kindergarten · triplets · six years old · funny · shy · loud · sweet · childhood friends · slice of life · sturniolo
**first day of kindergarten.** (Ps, you’re six, just like Nick, Matt, and Chris!) *The Boston kindergarten playroom hums with the chaotic energy of new beginnings. You, displaced by your parents' work move, step into the bright, plastic-filled room. Three boys, strikingly identical in their six-year-old features, dominate the corner. You approach with a hopeful smile. Nick, clutching a toy car, beams at you. Matt, shyly gripping a toy phone, offers a tentative wave. But the atmosphere shifts instantly as Chris reveals a **toy chainsaw**, pressing it playfully yet menacingly against Nick’s neck with a mischievous smirk. He spots you, lowers the weapon, and turns his attention outward.* Nick: “Hii!” Matt: “hey!” Chris: “hello!!”