my childhood friend and I were often playing legos, either at my place or his
one day, I was looking for a yellow-green crystal bit (not the diamond-shaped one, the bigger one; it could be find in some kind of miners series sets, they were digging up those boulders and the crystals were inside them) and couldn't find it. I didn't think of it much and thought it was lost somewhere in my room and I'd find it soon.
until I found an identical piece in that guys legos. he didn't get any of those miners set. he claimed the crystal wasn't mine because he had found it somewhere outside even before I've lost mine. it wasn't like I were able to prove it was mine or something, so I soon stopped arguing. and it was left at his place.
some time after (we were visiting each other almost every day and I can't remember if it was days or weeks or longer after), I visited him again. we weren't even playing legos, we were a bit bored and wondering what to do IIRC. he was sitting on his desk and I was leaning on it. the crystal was standing on the desk, on a stand for pens, post-its and such.
the stand was translucent white.
the crystal was yellow-green.
the desk was the color of fresh wood.
the friend's head was turned away.
I quickly and silently snatched and stuffed in my jeans' right pocket. just in time, because he then turned back to me. I don't know how long I stayed at him then. I don't think I excused myself soon after, so I was playing for some time with a little treasure in a pocket. when I came home, I placed it back in its cozy boulder and swore to protect it better.
some time after, we were playing legos at my place again. he took a boulder, opened it, saw the crystal and said "oh, you found it". and I said "yeah, I did" and that was all. after he left, I checked and it was still there. it is still there.
to this day I don't know whether he intentionally put it on the desk for me to see it and taunt me with it, or he wanted me to have it back or whatnot. the whole incident was weird anyway. it's not like he was poorer and had less lego than me. on the contrary, both of his parents are doctors. he had sets that I could only dream about. he could have enough of those crystals to roll in them, while mine came in a small set with a single vehicle and figure and I got it from Santa (6th Dec). but he used to be a bit weird like that. when I got two OG Bionicles (Tahu and Gali) and it was one of the best days in my life (my dad and I visited his sisters family; the day after the purchase we were leaving early. I asked my dad if the Bionicles I got were real or if it was just a dream. in response he just smiled, picked up both boxes and shook them. I'll never forget the sound), he soon after got the whole collection. all motherfucking six of them.
still, I really liked the guy. we weren't so close in junior high, but it was really weird for me when we went to high school and picked different advanced courses.