Some friends come, some friends go.

But in the end, friends are the things that can truly start a life.

It is time I write my first entry. I figure, I may as well write about our first meeting. After all, what else could fit such a topic so well?

Well... Normally, I'm quite the shy person. I'm usually pretty bad when it comes to speaking up to someone. For Lavi though? I forced myself to. Went out of my way to try and strike up a conversation, you know?

Thankfully for me, I succeeded. We wound up talking about Kanda quite a bit, though, whom I back then used to call 'Brother', for my own personal reasons. (And, much to his distaste, if I might add.)

But... Even that day. When we had JUST met, you called me your new-found friend. Right from the get-go.

I worry at that point, I only embarrassed myself, though. I was only being playful; teasing him in a fun little way. Insinuating as if he were a rabbit, among other things. I don't even know why, but I just felt so... So free, with Lavi. Like I could just be myself, let out my inner self. I didn't have to be so shy, didn't have to be so... Afraid.

I felt truly at ease, with him.

Then, of course, he started to tease right back about my being cat-like. Said I might be my own 'species'. An Alien-Exorcist-Cat, or something along those lines. I find that to be quite amusing, now that I think about it.

Then he offered me a hug. Such a simple gesture, but it had caught me so... Off guard? Why did it get to me, so much? It shocked me enough that, when he offered, I probably seemed as if I was highly against it.

Quite the opposite, though. I really wanted to see what a hug from him could be like. Would it make me feel nervous, as most contact with others did to me, back then? Or would it feel... Relaxing? Comforting?

I wound up getting that hug, thankfully. And, you know? I liked it. It surprised me, how much I wound up liking it. Normally, even with a simple hug, I feel... Jittery. Afraid, paranoid. With him, though, I felt... I just felt a world better about it.

Of course, at that time, I didn't think much of it. After all, I was only your new-found friend. I figured that was all I ever could be, to you.

At that time? I hadn't hoped for anything more. At least, not to my knowledge.