It had started to rain, tiny droplets falling softly on the ground.

The three best friends were lucky to use Yuriko's big umbrella.

"Aw, won't the rain stop? We won't be able to enjoy our ice cream together," Harumi sighed.

"Hey, look, I think the clouds are breaking apart now!" Amaya pointed at the sky as the rain began to lessen.

"Yes, you're right. Let's go get our ice cream now!" Yuriko smiled.

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They walked along the streets, licking their ice cream. Harumi had a vanilla flavoured ice cream, Yuriko had strawberry flavoured ice cream, and Amaya had chocolate flavoured ice cream.

Harumi and Yuriko were chatting happily and Amaya enjoyed the sight. She loved how they got along. Until Yuriko pushed Harumi's shoulder playfully and with Harumi's weak grip on the cone, was knocked out of her hand. Harumi stared at the concrete below her where ice cream lay. Yuriko craned her neck to see if she was okay. She wasn't. Harumi whipped her head around and pushed Yuriko by the shoulder. That made Yuriko drop her ice cream cone. She interlocked her fingers with Harumi and began furiously pushing each other.

Amaya was frightened. She didn't know what to do. That's when she noticed Yuriko's star shaped keychain broke from her bag. It flew on the road.

She ran to pick it up. And as she did, she hadn't looked right and left to see any vehicles coming. She was too late to move out of the way of a truck, that suddenly crushed her little fragile body.

Harumi was facing the road and she widened her eyes at the sight. She and Yuriko had lost their best friend Amaya.

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"One minute everything's fine, the next, it isn't."