SOSNoel's first Harvest Moon fanfic.

Annoying or Loving

By SOSNoel

Chapter 1

Introduction

Hi! My name is Claire Hino. My parents are Jack and Celia. They are the farmers of Forget-Me-Not Valley. My father took over his deceased father's farm and he later fell in love with Celia, Aunt Vesta's farm assistant. I also have a 10 year old younger brother named Ren.

I inherited my grandmother's looks. The dark chocolate brown hair and lavender eyes that my mother and brother didn't inherit. My brother got mother's looks. The chocolate brown eyes and light brown hair.

Basically I'm the odd one in my family. If my father didn't have dark brown hair, then I wouldn't seem to be part of our family at all.

When I came to Mineral Town, I wasn't happy with the farm at all. How horrible it looked! I bet when father started his farm, his farm looked better. Oh well... if everything gets fixed, then I'll have an even better farm!

My brother and I worked on the family farm, so I am very experienced. Right away, I started cutting weeds, making rock fences, and cutting logs for lumber. I found a bee hive and immediately shipped the honey that I harvested.

After three hours, my work was complete. Haha.. no need for exercise when you farm.

I decided to go to the hot springs to get refreshed. When I finished (9:00 am), an old man and a cute little girl came.

"Hello, my name is Claire." "Hello, Claire. You must be the new farmer. I'm Barley and this is my granddaughter, May." "Hi, Claire." The old man went into the hot springs. "Are you gonna be my big sister?" "Sure." Wow.. what a cute kid. "I gotta go, okay May? I'll visit you tomorrow." "Okay. Bye, big sister!" We waved good bye to each other and I headed off.

As I was at the farm, looking around, I thought that I will make my farm the best farm ever! For the rest of the day, I'm going to explore the town though. How else am I going to find my way around later?

... I have a map? Oh... psssssssssssssshhhhhhh whatever. I'm going to stick to my plan. Besides... I have no seeds. Yeah! And no animals. Search the mountains to find things I can sell? I'M JUST GOING TO WANDER, OK? OK! Pushy people.

So first stop. Hmm... Blacksmith... I walked inside.

There were two men there that were ARGUING! Oops.. maybe it was a bad time. "Huh?" They both looked at me. "What are you looking at?" "GRAY! HOW DARE YOU BE RUDE TO A CUSTOMER! Welcome, miss. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Umm..." I walked up to who I'm pretty sure was Gray.

"I'm sorry for blowing up on you. I'm just angry because of my grandfather. He doesn't seem to appreciate me... Maybe I should quit." "Don't give up." "Huh?" "You should never give up! It takes time to be good. If you practice some more, then you'll get better. Besides, he's your grandfather. Grandfathers love their grandchildren." "Okay... Thank you." "No problem."

"Gray, why don't you show Miss Claire around?" "Okay..."

"I've never seen you before." "I'm Claire. Claire Hino. I'm the new farmer." "Oh, wow. You really won't give up." "Haha.. yeah." "Oh.. here's the library. Let me introduce you to the librarian."

"Mary!" "Hello, Gray. You're here early." "I stepped through the door. "Oh... and who is this?"

How will Mary react?

This is not a Grary fanfic. Repeat: This is not a Grary fanfic.

If you don't like the pairing, I suggest not reading.

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