Befriend me.

As I'm in my deep thoughts a creek sound from one of the branches startled me, I turned around and saw one of my neighbor's kid. He is uncomfortably hanging at one of the branches as he tries to lift his skinny body up. I just carelessly looked at him while he is suffering from his stupidity.

"Uhhhmmm... care to help me here?" he hopelessly say.

"Why would I?!" I replied, his face is turning red as he tries to lift his body without stepping on anything. I remain silent.

"Uhhhhh... pleaweeesss hewwwwwp meeee.....(please help me.)" he said as he tries not to fall over a 50 ft. old tree, a misery of a small kid fighting for his survival.

What an unpleasant view of torture and despair.

"What exactly are you doing?" I ask, I'm still not moving to help him.

"Just go down if you don't want to die, you're still young go find the means of your existence." I said as I turned my eyes back at the beautiful view of the whole town from the top of the tree.

He didn't answer, is he already dead? I ask my self. My conscience starts to filled my mind, I gradually take a look at the branch where I see the boy hanging. I'm surprised to see the branch empty.

"Where did he go?" I whispered, the guilt is piercing through my spine. Is it my fault if he died because I didn't help him?

I'm somewhat scared about getting involve with what happen to the boy rather than worried if his dead or not. "

"Should I call mom and dad? Nah! it will make the situation worse!" I quickly think of the best way to hide the boy's corpse whenever his already a dead meat, I feel like I am truly the cruellest kid in the whole cage world. I'm I already considered as a murderer?I'm just a 6 year old introvert girl who didn't help a hopeless boy hanging on a branch of a 50 ft. tree.

I look at the bottom part of the tree and saw nothing but huge roots attached to the soil, no traces of any evidence of the existence of that poor boy nor it's corpse, should I be worried?

"Alright I'm sorry for not helping you! I didn't mean it! I swear!" I shouted from the top of the tree.

I'm still looking at the bottom of the tree when suddenly someone pushed me at my back that scared me to death for I almost lost my balance while sitting in a branch. One wrong move and I'll be delivered at our house that is only 5 meters away from the big tree covered in a white cloth and laying in a wodden box.

When I turned around I saw the skinny kid sitting comfortably at my back while holding my bunny toy.

"Are you looking for me?!" he ask while hugging my bunny toy.

"You're worried about me aren't you?!" he said annoyingly, should I take back what I just said awhile ago? this kid irritates me, I think he will be good off dead.

"Shut up! will you?! and also I don't remember that I allow you to touch my bunny." I rolled my eyes heavenwards as I snatch my bunny toy from this weird kids .

"HAHAHAHHA alright I'm sorry! I didn't mean to disturb you from your melancholy drama, I actually climbed up here because I usually see you up here all by your self." I said while hugging his knees. I looked at him in a poker face manner.

"You know I usually play outside with my friends but we never get to play with you. We also actually never heard your voice." he said while looking straight to the eye.

"And so-?..." I bitterly ask.

" W-w-well you know... I climbed here to ask you i-i-if you can b-b-be my F-F-FRIEND!!!!" he said timidly while pointing his two fingers together in front of his chest. I must say that his cute but I still not forget that I'm almost die because of him.

"HUH?!!!" I don't know what to say, I never think of befriending other kids to play with their silly family roleplays and stupid cooking stuff using leaves and water.

"You know other kids thought that you are a bad girl but I don't think your not.... you are-" I didn't let him finished what he wants to say.

"Of course I am! I don't even care about you or the other kids to fool and play around! so go away and never come and talk to me again!" I yelled at him, his surprised expression gives me a hint that he will curse me to death and never befriend and talk to me again because of what I said.

But to my surprise his startled face turns into a beaming smile.

"Of course you are!...." he said cheerfully, as if he didn't hear me shout at him awhile ago.

"Mom said that you're a gifted child, that you're different from other kids here in covenant town; that's why you don't want to play with us." he said disappointedly.

"B-BUT! I KNOW IM STILL A KID BUT I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND!....i promise that I'll never disturb you again, and stop being an idiot." he said while putting his right hand upwards.

What he said lefts me muted for a couple of minutes. Did I hear him correctly? he wants to befriend ME?!

"Are you an idiot or something?! did you hit your head on a rock?!" I said while putting my eyes away from the boys direct eye contact. His innocent eyes make me feel like I'm to rude for a human being.

I didn't look at him but I heard him chuckled. "What's so funny about that?" I ask my self. Am I being anxious for what does this stupid kid will think about me. When did I become so edgy about kiddie talks?

"You know what... you're cool..." he said while slowly sitting beside me.

What he said makes my ear heat up, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!" I exclaimed to my self. Did this skinny kid just hooked up my attention?!

"COME ON ARDENTTTTT... STOP MESSING AROUND, STOPPP BLUSHING FOR A KID, FOR GODSSSS SAKEEEE!!" I'm talking to my senses when this kid sudden close the gap between us and put his tiny hands on my cheeks.

"Are you ok?! Your face is turning red.... your like a boiled squid..." he said worriedly.

"Does this kid just called me a boiled squid?! a cute girl like me???? a squid???" I feel the heat from my ears to loose up and spread out through my whole body.