"What a day!" Saya exclaimed while exiting the school's playground, walking besides Kaori.
"You can say that again. More excitement than I'm used to" Kaori reaffirmed.
"I'm so tired" Saya complained.
"You did so much. Got on Mao's bad side, had our loooooove note read aloud in class, went to the mall, made the track team, and made a really awesome new best friend all in one day" Kaori lightly nudged Saya's arm and smirked at her.
"Best friend huh?" Saya said smiling back at her.
"Yeah. Why not? Plus I still have these" Kaori said while holding up a brown paper bag she had gotten from the mall.
"My candies!! Okay yes, you are official now my new best friend. Gimme Gimme Gimme" Saya said with outstretched hands as she almost tackled Kaori down for the candy.
"Wow that was easy. I should do the chocolate trick more often" Kaori laughed. Saya took out a chocolate square out of the bag and popped it into her mouth.
"No seriously. You're a great person, Kaori. I feel like I don't deserve someone so cool to hang with. I should tell you something though… I know you've seen that I act somewhat strangely today…" Saya said nervously, afraid to tell her new friend for fear that Kaori wouldn't want to hang with her anymore. Kaori stopped walking and fully face Saya, ready for whatever she had to say.
"You strange? Noooo…" Kaori said with a smile trying her best to relieve the nervousness Saya was feeling. "Other than your strange eating habits, you're really not that odd to me" Kaori continued.
"Do I really eat that bad?" Saya asked, taking in another chocolate square.
"It's seriously like watching the nature channel," Kaori laughed. Saya blushed with embarrassment. She finished eating what was left in her mouth and looked at Kaori with a serious expression.
"Kaori… I have amnesia... I don't remember anything just past a few months ago..." She said almost not getting out what she was wanted to say.
"Oh…I'm sorry…That's really terrible, Saya…" Kaori said with honest concern for her friend.
Saya nodded and looked down to her feet. Kaori placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder and Saya looked up at her again.
"Why would you think that would bother me?" Kaori sincerely asked, her eyes shrinking a bit.
"Because isn't that just weird to you?" Saya answered Kaori's question with a question.
"Honestly Saya, name me 5 perfect people in this world and I can give you 5 reason as to how I think they're weird. No one is absolutely perfect in this world so weirdos like you deserve friends", Kaori said with a smirk on her face.
"Hey!! I don't know whether to be encourage by that or to hit you for calling me a weirdo" Saya blinked in surprise, making a fake hurt expression on her face. She took another chocolates out of the bag and placed it in her mouth.
"You said you were weird first!" Kaori shouted and lightly hit Saya's arm. They continued to walk down the street. Saya's eyes got big and she suddenly turned to Kaori as if she had a bright idea.
"Hey do you want to come over to the Omoro tonight? I'm sure I can get my dad to give you a free meal since you gave me your lunch today. And with all my siblings around, you definitely won't feel like an only child" Saya said excitingly, wanting her new friend to stay around a bit longer.
"Now it seems as if you are the one asking me on a date" Kaori teased.
"Just say yes," Saya said insistently, ignoring Kaori's teasing.
"I don't know. I really I should get going. I'm usually not gone this long on a school night. My mom gets worried" Kaori said slightly disappointed to have to say no to Saya.
"But aren't you hungry? You haven't eaten all day," Saya asked with concern.
"It's cool. I can wait till I get home. Weird thing about me is I don't really eat all that much" Kaori responded.
"Well that's not good for you. I'm sure if you hang around me long enough, I'll get you to eat" Saya said, tugging on Kaori's book bag.
"I have no doubts about that," Kaori laughed. They both looked at each other for a long time without saying anything. As if both of them didn't want to go.
"I had a really fun day considering all the madness that happened today" Saya finally muttered out and confessed.
"I did too... I'm sure we can think of all kinds of trouble to get into tomorrow" Kaori smiled.
"I should head off. It was nice meeting you, Saya" Kaori smirk flatten as she finally said her goodbye, waving at her friend as she started to walk the opposite direction as Saya.
"Goodbye, Kaori… I'll see you tomorrow…" Saya said somewhat reluctantly and she stared after Kaori for a long time before continuing on her own way back home.
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Saya finally reached her house, unlocked the door and walked in. She could hear a show playing on the television. She set her book bag down on the living room floor and she noticed Riku was sitting in front of the TV, watching his favorite cartoon.
"Saya's home" Riku shouted aloud as he saw his sister enter the room.
"Hey Riku. Where's dad?" she asked, rubbing his head with her hand, messing up his hair.
"He's in the kitchen making dinner" Riku replied back to his older sister while attempting to fix his hair and returning his attention back to the cartoon.
Saya walked into the kitchen to see that her father was making stir fry vegetables for dinner. She noted that it smelt wonderful and her stomach started to growl.
"Hey, it seems like you made it home just in time! How was your first day at school?" George said, turning to Saya from the stove as he saw her walk into the kitchen.
"It was great! I met a new best friend," Saya smiled as she began to retell the events that had happen to her on her first day at school.
END