On the train, there was the boy, with black hair, black eyes, something disheveled, looking out the window, bored, the train arrived at its destination and he got off with his luggage (it was just his backpack and a suitcase).

Ren Aragaki, was a 10 year old boy, somewhat intelligent, but was socially awkward, his cousin Honoka, had moved to the town of Asahigaoka, and they went to visit her Although the other reason was to make friends, he never had them, all his life he was avoided, so he preferred to be alone.

Honoka was very popular at the school, well, not that much, but he was only popular in his classroom, she was pretty, kind, educated, while he was too honest, and with few social skills that people avoided him, and he preferred avoiding people which only worsened his social skills, Honoka was his only friend, but even though she moved away, he was left alone, well, not that much, he could talk to Honoka, she sent him a letter asking him to come to Asahigaoka, that's what his parents' idea came from

- Renchón, Honoka greeted

- "Renchon"? - Yes, excuse me, it's just that your name sounds the same as a friend's, - That friend, that Renge that you spoke to us like, a year ago?

- Yes, I thought it was funny, that since their names sound the same, they would have the same nickname

Ren just looks at her something serious, he was still angry with Honoka

Honoka seemed somewhat sad to move, even though it seemed that their relationship would not improve, she would make sure that her cousin would be happy. Asahigaoka seemed like a normal village, as if it were trapped in time and not at the same time, imposing mountains seemed to enclose the village, the rice fields, full of peasants who worked in rice fields, most of them elderly and adults.

he would only stay here for a year In fact, his parents were already planning to move to the village , Honoka showed him around, What caught his attention the most was a school, it seemed abandoned, but he noticed that it was clean, so he deduced that there would not be so many students. he heard from his cousin that the Asahigaoka branch school had few students and two of them had already graduated. ,

He explored the surroundings of the area, he was so distracted that he did not see where he was looking and collided with a girl, the girl was about 8 years old* expressionless-looking brownish-red eyes, a somewhat triangular mouth, lavender-colored hair, and a ponytail tied on one side*

-Waah

said the girl

- Hey, watch where you walk

- Excuse Me ? you literally were looking the other side

- Silly girl

She seemed somewhat surprised, it seemed like she had never been told that before. but she saw his cousin, Honoka, and asked her

-Honoka chin?, who is that?

- Ah, good morning Renge, this is my cousin, Aragaki Ren

-So, is she is that "Renge"?

- Yes, it's me, wait- she directed her gaze to Honoka- do you have a cousin?

- ehh, yes, sorry for not telling you before? Ren just looked at her sternly

- I heard from Honoka that you were a somewhat interesting and fun girl, but it seems that you are somewhat bitter

-Hey, I only have that expression

- really?

- Yes

- you will not be that..

- Ren,- said a voice, it was his aunt,-enough , please forgive my nephew, he has almost no friends and that's why he's a bit bitter In fact, he is like the black sheep of the class, for so long his social skills only affected him, he is not a bad person, he just has a hard time relating

Renge only listened to her, but she was still somewhat annoyed with that behavior. then, the idea of being his friend occurred to her, when she was going to declare herself to be his friend, she did not see Ren, in fact no one saw Him

- Ren, nephew, what are you doing?

- leaving - Yes, we already know, the girl here wants to be your friend.

- she does it out of pity

those words were as if an arrow hit Renge

- Look Ren, if in the city they couldn't be friends, probably in the country it will be different

The black-haired wasn't sure, but by no means decided to accept

He turned to Renge and said, Well, it's not like I'm your friend, but yes, I'll hang out with you, all because Honoka can be kind of scary,

Renge's eyes sparkled.

This is my first Non Non Biyori fanfic,

Ren Aragaki is based on Renge's prototype, Rin Aragaki, only I did it as a boy

so his physical appearance would be:

Black hair, straight and disheveled, slightly taller than Renge, (To give you an idea, Ren is a head taller than Renge)

: the fanfic will happen a year after the series, so Renge would be around 8

years

*Renge has a new hairstyle in Non Non Biyori Rememberer chapter 4, it is very similar to Kaede's when she was young.