"Go away, didn't you see me here?"

If a kid wanted to play with him, my younger self would tell him to get out with a straight face.

It's okay to be the king of children when there are no adults, and it's okay to be unpopular.

I bumped into her in the same place about the third day.

"Why do you always sit here in a daze?"

Only then did my younger self speak to her.

“···”

But she didn't pay any attention to it.

Of course, these days I generally understand that she may not like to talk.

At that time, I simply wanted to find someone to talk to.

So regardless of whether she responded or not, I just kept talking about all the bad things that happened recently.

"I really don't understand why it has to be like this. It would have been fine in one day at most."

I sighed.

“···”

She finally looked at me and then looked back, "I envy you so much."

"Huh? Envy?"

"The reason why your parents can live together until now is because they cherish you."

"That's weird. If you cherished me, you wouldn't be as annoyed as you are now. You don't care about me at all."

"My parents were in a mess because of me. I was like a disaster."

"What’s wrong with you?"

"My... parents don't have problems, I have them since I was born."

"What's the problem?"

"I don't know. I just know that neither my father nor my mother's family like me. They say it's best to send someone like me to an orphanage."

"The same goes for me. My father's family calls me a country bumpkin."

"Do I look like it?"

I lifted up my sleeves that were still stained with mud, and my body was dirty because I was playing with a train in the sandpit.

"puff."

This is the first time I've seen her smile. She's very pretty.

I still don't know what's wrong with her that makes her unpopular. I just think she has a weird personality but is a nice person.

Later, I no longer cared about what my parents wanted to do, but I looked forward to meeting her the next day.

I financed the small train, as well as the tracks, four-wheel drive vehicles, spinning tops and other toys. She was invited to bring small dolls and the like.

"With so many dolls, you can't be a princess, right?"

"The princesses all live in the castle."

"Isn't the slide a castle? I now unilaterally appoint you as the princess, and this is your castle."

"Woooooooo, the train is starting to move!"

“···”

I was pushing the little train in the mud and had long since stopped caring about the track. I was having fun spinning the top again.

"Ha, hey, take a hit from me!"

There were spark stones in the ring inside the top, and sparks would flash out after collision, which was very attractive to me at that time.

"ah···"

"Sorry, I accidentally broke it for you."

She accidentally made her doll very dirty, and even got a small cut when the top flew out.

"It doesn't matter."

She stepped on my top and said, "We are equal now."

"You guy!"

"I'm a girl, do I have to do it?"

“···”

"You are awesome!"

I had nothing to say and could only sulk.

The next day, what surprised me was that she didn't bring any more girls' toys, but also brought a top.

"If you beat me, it's yours."

"If you lose, you will have no reason to listen to my request."

“···”

I was completely attracted by the cool spinning top with the white tiger icon. The strap was half longer than mine, so it wasn’t too cool at all.

He agreed directly and lost in vain.

"I'll give this to you, I don't like playing with it."

"No, I lost. There shouldn't be any reward for losing."

"Then it's my request at that time. Accept this. Do you want to disobey the master's order?"

"You tell me, I'm like a dog... gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

I gritted my teeth and accepted it.

Her request was completely different from what I expected.

I almost remember it now.

There once was such a weird girl who lived in the same community as me for a short period of time.

She asked me to take the top to play with other children, but she watched from afar.

I can't just drive others away and play with other children.

When I got home, I told her what my mother said to me and how I reacted. Then she asked me how I should treat my mother next time, how I should respond, and what I should do.

That's what she told me.

"Your mother is a very good person."

"Your father... is a complete asshole."

She was still alone, but I followed her request and quickly integrated into the group of children. We played until late every day.

"You seem to be good at making friends."

"But why don't you play with others?"

"I'm just staying here temporarily."

"Ah? You want to leave?"

"What? You can't let me go just like you can't let go of your bastard father?"

"Fuck you, I didn't!"

“···”

Although the conversation was joking, I did feel a little reluctant to give up. I felt that she was very powerful and it was interesting to be friends with her.

"Na."

One day before I was about to leave, he pulled me and sat on the slide again.

"What kind of girl do you think I should be?"

"I'm not a girl, how would I know."

"Just tell me, what kind of girl do you like best?"

"What? Are you talking about this...could it be..."

"What's wrong? If you can't tell me, I'll find someone else to ask."

"Well."

When I was young, I always felt that something was strange, but I couldn't put it into words, so I had to think carefully for a moment, "Is she the kind of girl who speaks nicely, is cute, and is liked by everyone?"

"What is that? A heartthrob?"
To be continued...