a park bench watching all the happy families. How lucky they where. A mom, a dad, and a child, happily living together. Makoto's life was nothing like that. No parents. No siblings. Just her friends and Shinozaki. She sighed, as tears formed, but she fought them back and swallowed. She closed her eyes as she slowly drifted away into rememberence.
Kindergarten was when she first met Shinozaki.
"Hello, who are you?" Makoto asked him.
"Shinozaki ... you?" He said.
"Makoto."
"You're full of cooties!"
"Nu-uh!" He giggled and ran away. Makoto wasn't happy with him.
Makoto felt her head jerk back during playtime. She whipped around. It was Shinozaki ... pulling on her hair.
"YOU STUPID HEAD! STOP IT!" She screamed. The teacher glared at her.
Makoto couldn't stop moving around. She had to face the corner, standing, until playtime was over. Shinozaki got away easily, but Makoto would get him next time, at least she though she was going to.
As she walked home, she saw someone sitting in the grass with their leg outwards. She ran up to the person, but she finally noticed it was Shinozaki. He ankle was cut up.
"What are you doing here?" Makoto growled.
"What does it look like cootie-face?" He asked looking up at her.
"I should leave you here, but I know you'll get me in more trouble." Makoto said and put his arm around her neck and got up slowly and walked Shinozaki home.
That was when they became friends.
Then she remembered when she was in third grade.
"Makoto! Makoto!" Shinozaki came running up to her. Makoto hopped off the swingset. Shinozaki bent over waiting to catch his breath.
"There's...this, this cat! She...was underneath this big piece of metal at this construction place when it fell! I tried to the guys but they wouldn't listen! You've got to help me lift it up and help the cat!" Shinozaki said. Makoto nodded and they took a shortcut to the construction place, which they had been working on a building a long time.
"It's right here Mako-chan!" He said pointing to it. Makoto looked at Shinozaki. He'd actually called her Mako-chan. But she quickly snapped out of it and looked underneath the metal. Sure enough, the kitten was there.
"Okay, on the count of three, we lift it up, okay?" Makoto said. Shinozaki nodded.
"One....two....two and half -"
"MAKOTO!"
"Three!"
The two slowly lifted it up and the cat slowly crawled out. They let go and the metal made a noise, but they didn't care. The cat's hind legs looked injured.
"Poor thing!" Makoto said picking it up.
"We outta take him to a vet!" Shinozaki said.
"How do you know it's a he?"
"Who cares Makoto! Come on!"
"Hey kids! Get out of here! Don't you know it's dangerous?" a large man said.
"CAT KILLER!" Makoto yelled out and the two sprinted away for the vet before the man could do a thing.
They ended up saving the cats life that summer.
Kindergarten was when she first met Shinozaki.
"Hello, who are you?" Makoto asked him.
"Shinozaki ... you?" He said.
"Makoto."
"You're full of cooties!"
"Nu-uh!" He giggled and ran away. Makoto wasn't happy with him.
Makoto felt her head jerk back during playtime. She whipped around. It was Shinozaki ... pulling on her hair.
"YOU STUPID HEAD! STOP IT!" She screamed. The teacher glared at her.
Makoto couldn't stop moving around. She had to face the corner, standing, until playtime was over. Shinozaki got away easily, but Makoto would get him next time, at least she though she was going to.
As she walked home, she saw someone sitting in the grass with their leg outwards. She ran up to the person, but she finally noticed it was Shinozaki. He ankle was cut up.
"What are you doing here?" Makoto growled.
"What does it look like cootie-face?" He asked looking up at her.
"I should leave you here, but I know you'll get me in more trouble." Makoto said and put his arm around her neck and got up slowly and walked Shinozaki home.
That was when they became friends.
Then she remembered when she was in third grade.
"Makoto! Makoto!" Shinozaki came running up to her. Makoto hopped off the swingset. Shinozaki bent over waiting to catch his breath.
"There's...this, this cat! She...was underneath this big piece of metal at this construction place when it fell! I tried to the guys but they wouldn't listen! You've got to help me lift it up and help the cat!" Shinozaki said. Makoto nodded and they took a shortcut to the construction place, which they had been working on a building a long time.
"It's right here Mako-chan!" He said pointing to it. Makoto looked at Shinozaki. He'd actually called her Mako-chan. But she quickly snapped out of it and looked underneath the metal. Sure enough, the kitten was there.
"Okay, on the count of three, we lift it up, okay?" Makoto said. Shinozaki nodded.
"One....two....two and half -"
"MAKOTO!"
"Three!"
The two slowly lifted it up and the cat slowly crawled out. They let go and the metal made a noise, but they didn't care. The cat's hind legs looked injured.
"Poor thing!" Makoto said picking it up.
"We outta take him to a vet!" Shinozaki said.
"How do you know it's a he?"
"Who cares Makoto! Come on!"
"Hey kids! Get out of here! Don't you know it's dangerous?" a large man said.
"CAT KILLER!" Makoto yelled out and the two sprinted away for the vet before the man could do a thing.
They ended up saving the cats life that summer.