I wanted to try this out, you know...a shy and quiet character who looks up and is dependent towards her older brother. Who later on will depend on someone else and slowly- oops, getting ahead of myself there! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this.
Six in the morning, the sound of the eggs frying in the pan echoed through the living room as I make breakfast for my brother. I had woken up thirty minutes earlier, like usual, and had taken care of my chores. My brother, Yuuki, in the other hand, was still resting his eyes. As I was scooping up the fried egg and gently placing it on the plate: next to the buttered toast and fried fish, there was a knock on the door; I went to answer it, as I wiped my hands on the apron. Onto the tip of my toes, I looked through the peep hole (a habit of mine that I brought with me from the city) and saw a man of red hair spiked back. Lowering myself, I opened the door by just a crack that was big enough for me to peek through. The man looked down to me, seeing as how I'm shorter than him; much shorter, he had a surprised expression on his face. Between the two of us, there was a silence; he seemed confused about my appearance. As the silence continued, it became quite uncomfortable, so I spoke up.
"…um…" I began; breaking him out of his trance, he smiled to me.
"Good morning!" he spoke up, "Um, is Yuuki home?" I nodded to him. "Really?" he then looked behind me as he stretched his neck, "Where is he?" I looked back into the house. What do I tell him? I didn't want his efforts to go to waste…as I looked around the house, he spoke up. "Don't worry about it, just tell him to visit me later." I shook my head to him.
"U-um no, I don't want to waste your effort to see brother, so I'll go wake him for you." Once again, he had that same expression on his face, as it then changed back into a smile. He nodded to me, "Um…while you wait, why don't you come inside?" he nodded once again as he took my offer. Closing the door behind him, I ran to the next room and up the stairs to Yuuki's room. There, he stood in front of his dresser, fully clothed in his everyday outfit. Brother looked back to me with his cheerful smile that had always made me smile with him; as I smiled back I spoke up. "Brother, you have a visitor." His eyes widened up a bit as his pupils shined of excitement.
"Hey, that must be Owen!" he said as he rushed pass me, down the flight of stairs. As I followed behind, entering the living room, brother and that man exhcanged smiles as they chatted. I felt out of place, but I'm happy that brother has a friend or two in this town.
"Hikari, I'm going to Fugue Forest with Owen. Take care of the crops, will 'ya?" I nodded to him. "I'll show you around the island when I have time." I nodded to him again 'I guess he won't be having breakfast then.' I thought as I walked over to the kitchen., picking something up from the counter and walking back to brother before he would leave.
"I made you a box lunch." He smiled to me. "Thanks! I'll make sure to eat everything." He said as he then walked out with the male, leaving the house and ranch to my care. I sighed, smiling, "Guess I'm going to have breakfast alone..."
Later that morning, I walked through our small field; filled with grown tomatoes, potatos, and turnips. I sighed as I had watered the last of our crops, Today is another hot and sunny day. Not too far, from where I'm standing, a knock was heard from the direction of our home. A male with blue hair, in blue jeans, a red jacket with sleeves torn off ,and a bandana with a flame imprint was knocking on our door. "Yuuki!" he shouted as he then sighed. The blue haired male looked around the farm, spotting me. He...had the same expression that...Owen...? That Owen had when he first saw me.
"He-hello?" I spoke up, breaking him out of his trance. He held his hand up into the air, waving to me. "Yo!" he greeted back as he then ran up to me. "Uh...Yuuki?" 'Eh? Is he asking for brother? Is he another friend?' I wondered. "Brother left a while back with...um...Owen...?" I said, not completely sure of the male-from-before's name.
"Ah! They left without me!" he shouted, stomping his foot onto the ground. "Not cool!" he then sighed as he calmed down.
"Um..."
"Oh! Sorry about that." the male chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. The grin of his face returneda s he struck a pose; feet apart with his dominate hand, balled up into a fist, was held infront of his chest. "I'm Luke! I work at Cornet Carpentry at the Garmon Mining District! Nice to meet you, um..."
"Hikari...I'm Yuuki's little sister. I just moved in from the city."
"So, you're new here?" I nodded. "Oh? That's awesome! Did Yuuki show you around yet?" I shook my head, as I then, suddenly noticed a twinkle in his eyes. "Then how'd you like me to show you around the island?"
"Eh?" his offer caught me by surprize. Shaking my head at him, I rejected his offer in a round-about way. "Um, n-no. I don't want to trouble you."
"It's no trouble at all!" he said, shining even more.
"But what about your appointment with brother?"
"Ah, that can wait another day!" He said, now throwing his arm around my shoulder. "C'mon! I'll show you every inch of the island, and as a bonus, I'll even take you to Toucan Island!" My eyelids fluttered in wonder, "Toucan Island?" I replied in a question. "Where's that?"
"You'll love it! The beach, the tropical plants, excetra!" I giggled as I felt my cheeks flush. I've just met him, and already I've warmed up to him. "It sounds wonderful." I spoke up, as he smiled even more. "You bet! Now let's goooooooo!" he cheered, pumping his fist into the air as we now made our way to a small town just down the left of the fork in the road.
So there we have it! Chapter 1 of the story, completed...finally! (^_^;;) Stupid brain won't focus...
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (C) Natsume
Hikari/Luke/Owen/Yuuki (C) Natsume
