Verafalsa | Different Worlds, One Tunnel

Prologue

Kindergarten

"Oi, Strawberry," my classmate called me. I turned my head towards him. He interrupted my alone time, and it made me a bit irritated. "What do you want, cat-eyed pervert," I spat. He backed away, a sweat dropping. "You really do have a cocky attitude. And what is pervert?"

It was early in the morning. We were in the classroom, only the three of us in the room. This cat guy, the albino girl, and me. The cat guy had droopy but yellow slit eyes. His black hair messy, like he had just woken up from a sleep. His complexion was a bit more darker than pale. He looked like he was the same height as me.

I eyed him. "What do you want, cat-eyed pervert?" I repeated, my tone more low. He closed his eyes and rubbed the back of his head. "Gee, no wonder they don't talk to you. Kind of harsh man," he gave a smile, pitying me. Before I got to say anything, he  pat a hand on my shoulder, as if we we're old friends.

I got annoyed. "The hell, get your dirty hands off me. Ya think just because I'm alone doesn't mean I'll just easily befriend a person like you, you cat freak. You pervert. You droopy eyes. You weirdo."

It sounded like some delinquent mocking a person.

He lift up his hands, backing off again. "Geez, okay then," he started to walk back to his seat. When I thought he gave up, I went back on staring at the sky.

The blue sky was calming. It's clouds formed a bit, though not enough to cover the sky. The sun was at a different spot since it was still early in the morning. I could see the tree's dance in the wind.

The branches sway slowly, back and fourth. I have always observed the sky. Orange, red, black, blue, violet. It turns to a different shade.

I was pulled out of my thought when the guy was in front of me again. This time, the girl was behind him. I gave him a close-eyed smile. Though I was smiling, it felt menacing. "Do you think just because you're going to make me talk to a girl will make me befriend you? What absolute-"

"Shush! Don't swear man," he whisper-shouted,while placing an index finger in front of his mouth, making the 'Shh' pose. He looked behind him, the girl looking away from us. At a closer look, she had round eyes, her hair had two buns on it, some of the hair freely falls on her back. Her white hair was a bit reflective, reflecting the light in the classroom. She had red velvety eyes, her lips looked smooth and healthy. Her height small. She looked around, averting her eyes at us. It seemed she was a bit shy.

I wasn't really going to swear. I was still a kid...

I looked back at him. It seemed I stared too long at her since he had a smirk on his face. "How about this?" He started. "We three hangout together? We're always the first three to get here in school, so why not make this official and get the most of it?" He grinned.

I looked back at the girl, her now looking at me. Her eyes stared intently, her lively red eyes almost had my reflection. I shot back at him. "What is this, kidnapping? Slave trading? A sacrifice?" I snickered as I joked around.

"Pfft, it's none of the above sir. We'd just like to offer you a friendship contract, if you're interested," he also joked.

I looked at him with a blank look and sighed. "That was lame."

"Ehh, I thought it was cool!" He pouted.

We heard a soft chuckle. We turned our heads to the girl. "You both seem like old friends." She said aloud. We both stared back and forth to her, then to us.

"Huhh? I wouldn't even befriend someone like that even in birth." I laid back, and glared at him. "I wouldn't even have a second thought of avoiding you the moment you we're born." He talked back. There were sparks between us.