Crystal has always been a shy individual. Ever since a young age, she hadn't had much opportunities to socialise with others, to make friends. This was from the fact that she had been home schooled all her life.
However, there was one individual that always cheered her right up, even if they were far apart.

"Honey, have you finished packing?" Called out a feminine voice from downstairs.

The voice caught the green haired girl's attention, her bright blue eyes looking up from a stack of neatly packed clothing in a travel case to the closed door of her bedroom.
"Yes, mom!" She called out to the voice that belonged to her mother, although from the mess that her room was currently in with the odd piece of material here and there lying about her floor. It certainly was going to be a long night. With getting through another year with constant high grades according to her tutor on the exams, she didn't have much time to lay back and relax. After all, her mother had just got transferred temporarily to a new job in Japan at the last minute so she had no choice but to spend the last few days to get everything packed away for the time that they will be away.
A sigh escaped her lips as her fingers trailed around the zip lining of the suit case. Eventually her fingertips made contact with the zip, pulling it towards her and around until the case was closed securely. The quiet serenity of the room was interrupted by an alarm on her computer that sat on the desk in the corner of the room. Through the glass lenses that settled on Crystal's nose ridge, she peered over to the screen to see it was a video chat invite by that one certain individual. Of course, she hadn't spoken to him for some time, or at least ever since the summer began when her mother got the news.

Rapidly, she sat down onto the spinning chair and moved her hand over the mouse, clicking the accept button which brought up a friendly yet familiar face.
"Morning! Or should I say afternoon?" Said the brunette in Japanese with a rather confused tone and look which resulted in him tilting his head slightly to the side as well as a small laugh that escaped the female's lips. Luckily enough, ever since making first contact with him, she decided to spend any spare time she had after her studies to learn the language so that they could communicate with each other when they got the chance to finally meet in person.

"Morning, Makoto." She responded with a beaming smile.

"I can't wait to finally meet you tomorrow. Hopefully we will get the chance to hang out. I also told my friends who want to meet you too." Makoto stated with enthusiasm, his emerald eyes glowing with anticipation. Not only did he have very few female friends, but he has never seen anyone from a different country.

"Of course! I'll meet you at your school sometime in the afternoon when we get everything sorted out." She explained the plan that she had thought through, to which Makoto nodded in agreement.

Now, you all may be wondering how the two of them met. Actually it was quite simple. Makoto needed help with his English and since his friends was also busy with their own lives, he decided to join a forum online, to which he came into contact with Crystal who gladly took the time she had to help him with his secondary language. Soon enough, their friendship bloomed and they began to talk more and more as the time went on as well as allowing the two to learn another language.

The two talked for about an hour, despite that it didn't felt that long. The conversation drove on from what they have been up to over the past week to their personal lives. However, their final meetup online came to an end by just the sound of the door unlocking. The door opened just the slightest, enough for a brown long haired woman to look into the room.

Crystal's head looked over to make eye contact with her mother.

"Are you…" She began, pausing abruptly upon noticing the mess that the room was still in. The glow that was contained in her golden eyes faded slightly, her smile fading for a split second before returning into the form of a caring, yet strict expression.
"We're about to leave." The brunette stated to which Crystal responded at first with a small nod.

"Okay, mother…"

With so, the head disappeared from the door, leaving the green haired girl alone with Makoto still clear on the screen. A sigh escaped her lips as she turned around to the screen, staring up to the glass screen that brought together the two teenagers.

"I need to go… I need to clean up my room before we leave to catch our flight. But the next time we speak, it will be in person."

Of course, Makoto was the type to understand that she had to leave and besides within a few hours, he would be able to see her for the first time, which was surely enough to make him ecstatic.
"Take care." He simply stated before logging off, leaving Crystal with a bashful smile to brighten up her expression. She honestly couldn't believe it. She was finally able to meet her first best friend, the one person besides her mother that she knew she could trust as well as be confident around.

Placing her hands on the armrests and pulling herself off her chair, she quickly got all of her belongings that was laying around on her floor and bed in its rightful place before taking hold her luggage. Sure with her small frail form, the case and bags were rather heavy. In fact, with carrying everything at once, she stumbled a little by how unbalanced she was with the weight on her back but somehow, without tripping down the stairs, she got down and out the door to place the baggage into the car.

A small sigh escaped from the relief of pressure that was inflicted on her back, her neck tilting upwards to view the clear blue sky, the sunshine reflecting off of her glasses.

"Just a few more hours…"