Chen hated me when we were kids. Of course, I didn't like her either. I liked her older sister. Talulah always had plenty to say to me, but she was a wicked little girl. I was constantly trying to lure her back to my home, but I suspected she always kept me at arm's length, leaving me wanting what I couldn't have.
Swire was haughty from a young age, naturally, because her family was rich. Chen couldn't stand the obnoxious Swire, so the two of them were always at odds. But, unexpectedly, after someone beat Swire up, Talulah and Chen both stepped in to help her. I thought it was my chance, so I ended up being the one who got beaten up the most.
I didn't meet Lin Yuxia until middle school. She was close with Swire, but not so much with me.
Hoshiguma was a friend I met later. Her family ran an auto-body shop, and she was the toughest kid in the neighborhood. I met her because of my sidekick, the little fox who lived downstairs from me. Someone beat her up, so I had to help her get even. The result was predictably miserable. When I showed up at school with a black eye, the awful Chen Hui-chieh laughed at me all day. Naturally, I couldn't let that go, so I got beaten up again.
