Chubby Love

Prologue.

"Dad, we have a new neighbor!" Little Lumi said excitedly to her father from the window. "I think they have a son!" There weren't many children or teens in their neighborhood and Lumi was desperate for a friend. It had just been her and her father together since she was born. She never got to meet her mother. Her father also didn't like to talk about her much.

"Oh yeah? How about we bring some desserts over later to greet our new neighbors." He said, smiling at her. She smiled brightly back as they both ran to the kitchen to whip up some baked goods. It was their favorite hobby.

After they finished baking their bread pudding her father washed up. "Go brush your hair now sweetie and then we can run over there." Lumi ran to her room and sat in front of the vanity her father had made her. She pulled out her comb as she brushed through her brown locks stopping at her shoulders. Even after brushing them they would bounce back into a natural wave. She looked into her own hazel eyes through the mirror with excitement of making a new friend.

Later that day.

Lumi and her father stood on the doorstep of the new family that had just arrived. Her father rang the doorbell. "I got it!" shouted a feminie voice. The woman had brown hair and she was pretty fair. The door opened and the pair were greeted with a smile. Lumi's father gestured to the bread pudding in his hand.

"Oh my goodness. Ren, come see who it is!" She shouted with joy. A boy came running to his mother's side. Unlike his mother Ren had darker hair and dark eyes. Lumi's eyes widened as did her smile. He gave a smile back.

"Come inside." The woman said and motioned her father to put the pudding down on the kitchen counter. "Look honey, bread pudding." She said to her husband in the kitchen. He was asian, Lumi guessed Korean. They seemed like a sweet couple Lumi thought.

"Ren, why don't you show Lumi your room?" She winked at us as the adults began to chat in the kitchen. Ren turned to Lumi and then ran up the stairs to his room as she followed.

He sat on his bed and she sat on the floor her shorts stretched slightly. "I'm Ren Kim." He said as he went to the closet and pulled out his handheld game console. Lumi's eyes lit up. She had the same gaming device.

"I'm Lumi Mitchell." The girl replied. "I have one of those too. Want to add me as a friend?"

He nodded and handed the device over to her. She took it and typed her user name in.

He took it back from her once she finished and read the name "Applepie12..?"

She smiled and said "Yeah I love apple pies. Any pie really." He giggled and agreed.

"Lumi, sweetie, let's head home!" Her father called.

"It was nice meeting you." She said before leaving to greet her father and they crossed the street back to their house. When Lumi got home she ran to her room and grabbed her gaming device. It was the color blue just like his. She turned it on and the screen lit up with a notification of a new friend request. She smiled and opened it up. "SoccerRulesz0" She giggled at his name. DING! She got a message bubble from him.

"hey this is Ren"

She smiled and typed back. "HI"

"I really liked the bread pudding"

"Thanks! My dad and I luv to bake!"

"Cool what else do you bake?"

They chatted back and forth into the night.

The first day of school was coming up. Lumi was excited to introduce her friend Ren to her classmates. Lumi was starting the 7th grade and Ren the 8th. They said hi to each other in the hallway and had lunch together. Everyone was fascinated with him. Lumi felt a little jealous but knew this was part of meeting new people.