Author note: Because there is no influence to the main story even if you didn't read this chat, therefore I recommend to skip this for those who don't like small talk( `ć»Ļć»Ā“) Written in Kaede's viewpoint
I was a very common girl. Exercise isnāt my strong point and Iām not a genius either, I'm practically just a nobody. IĀ“m a common and ordinary girl with not talent or whatsoever.
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I was such a girl who can be found anywhere if they looked around.
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When I was small, I was shy. Because I had such a character, I couldn't speak to girls not to mention to the boys of my age, so there was no one who I could hug or call a friend.
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That shy me started to depend on that child.
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āāāā That child was Saginomiya Iori, my childhood friend.
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My mother and Iori's mother were an acquaintance and our houses were close. That's how I meet a boy who was a year younger than me.
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At first, it was scary. Though I wasn't able to talk with a girl directly, I couldn't talk with a boy either. Anyway, my timid attitude would become hated by this child right?Ā
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I met Iori for the first time while thinking of such a thing...... no, my mother who was unable to overlook me about being alone introduced me by force.
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This boy has the same atmosphere as me as I checked so far. However, itās not like I was charmed by him at first sight, no, not at all.
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This boy's face was more beautiful than any boy that I have seen so far. This is what I thought of Iori.Ā
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My first utterance which I said to my Iori who held such impression was that I wanted to go home quickly. My mother who wanted to meet her close friend today heard that I said that I wanted to go home in the next moment when they met each other after they made an appointment. Iori's impression of me would be worst right?
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My mother and Iori's mother heard my words and both smiled wryly and even when my words were heard, my mother didn't return home and I just played with Iori.
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Iori spoke to me without getting tired of me who hardly began to talk many times. Because I didn't saw my face in the mirror, I wasn't able to know it, but I thought that I probably made a sullen face.
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Shall we do that? Shall we do this? Iori invited me many times while smiling all the time.
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Frankly speaking, it was weird. When a girl or a boy who have spoken to me so far sees my attitude that I always show to Iori, they would leave and go somewhere else so I started to play alone.
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However, on the other hand, Iori paid attention to me without getting tired while smiling all the time. All of the acts that Iori made were strange to me.
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āāāāā I was very gloomy.
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Contrary to my feelings, it made my mother very happy. It might be because I, who was always alone was now playing happily with Iori.
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My mother who misunderstood it and let me meet Iori almost every day. And I met Iori almost every day and we talked and played various games.
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My mother, who misunderstood it would let me visit Iori house almost every day. We talk all the time and played various games together.
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I, who had a shy character, was often alone and made my mother worry about me all the time. Therefore, when my mother saw me with a joyful smile some of her worries fade away and bought a smile to her face. After that, I didn't reject meeting with Iori anymore.
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Such days continued for more than two years.
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I wondered when it was, that I havenāt thought that Iori wasn't gloomy anymore. When did I stop thinking that he's weird? When did I cease to make a sullen face in front of Iori and when was it that I laughed way more often than looking sad?
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IĀ“m a year older than Iori and I sometimes try to act as his elder sister and spend a harmonious time with Iori. Before I've realized it.