Kira visits every spring break at his dads' house across from ours.
He's nice and granny thinks he's going to grow into a handsome man.
He blushes whenever she says that, Granny thinks that's cute.
I like playing with his hair.
It's blond and slips right through your fingers.
He also blushes when I touch him.
He blushes a lot now that I mention it.
Toshiro and I talk all the time around him.
He's always quiet and thinking to himself.
I wonder what?
-x-
"Don't you talk at all, Kira?" Toshiro asked.
"Yes," he nods, "I sure do talk a-and I can read too!"
"You can read?" I asked.
"Yes, I can. Why do you guys look thunderstruck?"
Toshiro raised an eye brow. "The heck that mean?"
I rolled my eyes. "We haven't learned how to read yet in school. From where you're from you're already readin'?" I asked inquisitively.
"No, not yet…really," Kira looked uncomfortable and I figured I shouldn't pester him anymore.
-x-
Toshiro and I don't know how to read.
It's surprising that Kira knows how.
Weird thing is, we're both the same age yet I haven't even begun reading yet.
Actually, I can read a little, I guess.
There are a lot of things Kira can do that we're not able to yet.
Like for example, Kira said he can read the newspaper!
However, I think the reason behind that's because Granny says Kira's dad's real mean and strict, always shouting and scolding him and expecting things from him.
Kira's dad looks at me and Toshiro like we're bugs, something that everyone must ignore or steer clear of.
I wonder what having a dad feels like.
-x-
"Do you like your dad?" I asked swinging back and forth in our tire swing.
Kira shrugs and kicks the dirt. "I guess."
Toshiro examines a scrape he got from falling off his bike before spitting on it. "Doesn't seem like ya like him very much."
"That's 'cause I only come here during spring break. That's not all the time. So let's just put it that we're not so close." He said.
Toshiro looked at me strangely than back at Kira. "Not even during the summer?"
"My mom thinks it's bad that I'm around my dad too much. Says he'll rub off on me or something like that." He frowned and so did his eyebrows. "Uh, 'cept I got no clue what she meant by that."
We decided to forget about it.
-x-
Did I forget to mention Toshiro and Kira always do crazy tricks together?
Kira's shy and all but he does whatever Toshiro says.
It's weird and undeserved.
I listen to Granny because she's the oldest and because I don't want to get whipped.
Toshiro listens to Granny except me but that's just to spite me, I don't care though.
He listens to me sometimes, like right before I start crying.
However, Kira's different.
He does as he's told, always.
If Toshiro told him to jump off the highest building, he would.
Nothing seems stop him.
Okay, maybe he's not the shy and hesitant Kira we view him as.
He's a fool sometimes, like Toshiro, doing absurd pranks and whatnot.
He even asks bizarre questions.
-x-
"I want to marry you some day." He told me when Toshiro wasn't looking.
"Are you crazy? I can't marry yet!" I felt like vomiting so I backed away.
Kira laughs. "I meant when we get older." he said.
"Why're you laughing?" Toshiro asked.
"Kira said he wants to marry me." I said and feigned throwing up.
"I'll kick you in the face, Kira, tell me you're joking." Toshiro growled and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, looking up at him menacingly.
He didn't look scared. "I'm not joking at all. I mean it. I like Momo ever since the day I laid eyes on her." Kira rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly and this time I blushed.
Toshiro pulled Kira to the ground and started punching him in the face hard and wounding.
Kira began crying and I tried my best to put an end to this.
"Are you mad!? Toshiro stop it! STOP! You're hurting him you dumb head! STOP IT! I'm gonna get granny if you don't stop! QUIT IT!"
-x-
We have our bad times, well times, even hysterical times that we can look back to. He's one of our best friends, someone we'll always remember.

thanks to the two reviewers! really helped me into mustering up the courage to write this chapter ;) yeah, hopefully it makes sense. eggh, i was sort of lazy as i wrote this. most of this is from part experience. such as the marrying part. my cousins are weird like that. i really like writing like this, btw. it helps me plan out what to write afterwards and not just typing away as i go and it turns out i didn't even make any sense. anyways, sorry if there are any mistakes. kind of rushed on this once since i don't have much time 'cause i'm going somewhere over the weekend so it might take me a while to write another chapter. sorry to those who care x) bye for now!