krystalkatzficz | Snapshots

Five-year-old Nino shakily tried to climb the steps of the slide his eyes fixed on the shiny metal that was just out of reach. He had wanted to play on the slide for a long time but it had always been too high for him but today he was determined that he would slide! He wobbled a little on the second step but his little fingers clutched at the metal handle steading himself as quickly as he could as he took his lower lip in his teeth and chewed. Behind him he could hear older children growing frustrated with him being so slow but he couldn’t help it! The steps were so high and he only had little legs. Trying to ignore them he slowly tried to reach the third step and he yelped loudly when he felt a hand grabbing at the back of his top as a voice shouted;

“I wanna go slide! Move outta the way!”

Nino gasped as he was pulled off the slide and tossed aside. His fingers stretched at the cold metal and his foot got caught in the poles twisting his ankle painfully. The boy of about seven didn’t seem to care though and began to climb over him until a new voice called out;

“Oi! Don’t pick on a little one” Hands grabbed at his attacker throwing him off the slide before they reached down to him “Help you up?” Nino fought back the tears that were coming as he reached out for the offered hand and he soon found himself being pulled upwards into a pair of sturdy arms belonging to the boy that had saved him. Nino blinked slowly a tear escaping his eye before his nose wrinkled and he started to sob hard. “Hey little one, don’t cry ne?” The boy said holding him tightly and rocking him back and forth with all the skill of somebody that was used to looking after younger children “I gotta my pocket money and I will buy you an ice cream! You wanna ice cream?”

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Satoshi carefully hugged the boy against him the way that he did his younger cousins as he carried him carefully over the playground to where an ice cream van was parked. His mummy had given him the money before heading over to the cafe at the other end of the park and Satoshi was sure that she wouldn’t mind him sharing it with the boy next to him. It was normally a safe place to play but the boy that had hurt the little one in his arms was a well-known bully, he had already picked on both his cousins, and Satoshi hated him.

“Ice cream? I canna have an ice cream?” The boy snuffled and Satoshi nodded setting him down on an empty bench next the ice cream van saying;

“What kind would you like?” He asked the boy who pursed his lips his brows forming into a completely pout before he announced very firmly;

“Chocolate flavour!”

“Okay! I will get you a chocolate one! Sprinkles?” Satoshi smiled and the boy’s face seemed to glow with happiness as his head rocked back and forth his hands clapping together as he said happily;

“Like a rainbow!”

“Okay!” Satoshi went over to the ice cream van and ordered a chocolate ice cream with extra sprinkles and then, because he had a little money left over brought himself a cola flavoured Ice pop. He brought the ice cream back over the boy. “Eat that and then I will help you on the slide!”

TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay ^_^