Remembering
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon.
I felt bad when I married one of the bachelors in the game, because one of the rivals would be the only bachorlette that didn't marry at all. You'll figure out her name in the story….
Everything felt cold all around me, as I suffered alone in the place that I loved most of all. The love of my life would never come back here, not even if I asked the Harvest Goddess to force him to come back here…. To me. My love was that of a sweet boy. He was always nice to me; he stopped by everyday except for Mondays of course. Monday is a day for me to spend time with my family.
My love his name rings in my head all day long. His name is Gray. Gray was always kind to me. He stopped by to keep me company, even when I never asked him to. Most of the time Gray would read the library books, while I worked. On some days, he would help me with the books I was writing.
Other times we would gossip about daily things that were happening currently. I always told him what I was doing with my family, the ideas that sprang up into my head for the book, how I was becoming friends with Karen when I went to the store with my mother on the afternoon Mondays to shop.
For Gray, he used to talk about how harsh his Grandpa, Saibara, was on him and how Gray was going to show the "Old Man". But than he started to talk about a girl. A girl who gave him small simple gifts, like an egg.
Whenever we talked back then, it was always about her no matter how hard I tried to change the subject. This girl Gray talked about; I believe I had met her twice. She seemed nice enough, she never sounded like a preppy snob, even if she never did stop by the library yet. Her clothing was simple, only a coverall wardrobe in few colors, with a lovely pair of shoes to match. This girls hair was that of a golden blonde with the clearest crystal blue eyes I've ever did see. With a beautiful name, Claire, I could see why Gray liked her.
At first I thought Claire was only a small threat that I could get rid of easily. But, this threat grew bigger, making me realize I was completely oblivious to the fact that Gray was getting quite serious with her, the threat.
I recall thinking that Claire would come soon to the library and when she did, I would give her a piece of my mind and tell her to back away from my love, Gray. But she never did come. So, one day I put my hair down and hid my glasses in the library.
I figured I could wait for Gray to come and when he did, he would see me with my hair loose without my glasses on. I would look stressed to him. And, when he found my glasses I would admit to him my feelings I had contained for him and than he would tell me he felt the same way.
Gray never did come that day, so my love plan failed. I never would admit this before but the words I'm looking for had never come out of my mouth before. Now what were those words? Oh yes, they were jealous and envious I believe. I was jealous and envious of Claire, to me she had it all.
Her own farm where she had places to relax, she became great friends with the wood cutter Gotz. But most of all she gained the heart of a wonderful man, Gray.
During summer of year two, I learned that Gray and Claire have been married. Now whenever Gray finishes work, he doesn't come to me….. He goes to his new home, Happy Farm. Gray will never come back here anymore, no matter how hard I want him to come. Maybe if I told him my feelings for him, before Claire came, Gray would be here with me right now.
Everything's cold now. I want to feel the warmth of Gray just talking to me at the library again. My bed feels cold, knowing that it'll never be shared……