My first best friend: Rewinding the timeline
I had many friends since school days. I never had trouble in becoming friends. May be the credit goes to my utterly 'talkative tongue'. I was very fond of going to school. I remember, my parents had to lie to me that 'today is holiday' on the days when I used to be not well enough to go to school. Just a little child, I believed them. But one day I discovered their lie and cried for hours for not letting me go to school. Today, when I look back, I feel that I loved going to school so that I can play with my friends. I think most children miss school for the same reason.
Anyway, my school life had seen five schools. It might surprise you that, I didn't believe in the concept of 'best friends' since the age I was able to comprehend it's meaning. I thought, it's a delusional concept. May be it was because I didn't find one.
Here enters the person, who made me believe in being and having a 'best friend'. By the time I was able to conceptualize the concept in my head from merely considering it to be a delusion, the school days got over. But it did get over on a 'friendly' note.
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