
20 Years ago, Habi's birthday party.
Compared to Naru, actually hery first knows Hita. A special relationship between the hery family and the hita family brings the two together at the age of 10 years. At the birthday party of Habi, Hita's sister who was then 5 years old.
hery who was dressed in a neat suit came with her parents with a face bent and eyes that flushed red, the result of crying loudly for refusing to come along. He doesn't want to come.
hery said there was no reason for a 10-year-old to come to a birthday celebration that even for reading and counting still needed the help of his parents.
hery was still with her mouth tightly locked when she reached the birthday party with the theme of the garden party. He chose silence instead of seeing a big angry gaku if hery returned to whine asking to go home.
Even if she cries again, I will keep her at the party and Mika who can't do anything just coax hery to stay calm and promise to go home quickly.
hery who was getting bored chose to step away with a slash of his lips. Letting his parents dissolve in light conversation with the hita family and hery did not want to know. hery wants to go home!
That's when hery met Hita. The short-haired little girl who sat lonely on the corner bench of the park. Silence watched the party crowd from a distance while swinging her legs.
hery without saying anything sat there, next to Hita. His presence certainly made Hita who was half-dreaming in surprise, he lowered his head and immediately shifted his seat to give distance with hery.
"Thank me there isn't. There's only one park bench and I don't want to stand." That was the first sentence hery said to Hita.
Hita who first sat on the bench but now he feels that his presence interferes with hery . He immediately got off the bench.
"A-anou— forgive me!"
hery, who was astonished to turn her head, found Hita who was now actually bending her body with both hands squeezing each other into her party dress. This unconsciously actually makes hery grunt amused.
Either Hita is too stupid or she is indeed an innocent girl, hearing hery say like that actually makes her face look happy and immediately nods quickly. The girl even thanked him, it immediately made hery laugh wide. Hita was silent and looked at him confused.
"Hey," said hery after stopping his laughter. "My name is hery." His little hand was stretched out on Hita.
Both Hita's eyes were rounded with red cheeks. Never before had anyone been this close to her, laughing freely beside her, or talking carelessly to her. And now, even someone invited him to meet.
Shamefully Hita finally reached out, grasping hery hands that felt big for his fist.
"H-Hita." Reply Hita still with her stamped pronunciation and pink tinge again adorned her cheeks.
At first, hery was just a joke. Hinata's unexpected reaction became her own entertainment.
But when hita shook his hand back, with a face met with innocence and cheeks blushing with shame, unconsciously made hery was stunned because she was fascinated.
Especially when hery saw that smile, it could easily make him feel happy for no reason.
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