Unexpected friendships can be some of the strongest relationships we will ever experience. For these two young men Yuze, a Chinese American and Kabir an Indian American their unintentional friendship had the potential to last a lifetime. When these two little boys meet on the streets of a marketplace in Chicago they become instant friends. Recognizing both of their families are in different places and not well represented where they presently live, they decide that while different they can still be friends and learn from each other. The two boys share a lot of their free time together, they’re study buddies, share their culture’s foods, and one big thing they shared from Kabir's family in India is there love flying kites. However, as we know after the fallout after 9/11 affected many people whom others decided “looked” like how the perpetuators looked and therefore had to be guilty of something. These roundups in many instances were unfounded and hate crimes for people from or who looked like they were from the Middle East soared in America. Kabir found himself on the receiving end of one such circumstance and while Yuze tries to save him and his family Kabir decides that now is his time to fight. This is a story of friendship and the power that hate can have on the breaking apart or longevity of a country and a friendship. In the end what these young men are left with is what could have been a lifetime of memories and a kite… a past time of their childhood that will forever bring them back together.
