AmeriPan One-Shots

Best Friend

--A/N--
Human AU. Lots of lazy time skips.

          In a small city neighborhood, lives a small boy named Alfred. He is nine years old. He has been living all his life there.

          Alfred was used to being a lonely kid. All the other kids in the neighborhood are either older or younger. Alfred never liked that. He longed for a friend so badly.

          One Thursday, Alfred notices a white moving truck pull up in the driveway of the house in front of his.

          Alfred becomes curious, and decides to see what it's all about. He sneaks towards the truck and hides behind a bush.

          Out of the door of the house, a boy, who looked about the same age as Alfred, walks out holding a book.

The boy sits under the tree in the front yard, which is fairly close to the bush Alfred is hiding in.

Alfred wants to talk to the boy. Maybe he could make a new friend so he won't be lonely anymore.

He walks out of the bush, and sits next to the new boy under the tree. The boy looks startled, but relaxes eventually.

"Hi. I'm Alfred! Are you new?" Asks Alfred.

"Er— yes. I am new." The boy replies, struggling to fluently answer.

"Cool. I live in front of you. And I swear that I was not stalking you by any chance." Says Alfred. He peers over at the new boy's shoulder, and sees what he's reading. It is a comic book of some sort.

"So.... Whatcha reading?" Alfred asks.

"Manga. It's a type of Japanese comic book." The boy answers.

"Ohhhhh! So you're from Japan?" Asks Alfred. The boy nods. "What's your name?"

"M-my name? Werr, it's Kiku Honda." Kiku answers.

     "Nice." Alfred replies. Awkward silence fills the air. Should I ask him to be my friend? Alfred thinks. Instead of waiting any longer, Alfred spits it out.

     "Do you want to be my friend?" He asks. Kiku stares at him for a bit, and then nods.

          That was how it all started.

* * *

          A while has passed, and it was now the summer. Alfred would always go to Kiku's house to see if he could play. They were basically inseparable.

          They always walked to school together, and always were together. Alfred had been waiting for the summer to come, and alas, it finally came.

     "Kiku!" Alfred calls as he knocks on his best friend's door. Kiku opens the door and steps outside. "Nice day, right?"

     "Hai." Kiku nods.

"Wanna ride bikes? I know a place we can go to!" Alfred suggests.

          Alfred gets on his bike and waits for Kiku. They go to a small lake, not far from where they live. There, they found a big willow tree.

     "Look! That can be our tree!" Alfred exclaims.

     "Why our?" Kiku asks.

     "Because! We should have a tree to ourselves!"

And that tree became more meaningful than planned.