NOTE: Hello, I am back and this time, obsessing over Rune Factory! These games have always been one of my favorites to play along with games such as Harvest Moon and Pokemon! One of my favorite aspects of Rune Factory and Harvest Moon was the rival pairings, since I always found it lonely to be the only one who ends up getting married and having a child. The town would be a lot more interesting it that happens! In any case, while playing through my Rune Factory 4 file, I have fallen in love with all of the characters from the tiny town of Selphia, and couldn't help but wonder the potential pairings that could have occurred!

And for some weird reason, I really like the idea of having Kiel x Xiao Pai together regardless of their little one-on-one interactions. I just feel like they would get along each other well! Like, Kiel would help Xiao Pai with her English stuff and her general clumsiness, and Xiao Pai would help him with his unhealthy obsession with books by scolding him and they would relate to each other a lot! I am indeed insane, but hey, fans are bound to be crazy. These characters, in my opinion, OVERWHELMINGLY underrated, they are generally ignored by fans! Well, this is an attempt to fix it!

This may or not be Xiao Pai-eccentric since I relate to her so much, but they will all include random moments that I can imagine occurring in the game so completely random pairings could pop up now and then. I IMAGINE THIS STORY to be ONESHOTS, but they may change depending on my mood. I have indeed decided that this entire series may be dedicated to moments that we don't really get to experience. Like we see Leon/Forte moments as well as Doug/Dylas moments. I kinda just want to see cute/tender moments between two characters they we never really get to see interact in the game!

Everyone must be BFFs in my world.

Without further ado, please enjoy~

Don't own anything! All credit to the producers of the Rune Factory series (bless them for their beautiful creations TT^TT)

Tangled

(Contains Xiao Pai x Kiel friendship)

Xiao Pai sighed as she pulled at her hair. She thought that she managed to get that accursed hair clip untangled from her locks after allowing the royalty of the castle to help her. Apparently, it managed to get tangled again within an hour. Curse her bad luck.

Running her fingers through her hair, she hoped that it would somehow manage to make it easier for the hair clip to remove it and clip it back to its proper position. After a few minutes of fumbling, she finally gave up and decided that she needed to get help.

Scanning the room, she noticed a few travelers staying in the lobby of the inn. Her mother left to order items from the general store, thus leaving the hotel to her. She can't possibly leave the counter to do something as meaningless as getting a hair clip untangled. There were a few visitors staying at the Inn that she could ask for help, but she considered it rude to ask such guests to attend to her needs. Not also to mention embarrassing. Of course, Leon was out in the town, most likely teasing his favorite "toys" shamelessly.

Seeing no one who could help, she once again tried fruitlessly to get rid of the hair clip mess. Only she would she manage to her her own hair clip to painfully tug at her delicate locks of hair. Her mother would probably never have this problem...

"Oh hey Xiao Pai!"

Xiao Pai turned her attention from her thoughts to the source of a voice which was a young man dressed in green garments with blonde locks adorned with a hair pin.

Noticing how she must have looked, fumbling with her hair, she quickly put her hands away from the hair clip and tried to retain her normal posture.

"Hi, hi, Kiel! What can I do for you?"

Fingering the book that he held, he replied, "I was just wondering if Leon was in his room. I have a book for him,"

Xiao Pai vaguely remembered Leon being rather fixated on a singular book, murmuring about it under his breath for days. She shook her head, internally wincing at the aching tug at her hair.

"It seems so that Leon has left quite some time ago. I can hold onto the book for you and give it to him when he comes back if you want, yes?"

Kiel smiled as he kindly rejected her offer.

"It's fine, Xiao Pai. I actually want to give the book to him myself and discuss it with him. The book has really intrigued me, so I was hoping to hear his opinion on it."

She nodded hesitatingly as she understood his reason. She knows that Kiel's intentions were pure, but she wasn't exactly sure if having Leon talk to him alone would be the best. Xiao Pai knew what disastrous results could occur if Leon decided to mess with his naive mind.

Forte would not be happy for sure.

"That is okay. I do hope you find him soon, yes?"

Chuckling at her unique choice of words, Kiel's smile brightened even more.

"Thanks, I appreciate it! I'm sure I would probably find him probably at the restaurant or something."

Xiao Pai giggled a little as she could have easily imagined Leon throwing about teasing remarks to everyone in the restaurant as he was eating Porcoline's delectable food.

Her giggles were cut short when that same hair clip tugged at her scalp. Caught off guard from the pain, she visibly winced as her hands clenched onto the side of her head.

Concerned, Kiel got a bit closer to her, eyeing the area where she grabbed her head.

"Are you okay?"

Xiao Pai blushed a little, noticing his close proximity as well as the mess that Kiel was caught her in.

"Yes, yes I am rather okay. I just have a hair clip tangled in my hair and it is rather painful, yes? It is nothing to worry about."

Kiel blinked at her and gave her a gentle incredulous look.

"Well, why didn't you say so? I wouldn't have mind helping you out."

Xiao Pai fumbled with her words a bit before responding.

"O-oh.. I just... I thought...so it seems that I was wrong, yes? Can you please help me?"

Kiel nodded.

"Of course!"

She parted her hands away from her hair clip as Kiel tucked the book under his arm and went closer to untangle her hair clip. Closing her eyes, she awaited the eventual pain that she would feel from his fingers tugging her hair.

However, it never came. After a few moments, she felt a flower hair clip placed into her hands. She opened her eyes to see Kiel's grinning face. Effortlessly, he removed it within seconds.

Amazed, Xiao Pai's eyes widened as she gaped at her hair clip in her hands from the relative ease that the young man had removing it from her hair. She spent about 30 minutes of fruitless fumbling just awhile ago!

"Whoa! How did you remove it so easy?"

Kiel, a little taken back by her sudden amazement at what he considered a rather simple task, answered, "Well, sometimes Forte has a bit of trouble with her hair so I sometimes had to come in to help."

Dumbfounded that someone as seemingly perfect as Forte had problems with her hair, she continued to gape for a few seconds before she quickly snapped out of it.

"I see! Well, thank you very much! It seems that you have saved me a lot of time that I would have spent messing around with it."

Kiel laughed at her sheer gratitude from being relieved of the pain of her hair clip.

"No problem! I'm just glad I was able to salvage it from your hair. It really is a cute hair clip, after all!"

Smiling from the sweet compliment, she shyly put it back in its rightful place in her hair.

Just then, Leon walked into the inn, making long strides to his room until he noticed Kiel and Xiao Pai standing near each other rather closely.

"Oh, what is this?"

Kiel and Xiao Pai turned to the fox-looking man and Kiel waved at him.

"Leon! I was looking for you!"

Curious about why the naive man would look for him, he raised his eyebrow. Knowing that it was his time to leave, Kiel turned to Xiao Pai.

"I guess I'll take my leave now. Next time, try to depend on me sometimes! I would be more than happy to help you out!"

Taking note of his words, the girl smiled gratefully as she nodded her head.

"Yes, yes, I will surely remember that next time. Bye bye!"

He nodded his head goodbye as he rushed to Leon's side, rambling about the book that he was holding.

Amused at the scene taking place, Xiao Pai took a quick glance at her reflection in the shiny counter that had been wiped clean. Her flower hair clip in its rightful spot, she smiled softly and whispered under her breath.

"Very cute, indeed, yes?"

Urgh, it felt really nice letting all my feelings go into a story. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it too! Too many of my feelings went into it, lol. I really wish more people would write about other characters/pairings that are rather unrepresented in the fandoms! (Especially since these characters are the ones that I end up really liking)

One prime example: Vaughn x Sabrina from Harvest Moon

Why must people hate on this pairing? I honestly find it to be so cute and sweet, so it saddens me when I see people bash on it so much. (AND ESPECIALLY TWISTING SABRINA'S SWEET PERSONALITY in order to go along with their story)

I even started writing a slight AU, but ended up leaving it to collect dust as I lost motivation...

Please leave reviews about the story, as I am sure that would help immensely! Oh, and I don't mind being sent requests about the pairings that YOU like in the Rune Factory 4 games! Maybe if I feel really motivated, I would actually write it, but I am indeed curious about the pairings that you guys have in mind.

I really don't like OCness (so if that does happen to me, please LET ME KNOW SO I CAN EDIT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE)

I actually read all reviews that come and take it into account, so please review!