The friend

Chapter 1

When I was five, my mother took me to her friend's house every Friday. I used to like going there because of a boy I met. He was the son of my mother's friend. I really liked him but I was afraid to talk to him because my mother and sister were around. Moreover, that was not my personality. Days passed like that and I always waited for Friday to come. My mother stopped going to her friend's place after she got pregnant. I gradually forgot about the boy I met there. I didn't even remember his name nether his house. However, this was not the end of that story.

*** AFTER FEW YEARS***

I was 9 years old. I went to school with a lot of expectations and hopes. As soon as I went in the class, I looked for my friends. None of them were there so I set on a chair near the corner. Suddenly I heard a voice calling "Ran! How are you?" I was so happy after I knew that my bestfriend Sonoko and I are going to be classmates. At the same time, she also introduces her cousin Eisuke. I somehow felt like that was not the first time I was seeing him but I ignored that  by thinking that I was thinking too much.

However, I started remembering about the days I went with my mother and met that little boy. I later thought that Eisuke might be that boy but I couldn't believe it because there wasn't any evidence which proves that. After few days, I saw his mother when she came to pick him from school. The moment I saw her, I was very sure that she was my mother's friend who she visited every Friday and Eisuke was that little boy whom I liked when I were little. Thus, I didn't have the guts to tell my bestfriend about that. It was also the first secrete I kept from my sister.

Despite of being with Sonoko and my other friends, I was always with Eisuke. Eisuke and I had a lot of fun at school. He understood me better than any of my friends. We did so many stupid things together that I never thought I ever would.I were a very simple and silent girl but after Eisuke and I became friends, everything changed. We disturbed and blackmailed each other. We also made funny nicknames for each other and did a lot of stupid things. After those days, I got strength to face problems and got the courage to say 'no' to things I didn't want to do. I became as free as the wind. He changed my whole personality within one year.