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The First Sketch: Oct. 9, 2015
"It was a sunny Monday morning, I'm at home sipping coffee while writing this crap."
-Mari
It was the first day Mari, my best friend, wrote something on a notebook I gave her last year for her birthday.
Mari loves drawing, she sketches, she also tried painting, but well unfortunately, she and her paintbrushes were great rivals.
Mari wasn't a very expressive person, when something's bothering her, she either writes it on a piece of paper and throws it away, or she isolates from everyone.
Mari wasn't cold. She loves talking.
She's just shy, and all her friends, including me, can be counted on a single hand.
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"Hey Rose, I just drew a rose on a notebook you gave me, it's the first!"
Mari said while showing me a blue sketched rose...
We were at the dining table,
"Oh yeah? But why's it blue?.." I asked.
"What? Don't you think it looks good?"
Mari asked while looking at her drawing.
I chuckled and shook my head.
"Haha, no Mari, it looks great, but isn't it that most roses are white or red?"
Mari looked at me for a while, then smiled.
"Well, it's just that you remind me of this rose, Rose. It's blue!"
I looked at her in confusion.
"Oh? But blue isn't my favorite color."
"I know, cuz it's mine."
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Just the thought of being Mari's favorite person, it makes me smile all the way back home.
Since Mari lives a few blocks away, It only took me ten minutes to get home.
I've been dropping by Mari's place whenever she wants to hang out. It's very rare for her to hangout and talk, so I didn't want to miss this opportunity, I always make time for her, sometimes her stories were very... well you could say.. 'weird'? I dont know.
"Oh I like unusual stories!.."
-Mari
A very happy yet lonely creature.
I'm currently managing a coffee shop, so I wasn't always home. But since Mari's work is to design game characters online, she's always home.
Mari is crippled, after all.
