"Miku! Luka!"

I heard Zimi call out to me and the pink-haired girl beside me. We were meeting at our hangout, the summit of a hill just outside of the city, right after school. From this point, I could see the almost everything. With the clouds covering the Sun, the world had become a land of gold, it's glow casting a shadow in front of me. However, I could see Zimi's face clearly. She was smiling and holding out two shiny objects in her hand.

"Hey, Zimi! We were worried you forgot about our meetup today and make us wait until it's dark!" Luka teased.

"Ohhh maybe I should've waited until then," She beamed. "It would really fit these stars I wanted to give you."

Revealing two golden keychains in the shape of stars, she handed it to Luka and me.

"Thank you!" We shouted gleefully.

Zimi put her hands in her pockets and pulled it back out, fisted. "Look! I have one too! Now we can all have one. Three stars shining in the night sky."

Luka and I smiled. Zimi was always the brightest one of the three of us. "Yeah."

When we started to walk home, and the skies suddenly opened up. Rain poured down all around us, but Luka had an umbrella.

"Nice going, Luka!"

She smiled. "One should always be prepared for the unexpected."

I laughed. "Are you sure you didn't just check the weather channel?"

Then, the rain seemed to slow to a drizzle, and then, it stopped.

"Look!" Zimi breathed. "The Sun's out. It's so pretty!"

We looked up into the golden sky, and smiled. Everything was alright.

The next day, it was the usual. We went out into the streets just blocks from our house. Me and Luka were teasing each other playfully while Zimi walked slowly behind us, smiling. She was the shy type, too bashful to join our fun.

I'd bought us ice cream, and we enjoyed it under the Summer heat.

"...ha! I bet you do that, too!" Luka countered. She laughed and pushed me, hard, on my shoulder.

My loose grip caused the cone to fall from my hands, flying into the building next to me. And that was my favorite flavor too...

"Oops! Sorry, Miku…" Luka started.

I responded by pushing her back, and soon it had turned into a full-on fight with us pushing each other.

Zimi stood behind us. "...guys…" She started.

Just then, Luka's keychain fell from the zipper on her purse. Zimi, a worried expression on her eyes, went to retrieve it. "Hey, Luka, your star-"

But that was as far as she got. A truck appeared, going full speed as the traffic light turned green. It have a great Honk! and Zimi turned, eyes widening.

And I watched as the truck collided with her frail body.