Summary: Momo falls for her best friend.

When Momo sees the young girl crying on the sidewalk, she doesn’t hesitate to rush over by her side. 

“Why are you crying?”

The young girl looks up, eyes glistening and fresh tears staining her cheeks, and Momo swears she can’t see anything else anymore. 

When the crying begins anew, she huffs, sitting beside the other girl and hugging her, pressing a kiss to her head. Her older sister had always done the same for her, and she didn’t know how else to make this strange girl stop crying. After patting the other girl’s head for a few minutes, she notices the sobs turning to sniffles, and lets go of her slowly. 

“Are you feeling better now…?” she asks gently. Her older sister would be proud. 

“Y-Yes… thank you,” the girl mumbles through a small pout. Momo’s smile is brighter than the sun.

“What were you crying about?” she pokes the other girl’s cheek, fascinated by the mole on her nose.

“I… I saw an ant… and I wanted to help it carry some food home, but I accidentally squished it,” the girl confesses, before fresh tears spring to her eyes. Momo decides to keep to herself that she enjoys stomping on ant hills that she finds on her daily adventures. This girl is so pure, and she wants to protect her from the world.

“Oi, Hirai, we’re gonna be late! I can't be late to my first day of middle school!” a pillow whacks her out of her pleasant dream, and she grumbles. 

“Five more minutes…” feeling the pillow smack her again, she grumbles, flopping over wi