Miike

He has always been an odd child. That was probably why he didn’t have many friends. Well, there was one person he could kind of call a friend. Speaking of which…

“You alright?”

The boy turned his head. She broke into a huge grin. He blinked at her for a second.

“Huh?” he asked. The little girl stared at him with a small frown.

“You’re doing it again,” she whispered. Miike stared blankly at her.

“Doing what?” he asked. The little girl narrowed her eyes.

“Staring off into space. You’re never here on earth with us,” she said.

“I’m not?”

“No!” The little girl’s frown deepened. Miike nervously laughed.

“Sorry,” he said in a sheepish tone. They had a strange friendship. It was she who approached him. Her mother left at the same time that his did. She wasn’t angry about it.  The child carried on like this was normal. Miike, on the other hand, didn’t take it so well.

The little girl shook her head. “What am I going to do with you?” The boy just stared at her with no expression on his face.

“Kids, it’s time to come in!” their teacher shouted at the doorway of the school. The little girl grabbed Miike by the sleeve.

“Let’s go!” she said. The poor boy did his best to keep up with her as they ran.

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Miike didn’t know what to make of her. It’s been the two of them together since the beginning of the school year. He had been so used to being alone in his head. He didn’t have to talk to anyone. It was just him and his thoughts. The little girl with strawberry blonde hair wouldn’t let him do it while they were at school. She kept pushing herself into his bubble. Miike wasn’t too fond of her brash approach. What the hell did she want with him?

“Why do you hang around me all the time?” he asked one day. The little girl shrugged.

“Because you let me,” she said. Miike gave her a blank stare. She broke into a huge grin after she said that. She even tried to talk to him during class. Miike didn’t know why he didn’t just throw the notes from her away at the end of the day.

What he didn’t know was that this little girl would be the one to help him save their world. For now, he does not know that.

In class, Miike was watching the teacher write on the board. It looked like the numbers and Kanji were swimming around as she wrote. The boy blinked. Hm? That’s never done that before. What was going on?

Come with us! We need you to stop him!

And then his mind went blank.