Real Friend

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Fluff/Angst. No Spoilers.

Modern AU.

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Emma smiled as she looked at her best friend.

They were young, their feet barely reaching the floor as they sat in the couch.

"What are you thinking about, Norman?" She questioned, tilting her head to the side with curiosity.

A soft afternoon breeze blew in through the open window as the albino stared at her, a flush in his cheeks coloring his pale cheeks. He always got his cheeks flushed when Emma looked at him for so long.

"Your dad doesn't like me very much, doesn't he?" He said, sounding more like a statement than a question "He always ignores me..."

"Don't worry, he's always grumpy" She reassured him by telling the truth. As much as Yuugo was sweet and considerate to her, he wasn't that friendly to other people.

He smiled back, a little more relieved "Okay… Do you want to play outside now?"

She nodded frantically as she rose and grabbed his hand. Her excitement was so contagious that Norman soon found himself smiling too. Playing with Emma was always fun.

"What are we going to play today?" She asked excitedly when they reached her backyard.

"We can play hide and seek" He suggested, still with their little fingers intertwined "I'll hide!"

"Ok, I'll count to ten" She said as she dropped his hand to both their disappointment and covered her eyes "One... Two... Three..."

She could hear the sounds of his footsteps as he walked away looking for a place to hide.

"...Eight... Nine... Ten!" She took her hand away from her face and started looking for her friend.

She searched a lot, but again, she couldn't find it. She was always impressed by his abilities of hidding.

Long minutes passed as she looked for him, slightly considering the idea of ​​her friend getting lost in some way, but discarding that idea right away. Norman was quite smart and had once said that he would always find her if she called him, so it was impossible for him to get lost

"I give up, Norman" She finally said with a sigh as she sat on the grass and waited for her best friend to show up.

She didn't have to wait long, Norman was soon emerging from the bushes with a proud smile for having won once again.

She watched as he sat down beside her, some sticks caught in his white hair.

"How are you so good at this?" She grumbled as she helped him take out the sticks and leaves "I can never beat you!"

He just chuckled, probably thinking it was a rhetorical question.

"Are we going to keep playing?" He asked hopefully.

"Sure!" She responded happily, stopping to fiddle with her hair and smiling radiantly "I'm going to hide now!"

They kept playing until the sky turned dark blue and the moon lit just enough for them to know the right way home.

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"Yuugo, can Norman come with us to the amusement park?" Emma asked, her eyes gleaming.

"Of course" He replied without looking at the white haired boy, preferring to just mess up his daughter's hair "Now get in the car"

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 01, 2022 ⏰

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