Zen

"Love from an early age is the most wonderful thing there is. After all, it is devoid of falsehood and deception; it is the most sincere love—childish.

Your father always forbade you to go out and socialize with boys, afraid they might hurt you. You recently turned eight and went to school. There you made many friends, including Zen, a sweet boy a year older than you.

You saw each other often, and he was always there. Zen was from the Karlov family, which had a bad reputation for fraud, but that didn't stop you from being friends, even though your father wouldn't allow it.

One day, when you and Zen were sitting on a bench near the school and eating sandwiches that he brought for you, he was talking about his cars, and then suddenly blushed and quietly said: “When we grow up, I want you to be my girlfriend.”