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(3 years later)
Ara's PoV :
Y/N, my dearest cousin, was always a mystery to me. We became close in the three years that we spent together and now I won't be leaving as mother said that education here is better. So though my parents will be going back to Nagoya, I will be staying here.
I often see her with books on economy and business. She sat with a frown on her face most of the time, grumbling in frustration as if not understanding the things she read. She would sometimes throw her books in frustration and then quickly pick it up and start reading again.
I remember when she used to get angry at small things, often lashing out at maids who made mistakes but would apologise right after. But now she seems different, much calmer and in control of herself.
And has started reading more than before, if that is possible, but it seems like she understands things better now. Last year, when she turned seven, she requested her mother to let her learn how to fight, a request that her mother readily obliged to.
Although I'm ten years old and she's eight, she feels like the older one. Every time sleep in her room after spending the night with her and when I wake up in the middle of the night, I see her reading under the lamp. She works harder than anyone I've met before, I don't know for what though.
I also met her friend Oshiko, a very sweet girl to be honest. The three of us became good friends. She seems to be the sweetest person I've ever met. Although she's a bubbly person, she's smart when she needs to be. She's also someone who openly shows her emotions, an admirable quality.
Today grandpa and grandma are going back. My parents went back home yesterday with my mother crying and peppering my face with kisses, making me embarrassed and my father hugging me, not ready to leave.
My other uncle Hiroshi went back to his home after god knows how long, though his children stayed back as well. He and his children Yamato and Daisuke, the twins who are thirteen and Sora, the sister who is nine, are all very rude to Y/N.
Some time ago she would snap at them for making fun of her but now she just calmly stands there with a superior look in her eyes, making them angry as to why she doesn't react. She can also fight now so....
I admire Y/N, I want to be like her. But every time I walk towards her, she just keeps moving forward. I just cannot reach her, no matter how much I try. We're just kids but I cannot help the feeling of burning passion I feel in me every time I see her working so hard.
I imagine myself extending my arms towards her figure moving forward and forward, while I'm much far behind. I'm someone who can never each her.
