Gill would rather quiet girls, but soon enough, an exception came to that rule…
He stepped outside of his home and headed off to the Town Hall, looking straight ahead and not looking at any of the others going to work.
"Hey, Gill!" a voice called behind him. He turned, curious to see who it was, when he saw the new farmer… What was her name again…? Atari, perhaps…? Wait, it's Akari.
"Hello." He stood impatiently, waiting for what she was going to say, when he saw a bottle of tomato juice being offered to him.
"I looked through the villager files, and found out you love tomato juice!" Akari exclaimed, a grin spreading across her face. "Have it."
She pushed it into his arms and he said, confused, "Umm, thank you?"
"No need," she nodded, "I grow tomatoes on my farm. It's virtually free."
The two stood there, a silence between them since Gill was not one to make small talk.
"Oh, well…" the brunette looked at a small wristwatch she had on her arm. "I'd better run, or my cows will get angry at me! 'Bye!!"
She hurried off, back down the dirt path she had come from.
Gill turned and walked up the steps to the Town Square.
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When he finally was freed of work, he sighed. Now, he would be condemned to do virtually nothing. He decided to write in his diary…
"Hi Elli!" an awfully familiar voice called. "Oh, hi Gill!"
He closed his diary and looked up into Akari's honey-brown eyes.
"Are you busy?" she asked, looking at him intently. Since she didn't see any paperwork upon scanning his desk, she smiled. "You aren't, are you?"
"What does it matter if I'm busy or not?" he grumbled.
"Well, actually, I was wondering…"
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"How about this book, it has romance AND adventure in it," Gill said with gritted teeth. Akari's tastes were insane, of course there were no books with romance, adventure, sci-fi, AND mystery in them!
"But where's the sci-fi and mystery?" Akari pouted.
"There is none!" he cried, exasperated. "Are you trying to kill me or something?!"
Suddenly, Akari's pout turned into a smile, and then a laugh. Gill looked at her, confused.
"So even the ever-calm Gill can get angry…" she murmured to herself. "Okay, I'll take this one!" She waved the first book Gill showed her, and he rolled his eyes.
After checking out the book, Akari bounded out of the Town Hall, quite happy with tormenting the serious boy. Gill sat down in his seat and let out a huge sigh. He glanced at the clock and then his eyes widened. It was the end of work.
"Gill, tonight's my turn to close up the Town Hall," Elli reminded him politely. "You can leave, you know."
He nodded and left, saying only a curt goodbye.