It's a nice and concise read! However, I gotta ask:
Is this fiction or an actual reminiscence of your childhood experience?
I really found it relatable because I also had a friend who lived in another street but would come by my neighbourhood every now and then to teach me how to ride a bike. Reading your story brings back that memory.
It’s kinda fiction and real. Same here, a friend taught me how to ride a bike, not a scooter, and it wasn’t in the midnight by the riverside. But those were the words given to use. It was evening though, close to a swampy area. So it was easy to add the scooter, river and midnight.
Oh yeah, I totally get you. Indeed, there's only a thin line between fiction and fact