A story of a friendship that warms my heart

Just wanted to share a wonderful story of how I got to meet one of my friends here in Japan. Finding friends was a struggle for me even in my home country, so in Japan I was lonely for a long time. I think you're all familiar with it – even when you click with someone, they hang out with you once and vanish, twice if you're lucky, and that's how deep most of friendships in Japan went for me. But one day…I decided to do "street snaps", it was kinda trendy at the time. My mind was so numb from how little I spoke with people that I had no hesitation going up to strangers and asking them to pose. So I'm walking, looking for someone interesting, and see two guys with bandanas covering their mouths, colorful hair, uncountable piercings. "Whoa, you two look scary as hell, mind if I take a picture?" I say. That five second interaction started a friendship that's been lasting for 3 years. I haven't noticed when or how, but not only could we be stupid around each other but also share painful stories that mattered to us. I've moved prefectures and when we were hanging out for the last time this year one of them cried when saying goodbye, and never missed when I visited. That's so weird to think that they were just random guys that looked strange enough for me to want to take a picture of them.