6 years old. i once saved a fox cub. we played together every day, but one day they escaped

also saying going to eat as 'going for a meal'¹ 😂😂

¹ gohan (ni) iku, pretty common but i feel awkward as someone who's never had a friend irl

in jpn, people who have friends call things like going to karaoke 'playing' (asobu), not like tag or anything. we want to 'play' too don't we 😞

when i was a toddler, i once got along with a girl outside and went to her house.
she might've shown me her room.
no one was home. i left quickly.
it was my only experience going to a woman's house.

it might be my only experience going out with someone outside my family

when i was in kindergarten, i once went to a park with a teacher on a day off.
my only date experience, though we weren't lovers.

the loser prepares to win. the winner knows they can win and starts preparing.