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01. even sharks make friends

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ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ complete compatibility with the enigma that is Araceli. This list of few things includes sharks, Quirk Theory (obviously heroes are included), music, and consistent change.

Though, if Araceli were to be honest, she did not find herself an enigma. It is not her fault most people struggled or flat out refused to understand her, if anything, they were the enigmatic ones.

Back to the subject at hand, moving to a different part of the country isn't on this list of things Araceli finds neither enjoyable, nor tolerable.

Araceli can never wrap her head around sudden, erratic, and impulsive change. It is not fun. It's like finding out that your little sister spilled juice on your favorite shark plushie, a mid-sized great white from a first aquarium visit.

Surprising and upsetting.

"Araceli, mi niña, we're here," said Mamá

Araceli noticed but was too busy looking at the clouds and humming a song to herself.

"Araceli stop daydreaming, and help me carry things!"

Araceli nods to her little sister, "Okay, just give me a second."

She folds her favorite ocean blue blanket and takes her headphones out of her ears, neatly folding them into a petite bow of wire. She then places her phone and headphones into her back pocket and stuffs the blanket into her dark, nearly black, blue backpack.

They moved all the way to the city of Musutafu.

Araceli's parents claimed that they had a job opportunity, involving the family in moving away from their previous residence.

Leilani was quite upset about this move, annoyed because her argument against the move didn't affect their parent's decision at all.

"I'm losing all of my friends, it's not like Ari cares about things like that because she's so antisocial. This is like punishment for me!"

Though that particular argument is a half-truth, Araceli would never admit why she didn't have places to go or texts on her phone, or birthday parties to attend.

It's not like she didn't want to do those things.

Leilani still believes that Araceli is stronger than needing to interact, much less lean on people.

Besides, with a quirk like hers, with a work ethic like hers, with goals and aspirations as big and vibrant as Araceli's— who has time for such things?

Araceli guesses that this is what it means to be the big sister and the oldest of all her cousins.

"Ari! Come on!" Leilani calls, holding a couple of boxes.

"Ya voy!", Araceli responds, carrying her things and boxes with no struggle.

Their parents had already begun searching for their new apartment, likely having ridden the elevator.

"It smells like fish," Araceli comments as they step in.

"Yeah, it's kinda gross."

"..."

"..."

"Lani, did you know that great white sharks eat up to three percent of their body weight?"

"Huh. I didn't."

"Yeah but I guess that doesn't really matter right now since there aren't any great whites in Japan, there are primarily Blue Sharks, Shortfin Mako Sharks, and Salmon Sharks. Shortfin Mako Sharks are actually—"