I don't remember when it first started.

Perhaps it was because we lived near each other.

But ever since we were little,
the four of us got along well.

Jun, Kame, Shuu, and me.

Among us,

I had always been the smallest and weakest.

That meant I was the easiest one to pick on--
a simple target for the other children.
Or...

It should have been like that.

But it never ended up that way,

because I could always count on the other three to rush to my side
and protect me.

They were my heroes.

I admired them.

I wanted to be like them.