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Memories
By Alterz
A long time ago, they had been friends.
The girls had met at daycare, when they were old enough to walk and old enough to (sort of) talk, but still too young for school. A very small Fuu had been sitting by herself when the teacher came towards her, a very small Olette trailing behind. The woman introduced them hurriedly and left almost immediately, as though she didn't want to bother with two children too quiet to join the rest of the group.
The center of the room was filled with energetic little kids playing and laughing and waiting for sign-in to be over so that they could go outside. On the edge of the room, two girls sat in awkward silence and faced a childhood dilemma: a companion they had not chosen, or no companion at all.
For about a week they simply gravitated to each other, inwardly hoping that someone new would walk through the door and give them a reason to walk away. The teacher paid them little mind, seeing their physical proximity as friendship.
Eight days passed before they spoke; before Olette spoke, really. They began playing together, with the non-toxic crayons or the small collection of board games available to them. It was an easy friendship, a casual togetherness not often seen in children so young.
They carried on like that for a year, and then, abruptly, they stopped. One day, they did not come to daycare. One day, they went to kindergarten, in different schools, and time passed, and Olette opened up, and Fuu closed in, and when they met again, in high school, they did not recognize each other at all.
Meaning that this whole chapter may as well have never happened, because it impacts nothing. I couldn't help but laugh when I realized that.
Also, this is the last of the childhood chapters, I swear. For now, at least. On second thought, I promise nothing.
Alterz