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Luna was getting shy from all the attention, and once again, hid behind the clouds. But her friend kept staring at her. Oh no, she hates me. She thinks I am a freak now. “So, now you will not judge me for having a toy pig as my only friend till you came along, right?”, the girl looked up from the floor to see her friend smiling at her. No judgement, no mocking. Just a genuine smile. Tears pricked the girl’s eye, just like thirty days back, except for all the different reasons. “Of course not!” she replied, laughing loudly as her friend pulled her down to her house, already talking about other things. The girl looked back at Luna. Shining brightly, lighting up the sky, not like the sun, but in her own special way. Luna looked beautiful, and the girl had slowly learned, that she was too. Full moon day. And both of them were finally whole. RITHIKA 101