Dreams. Regrets. Hopes. Mistakes. Flaws. They all make us human. This is a story about a girl and both her regrets and hopes, the lengths she goes to, to fix old mistakes and achieve her dreams. It's a story that focuses on how far one is willing to go for the people they love. About the flaws that make us all human. It's about her journey through life. It's a journey through her world. How she discovers it, and herself.

"𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤." Poetry. Seeing that word on the whiteboard made my eyes roll. I reach for my pencil case and take out my collection of highlighters. It's time to annotate. Let's nitpick at every single word written. Let's find out what the poet is trying to say. But what if they wrote that, just because they wanted to?

"I never asked for friendship, yet you gave it to me." An introvert who likes to go outdoors. An extrovert who's friends with one person at a time. Summer's daytime lasts longer than the night, inviting everyone out to play. Sabito, a child who's lived through tragedy and neglect for his seven years of life, enjoys spending time in the playground built within his apartment complex. An orphaned child who lives with an aunt who can't be bothered to take care of him. Despite having a lazy aunt who can do nothing but suck the life out of a lit cigarette, Sabito's independence is greater than the typical seven-year-old child. Thanks to his father's teachings before that disaster, he can scrape by each day --alone. Unable to let go of the past and his deceased parents, Sabito becomes absorbed into his own mind, survivors guilt weighing down his small shoulders. As a prisoner of his own thoughts, he sits on the swings and tries to forget about the responsibilities he faces when the clock reads 'home time'. Squeals and shouts from other children make his hands move to his ears, but he can't block out the happiness in the air. Happiness comes looking for him. Valerie, the polar opposite of Sabito's reserved, sophisticated demeanour, comes along to unlock the naive side of a matured brain. As she begins to show him the world in colour, a friendship develops between the two. Best friends forever are what they say. Keyword: Forever. Content: Mentions of death/suicide