Him

10 years ago...

Sesa sat alone, away from the other kids. It wasn't that he was shy, it was just he didn't like people.
"Loud, annoying, and persistent." He said to himself, listening to Vices by Silverstien. "Besides, I don't need friends."

It started to rain, and everyone hurried inside the school. Everyone, of course, except Sesa.
And a girl who was looking right at him.
He tilted his head at her, and she began to walk over.

"Wonder who she is..?" He asks himself quietly while she sits next to him under the sakura tree.
He looked at her, and she at him. They were quiet for what seemed like forever until Sesa slowly stuck his hand out to her and said, "I'm Sesa Okomota. You're the new girl?"

She nods, and surprises him with a soft yet somehow forceful voice, "I moved from America to Japan last week, though I already know Japanese. My name is Kara Nuni."
He nods, looking away from her and staring blankly at the rain ahead.

She poked his cheek, then giggled a little.
"Squishy..!"
She did it again, then he looked at her.
"Why'd you do that?" He asked, no emotion in his voice. It was like he was a robot....

"Cause its fun. Don't you know what fun is?" She asks cutely, and he smiles, but only enough to satisfy her want for it.
"Yeah, I just don't want to anymore." He said, and almost immediately she took his hand and hopped up.
"Follow me! We're gonna go have fun!" She says, dragging him off and toward a carnival.

"I don't want to have fun, I want-"
"Cmon, Sesa! Let's just go, ok? We can call it a date if you want!" She says, still sprinting with unnatural speed. He was barely able to keep up with her, and when they reached there destination, he had to catch his breath.

"Geez...! How far... did we... run?" He asks, out of breath.
She shrugs. "I dunno, to the next town I think." She says, it being no deal to her.
"How the?!? The next town?!?" He asks, surprised and shocked.
How can some one run 10 miles straight?!?
She nods. "Yeah, I've always been good at running. In my old school, I won ten state championships in track."

His jaw goes slack, and he shrugs it off.
"Cmon, lets... go have 'fun'."
She lets out a girly squeel, grabbing his hand and running through the gates with him on her back.
"This is gonna be awesome cause I made a new friend!" She says, running past people like a cheetah after its prey.

He smiled a little.
"Yeah," he said, grabbing her a teddy bear as they passed a vendor who was a known cheat, "So did I."