What's your name?

Chapter 2

I met Tk on my first night of being Kio. I was really upset that night so I cried for a while. I heard yelling outside of my door and decided I would not just take this forever. I chopped off my hair like a boy and put on boys' clothing. I messed up my hair really bad and looked in the mirror. Yep. I could do this.

I locked my door and jumped out of my window. I hopped over my fence and ran around the neighborhood to blow off some steam. I heard someone scream. It was still light out so I decided to investigate. I turned a corner and saw what was happening.

A little boy about my age had caused these older boys, nine maybe, to scream in deligjt from messing with him, pushing and shoving and the like. Then one of the boys punched the little scrawny one in the face.

That was the last straw. I ran over there and kicked one of the three older boys in the face. He fell to the ground and the other two he was with just looked at me and laughed. Yes, I was scrawny, but I knew how to fight. I punched the tallest one in the face and he fell down next to the first. The last one standing was short and thought he was really something special. I proved him wrong. I walked right up to him and kicked him down low. He curled up on the ground and I turned to all three of them.

"You leave my friend alone, okay?! I don't want to see him bothered again or you wont get off so easy next time!" They all just moaned and began to cry. I turned around to help the boy my age up off the ground. "Are you alright?" I was very concerned because he was bleeding on his arm and had a nasty bruise on his cheek.

He stared at me almost frightfully and I frowned and felt my eyes mist up, which I got rid of quickly. I picked up the boy's bag and offered to carry it home for him. He agreed but still looked afraid. As we were walking him home he stopped in front of me and asked me a question.

"What's your name?" He looked sincere and I almost told him my real name but then I stopped. I then lied to him and said my name was Kio. He squinted his eyes at me and the smiled and shoved his hand towards me so I could shake it. "I am Tk. Thank you for saving me!" I shook his hand and smiled as well.

From that day on, Tk and I would meet there every night, same time and place. Always that corner where he got beat up. From there we would go walking. It was a few weeks before we found Cameron. Tk and I were walking towards the woods when we saw this girl slap a boy.

Naturally, I ran over to get a closer look. "I don't want to kiss you jerk!" She had said. He looked at her dumbfoundedly. I don't think he understood... He slapped the girl in the face. She began to cry and ran away. He sat down and curled into a ball.

I walked over and knelt down in front of him. I placed my hand on his arm. "Hey, are you alright?" I asked. "What happened?" He looked up at me with tears streaming down his face. I was concerned now and wanted the story. Tk had come over just then and knelt beside me, comforting this guy as well.

"I didn't want her to kiss me! I didn't want her to be anything more than my best friend! She has ALWAYS been my best friend and for whatever reason has been yelling at me saying she doesn't want to kiss me all week!" He sobbed again. "I didn't want to hit her, but I thought she deserved it for acting this way!"

He then continued to cry and I stood up. Tk followed by example and I lowered my hand towards this guy. "Want to be our friend?" His head jerked upwards and his face lit up. He grabbed my hand and I helped him up. He nodded and Tk and I gave him a hug. He returned it.

As we walked through the woods, Tk and I were laughing when the guy came in front of us and stopped. Tk and I looked at him. "What's your name?" The guy asked. I told him my name is Kio and that my friend was Tk. The guy smiled and held out his hand. "I am Cameron. Thank you for being my friends!" We all smiled and laughed.

From then on, we always met at the enterance into the woods every night. Then one day we got cell phones and we just decided when to meet, so not every night, but most of them. We have been very close ever since we were seven years old and nothing has ever come between us.