My Childhood Friend

Chapter 1: My Best Friend's Return

I woke up, yet another day and the best thing is that it's my first day of summer vacation. I sat up while rubbing my dark brown eyes and looked around my room. I breathed deeply when I saw my picture with my childhood friend who was also my best friend.

I haven't seen him for about for two years and I grinned at the picture without even noticing. The last thing I heard about him was when he joined a crew.

I remembered when we were kids and he tried to teach me how to dance like him but it took him a hard time to make me say yes. Also, I remembered the time when people tried to coax me not to hang out with him because of his Asian complexion but I didn't care.

I laughed remembering the past memories and stared at the picture for a while before I stood up. I went to the bathroom and took a shower for an hour. Suddenly, my mom called me for breakfast and I yelled back politely and said that I'll be there in a minute.

After brushing my brunette, long, straight hair, I hurriedly went downstairs and sat in the dining room. I noticed that my mother was looking at me with a bright smile that made me wonder, but I ignored it anyway.

After washing the dishes I went back to my room and played my favorite music while singing along with it. Suddenly, somebody knocked on my door but I didn't notice it. After a few seconds someone knocked again and I stood up from my chair and paused the music.

"Who is it?" I asked but no one answered and the person knocked again. Feeling curious, I listened through the door but I can't hear anything.

"Who is it?" I asked again but no one replied.

When I opened my door, an Asian boy was standing in front of me. He does still have the same face but got taller, a little bit. He's wearing purple long sleeve polo and black jeans with black suspenders hanging down. His black hair was spiky, as always, but he didn't put a highlight on any part of his hair like he used to.

My lips twisted into a smile, that I haven't done for a while, when I saw him. I looked at his almond shaped green eyes as he smiled back at me.

"Glitch!" I shouted with delight and hugged my best friend tightly while he laughed. He hugged me back and put his hands on my shoulders as I jerked back.

"Surprise!" He yelled joyfully with a grin.

"Why didn't I tell me!" I said and hugged him again, "oh my god…" I added.

Glitch didn't stop laughing, "I should've seen the look on my face." He said while pointing at me.

"I really HATE I!" I said with a smile. Glitch entered my room and sat on my bed while looking around.

"Hmmm… Something changed… a bit." He said.

I closed the door behind me while shaking my head and stood in front of him as I stared.

"What?" He asked curiously and looked up to me.

"I really hate I…" I muttered and Glitch stood up and hugged me tightly.

"Aww… I missed I…" He said in a friendly way but I still blushed.

I sat on the chair while I watched my best friend walked around my room, inspecting, but I'm used to it anyway.

"So…" I said breaking the silence, "how are I?" Glitch grinned while looking at my music collection and turned to look at me.

"I'm cool. Our crew is kinda known." He said serenely and sat on the chair beside me.

"Hi- def right?" I said sounded unsure.

"Yeah… seen the videos?" He asked with a smile.

"Yup, and it is AMAZING!" I said with delight and we both laughed. "I watch it like every day and I know who is behind those genius cool dance moves." I added and looked at Glitch.

"Well…" He said boastfully and I pushed him sending him lying on my bed and laughed myself out.

He put his hands behind his head and looked blankly at the ceiling, "and I know what…." He said.

I lay on my stomach beside him and waited for him to continue, "What?" I asked feeling excited. He looked at me with that weird grin of his, trying to thrill me.

"What?!" I yelled while shaking him.

"I'm going to spend the whole summer here!" He shouted with delight.

I got stunned and my mouth was half open. I looked at Glitch as he laughed at me and I punched his shoulder lightly.

"Are you serious?" I asked sounded disbelieving.

"Dead serious!" he said with a laugh.

"Why-didn't-you-tell-me-this-before!" I shouted while punching him on the shoulder with every word I said.

"Heard of the word surprise?" Glitch said and grabbed my hand.

"Apparently, YES and I don't like it!" I said and suddenly my mom called me from downstairs. I gave my best friend an evil stare and he pinched my nose, as always, when I got angry with him.

"You missed me?" He asked with a joking tone.

I didn't answer back and I just stood up leaving him behind. Glitch followed me and I was about to open the door when he closed it shut. I swerved to look at my best friend and noticed that he's moving his face closer to mine.

"You missed me?" Glitch asked again with a weird grin.

My face became crimson red and he moved his face closer and I suddenly pushed him away. He put his hands in his pockets and waited for me to answer. I stood there, frozen and don't know what to say. He started to walk to me slowly. I looked at his bright green eyes as he leaned closer again.

"You're blushing…" he said with a grin. I shook my head and looked at him furiously.

"No I'm not!" I shouted. My heartbeat suddenly beats fast as he put both of his hands on my door.

"You missed me?" He asked again, Come on… it's just a simple question." He added.

"Ye- yes, of course I missed you. You're my best friend!" I yelled covering my bashful feeling.

Glitch laughed and opened the door. I went out first and ran downstairs while my best friend was walking at a slower pace.