The stone floor felt cold when I sat on it.
There was no one to play with.
What was once a happy, carefree world where everyone played was gone. There was no one, as each child was adopted.
Even crybaby Zell. Why didn't they pick me? What could a family do with a crybaby like that?
Soon it was just me and Squall. Aloof Squall.
It looked like I had to be friends with him.
As we were told we were going to a Garden.
Not a Garden in a park with flowers and all, but a school called a Garden.
I was going to live at a school. With no one my age except Squall.
Could I do it?
I had to. We were in the same dormitory and all.
We were in a class with kids all older than us- they just looked down on us as if we were some kind of bug or something.
At first the girls thought all five-year-olds were supposed to be cute and all, so when they acted all giggly and all around me, I ran off. Such silliness could not be tolerated. And all the boys were just plain bullies. I was all alone.
At nighttimes I would roll my eyes when Squall would look out his window and say 'Sis… I'm doing my best. I'll be okay without you.'
He was talking to no one. It was silly. Couldn't he see that there was no one for us except for the teachers?
Years passed. I grew to have some friends, Fujin and Raijin. They tagged along with me, amazed at my past when I told them. And so we had our little club- shutting everyone out.
But sometimes I still made efforts to be friends with Squall.
"Wanna come play with us?" I'd ask.
"No," he'd answer.
"Please? Why not?"
"Because."
Some reasons!
"Look, it's just us. There is no one. Sis will not come back."
Squall knew it was true, but he tried to fight the truth as tears sprang to his eyes as he stood up and told me fiercely, "I hafta take Sis's place! She will too come back! Everyone liked her, but she liked me the best!"
"STOP IT!" I yelled, "DON'T YOU SEE?! SHE'S GONE! SIS ISN'T HERE! STOP PRETENDING TO TALK TO HER AS IF SHE WAS REAL! CANT YOU SEE WE'RE ALL ALONE! SIS WAS ADOPTED! WE WEREN'T!" I gasped for breath. A crowd was now gathering around us, as Squall shook with fury.
"SHUT UP! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Squall, ya gotta stop living in fantasy land. Live in the now."
That earned me a punch in the face. My lip bled.
This was rubbish! I try to be friends with this kid, and he punches me when I tell him the truth! He needed to have some sense hit into him, and the only way I could do it was by actually hitting him. I took a swing, so thus resulting in a fight.
"Break it up! Break it up, boys!" a girl had stepped in and tried to break us up. What was it any of her business?! She didn't know what we were going through!
I spit some blood out of my mouth.
"I'm just trying to be your friend, Squall." I said before I left in a huff.
There was no one to play with.
What was once a happy, carefree world where everyone played was gone. There was no one, as each child was adopted.
Even crybaby Zell. Why didn't they pick me? What could a family do with a crybaby like that?
Soon it was just me and Squall. Aloof Squall.
It looked like I had to be friends with him.
As we were told we were going to a Garden.
Not a Garden in a park with flowers and all, but a school called a Garden.
I was going to live at a school. With no one my age except Squall.
Could I do it?
I had to. We were in the same dormitory and all.
We were in a class with kids all older than us- they just looked down on us as if we were some kind of bug or something.
At first the girls thought all five-year-olds were supposed to be cute and all, so when they acted all giggly and all around me, I ran off. Such silliness could not be tolerated. And all the boys were just plain bullies. I was all alone.
At nighttimes I would roll my eyes when Squall would look out his window and say 'Sis… I'm doing my best. I'll be okay without you.'
He was talking to no one. It was silly. Couldn't he see that there was no one for us except for the teachers?
Years passed. I grew to have some friends, Fujin and Raijin. They tagged along with me, amazed at my past when I told them. And so we had our little club- shutting everyone out.
But sometimes I still made efforts to be friends with Squall.
"Wanna come play with us?" I'd ask.
"No," he'd answer.
"Please? Why not?"
"Because."
Some reasons!
"Look, it's just us. There is no one. Sis will not come back."
Squall knew it was true, but he tried to fight the truth as tears sprang to his eyes as he stood up and told me fiercely, "I hafta take Sis's place! She will too come back! Everyone liked her, but she liked me the best!"
"STOP IT!" I yelled, "DON'T YOU SEE?! SHE'S GONE! SIS ISN'T HERE! STOP PRETENDING TO TALK TO HER AS IF SHE WAS REAL! CANT YOU SEE WE'RE ALL ALONE! SIS WAS ADOPTED! WE WEREN'T!" I gasped for breath. A crowd was now gathering around us, as Squall shook with fury.
"SHUT UP! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Squall, ya gotta stop living in fantasy land. Live in the now."
That earned me a punch in the face. My lip bled.
This was rubbish! I try to be friends with this kid, and he punches me when I tell him the truth! He needed to have some sense hit into him, and the only way I could do it was by actually hitting him. I took a swing, so thus resulting in a fight.
"Break it up! Break it up, boys!" a girl had stepped in and tried to break us up. What was it any of her business?! She didn't know what we were going through!
I spit some blood out of my mouth.
"I'm just trying to be your friend, Squall." I said before I left in a huff.