The next day at school Usagi, Naru, and Ami sat together. All the students waited for Miss Conchen to come in. Usagi looked over at the next table. There were a bunch of boys. But the boy she spitted was a nice, charming 5 year old boy. He had short black hair and was very cute. His name was Mamoru.
Usagi blinked. "Hey guys, look at him over there," She said.
Naru and Ami looked at the table next to them.
"You mean him with the black hair?" Ami asked as she pointed to him.
"Yeah..." Usagi answered.
"I think his name is Mamoru," Naru said.
"Why don't you go up to him?" Ami asked.
"Okay!" Usagi said already getting up off her chair.
She approached him. "Hi!" She chirped. "Are you Mamoru?" She asked.
Mamoru blinked. "Yeah... what's your name?" He asked.
"I'm Usagi! Nice to meet you," She said.
"Uh... yeah..." He looked at her hair. "You have weird hair," He said.
Usagi pouted. "That was mean!" She said. "My Mommie worked very hard on it!"
Mamoru was about to say something when Miss Conchen came in.
"Alright boys and girls take your seats," She said.
Everyone sat in their seats. Usagi sighed and walked back to where Ami and Naru were.
"Today is a special day," She began. "We have a new student!"
Miss Conchen motioned her to come in the classroom.
"Don't be shy, come on!" She said.
A tall, 5 year old brown haired girl stepped inside. Everyone stared at her.
"Now, why don't you us your name," Miss Conchen said.
She looked down at the floor. "Makoto Kino.." She said quietly.
"What a wonderful name!" Miss Conchen said. "Why don't you take a seat next to..." Miss Conchen's eyes scanned the room to find a seat. "Usagi," Miss Conchen finished.
Makoto slowly made her way over to the seat next to Usagi.
"Usagi looked over at her. "Hi!" She said. "My name's Usagi! I like your hair," She said.
Makoto blinked. "Thank you," She said.
"Kids make fun of my hair. They call me meatball head... meatball sandwich... anything to do with meatballs I guess," Usagi said.
"You're lucky that kids just make fun of your hair," Makoto started. "Kids make fun of me because I'm taller than them." She finished.
"That's mean..." Usagi said. "I think you're perfect!" Usagi smiled.
Makoto smiled back. "Thank you," She said.
"Oh! Would you like to meet my friends?" Usagi asked.
"Okay.." Makoto replied.
"This is Naru-chan," usagi said pointing to her.
"Hi!" Naru-chan said.
Makoto waved.
"And this is Ami-chan," Usagi finished.
Ami waved. "Hello," She said.
Makoto smiled. "Hi,"
"Hey!" Usagi began. "Do you wanna play with us at recess?" She asked.
Makoto blinked. "Really?"
Usagi nodded. "Of course!"
Makoto was beaming. "Thank you!"
Usagi smiled. "No problem!"
It was recess time and the four friends were playing on the swings.
"Yay!" Usagi screamed as she went up and down on the swing. "How do you like school, Mako-chan?" She asked.
"I love it!" She said. "It's fun,"
"It is! Usagi began. But I just don't like the work... I mean, ten minus six is really hard to figure out!" She said.
"Yeah, I know," Makoto agreed.
"But Ami-chan is really smart, she can figure it out without counting on her fingers!" Usagi said.
"Wow!" Makoto said is astonishment.
Soon the bell rang and it was time to go inside. The four friends walked in and sat together. Miss Conchen assigned a math sheet to work on for them. Usagi moaned. "I hate math!" she complained. "I wanna do something fun."
"Math is fun!" Ami said with a smile.
"To you Ami-chan..." Usagi said.
"Okay, you all can go in groups and do the page together," Miss Conchen said.
Usagi, Ami, Naru, and Makoto all worked together. Usagi looked around the room. She spotted a girl who was all by herself. Not with a single person.
Usagi blinked. "Wow. That girl's all by herself," She said.
Ami looked over to see. "Maybe we should ask her to come in our group," She suggested.
"Good idea!" Usagi said.
She hopped off her seat and over to her.
"Hi!" She chirped.
The girl looked at her like she had six heads.
Usagi tilted her head. "Hello...!" She said again.
"Hi..." She finally spoke up.
"I'm Usagi! What's yours?" She asked.
"...Rei," She said.
"That's a nice name! Would you like to come join our group?" Usagi asked.
"... No I wanna work by myself..." Rei said as she looked down at her paper.
Usagi blinked. "But... but..."
"Im fine..." She said.
"Okay..." Usagi said before she started walking away. Usagi wondered about that girl... Rei... "She's a little weird..." Usagi thought as she sat down at her seat.
