“Daehyun, I’m leaving now alright?” a voice asked from the door.

“Sure, noona,” I screeched from my bedroom. “See you tomorrow, I love you.”

She said an “I love you too” back and when I heard the door cluck shut I went out of my room and the TV. A day full of lessons can really poop a person out.

I mindlessly changed channels only to land on another rerun of Bleach. I sighed in defeat and settled more in the couch before making myself comfortable.

Another day, another adventure, that’s what they all say right? Yeah it’s cliché but I still do wish for some adventure. Maybe it’s because of my age, my personality? Well anyways it has been my daily routine ever single night. Problem is though; I wanted an adventure I could share with someone. It was lonely being an only child in the house.

Living in a flat all alone might be a dream for some but it’s not one for Jung Daehyun. I’ve always longed for a friend or sibling to talk to and it’s crazy how much I wanted company. The fact that I’m the weird kid in class who lives by himself doesn’t help much to my reputation either. My apartment was an exquisite one thanks to my parents because they were the owners after all.

Where were my parents then? Well they left a year ago for a vacation but their plane crashed because of the bad storm headed their way. The clutching pain in my heart still hasn’t gone away and I try really hard for it to. All I could think about was “why would God want to see my parents so soon?” They never got the chance to see me grow up and be the man they wanted me to be.

You must also be thinking, “Who in their right mind would leave a 7 year old by himself?” Well smarty pants I actually have a nanny who visits and cares for me during the day. Remember the lady I was saying goodbye to in the beginning? Yeah that’s her; she was just leaving since her shift just ended. But I overheard her discussing with some men in suits that she would be moving in soon so hopefully I won’t be as lonely then. “How about relatives?” Nope, both my parents were only children in their families. My grandparents were also sent to God so I’m all alone now. 

Okay that’s way too much remembering for my age; mind you I’m still in the first grade. So back to the present I realized the clock had struck 8:45.

It’s almost curfew. Better go outside first.

I stepped off the couch like clockwork and headed towards the sliding doors and breathed in the cold night air. My eyes automatically shut themselves and I cherished the moment like I always do every night.

I gazed up at the stars like always and let them wash over me. They have always given me a sense of relief and happiness over the quiet street below. I headed towards the white bean bag on the balcony and sat down. I saw the cup of milk on the side table and read the note.  

“I know you love to drink milk before bed so here you go! Don’t forget to brush your teeth alright? Love, noona,” I smiled and thanked her silently for the glass.

I glanced back up at the stars and admired every single one of them.

I wish the stars would talk back to me. That way I’ll at least have someone to keep me company.

“Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight,” I said aloud to the biggest star on the dark spotted sky. “I wish I may, I wish I might, get the wish I wish tonight.”

“I wish for a friend so would you be mine?” I said looking up at the brightest one there. I know it’s odd, asking a blinking light that comes out at night to be your friend. But I didn’t care, I wanted a friend.

The star above me seemed to twinkle in response. Odd… it’s just my imagination.

 “So lemme see... what should be your name?”

I thought and thought for a good 5 minutes and then I remembered my little younger brother. Well not really my younger brother, but my parents always talked about him. I guess I was gonna have one till that incident.

Youngjae, yeah that sounds just right.

So that was the birth of my star friend Jung Youngjae and the start of our friendship. 

So this was just a filler for me to begin with because I'm lame like that xD