R E B O R N

Friends

The Friends you had were no good, they only used you as a lackey of sorts and you knew it, but you were fine with it. They treated others badly and you turned a blind eye to it...

[... Seems like reincarnation did not erase your fear of being alone.]

That's how you met him.
Your 'friends' were bullying him.
Sayin mean stuff (for ten year olds) surrounding him and making him cry.
You stare at him while the kids start pushing him around. You know this kid.... You have seen him before, not like this though.
Different but the same...

(Truth to be told you have never been good at confrontations...)

So you push all the kids aside, grab his hand and run...

The kid is still sniffing when you stop, his crying had continued while running (you took him by surprise) so his condition seems worse than it really is.

You try to catch your breath, looking at him still trying to figure out why do you know him.
His Brown hair is ridiculous to your opinion... but in a strange way it suits him.

"Tsunayoshi" He says his name as soon as he is done cleaning the snot and tears with his sleeve.

"I know"

You never introduce yourself.