childhood friend | i - iii

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When he was young, Fujiwara Ao had a friend that he treasured.

They were only seven years old when they first met.




This was a before,
back when he still believed that the world was a happy place.


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They were always together.

Because their families were very close business partners, both were allowed to meet with each other whenever they wanted to.

Despite their opposite personalities at first, surprisingly, they had the same taste and hobbies.

They were also only a year in age apart.



As a result, both children got along very well.


There was a precise term for their relationship.

'Childhood friends'.


Each one always knew almost everything about the other.

Their fears,
secrets,
likes,
dislikes,
and hobbies.

Everything.

It was almost as if they were family.



As they grew up, both of them believed that they would always, always be together.

Or at least... that was so.



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It was not long before Ao realized how childish that thought was.

In the end, human connections were too fragile.

Too brittle.

Too delicate.

Too breakable.



On Ao's eighteenth year, both of their ties were easily severed.

It seemed that eleven years of friendship was not enough.

One had left.

One had been left behind.

For two and a half years, each of them had forgotten each other's existence.

That was... until the other one came suddenly back.

And that person's name was—

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